Time Changes Us (DekuBaku)

9

All Might’s POV
I was very angry with Aizawa. How could he treat any student like this? I have worked so hard to prevent the League of Villains from even being able to be formed this time and yet this still happens? I have even interfered with Endeavor’s family matters so that his eldest, Toya, wouldn’t become a villain like last time. Of course he still isn’t home that often, opting to spend much more time at the office than to be at his father’s house at all, but he is a GOOD kid. 

Could he be hurting young Todoroki? I had seen the way he was glaring at Izuku and it was more than a little unsettling. No! I shook the thought out of my head and went about teaching classes, with a very watchful Aizawa basically breathing down my neck. The plan had been to keep my relationship with the boys a secret for as long as possible but Izuku is really so protective of Hitoshi I'm not surprised.

Class went by fairly well, I had paired the class up in four, two heroes and two villains. My boys together with the young Momo, not on purpose, they drew lots. They did well, I placed her with Katsuki even though she was supposed to be with Hitoshi and they were the heroes while Toshi and Izuku were the villains. The gym has probably seen better days but their match went off splendidly.

“Now, who was the MVP during the match?” I turned asking the class and everyone’s mouths clamped shut and my boys and I all let out a sigh. “Izuku, who did the best during your training simulation just now?” I might as well get someone to answer.

“Momo, of course. She was thrown with someone that she has never worked with before and who’s quirk was extremely startling to anyone not used to it. She was able to work around Kacchan’s impulsiveness and make it work in her favor. The fact that they lost is besides the point.” Izuku summed up nicely and I patted him on the shoulder.

“Very well said my boy, now can anyone tell me why the MVP was from the losing team and not the winning team?” I asked turning back to the rest of my students and this time a few hands went up and some answered but none of them actually got the correct answer.

“The thing about working as Heroes is that you don’t always get to work with someone you know or are even familiar with. Take my boys for example. They have been together since they were toddlers and they were able to plan effectively with little to no communication at all. Throw in an outlier like Young Momo here and it shakes everything up. Now they not only have to figure out what their friend would usually do but also this completely unknown person.” I nodded happily with the way class was going.

“Uncle, I think you missed an important point,” Katsuki raised his hand and I nodded for him to go ahead. “Another factor is that a villain won’t always care, and more often than not, don’t care at all for their partner. Even though Toshi and Deku are brothers and care a lot for each other, that doesn’t happen often in the field.”

“Very good, Katsuki! Very valid point! Now who’s next?” I asked and a few hands went up making me smile. I pointed at a blond that I remember to be Kaminari. “Kaminari?”

“Sir, did he just call you Uncle? I thought they were all your sons?” Kaminari asked and I saw all three of my boys face palm, which made me laugh.

“That’s right Kaminari, he has called me Uncle since he was four years old. If my boys care to tell you how it is that we are all related they may but I will not break their trust. As they grow to know and trust you I’m sure they would be happy to explain themselves. Now for the next match!” I saw several of my students eye the boys but they just shrugged them off and sat down to watch the next round of matches, Young Momo opting to sit with them.

I could overhear Izuku getting excited and asking Young Momo about her quirk while Hitoshi listened closely but tried not to get too close while Katsuki tried to pretend that he wasn’t sitting so close to Izuku that his side was pressed against him. Not that Izuku minded, if anything he seemed to enjoy the support and leaned into him. I smiled before turning my attention back to the viewing screen to watch the next match.

***

By the end of class my boys were talking fairly freely with their peers and I have to admit it is nice. Almost like the first time around, no doom and gloom or kidnappings, no twisted heroes trying to twist them to their will. Just my boys being boys

“What’s going on in that head of yours?” Aizawa questioned, to be fair he still hasn’t relaxed but I know what he is actually like. I remember him well and I know that it won’t be long that I will be able to call him friend again.

“I was just thinking that it’s nice to see my boys just being kids for once. Talking to kids their own age and not looking over their shoulder nearly as much as when we are out,” I let out a sigh just drinking in the peaceful scene. I tried my best to stop the League of Villains from forming but I couldn’t find AFO and a few other key members so he is still out there somewhere. I’m just glad that I was able to escape that fight without the wound that crippled me in my past life.

“What do you mean?” Aizawa relaxed, seeing that I wasn’t really holding my thoughts back.

“They are my boys, they have been kidnapped countless times, we have moved and spent months or even years in different countries, they have had to be homeschooled instead of being able to go out and make actual friends and then there are the heroes that let’s say, tried to convince them we needed to go or do different things. They are always targeted, someone is always trying to manipulate them or accuse them of something. No one really stops to think that they are just kids.” I shook my head lightly before looking up again to see Izuku so focused on whatever it was that he was talking about that when Hitoshi started tickling him he jumped up and landed in Katsuki’s lap making both Toshi and Katsuki laugh at the red faced boy.

“They’ve been kidnapped?” Aizawa asked and I could see him blinking several times like he was going to wake up and find out I didn’t actually say that.

“More times than any child should ever know.” I walked away clapping my hands getting the students' attention before telling them to go change and return to the classroom. I heard several “Yes sir.” as they all made their way to the changing rooms.

I was happy enough to wave to them as they all left and I was able to make my way to my office and begin on the lesson plans for the next few days. I had gotten Nezu to agree to the dorm system already, the blueprints were just being drawn up still. It felt like no time at all before my door chime went off and I hit the button letting them in.

“Dad, would it be okay for us to hang out with some of the kids in our class?” Hitoshi asked and I looked up, shocked but smiling.

“Of course! Just let me know who and where you’ll be going. Do you need any spending money?” I stood up and Izuku and Katsuki came in behind him. They told me how they each had managed to make a few friends in class and wanted to get to know them better, well Katsuki didn’t say it but Izuku said it for him. They also said that they would be close to each other but not with each other.

“Are you sure about this? Can you promise me that you will be careful and keep an eye on each other?” I asked them and I could see them smiling up at me. Okay maybe I was being a little overprotective but I am supposed to make sure they are safe.

“Dad,” Toshi and Izuku groaned while Katsuki snickered.

“Fine but Izuku you have to stay with either Hitoshi or Katsuki considering you broke your trigger this morning. Do you understand?” They all agreed and I opened my door to find a few of their classmates waiting on the other side. Too bad for them my office is sound proof and the two, Kaminari and Ashido that were trying to listen in, fell on the floor.

"Have fun, call me if you need me to pick you up," I smiled at my boys and I got hugs from them before they raced out with their classmates. The groups were much like the first time around, Izuku was with Iida, Uraraka and Tsu while Katsuki was with Kirishima and Ashido. Then there was Hitoshi, he was with Kaminari and Sero, guess they will all be together after all, I chuckled to myself before turning back and finishing my lesson plans for the week, all this time and I'm still a teacher.