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At first, Zero heard voices.

"How long do we have to wait?" Pride asked.  "Even Todoroki is already awake!"

"I'm getting pretty worried, too," Todoroki said. His voice was coming from nearby, but it was a bit strained. 

"Don't push yourself too hard now." Lust said, and some sheets moved. A hand touched his face, and it almost made Zero jump.

"Seeing him in the bed like this is becoming a familiar sight, and I don't like it."   Greed said. His breath fanned Zero's face.  "Except I wonder what caused it this time."

Greed rubbed Zero's cheek a bit more, and Zero leaned into his touch.

"Zero? Are you awake?"

Zero cracked an eye open and saw Greed's face. He could tell that he was worried, but it seemed to disappear from his face the more he woke up. Zero sat up and rubbed his eyes. He noticed that the more he flexed it, the more it felt okay- a vague memory of it being bruised flashed through his mind.

Soon, all of his brothers started crowding around the bed. Greed was joined with Lust and Pride on his right and to his left was Envy, Wrath, and Gluttony. Sloth sat at the end of the bed, and Kaachan grabbed Todoroki and placed him on the bed beside Sloth while he stood behind them.

They all fawned over him but quickly fell into place.

"I'm glad you're okay, but what happened out there?" Greed asked.

"Yeah! We saw you doing just fine, and then we all started to get these weird things around our necks!"   Pride grabbed at his neck.  "They won't come off!"

"They are a nice fashion statement, so I'm not complaining." Lust shrugged.

"Yeah, but we don't know what they are."   Sloth yawned.  "They don't hurt at all, so it must mean that it's fine."

"I don't think we should let our guard down, but maybe King made them?" Gluttony asked, in between bites on his chicken leg. 

"I think he made another version of himself." Envy said. 

"You said that earlier,"  Sloth recounted.  "Do you think that's it?"

"It could be... it makes sense if it was." Zero rambled. He noticed that the conversation stopped, and he decided to keep going. "I mean, it felt as if one of you were coming forward. But I knew that was impossible since all of you were already out. And since King made all of you, I thought he managed to make another one."

"But the question is, why did he make another one? We already cover all bases of offense and defense." Greed pondered. For once, he was stumped because nothing in his agenda talked about this. 

Kaachan chuckled. "What if King made another one so that it can power-up the power-up? You all already power up each other, but maybe this is just a boost?" He seemed uncertain and then huffed. "If this is that, then I'm going to fucking kill myself."

"I'll join you." Envy said and patted Wrath's head when he furrowed his brow. 

"It could be possible," Todoroki said. "When I was in the fight, it felt like I was facing a whole new person. His eyes were pitch black, and there were these weird markings on the right side of his body. When your brother's talk, they sound just like you, but whatever that was did not. It was like I was speaking to a grown man." Todoroki shook his head. "Whoever that was, they were mad with power. I tried to use my Quirk, but I couldn't, and he was more powerful than you were in seconds."

"I'm glad I listened to my gut and warned you it wasn't him." Kaachan placed a rough hand on Todoroki. "You owe me one, peppermint."

"Hooray," Todoroki said dryly.

"Can you still use your Quirk Todoroki?" Greed asked. Todoroki nodded and demonstrated that he could. Zero let out a sigh that he didn't know he was holding.

"But at the time, it felt like something was blocking me from using it."

"Maybe it was that screech." Gluttony said while tossing his bucket of fried chicken in the nearby trashcan.

"The screech?" Zero questioned.

"Right before you fought, you gave Present Mic a run for his money with this screech. Maybe that was what made Todoroki stop using his Quirk." Sloth concluded.

" So   we have a battle cry now? And it can stop people from using their Quirks? Nice!"   Pride was getting pumped.  "Now, I just have to find out how to use it."

"I'll ask him the next time I see him," Zero said.

This took the brothers back. "Next time? When did you see him before?" Lust questioned.

"I saw him in a dream along with King. There wasn't a lot of talking between us, but-"

Zero was cut off as the door to the infirmary busted open. 

In walked All Might, shouting, "I HAVE ENTERED!" 

Envy rolled his eyes. "Thank you, Captain Obvious."

"The world's favorite himbo has arrived." Lust deadpanned.

All Might brushed off the comments with a smile and a chuckle. "I was looking for Bakugo to tell him that his match has been pushed back. Young Midoriya has left quite the dent in the arena."

"Is it that bad?" Zero grimaced.

"It's nothing we can't fix, so don't worry! This just means that you'll have a lot of people wanting to work with you for the field studies. A popular candidate indeed." All Might went to pat Zero's back but was met with a growl from Gluttony.

All Might blinked but did not lose his composure. "I'm actually supposed to tell you all to give Recovery Girl her room back, but I'll give you all a few more minutes. Seeing how you are all up and chatting, you all can leave whenever you're ready."

All Might nodded before shutting the door.

Greed huffed. "Maybe you should sleep some more. We'll wake you up when the stage is fixed."

Zero didn't even fight Greed's judgment as he yawned and rolled over in his bed. Greed patted his hair as his breathing got deeper and slower.

At speed, Katsuki has never seen him move before; Sloth quickly jumped off the bed and tapped Zero's forehead. His eyes swirled in their sockets for a minute before humming.

"Well? What did he dream about?" Greed asked.

"Wait; what?" Katsuki asked.

"Sloth can see what people dream. It works better with contact, but he can do it with a glance." Pride answered.

"What makes you think that he dreamed something important?" Todoroki asked.

"King communicates with Zero in his dreams. They have been very off-putting lately, but maybe the most recent one can tell us what King's up to." Envy said as he looked to Sloth. 

Sloth sighed. "Well,  Zero   did meet 'our newest brother' and King, but they did not talk much."

"Well, what were they doing?"  Lust asked.

Sloth facepalmed. "King was showing Zero the day he killed his father."