The End Of The War

Chapter 14

"So... Denki..." Izuku pointed at Denki, then Kyoka, sitting on the ground, in front of him, "Kyoka... Eijiro...," he pointed at the boy with spiky red hair, sitting on a crate behind Denki, "Mina...," he pointed at the Balosar girl, standing next to Eijiro."Shoto..." The boy with red and white hair, sitting on a crate by Mina, "Momo...," the girl with a ponytail sitting on the ground in front of Shoto before pointing at Camie, then Katsuki, standing behind the group. "Camie and Katsuki."

"Those are our names, yes," Shoto said.

Ochako was looking around at the area the Dynamight had landed.

"So, where's the rest of your clan? If you're really Katsuki, shouldn't there be more than just you here?" Ochako asked.

"Very long story short divided," Katsuki said.

When Ochako looked at him confused, he decided to elaborate. After the Clone Wars ended, Mandalore, and by proxy Mandalorians around the Galaxy, was immediately subjugated by the Empire. All clans were given the choice to join the Empire in peace or join the warriors of Clan Uraraka in death. Clan Bakugo was divided. He, his parents, and their closest supporters stated that they'd rather die than be subject to anyone else. However, his father's brother and his supporters, formerly from Death Watch under Maul, were fine being under Imperial law.

The disagreement devolved into a full-blown civil war. In the end, his uncle won. His parents were exiled from Mandalore alongside their loyalists. The conditions for their surrender were his father abdicating the throne as well as Katsuki being ineligible to ascend to the throne of Clan Bakugo, despite his uncle never marrying or having children. He was also ordered into exile from his parents once he reached fighting age.

Ochako looked a little bit guilty. She wondered: if she was still around, then would Clan Bakugo still be united? If they hadn't frozen themselves in Carbonite, could they have prevented Clan Bakugo from devolving into a civil war? Izuku seemed able to read exactly what she was thinking. He placed a hand on her shoulder.

"We couldn't have changed what happened to them, Ochako. I can sense the Empire would have done this regardless of if we were here or not," Izuku whispered to her.

She sighed. She knew he was probably right.

"Come on. Enough reminiscence. We have cargo to sort," Katsuki said.

Everyone rose from or left their positions to return to the Dynamight and begin offloading the cargo. Izuku and Ochako followed Katsuki and Camie and followed what they were told to do. They followed them to the cargo hold they were thawed in. Wheeling around was an astromech with a dark blue and pink color scheme.

"Mei, you finish the repairs to the life support recirculation system?" Katsuki asked.

The astromech beeped out a long-winded reply about how power relays were directing necessary power to shields and engines, leaving suboptimal power to life support.

"So, wait, your astromech is called Mei?" Ochako asked.

"Yours is called Iida," Katsuki half snapped.

"It's actually Izuku's, but touché."

"So what is Mei short for?" Izuku asked.

"R6-M31," Camie said, "and your droid is Iida, reversed R4-D11."

Izuku nodded. He and Ochako grabbed a crate and hauled them out, following Katsuki and Camie back out. After a few hours, they had all of the cargo out. After the last trip, they saw Iida wheeling in circles with Mei.

"Huh. Looks like he made a friend," Ochako said.

They stopped spinning after a couple seconds and came together, resting their domes on each other. Everyone was shocked, not just Izuku and Ochako.