Hibiki's classes for the day are over, so she plans to rest until the day is over in the teacher lounge.

"Echo!"

She looks up to see All Might in his smaller form. "Yeah?"

"I'm glad you're here! I was supposed to go with Aizawa to meet up with Thirteen for a rescue training exercise for Class 1-A. Thing is, I've already used my limit for today... Could you go in my place?" he asks, puppy dog eyes full force.

Echo smiles, though he can't tell with the helmet. "Sure! That sounds like fun! Thanks to my echolocation, I've done a lot of rescues."

"Good! I'm glad you said yes. Aizawa should be out front getting the students loaded on the bus. I'll try to make it towards the end of the class."

"Then I'll make haste," Echo nods. "See you then." She rushes out with a wave.

She sees the students waiting for the bus to arrive. Aizawa notices her.

"Echo? What are you doing here?" he asks.

"All Might asked me to go for him as he..." Echo says and holds up three fingers.

"That man is the height of irresponsibility," Aizawa sighs.

Echo chuckles. "Harsh, Aizawa-kun."

Aizawa flinches unnoticed at her easy use of kun. "I am older than you."

"Only by a few months."

"How old do you think I am?" Aizawa asks.

"29?"

"I'm 30."

"Alright, so senpai."

He cringes. "Don't."

She laughs. "So kun it is." She shrugs. "Still though, it is only by a few months. I'm turning 30 in a month."

Iida begins to direct his classmates on the bus with a whistle.

"I turn 31 on November 8th," Aizawa says. "So a year."

"Damn, so you really are my senpai."

They all load on the bus. The two teachers sit beside each other in the front. The two listen in to the students light bickering as they make their way to the USJ.

Aizawa stands up from his seat once they're a few seconds from arriving. "Hey, hey, we're here," he calls out to quiet the students. "Stop messing around."

"Yes, sensei!" they all voice.

13 is there to greet them at the entrance as everyone gets off the bus.

"Hello everyone, I've been waiting for you," 13 greets.

Midoriya and Uraraka fanboy/fangirl over the hero.

"Woo hoo! 13 is one of my favorite heroes!" Uraraka cheers.

"I can't wait to show you what's inside," 13 says happily, more so after hearing Uraraka's comment.

"This is gonna be awesome!" the students cheer.

Everyone walks inside in complete awe as 13 tells them everything. Aizawa and Echo stand off to the side as 13 tells them all about how dangerous quirks can be.

"Right, now that that's over," Aizawa begins but cuts himself off as the lights in the arena flicker and die.

Echo turns to the fountain in the center as she hears it flicker then notices a purple-black portal open. She nudges Aizawa. "We've got a problem on our hands."

Aizawa turns to look at what she is to see a hand reach through. He whips back to the students. "Stay together and don't move! 13, protect the students."

Echo begins to duplicate herself, putting 10 clones around the students.

"Whoa, what is that thing?" Kirishima voices, noticing the portal with all the villains walking out. "Wait, has the training started already? I thought we were rescuing people?"

"Stay back!" Aizawa harshly shouts, making the students flinch as he puts his goggles over his eyes.

"This is real!" Echo adds. "Those are real villains."

The students gasp in shock and fright. Todoroki voices his opinion, making everyone much more worried.

"13 get them out of here," Aizawa says. "Alert the main campus. Actually, if they got the ability to knock out our sensors then they might be jamming our regular communications too. Kaminari, try using your quirk to contact the school. We'll leave it to you, 13. Echo, let's go."

"Right!" Echo shouts. She creates clones up to 50 to head with them.

The two pros, along with Echo's 50 clones, rush in to take down the villains. Up top, the students get separated with an Echo clone going with each group.

Lazy Echo groans annoyed as she takes down another weak villain. "Ugh, this is such a bother... Can't we just take a nap?"

"No, you idiot!" Angry Echo shouts, screaming at a villain to their knees and passes out. "You got to fight!"

"Please don't fight! I don't like when you two fight..." Anxiety Echo shutters.

"Do your clones always argue like this?" Aizawa groans as he takes down more and more bag guys.

"No! It's usually just anger that starts things!" Happy Echo answers, smiling as she punches another's face.

"I'm glad that we're fighting alongside you, Eraserhead!" Appreciation Echo grins.

Aizawa sighs. "This is gonna get annoying really fast."

The true Echo feels that Inspiration Echo is with Midoriya, Asui, and Mineta. Sympathy Echo is with Mashi-chan. Calm Echo is with Tokoyami and Koda. Crazy Echo is with Bakugo and Kirishima. Sorry Kirishima. Joy Echo is with Todoroki and Hagakure. Rage Echo is with Yaoyorozu, Kaminari, and Jiro. Tranquility, Loud, Smart, and Fearless are the remaining Echo personalities protecting the remaining students with 13.

Lazy, Angry, Anxiety, Happy, Appreciation, and Sadistic are some of the 50 that are helping take down the villains in the central plaza alongside Eraserhead.

The man with all the hands on his arms rushes towards Eraserhead then begins to turn his shirt's elbow into ashes.

"So that's how you like to play, huh?" Sadistic grins maliciously, knocking the hand man off Eraserhead before his quirk gets past Eraserhead's clothes. "You should play with me instead."

The real Echo moves up to Eraserhead, passing him some earplugs. "Put these in. I'm about to release a wide scale scream," she whispers, dashing off after.

Inspiration Echo, the one with Midoriya and the other two, turns to the three. She pulls out earplugs from a pouch on her suit. "Put these in, now."

They each take a set and quickly put them in their ears. Before all the Echo's can release their attack, the giant black beast grabs Aizawa and smashes his head to the ground a few times.

Anxiety squeals, covering her head.

"Now!" Echo shouts.

Every nearby Echo releases a wide scale scream, knocking out all the rest of the little villains.

"What do you think of him, Eraserhead and little number 6 hero?" the hand man asks. "He's the bioengineered anti-symbol of peace, but you can call him Nomu."

All the Echo's converge on the Nomu and it releases Aizawa, clutching the side of its head to try and block out the screams. The hand man copies his beasts actions.

The real Echo lifts up Aizawa and rushes up the stairs to the front where the rest of the students have succeeded in getting rid of the warp gate villain. "I'm sorry, Aizawa-kun. I should've been faster on the uptake."

Uraraka looks at Aizawa with tears in her eyes as she cradles 13. "E-Echo s-sensei..."

"I know Iida will be back soon with backup," Echo says, gently placing Aizawa down. "Don't worry about 13. She'll be fine after a suit repair."

Uraraka sniffles with a nod as Echo returns back to the Nomu. Hand man alternates between scratching his neck and holding his hands over his ears.

Sadistic Echo grins, rushing towards the Nomu and leaping upon it. "You said this thing isn't human, right? That means I can kill it!" She laughs wickedly, forming a blade on each of her hands out of her suit's nanotech. She jabs the knives into the creature's eyes, gorging them out with crazed laughter. The nanotech in the feet of the suit latches deep into the beast's body, so she can't be thrown off.

The beast writhes in agony, trying it's best to get the woman off it's back. All the Echo's stop their scream attack as they run out of breath.

All Might makes that his moment to blow the doors to the USJ off, taking over fighting the giant beast. Inspiration Echo, pulls Midoriya, Asui, and Mineta away, leaving All Might with all the other Echo's.

Bakugo, Kirishima, and Todoroki make an appearance. Bakugo quickly takes down the warp gate villain. Sadistic repeatedly gorges out the Nomu's eyes after seeing that they regenerate.

"Echo!" All Might shouts. "I can finish the creature off, but you gotta get off!"

Sadistic smirks. "I'm just a clone! Go all out!"

All Might nods and begins to fight the beast full force.

The hand man makes his way towards Bakugo, but Echo makes her way over first, kicking him far away from him. Giant gusts of wind flick around All Might and the Nomu, separating Bakugo and Echo from the warp gate villain.

Echo recalls all her clones except Sadistic, Sympathy, Calm, and Rage. "Alright, we need to get out of here so All Might can finish the Nomu off!"

The remaining clones are the ones that are with the kids still separated. The clones take down every villain from each area then help bring the kids with the rest of the class.

"What about the other two villains?" Bakugo shouts.

"We'll have to leave that to All Might!" Echo shouts back, shoving everyone to the front entrance.

The three fighting begin to destroy everything around them, leaving wreckage wherever they go. All Might easily sends a final punch, blasting the Nomu through the roof of the arena. Sadistic manages to jump off before being sent away.

Echo gets the kids up top, and everyone watches from above. Sadistic and All Might stand tall, waiting for the next move of the two remaining villains.

The hand man decides to attack anyway, risking it all.

The rest of the pro heroes arrive. Snipe blasts multiple bullets through the hand man's body, causing the warp villain to swallow them and disappear.

Aizawa, 13, and Echo are taken to the hospital. All Might takes Midoriya and heads to Recovery Girl.

Echo waves the help off, already knowing her voice will be very quiet for a few days.

~~~

After everything settles down, Echo does eventually get a little medical attention. Nothing major just a few bruises from moving weird. One of the nurses with a simple bruise healing quirk heals them quickly. School has been cancelled for tomorrow.

"Are Eraserhead and 13 gonna be alright?" Echo asks.

"They're both gonna be just fine. Though Aizawa's eyes have been damaged, so we won't know until he wakes up if his sight is damaged. Both his arms were broken too. He's not gonna be able to do much."

"Well, I live nearby. I could probably help him out."

"That would be wonderful. I'm sure he'll appreciate that. Let me take you to his room."

She takes Echo to Aizawa's room and leaves shortly after.

Echo pulls a chair up to sit beside his bed and rests her head on the edge of it, tiredness finally catching up to her. "I'm sorry. I should've been able to not let any of them lay a hand on you. That's what all my clones are for." She groans. "I probably should've let Insanity help out Sadistic maybe that way you wouldn't have gotten hurt at all."

He suddenly groans. "Noi...zu?"

"Ah! Aizawa-kun?! You're awake. Are you okay?"

"Lots of pain. Can you move the bandages around my eyes?"

"Oh, yeah, sure." She slowly moves the bandages so his eyes can peek through. "Can you see?"

He blinks a few times before his eyes adjust. "Yeah, just fine."

"That's good," she sighs in relief. "The nurse told me they wouldn't know if you'd have your eyesight back until you woke up. I'm glad you can see."

"Me too."

She sighs. "I'm sorry."

"What for?"

"I should've been able to prevent you from ever getting hurt. That's what all my clones are for."

"It's not your fault. I chose to be a hero and being a hero has repercussions."

A nurse enters the room. "Ah, I'm glad you're awake. Is your eyesight doing okay?"

"Can see as well as before."

"That's good." She does a few tests with him to make sure. "Now, you obviously won't be able to move your arms, so you won't be able to do much of anything for some time until your arms have healed. Do you have anyone that can help you?"

"I don't, but I can manage."

The nurse looks skeptical and glances at Hibiki for a second.

"If you don't mind, Aizawa-kun, but I'm going to take care of you while you recover," Hibiki speaks up.

"I can't ask that of you."

"You don't have to, I volunteer. You're stuck with me whether you like it or not."

The door is suddenly slammed open. "Shoootaaaa! I was so worried!" Mic bursts through the door, rushing over to Aizawa. "I came as soon as I could!" He buries his face into the blankets of the cot with tears gushing down his face. "Are you okay? Can you still use your quirk? Can you see?!"

"Hizashi, shut up. You're hurting our ears with your yelling. Yes, I'm perfectly fine. I'll heal."

"I'm so glad!" he cries out, engulfing Aizawa in a gentle hug. "Who's gonna take care of you while you're injured?"

Aizawa glances at Hibiki. "Apparently I've gotten a volunteer."

Mic looks at Hibiki. "Hibichan! That's so nice of you to take care of our Shotaa! I wish I was getting taken care of by such a beautiful woman!"

Hibiki laughs. "Don't wish pain on yourself, Hizashi."

They get Aizawa checked out and together help take him home. They all shuffle off their shoes once they enter. Hizashi feeds his cats, as he knows where the actual food is, while Hibiki helps Aizawa into his room. She withdraws her helmet.

"You really don't have to do this," Aizawa says.

"What are friends for, Aizawa? I'm happy to help out. Now, do you wanna get into something more comfortable or are you okay as is?"

"Didn't know you wanted me to strip so bad," he jokes then mentally scolds himself, blaming the pain killers.

Hibiki's face flushes. "Uh, um, I'll just get Hizashi to help you then!" she squeaks.

"Definitely not. He'll try to be careful, but he really won't be."

"Uh, a-alright... Um... So..."

"My shirts are in the top drawer. I won't ask you to change my pants. That's actually weird."

Hibiki nods with her face still flushed and moves over to the dresser to pick a shirt. "A-Any particular shirt y-you want?"

"No, any one will do."

She opens the drawer to find mostly grey and black shirts with a few white. She pulls out a comfortable looking black shirt and robotically heads back over to him, still flustered. She sets the shirt aside and begins to tug off his current one. She suddenly chuckles, relaxing. "Never thought I would be stripping a coworker and look where I am now."

Aizawa bites his tongue from responding with an overly sexual joke, quickly blaming Hizashi for the thought. "Being pros, it can't be the strangest thing to happen."

"That's true as well." She gently gets one of his arms through a sleeve. "Did that hurt?"

"No, you're good."

Hizashi suddenly slides into the room then laughs stupidly. "Oh, am I interrupting something? Should I leave? The doctor said that you shouldn't exert yourself, I figured you knew that included having this kind of fun."

Hibiki's face turns 50 different shades of red in a few seconds. "H-Hi-Hizashi!"

He cackles. "I'm kidding! I'm kidding! Aww, Hibichan you look so cute all flushed! Shota stop glaring at me! I was kidding! I swear! Anyway, I got your kitties fed. You also got no food, so I need to make a grocery run. You two don't have any fun while I'm gone." He winks.

"I'm gonna come with you," Hibiki pipes up. She clones out Helpful. "Helpful can stay here and take care of you till we get back. Aizawa, you should rest. We'll wake you when dinner is ready. That sound good?"

"Great." He closes his eyes and immediately falls asleep.

Hibiki chuckles. "I wish I could fall asleep that fast."

"Same." Hizashi hooks his arm around Hibiki's. "Alright, let's go get him his favorite foods!"

Hibiki once again covers her face with her helmet as they leave his house. The two get many stares as they go. Many rush up for autographs and pictures with the both of them complying and taking much longer to get to the store. They do eventually make it.

"So, what are his favorite foods?" Echo asks.

"He honestly doesn't have any favorites. At least not that I've noticed in all the time that I've known him. That man will eat anything... except beets. He hates beets."

"Guess that's good, I don't like them either."

"Why would that be good? Hmm?" He leans down into her face with an eyebrow raised and a smug grin across his face.

"Well, I will be taking care of him till he's able to take care of himself. I'll be cooking dinner most likely, so I don't exactly want things I don't like." She takes a cart and begins to push it around the store and filling it with all sorts of different foods.

"You know how to cook too?"

"Why wouldn't I know how to cook? Cooking is simple. I just don't do it much cause it's too time consuming. Does he like miso soup?"

"Yeah."

"How much has he eaten American food?"

"Uh, I don't really know. I don't often see him eat when we hang out."

She hums to herself. "Alright..."

"You know American dishes too? What are you planning to make?"

"I was in New York on a business trip with my parent's dojo for... 4 years. That was 5 years ago. Anyway, I got interested in their cuisine and occasionally make some basic meals."

"Does that mean you speak English?"

"Oh, yeah, of course. I can speak Japanese, English, Korean, and Chinese. Of course, I can't read or write Korean and Chinese. I'm working on that though. It's hard to realize it's different from Japanese sometimes. Hanzi, Hanja, and Kanji are similar but also so different."

"That's really impressive!" he shouts, making some nearby people flinch. "Not only beautiful but really smart too."

Echo winces a bit but manages. "Thanks, Hizashi. What do you like to eat?"

"Miso soup is definitely fine with me if you make that tonight."

"Anything you don't like?"

"Oysters, white chocolate, olives, brussel sprouts, and liver. I do like black olives though just not the rest."

She gives him an odd look. "Those don't even mix together."

"Hey, you asked what I didn't like!"

She laughs. "Okay, that's on me. Come on, I have a few more things to get then we can head back."

They continue around the store getting different foods.

"This, and this, ooh and this!" Mic says, filling the cart with all sorts of things.

"Ah, I forgot. Thanks for covering me with a blanket when I fell asleep in the office the other day."

Hizashi tilts his head. "Blanket? I didn't cover you in a blanket."

Now it's her turn to look confused. "Really? Aizawa said you did."

He smirks. "That means he didn't wanna take the credit."

"Huh?"

"He has that uncaring personality to uphold."

She snickers and then they both begin laughing.

After a few more pics with fans in and out of the store, they return, and Hibiki immediately begins to get to work on the miso soup after Helpful opens the door. Hizashi moves over to the couch and flicks on the tv. All over the news is about the USJ. Helpful goes to help Hibiki cook.

"Ugh!" Hizashi groans at the news.

"So, what are Aizawa's kitties names?" Hibiki asks as she stores her suit into the bracelets and bends down to pet one of the cats.

"Taro is the fat orange tabby. Daiki is the grey tabby. They're both boys," Hizashi answers. "Daiki doesn't like anyone but Aizawa, so don't expect to see him much."

"Well, aren't you so cute, Taro." She scratches under his chin who melts under her touch into a puddle of purrs. She lifts him into a cradle. He continues to purr as she kisses him all over the face. "So cute!"

"Do you have any pets?"

"Well, we have a bunch of koi fish at the dojo then more exotic fish in tanks inside, though we only feed them. We hire someone to clean their tanks. We also have a few birds too."

"I guess those sorta count," Hizashi shrugs.

"Eh, not really."

"Do you plan on getting any?"

"Not anytime soon. What about you?"

"I have two dogs. Both are Shiba Inus."

"Cute."

After about 30 minutes, the miso soup is finished. Helpful goes and wakes up Aizawa out his room. Hibiki sends off 12 pairs of her clones to go on patrol, knowing Aizawa will likely complain about not being able to.

Aizawa slowly meanders out of his room half asleep and slumps into a chair at his table. The smell of food lightly perks him up. "Smells good..."

"Glad you think so," Hibiki says. "It's miso soup."

"I can't remember the last time I had a home cooked meal... or miso soup..."

"Then you're in for a treat," she smiles. "Helpful go wake up Hizashi."

She nods and moves to the living room. She vanishes after getting him awake.

"He seriously fell asleep?"

"He exhausted himself worrying over you. He loves you. You're his best friend. I imagine you're the same way when he gets severely injured."

"I guess."

After dinner, Hizashi heads home after getting Hibiki settled with pillows and blankets and knowing everything will be okay. Hibiki helps Aizawa get into his bed before tucking herself into his couch and immediately falls asleep.