Midori the Mama

Babes in Toyland

For the next few months Izumi did her best to put the tragic past behind her. She kept busy by helping Momo plan her wedding, and doing paperwork at the office, but she quickly learned that in order to move on she needed closure. She decided to visit All Might's and Eri's grave, a task she'd been putting off too long. Her mother joined her, the two of them walking together in the winter air, bundled tightly in all black garb, scarves, and mittens.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you the truth right away mom. I didn't want to worry you." Izumi confessed, her mother's arm wound tightly in hers.

"It's alright, Izumi. I know why you did it. Katsuki told me everything, and I'm just happy that for the most part you're alright." She turned to her daughter taking her cheeks in hand. "After everything you've already been through Izumi, this is the last thing that I wanted for you. You should be able to hold onto all those precious memories, the good and the bad."

"Mmm... I'll get them back." She leaned into her mother's touch sighing. Her breath puffed out gently and she glanced around. "Where is the grave site?"

"All the way on the top." She helped Izumi up the last few steps and the two of them stood in front of the regal statue of All Might's likeness, and he held the hand of a little girl with wispy hair, and bare feet.

"They put Eri right next to him." Izumi noticed and knelt down to clean the old flowers and decorations off.

"The poor child," Inko dabbed the first tear away. "She was still so young and hadn't yet known real happiness. She deserved better."

Izumi's eyes stung and her hands stilled on the dry flowers crushing them in her fist trying to fight back the sob that wanted to escape. Inko immediately panicked.

"Oh, baby, no, no it's not your fault honey." She knelt beside her and rubbed her back. "It's because of you she managed to have some happiness in her life. None of this is your fault."

"Isn't it?" Izumi sobbed and let go of everything to cry into her hands. "Savage was after me, not them. He knew All Might was a father to me, and Eri a little sister and he used them to get to me."

"Then it's HIS doing, not yours. You should never regret love, Izumi." She took her hands away and clutched them in hers, Inko's own eyes swimming. "You've the biggest heart in the world, you're capable of so much love. It's because of that wonderful trait that you're the hero you are today. Never, NEVER close it off."

"I'm scared, Mama." she hugged her mother, her swollen belly pressed between them. "I'm so scared to lose someone else I love."

"You won't... Katsuki would never let anything happen." She pulled back and clucked her chin. "Your husband is a strong, brave, and devoted man. He and Shoto will find Savage and bring him to justice."

"Oh Mama... I didn't realize just how much I needed Kacchan in my life." She sniffed and wiped her eyes. "Ever since I woke up without my memories, I had just been letting things fall into place. I loved him in high school, but seeing the man he's become... I'm falling in love with him all over again."

"I know, baby." She stroked Izumi's hair and let her lean on her shoulder. "I know."

~One For All Agency~

Bakugo replayed the video of Izumi's visit to Himeko on his computer again and again, it gave him a jolt every time to see Izumi just collapse and the guards rush in. "Victor Savage... If Himeko knows about him, then the league of villains ties in somewhere."

"He may have gone to them in search of allies. Without All for One and Shigaraki, the League is a pitiful band of nobodies." Shoto put in going over police reports. He'd read the same paragraph over and over til his eyes bled. He was starting to get a headache. "Himeko was the last real threat, and she's just a screaming little girl now banging her head on a window."