All Might found himself standing in front of the recently assembled the "League of Villains/Paranormal Liberation Front Counter-Force". The group in front of him consisted of Hawks, the Wild, Wild Pussycats, the police force with Naomasa, Sansa and Nishijima being the most notable members of it and the military group who arrived at Japan with Star and Stripes and assisted her in his fight against Shigaraki before her unfortunate death by his hands with Ethan Drive standing at the front of the group.

The former number one hero looked around himself, allowing himself to take a good look at everyone aroun him. Even if he preferred heroes like Endeavor or Best Jeanist or any other big heroes were present for this planning, he knew were currently in command out in the field and they couldn't have them leave their duties for it. However, they intended on keeping them filled in on everything when it came to their final plan of putting an end to All For One and the Paranormal Liberation Front.

All Might and Hawks exchanged glances with each other and nodded a second later. Not wasting any time, the two of them began to explain idea behind Operation Troy to everyone around them. Following the reveal of Aoyama being All For One's spy at U.A, Aizawa, Nezu, All Might and Naosama used those circumstances to come up with a plan to outsmart All For One and ambush him and all of his remaining allies.

Their plan consisted of them using Izuku and Aoyama as bait to lure All For One into an uninhabited urban area. To prevent All For One from discovering that he was being deceived with his Lie Detector, the new hero student Shinso would use his Brainwashing Quirk on Aoyama and his parents when they would contact All For One. This way their minds would be in a daze while they are under his command, blocking their emotions from coming into play and thus preventing the villain from perceiving anything wrong.

Upon being ambushed by them, all of the villains present on the scene would be split up from each other and placed into separate places across Japan by getting pushed into portals by Monoma who would use Kurogiri's Quirk to create the portal which they would be pushed into. Even though they had this planned for the villains, they knew there were the other things they had to take into account here in the form of Spinner and the Mask's followers.

All Might brought up the matter of Y/N shortly after, "...Our original plan was having him be transported to Shiketsu by young Monoma who would use Kurogiri's Quirk for it. However, we had to change our plans as we eveything is leading up to believe that he will attack the Blackgate Prison to break everyone out of there. Especially after he was seeing flying on a Nomu close to it. In addition to this, his followers were noticed heading towads this prison in the same way the heteromorphs are heading towads the hospital with Kurogiri. We just can't get ignore this.

"What if you're wrong, though?" Nishijima asked, "If we'll prepare the defenses of the Blackgate and he won't attack it, then it will be a massive waste."

"That's true. We can't exclude this option as we know it's a shot in the dark. If that happens, it will mean we've miscalculated and we'll need to adapt quickly." Hawks nodded in agreement, "However, we need to take this risk. We can't allow the prisoners from the Blackgate Prison escape. The strongest members of the PLF were locked up there and them breaking out of jail would be a catastrophe for us."

All Might nodded in agreement and took this explanation from here, "We already assigned heroes to the defense of the Blackgate Prison as well."

Mandalay looked at him questioningly, "What heroes assigned there?"

"From whatever remained of the top ten, Edgeshot and Wash were assigned there." All Might gave him his answer, "Edgeshot will take command of everyone placed in the defense of the Blackgate Prison. He already has more than enough experience in leading and his Quirk can be crucial in capturing the Mask once and for all. Even his precision was heavily affected by him losing his eyes in the assault at the mansion."

"I think he agreed for this because he wants to set the record straight with the Mask as well." Hawks added. He was told to stay away from the Blackgate Prison on the day of Operation Troy. He was needed someplace else and everyone knew the Mask would definitely go ballistic at the view of him and it was something they preferred to avoid happening.

Mandalay nodded in understanding, "I see."

"Who else wll be assigned there?" Ethan wanted to know.

"Two heroes from top 20." All Might quicky began to explain, "One of them will be Ryukyu's cousin Shiraishi Haru, the Black Dragon hero and the other one will be Kuramine Yuto, the energy absorbing hero Energy Eclipse. The moment they found out about the possibility of attacking the prison, they were asked to be put in defense of it."

Ethan raised his brow, "Why?"

All Might quickly went into another explanation, "Because all of them have history with the Scarlet Hero, Yoshida Minato. He was their classmates back when all of them attended U.A and were rather close from what I heard from the teachers at U.A who were thei teachers around that time. Since the possibility of the Mask having been given the Scarlet Hero's Quirk is pretty much certain, they were asked to be there."

"Personally I think they want to make everything straight for the sake of their friend by defeating the villain who defilled his power to do eveything the Mask did." Hawks added. Those weren't just his assumptions, though. He had a personal convesation with the two and they confimed this as their reason of wanting to face the Mask, "Kuramine Yuto's Quirk will become handy as well in addition of the device created by Hatsume Mei and Akihiko Okuda at U.A."

Nishijima raised his brow, "Okuda? Isn't that...?"

"Yes. It's the Mask's cousin." Hawks gave him a nod of confirmation, "He wants to his cousin to be captured to make sure his actions will stop affecting his parents and worked on the device which will disrupt the Mask's red energy. If we'll put this device and Kuramine Yato in the same place, the Mask will be left pinned with his power getting absorbed and disrupted."

Nishijima nodded in understanding, "I see."

"How many devices are there?" Ragdoll wanted to know.

"Ten. Most of them will be given to to whoever will be placed in defense of the Blackgate Prison." All Might gave her an explanation. One of them was planned to be gifted to Izuku on the day of the Operation Troy as well. Just in case he and the Mask were to face each other which was something All Might didn't want to happen.

"Alright. Good." Ragdoll nodded in a satisfied manner.

Mandalay nodded in agreement, "We all know how reliant the Mask is on his red energy. Once he will be unable to use it, he'll left on a silver plate to be apprehended by the defenses of the Blackgate Prison."

"Who else can we expect to see in defenses of this prison?" Tiger wanted to know.

"Yada Mahito, the beast hero Beast Man and Wong Hideo, the Audiokinesis hero Audiokinesis." All Might replied.

Tiger raised his brow at the new, "Oh. The fresh faces in the hero work?"

Hawks nodded in confirmation and quickly gave an explanation, "Yes. The two of them volunteered to take part in this because all of them were friends of the Mask's first victim, Funaki Noriaki otherwise known as Cyborg. Just like Kuramine Yuto and Shiraishi Haru, they want to take part in capturing the Mask to make sure their friend can rest in peace."

"I see." Tiger nodded in understanding.

Hawks clapped his hands together a second later, "The last person or rather people which we can bring up to you for the defense of the Blackgate Prison will be five Shiketsu students. Kazari Tomohito, Yoarashi Inasa, Shishikura Seiji, Mora Nagamasa and Utsushimi Camie."

Pixie Bob raised her brow at one of the names, "Kazari Tomohito?"

"Isn't that the boy who bullied him alongside Bakugo, nya?" Ragdoll wanted to be sure.

Hawks gave her a nod of confirmation, "Yes. That's the one. We got contacted by the principal of Shiketsu who informed us about young Kazari going to him with his friends and asking him to be placed in a position which would allow him to face the Mask. He explained it as a way of atoning for the part he had in the creation of the Mask."

All Might took a deep breath, allowing a moment for everyone to process the information, "Now that you know the key players assigned to the Blackgate Prison, let's discuss the secondary objectives for this location. First, we must ensure the prison remains secure, no matter the cost. Second, should the Mask attack as expected, apprehending him will be the top priority. Him getting captured could be the turning point in the war."

Hawks nodded in agreement, "The Mask has proven himself to be more than just a brute over and over again. That's why we've stationed heroes with diverse skill sets and experience. Despite all our preparations, we can't underestimate him. We already underestimated him when we attacked the PLF mansion and I think everyone know how that ended. I don't think any of us will handle seeing another Blood Rain."

"We took the matters of the defense of the Blackgate Prison as well." Naomasa added, "We've reinforced the cells and enhanced the prison's security measures. But we'll also have backup systems in place, including emergency barriers and anti-quirk measures. Should any prisoner attempt to escape, we'll have protocols to intercept them immediately."

Hawks cossed his arms, "Now with this matter having been discussed, let's focus on the other details of Operation Troy. We've got a long road ahead of us, but if we stand together and trust in this plan, we can end this war for good."

Tiger raised his hand, "Can I ask something?"

"What is it?" All Might looked at him questioningly.

Tiger immediately voiced what he wanted, "I would like to be assigned where Magne will be placed in the ambush as I would like to confront her..."

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Y/N and Origami climbed down from Cyborg's back, having just arrived at their destination of whatever place Y/N wanted to visit with Y/N taking Origami's help to help her get down after she asked him if he can help her. Y/N was a bit confused on why Origami wanted his help in getting down from Cyborg's back, wondering why she would have a problem with that, but was glad to help his girlfriend neverthless.

Origami got herself on the ground a second later, holding hands with Y/N as she glanced ahead of herself to see where they had just arrived. Y/N had not told her where they are going. When she asked him about it, he told her how she'll know where they went when she'll see set her eyes on their destination. He was right. The dark green haired knew what this place was the moment she laid her eyes on it even if she had never seen this place before.

She set her eyes on a big ruined mansion which looked like it belonged to very succesful people before it was ruined by something or rather something. Her mind instantly connected the dots as she knew this must have been Y/N's old home. Or at least whatever remained of it as the place was heavily vandalized, making it look like one of the abandoned places from one of the video games which Y/N showed her in the past at the mansion of the Liberation Front.

She eyed the place the best she could, allowing themselves to take a look at how ruined it was. The windows were broken and the front door was off it's hinges, having probably been kicked off at one point or at least she assumed this was what happened. She couldn't tell what really happened her even if it was made pretty obvious to her after finding out what happened to Y/N's parents after his followers got their hands on them.

The place was filled with posters and graffiti's as well and all of them were a mixed bag. Some of them were cursing Y/N out, calling him a demon's child and telling him to go ahead and die with the posters supporting them being a wanted posters while some of them were showing him their support with the posters calling him the voice of the Quirkless people and voicing how everyone should listen to him and his message.

"Looks worse than I thought." She pulled herself out of her thoughts when Y/N made this comment a second later and she saw him looking at his old home with a blank look on his face. Even if she could see a hint of disgust on it. Her boyfriend must have expected his old home to vandalized, but probably didn't expect it's shape to be so bad.

Origami looked at him questioningly, "Y/N. Can I ask you what are we doing here?"

"I don't know to be honest. I promised myself that I will never come back here last time when I was here." Y/N gave her an honest answer with his eyes remaining set on his ruined old hime, "I just felt like I need to visit this place before we'll make our next move. Maybe I want to get some final closure from this place and my old life by going there and taking a look around..."

"I see." Origami replied in understanding. If she was honest with herself, she never thought about coming back to her old home. She always wanted to distance herself as much as she could. Especially after she found out her mother left the country after she was exposed for what she truly was. She looked at him a questioning and concerned look on her face, "Do you want me to join you or do you want me to stay outside?"

"It's up to you to decide." Y/N gave her his answer.

Origami's answer to this was immediate, "I'll go with you, then."

"Alright. Let's go." Y/N smiled at her slightly and Origami smiled back. He shifted his gaze to Cyborg a second later, "Cyborg. Stay here on guard. If anyone unknown or hostile to us shows up, you know what to do."

He turned away from Cyborg a second later, knowing he didn't have to wait for a reaction out of the Nomu as he knew Cyborg would listen to him. Not wasting any time, he and Origami pushed themselves into walk towards whatever remained of his old home with an intention of entering it and taking a look around it all the while they continued to hold hands. Cyborg was left behind them, leaving the Nomu on guard.

Y/N and Origami reached the entrance to Y/N's old home a second later with Origami pulling her hand away from Y/N and taking the led as she wanted to step over the cement step in front of the entrance. Upon finding herself in front of the entrance to the house, she looked over her shoulder as she expected to see Y/N following her. She instead saw her boyfriend standing in place and staring off into the distance, though.

"Y/N?" She called out to him with a mixture of confusion and worry in her voice, wondering what made him stop of all sudden. She didn't get the answer from him, though as Y/N didn't even look at her. Instead, he kept staring off in the same direction. It made her more worried about him.

Y/N  remained silent, keeping his attention on the broken window in front of him as he recalled what this place was the moment he laid his eyes on it just as he was about to follow Origami into his old home. After taking a look at this window, memories came flooding back to him, because it was the same window where he overheard his parents talking how much they regretted having him after he came back home after seeing them in the TV with hopes of them changing for the better.

"What did we even bother having him? He always brought us nothing but trouble and disappointment."

"I'm asking myself the same thing. We would have been better of us if we never had him. At first, he was making us look like a laughinstock in front of our family and colleagues and now I don't even want to think what they're thinking of us right now after he pulled off this stunt with running away."

Y/N shook his head upon having those words fly through his head, remembering how much those words hurt him back when he heard him and at the same time cursed himself for thinking they had changed in the first place after seeing them on the TV. He couldn't blame himself for it back then, though. Back then a part of him still hoped his parents loved him and care about him in some way. Even if he now knew it was nothing but a foolish wish on his part.

He didn't regret coming here when he didn, though. If anything, this visit is what fully convinced him to choose this life and follow his goal. If parents truly changed, then he didn't know how his life would look like right now. It was not the case, though and everything was the way it was. He often wondered how his parents would react when they would find out how this conversations of theirs is what drew him to take this path in the end.

"Y/N. You okay?" He was taken out of his thoughts by Origami's concerned voice.

Y/N shifted his attention away from the window and gave her a nod, "Yes. I just remembered something. Let's go inside."

"Alright." Origami nodded in understanding, keeping the concern in her tone as he reached her hand out towards Y/N. Y/N grabbed her hand a second later, leaving them holding hands again.

The two wasted no time and entered Y/N's old home a second later through the destroyed front entrance. Upon walking into the ruined mansion, the first thing they noticed was a door which looked like it flew off it's hinges after someone firmly kicked it. Origami nodded to herself after she passed the door with Y/N, knowing her theory regarding what happened to the doors at the front entrance was confirmed. Not that it mattered, though.

She and Y/Nallowed themselves to take a trip around Y/N's old home a second later, allowing themselves to take a good look at the state of the place inside. If they were honest with themselves, this place looked even worse on the inside. The entire place was filled with graffiti like the outside of the home was and the graffiti inside was showing the arguments of the both sides with both the words against Y/N and the words of support being crossed out by the other side.

All of the furniture in his house was knocked over, having been either kicked over or whatever else people who visited this place before him did and all of the windows in the house were cracked, having been either destroyed by throwing rocks or having been destroyed in some other way he couldn't find himself care enough to think of. The TV in the living room was cracked as well and was now laying on the floor.

Many of the valuable stuff in the house was robbed as well. Y/N recalled his parents having lots of the valuable out in display in their home, wanting to show off their wealth to whoever visited them and now most of this was gone. If only they were as willing to spent any of this money on him aside from all the minimum stuff. It didn't take long for him to know what must have happened to them. Whoever visited his home when this stuff was still inside must have really liked to get his hands on some valuable stuff for free. It got confirmed to him when he saw his parents expensive liqour was gone. Not that he cared about it. He didn't care about any of the stuff his parents cared.

The other stuff which earned his attention inside of his old home were the old family photos of him and his parents. All of which were still hanging on the wall. Back in his old life, his parents forced him to take those with them to have them hang in their family home to make them look like a normal happy family to whoever would visit them even if the reality was from truth. He found himself cringed at how forced his happy expression on the picture was even if the pictures were partially destroyed themselves.

The destruction of those pictures was mostly on him and his parents as someone had drawn on them. Who it was? Y/N had no idea. For all he knew, it could be someone who killed his parents or someone else. Both of his parents had massive X's drawn on their eyes, showing their deaths He had a circle drawn around him, having multiple lines pointing at him. In addition to this he had an X drawn on his eyes as well. They were drawn in a different color, though which led him to believe someone else had made done this.

Origami kept her eyes on the family paintings of Y/N and his parents and shook her head. Just by the looks of his parents, he could tell both of them were obnoxious and arrogant people to be around. Her expression grew slightly sad a second later as she set her eyes on Y/N. If there was one thing she was certain about when it came to their family pictures was that she could tell Y/N was not as happy as he was trying to potray himself to be on them. She knew how he looked like when he was happy and when he smile and she could tell his smiles and happy expressions on those pictures were fake.

The two wasted no time and continued their journey through Y/N's old home a second later. They didn't walk around for long, though as they stumbled upon what they were certain was the place where Y/N's parents were beaten to death. The two could tell it straight away from the marks of blood on the floor and the view of this scene which looked like a fight took place there. It led them into believing Y/N's parents were trying to fight back against an angry mob of Y/N's supporters.

Y/N couldn't help himself and kept staring at the bloodstains of his parents blood on the floor. If he was honest with himself, his feelings regarding their deaths remained the same. He didn't feel happy or feel sad. He was just numb. They were dead and he couldn't care less. Only maybe a tiny bit of him hoped they felt the fear and pain he felt everytime they had scolded him and abused him for not being good enough in their eyes.

Origami found herself staring at the bloodstains as well and couldn't help but ask herself what would happen to her mother if she didn't leave the country. Would the same happen to her? She knew she had no way of knowing this. She had no idea where her mother was right now. She could be anywhere for all she knew. She didn't care enough to find out if she was honest with herself, though. She had more important stuff to worry about now.

Y/N and Origami turned away from the bloodstains a second later, proceeding with their trip around Y/N's old home and Y/N stopped in his tracks for a second upon entering the dining room and finding himself staring at the old knocked over table. Upon laying his eyes on the knocked over table, he found himself thinking back to the last direct conversation he ever had with his parents when they lectured him after another one of his incidents with Tomohito.

"Is it really this hard for you to start making a name for yourself? Is it really this hard for you to start doing something with your life and stop making our family look like a laughing stock?"

"Why do you have to be such a useless failure? You can't even look at us when we're talking to you."

Y/N shook his head, having lost the count of how many times he found himself coming back to those words whenever he thought about his parents which wasn't much if he was honest with himself. If there was one regret he had regarding, it was him not seeing their reactions when they first found out about him being the villains as he could tell how much they panicked when it happened, knowing how their perfect reputation will be affected by this. If he saw their reactions, then he probably would have started dancing in delight like Dabi.

He found himself thinking more about this subject as he found himself thinking how his parents would react if they saw him in person if they were still alive. Would they be fearful of him or angry at him? Knowing his parents, it would probably be the latter as they would still think they have some control over him and think they are the victims of this situation they themselves had created. He knew what would happen if they tried to laid their hands on him again, though. He wouldn't allow them to do this as their hand would end up broken before it would reach him.

He smiled slightly as well. Just like he did whenever he found himself thinking about his parents telling him to make a name for himself. In the end, they got exactly what they wanted from him. He made a name for himself. He doubted they meant him becoming something like this whenever they uttered those words to him but he made a name for himself neverthless. Words couldn't describe how much he'd love to throw those words back at them if he had met them when they were still alive.

Y/N stopped thinking about it a second later, not wanting it to take more time than it already did and walked into the kitchen with his girlfriend which was in an equally vandalized state like the rest of his old home was. If he was honest with himself, he didn't have much to say or think about in this place of his house. Aside from maybe a few memories of his parents telling him to stop wasting time whenever he was baking something in their kitchen and focus on the actually important stuff.

Y/N and Origami left the kitchen a second later, wanting to make their way to the last place which Y/N wanted to visit in his old home and the place in question was his old room. By the time they reached the doors to the face, they saw just how much vandalized this part of the house was as the doors and the walls next to it and around it were filled with various writings of various people who visited this place at one point and both of them stopped for a brief moment to read them.

"Go die!"

"The Scarlet Demon!"

"Monster's room!"

"Voice of the Quirkless people!"

"My hero!"

"Hero for all the villains!"

Y/N shifted his gaze away from the writings, letting out a sigh. Not wanting to think about them more, he grabbed the door handle and pushed the door to his old room open. If he was honest with himself, he was suprised the door wasn't off it's hinges like the door at the main entrance. He didn't think much of it, though as he knew it wasn't important and just focused himself on seeing whatever his old room was about to show him.

The door was fully opened a second later, allowing him and Origam to enter his old room and take a look around it. Upon walking into the room, what both of them saw mess and emptiness. Mess came from all the trash being in the room and Y/N doubted it came from his parents. In addition to this trash, his room had writings on the walls as well. The emptiness of his room came from just how empty his room seemed like and how empty it would be without all the trash laying around it.

Y/N pulled his hand away from Origami a second later, leaving himself without holding her hand and stopped in the middle of the room, allowing himself to take a good look around himself while Origami remained behind him and leaned against the wall with her arms crossed below her chest. She could tell her boyfriend needed a moment for himself here and this is why she decided to stay in the background and leave him with his own thoughts in his room.

Hey boyfriend remained where he stood with his eyes going around the room as he paid his attention to how empty it was. All of his belongings were nowhere to be seen. He doubted they were stolen like his parents expensive stuff, though. If they were stolen, then something would be left in his room like the knocked over furniture. If he were to guess, his parents would have gotten rid of his belongings at some point. It must have happened after he was discovered to be the Mask as before this they would have to maintain their media image of the perfect caring parents.

Y/N shifted his gaze to the corner of the room where his bed used to be, now replaced by an empty, dusty space. It was when memories of sleepless nights spent in that corner flooded back, nights filled with muffled cries whenever he cried himself to sleep and constant questions of why he was so useless and constant thoughts of how much he hated himself for being like this flew through his mind.

He crouched down a second later, running his fingers over the floorboards when a memory of him landing on the floor after his mom slapped him across face flew through his mind. Even though so much passed since this happened, his memory remained in his mind. Just like everything else remained in his mind even if over two years had passed since the last time he was in this place. He shoo his head again a second later, not believing it was only two years. Felt like so much longer because of everything that happened.

He let out a humorless chuckle, "Funny..."

Origami raised her brow at this comment, "What is it?"

"This room felt so much bigger back then. Like it was going to suffocate me. Now it just feels hollow." Y/N gave her an explanation of what he felt right now, standing up and brushing off his hands. "Maybe it always was, but the younger me failed to notice this..."

Origami pushed off the wall and approached him, placing a gentle hand on his shoulder, "The person you were here is gone, Y/N. You've grown into someone stronger and someone better. You've built a life outside these walls, despite everything they threw at you."

Y/N looked over his shoulder at her and placed his hand on top of hers, "You're right. This place isn't who I am anymore. But coming here, seeing this it reminds me of why I do what I do. Why I can't stop. You know how many times I was crying myself to sleep in this room, asking myself why I was so useless and imagining myself having a better life? A lot. I don't even know the count of it."

"But you proved them wrong." Origami interjected in a firm tone, "You've done more than anyone thought possible. You've become someone people believe in. Someone who's making a difference." She crouched down behind him a second later and wrapped her arms around him, giving him a hug, "What more important is that you're not alone here, Y/N . Not like you were back then. You will always have me by your side. You will always have the League by your side. Take strenght from that."

Y/N placed his hand over Origami's arms as she hugged him, his grip firm yet gentle. He allowed himself to close his eyes for a brief moment, letting the weight of her words and presence wash over him and hit him like a speeding truck. For the first time since stepping foot in the house, he felt a semblance of calm. For the first time ever in his house, he felt loved and more important didn't feel alone while being in his room.

"You know. It feels so surreal for me to be in this place again." He slowly got up into a standing position and Origami quickly followed his example. He turned to face his girlfriend a second later, "I'm just thinking about everything. I'm having a hard time believing it's only been two years. It feels like a thousand years ago to me. I left the school and went to the roof where I met All For One. I became a villain and got introduced to Tomura-kun which led me to meeting you..."

He grabbed his hands into hers and looked directly into her eyes with a loving smile slowly forming on his face, "...Realized I loved you. All I can think about you is how much I love you and how you were always there for me. Maybe I wouldn't be standing in this home right now or maybe I wouldn't be who I am right now. I just want to you know. I love you Origami. I love you so much. I don't know what I would do if I lost you..."

"I love you too, Y/N. I love you more than anything else in this world. I don't know where I'd be without you." Origami returned his smile, looking into his e/c eyes with her blue ones. The two kept looking into each other eyes, refusing to look anywhere else as their partner is the only thing that mattered to them right now, " No matter what happens, no matter where we go, we're in this together. And I'll always be by your side, Y/N . You don't have to worry about losing me. I'm here. Always."

The two smiled at each other lovingly, refusing to look anywhere else but their partner and remained like this for what felt like forever for them even when in reality it was only a brief moment. Before they knew it, they felt their heads moved closer to each other to the point their could feel each other's breath on themselves and it was only a matter of time, seconds more specifically, before their lips met in a kiss.

Their kiss didn't end there, though. It quickly became a deep loving passionate kiss between the two of them as neither of them refused to pull away from each other, wanting to feel their other half as much as could. Their tongues got involved a second later, leaving them feeling each other more as Origami placed her hands on Y/N's shoulders while Y/N stepped forward a bit and didn't stop until Origami was left pinned against the wall all the while they continued to kiss.

They pulled away from each other a second later, leaving a string of saliva between them as they stared into each other eyes. They looked around them a second later, deducing this place was private enough for them and kissed again, leaving the kiss even more loving and passionate than before with Origami moving her hands up to undo the buttons on the top of her clothes while Y/N placed his hands on her backside...

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After having some private time with each other, Y/N and Origami wasted no time in dressing themselves up again which didn't take long as the two didn't undress themselves completely for their private time. Once they made sure to fully dress themselves up, the two made sure to make themselves look as presentable and natural as they could to make sure no one woul suspect anything happened between them once they will return to the cave.

Y/N and Origami walked out of Y/N's old room a second later, holding hands with each other and being practically glued to each other as the two glanced at each other with loving smiles with each other. As the two walked out of Y/N's old home, Y/N looked over his shoulder at the ruined version of the place he used to call his home for most of his life and nodded to himself in a satisfied manner, knowing he got exactly what wanted from this visit.

He shifted his gaze away from his old home a second later with the shadow of who he used to be slowly fading away with each step he had taken away from this place and glanced ahead of himself, letting out a satisfied exhale. He took a deep breath, his thoughts still swirling with the echoes of his past. There was something else he could feel in the memories of his past, though. It was a quiet peace in knowing he wasn't longer bound by it and the knowledge of him having completely killed whoever he was in the past.

"You okay?" Origami asked him with a small reassuring smile on her face.

Y/Nglanced at her and gave him a nod of his head, "Yeah. I'm better than okay. I'm with you, aren't I?"

"Always." Origami smiled wider, feeling affection hitting her like a ton of bricks as she saw Y/N words were genuine. She blushed a bit, placing her other hand on her stomach as her smile grew more loving, "Y-You know. I kind of I missed this."

"Yeah. Me too. " Y/N nodded in agreement without any hesitation, smilling back at her with the same loving smile with a small blush growing on his face. Words couldn't describe how much he missed the closeness he had with Origami while he was away and how he kind of forget how much he loved doing this with her. This is why he made sure to savor every moment he was with her right now as he had no idea what could happen to him in the close past. His expression grew a bit more serious a second later, "What about you?"

Origami looked at him questioningly, "What about me?"

"Do you want to go to your old home?" Y/N suggested as the two neared Cyborg who was patiently waiting for them, "I can ask Cyborg to take us there."

Origami looked thoughtful about it for a few seconds and shook her head, "No. Let's not go there."

"Are you sure?" Y/N wanted to know if she was sure about this.

Origami gave him a certain nod of her head, "Yes. I have no reason to go back there. My mother left this country to escape people's anger after the truth about her and I couldn't care less about her. What happens to her now is not my problem. What I care now is moving forward with you and our friends."

"Alright." Y/N replied in understanding, having a smile on his face while feeling proud of her on the inside as he and Origami made their way to Cyborg. Just as they were about to climb up on top of the Nomu and leave this place forever, they were interrupted by a familiar male voice.

"Good. At least this way we won't have to look for you at her old house." The two looked in the direction of the voice and saw Dabi and Toga standing in a small distance from them. Dabi had his hands in his pockets and Toga had a small smile on her face upon seeing the two glance at her and Dabi.

"Himiko-chan? Dabi?" Origami stopped in her tracks upon laying her eyes on them as Dabi and Toga wasted no time and stepped closer to them. She raised her brow questioningly on them a second later, wondering why the two were here. She didn't get a chance to ask them about it, though as Y/N cut them off.

Y/N smiled a bit with his eyes set on Dabi, "Dabi. Just the person I wanted to see."

"What do you mean, kid?" Dabi wanted to know what Y/N meant by that.

"I was planning to see you once me and Origami would come back from the cave." Y/N explained. "Good to know you did my job for me."

"I see." Dabi replied in understanding, stopping in front of Y/N and Origami with Toga as Toga smiled at Origami. Origami couldn't help herself and smiled at her best friend, having been missing seeing her smilling like this. The scarred villain looked at Y/N questioningly a second later, "Why did you wanted to see me?"

"Let's just say I need you for something regarding the training of my new powers." Y/N gave him an explanation and shifted his gaze to Cyborg for a second, "I need both you and Cyborg for this part of the training. This is why I was planning to see you about it after I'll come back as this way I would be sure I'll have the two of you for it."

Dabi kept his questioning expression on his face, "What kind of training do you mean?"

"I'll explain everything on our way back to the cave." Y/N once again gave him an explanation as Dabi nodded in understanding. Even though his face was not showing it, he wondered what Y/N needed him for on the inside.

Toga shifted her gaze to Dabi and elbowed him a bit, "See? I told you we'll find them either here or Origami-chan's old house. I told you wanting to know what happened to your old house is something perfectly normal."

Dabi shrugged, "Yeah. Whatever..."

Origami looked at Toga questioningly, "What do you mean, Himiko-chan?"

Toga shifted her gaze back to her and gave her an explanation, "I went to see what happened to my old house and Dabi-kun found me just as I was about to leave. He told me how she wants to talk with me and Y/N about something and I told him how we should go for you either here or Origami-chan's old house because I saw you two leaving together."

"I see." Origami smiled at Toga, "Good to see your guesses were correct."

Y/N looked at Dabi questioningly, "What do you want from us, Dabi?"

Dabi wasted no time in providing him an answer, "There was something I wanted to bring up to you and Toga. Glad to know both of you, including Weaponsmith, are still up to end this pathetic hero society. This world doesn't give a crap whether you laugh or cry so let's have a nice laugh together. Shall we?"

Y/N and Origami exchanged glances with each other and raised their brows, wondering what he meant by this. They got their answer a second later as Dabi summoned fire into his palm, gathering a good portion of it on it in in the blink of an eye. Before either of them could react, Dabi released a stream of fire towards Y/N's old home and the mansion was engulfed in flames within seconds, leaving an already ruined building in flames.

Y/N watched his old home being eaten by flames in shock for a few seconds before shifting his attention back to Dabi, "Dabi..."

"We should leave. They're gonna find us..." Origami suggested as Toga looked at Dabi with a look of understanding on her face, having seen him do the same when Dabi put her old home on fire.

"Relax. We'll be fine. I doubt they have enough manpower to send an entire team towards every burning house." Dabi shrugged Origami's concerns off. He shifted his gaze between Y/N and Toga a second later, wanting to get straight to the point as he pulled out a vial with blood and held this out to them. Mostly to Toga, "I feel like you should have this. We're going to need everything we can to take down Endeavor and those pesky heroes and to later get rid of the potato head."

Toga stared at the vial for a few seconds until it clicked. She let out a shocked gasp at the realization, "Dabi-kun!"

"Is that...?" Y/N wanted to be sure if he thought correctly, having had the same realization as Toga.

"Yes. It's Twice's blood. I managed to grab some of it after that winged bastard was saved by one of U.A's brats. As long as Toga uses blood of someone she holds dear to her heart, she is capable of using the said person's Quirk." Dabi gave them a nod of confirmation as Toga carefully took the vial with Twice's blood from him with her and Y/N refusing to look away from it. He smiled at them a second later, "All of us will keep the Sad Man Parade's going. The ones who will get the last laugh in all this mess will be us."

Y/N and Toga stayed silent, not doing anything as the two kept staring at the vial with Twice's blood with fond expressions on their faces as they lost themselves in their memories of Twice in this moment. The two felt themselves growing happier on the inside, feeling smiles slowly spreading across their faces. If this was the way they were going to honor their deceased friend, then they knew it was something they should go for.

Toga pulled the vial away from their view a second later, placing it in her gear and made sure to be extra careful while doing so as she didn't want to break the vial or do anything else to it. Upon making sure the vial was safely put away, she glanced at Y/N and smiled at him and Y/N smiled back at her. Origami smiled at the view of them, happy to the two closest people to her smile like this again again. If only Magne or Mustard or anyone else from the League were around to see them smile like this right now...

The dark green haired girl glanced at Dabi a second later, knowing he was responsible for making Y/N and Toga happy in this moment and words couldn't describe how grateful she was to him right now. The smile on his face looked genuine as well. He really did what he did because he wanted to help Y/N and Toga. She knew there was only one way to express her gratitude to him and she put it into action a second later by moving closer to him and wrapping her arms around the scarred villain in a tight hug.

Dabi's smile faded from his face a second later the moment Origami gave him her tight hug. This action took him by suprise because he was not used to other people hugging him, "...Kid. What are you doing?"

"I'm giving you a hug." Origami replied like it was the obvious most thing from the hug, not releasing Dabi from her hug and tightening it to give him the best hug she could give someone. If she was honest with herself, she felt like something like this was something Dabi needed more than anyone right now, "I think you could use one Toya-kun. To be honest, I thought like this ever since I saw your video..."

Dabi stayed silent, unsure on how to reply to this as he didn't return Origami's hug straight away. His eyes widened a second later as he felt someone else hug him. He looked at this other person and noticed Toga was the one who hugged him. The blond haired girl was quickly followed by Y/N as Y/N wasted no time and joined in for the hug, leaving the three teenagers hugging the scarred villain.

Dabi slowly pushed himself out of his suprised state a second later and looked down at the three teenage villains who continued to hug him even after he didn't return their hug. He felt something in his eyes at the feeling of all of them hugging him. He didn't pay attention to it, though and kept his attention on Y/N, Origami and Origami as he slowly wrapped his arms around all three of them, returning their hug after being unresponsive for a few moments.

The four villains stayed like this, not saying anything and not doing anything else but hugging and keeping themselves in their grip. Nothing else mattered to them right. What mattered to them was them having each other. Despite everything they've been through and the way they were wronged by the people in their past, all of them were happy to have found each other in their hopeless lives and were happy to have themselves by their sides.

They pulled away from each other a second later, all of them having smiles on their faces as Y/N called for Cyborg who made his way to them. All of them got themselves on top of the Nomu a second later, intending to leave this place behind them and took off into the air. Just as they took off into the air on the Nomu, Y/N allowed himself to take one last look at the burning remains of whatever remained of his old house.

Even though he was not certain what future had in store for him, he was certain about one thing when he distanced himself from his burning old home with his family, though.

He was no longer Y/N L/N. Y/N L/N was dead...

From now on, he was Y/N Shigaraki...

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Izuku and Ochaco stood together on the edge, reflecting together on everything which happened recently between them and everything else around them. Having been informed about Operation Troy by All Might, them and their classmates began to prepare themselves for the operation in question and began moving their bags into their temporary dorms. Just as Izuku was about to join his classmates in this, he spotted a lone Ochaco standing on the edge and reflecting while overlooking the makeshift fortress: "Troy", a fortified structure created by Cementoss, Power Loader, and Ectoplasm and decided to join her.

Upon walking over to her and stopping next to her, the two of them glanced at each other for a brief moment without saying a word to each other. Izuku took a deep breath, his heart steadying as he turned his gaze back toward the imposing fortress in the distance. He couldn't blame anyone for making this fortress so imposing. This was the place where Shigaraki would be placed during Operation Troy, after all. He hesitated for a moment, then finally broke the silence.

He shifted his gaze from the fortress to Ochaco when broke the silence between them, "Uraraka-san. Thank you for what you did back then. I didn't really get a chance to thank you. I'm really grateful for what you did."

Ochaco blushed a bit at his expression of gratitude, "Aww, shucks. I didn't do that much. You always fret over the small things. Don't you?"

Izuku looked at her questioningly, "What were you doing outside?"

"Just watching everything and thinking..." Ochaco gave him an honest answer. She stayed silent for the next few seconds, creating a new silence between her and Izuku before breaking it herself, "...Y'know. I'm quite the oddball."

Izuku looked suprised by this statement, "No. You're not! You're strong. You're compassionate. Your hairstyle suits you. You're super..."

"Not. Not like that..." Ochaco cut him off, correcting him on what he was saying, "Back then, when I was shouting at the top of th building. You see. Toga Himiko's face flashed in my mind for a second. When Gigantomachia was charging through the cities, I faced her and I told her what I believed to be right back then. But then it twisted her face into the most sorrowful expression I've ever see and she snapped at me. Not out of anger. But out of hurt..."

"This isn't what I want! I want a world where people won't treat me like a freak because of the way my Quirk makes me act! This is why I love the League as much as I do! Hiroto-kun accepted me for the way I am and I love him because of it even if I didn't tell him this, yet! He's the only who showed me what true love is! Origami-chan accepted me for the way I am and now she's my best friend! By the time she and Y/N will have a kid, I'm sure I'll be it's godmother! Y/N accepted me for the way I am and I will gladly follow him and Tomura-kun anywhere because of it! The League accepted me for the way I am and I will always love them because of it! At least they think of me as a human! Unlike everyone else."

Ochaco's expression saddened when this memory flew through her mind, "She told me she just wants to be accepted for what she is and this is what the League and the villainy gave her when no one else would. What the League has done is horrible, I know. But I never tried to understand what she believed was truly right. Thinking how, I don't know anything about her at all..."

"I get you." Izuku told her with his expression showing genuine understanding, "Not just because of me wanting to save Y/N. It's because I went through something similiar myself..."

Ochaco looked at him questioningly, "What do you mean?"

"I realized I was not the best friend to him in the past. I took him for granted and never thought how he felt." Izuku gave her an honest answer, "If it wasn't for the conversation I had with his aunt which I told you about with Iida-kun, then I probably would have still be in the same mindset I was when I was first brought back to U.A by you and the rest. I just focused myself on everything I did wrong in our friendship and I ignored all the good times we had like the one birthday picture which I showed you in my dorm."

He clenched his hand and looked down at it with a determined look on his face, "What Y/N has done was terrible and I won't deny that. I understand why so many people like his cousin want to see him locked up. However, it doesn't mean I won't try to save him. I have to reach him, apologize to him for everything I did wrong and help him remember all the good times. Even if we drifted apart, even if I messed up, he was still my friend. And if there's even the smallest part of him that still remembers those good times, then I can't give up on anything and make him remember all the good times..."

"He can be the key of reaching Shigaraki Tomura as well as I know I can't deny how close Y/N and Shigaraki grew to each other ever since they started working together." Izuku went further into his words as Ochaco silently listened to everything he had to say to her, "I saw the crying boy inside of him and I don't want to ignore this part even if our conflict is unavoidable. Perharps this crying boy needs someone to be there for him and this person can be someone he genuinely cares about even if he found this hard to believe at first."

Izuku shifted his gaze back to Ochaco to finish off whatever he was saying to her, "This is why I need to try. I need to do this for Y/N. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him and his support back in junior high and I can't just give up on him. I know many people will dislike this decision and I know it includes many of our classmates which I can understand after what happened back at the mansion. However, I hope you will understand me."

Ochaco smiled at him fondly, "I guess that makes the two of us quite oddballs."

"I suppose." Izuku smiled back at her, happy to see Ochaco showed him some understanding him. This conversation made him think back to Kendo and Tetsutetsu and how they wanted to save Origami before everything went down. He wondered what their stance on this right now.

"Young Midoriya..." A familiar adult male voice called out for him, cutting the conversation between him and Ochaco short.

Izuku turned around to face his mentor with a questioning look on his face, "All Might?"

"Do you need anything?" Ochaco asked, having turned around to face the former number one hero as well.

"I need to speak with young Midoriya about something." All Might responded, clenching his hand. Even though he would have preferred to keep this to himself, he knew Izuku deserved to know about what happened between him and Y/N.

Izuku kept his questioning look on his face, "What is it?"

"Something happened shortly after everything between you and Lady Nagant went down." All Might began to explain, keeping his hand clenched with his expression growing more sorrowful, "I was ambushed by Y/N and his comrades after they fooled me into thinking a woman was being chased by a villain."

Izuku's eyes widened, "What?"

"What happened...?" Ochaco began to ask.

"Don't worry. He didn't do anything. We just talked for a bt." All Might shut down their worries, "However. Before we parted ways, he told me to give you a message."

"What was this message?" Izuku wanted to know.

All Might clenched his hand more when he gave Izuku his answer, "He told me that he was never more disappointed than he was in the day the two of you talked. In addition to this, he told me there's no point in talking with him anymore as all hopes of that died with Bubaigawara and Tengai. He finished everything off by telling me how the only way of stopping him is either killing him or capturing him."

Izuku froze where he stood as his mind slowly processed All Might's words with his breath getting caught in his throat. The weight of Y/N's message pressed down on him like a boulder. His mind swirled with memories of their last encounter where they glanced at each other across the rooftops with Y/N's expression showing cold indifference towards him shortly before it turned out to be an ambush set up by him and Lady Nagant.

The green haired boy clenched his fists, feeling hurt growing inside of him. Y/N's disappointment in him was sharper than any physical blow and thinking back to how he called him a fake hero and a fake friend still hurt him. To hear that hope had died in Y/N's heart, a hope tied to Twice and Tengai, only deepened Izuku's sense of guilt regarding everything and how he handled everything when he and Y/N had their conversation.

For a second, Izuku's thoughts flew back to his promise to Ochaco just moments ago, about not giving up on people. But now, faced with Y/N"s seemingly final words where he admitted that there was no hope in talking everything out with him, the same doubt which he felt inside of him before this conversation with Grace returned. The thought made his chest tighten. Despite everything, however, his mind on everything had not chaged. He knew the path he'd chosen wouldn't be easy. Saving people wasn't about quick fixes or guaranteed success. It was about trying, even when the odds were stacked against him.

"Deku..." Ochaco muttered his name under her breath with a concerned look on her face.

All Might stepped closer to Izuku, beginning to regret having this conversation with him after seeing his reaction, "Young Midoriya..."

"Even if Y/N says there's no point, I have to believe there's still a chance." Izuku pushed himself out of his silent state as he looked ahead of himself at All Might with his expression showing the same determination All Might and Ochaco were more than familiar with, "I understand what Y/N said and thank you for telling me about this All Might, but I can't accept it. He's hurting. I can't ignore that pain. Not like I did before he became a villain. Even if he's convinced himself that nothing can change."

He kept his eyes on All Might with the same determined expression on his face, "I know it won't be easy and I know he's given me an ultimatum. But I have to try to reach him again. Not just for his sake not for my sake, but for the people he cared about like Twice and Tengai. I made a promise to his aunt that I'll try to reach him and rebuilt the bridge between myself and him and I intend on keeping that promise even if her son and many other people want Y/N to be caught."

All Might studied Izuku's face for a moment, his own expression torn between worry and pride. He finally gave his student a small nod, "You've always had a way of seeing the best in people, young Midoriya. It's a quality that makes you a true hero. Just  don't lose sight of yourself in the process. Promise me that."

Izuku nodded firmly. "I won't, All Might. I promise."

"Deku, I know how much this means to you." Ochaco stepped closer to Izuku with her voice and expression being firm even if concern was evident in her tone, "...And I'll be there, okay?"

"Thank you, Uraraka-san. That means a lot to me." Izuku nodded gratefully at her and glanced back at All Might with a questioning look on his face, "Has Y/N told you anything else when you had your conversation with him."

"Yes." All Might gave him a nod, letting out a sigh with the feeling of guilt coming back to him when he found himself thinking back about it, "He told what happened to Shigaraki before All For One got his hands on him."

Izuku's eyes lit up in interest at this, "Can you tell me what he told you?"

All Might once again nodded at him, "Of course. I feel like you need to know about this as well if you intend on doing what you're planning to do with Shigaraki..."

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Origami exchanged glances and smiles with Toga as the two walked into the cave together, having parted ways with Y/N , Cyborg and Dabi shortly after finding landing in the forest close to the cave. The two would have stayed behind with them if it wasn't for them already having some other plans. Toga wanted to check on Magne and Spinner while Origami had some important business to attend to with Slice.

The two girls glanced at each other once more and bid their farewell to each other for now, leaving to take care of their own business as Toga went further into the cave while Origami remained close to the entrance, having planned to met up with Slice here. The two didn't agree to met futher into the cave as they intended to take care of their business outside the cave where they wouldn't be seen or bothered by anyone due to their business being what it was.

As Origami continued to wait for Slice to arrive at their meeting place, she looked down at her stomach and placed her hand on it. Letting out a deep exhale, she felt all the fears she was having for the last few days coming back to her. She buried them for a moment while she was with Y/N, Toga and Dabi. However, now she wasn't with them and they returned to her. Whatever would happen when she would be doing her business with Slice, she hoped or rather prayed their worries will turn out to be in vain.

"Origami." She pulled herself out of her thoughts a second later, removing her hand from her stomach as she looked ahead of herself and saw Slice walking towards her. From the look on Slice's face, she could tell her adviser and friend was worried for her and Origami couldn't blame her for it. If she and Slice switched placed, then she would probably be worried for her as well.

"Hasaki-chan." Origami acknowledged her with a nod of her head. She looked around themselves, making sure there was no one in their hearing range right now and asked her, "Do you have what left for?"

Slice nodded and pulled out a pregnancy test for Origami to see only to hide it a second later to make sure no one would see this, "Yes. I got a few of them as well just in case you'd want to make sure the first test result was not faulty."

"Alright. Let's go." Origami replied in understanding as she turned away from Slice and began to walk out of the cave.

"Are you sure we won't be spotted there?" Slice wanted to make sure as she followed Origami out of the cave, leaving the two outside with the darkness of the night surrounding them.

Origami gave her a nod as she started to make her way down the hill into the forest with each step being more nervous than the other one, "Yes. Everyone should be busy with something right now. We won't have to worry about Y/N as well as he is doing something with Dabi and Cyborg right now."

"What is he doing with them?" Slice asked, walking down the hill as she continued to follow Origami. They found themselves in the forest a second later, going deeper into the woods into the private place where no one would find them.

"Something with Dabi and Cyborg. He wants to use it as his way of expanding his skills with Overhaul." Origami gave her a shortened explanation of what Y/N told her, Toga and Dabi when they were making their way back to the cave. Once all of them were filled in on his idea, all of them were suprised with Dabi being suprised the most. He was willing to try it out, though which made Y/N happy.

"I see." Slice replied in understanding, wondering what Y/N and Origami meant by this. She'd have to ask him about this later. She and Origami stayed silent afterwards, making their way deeper into the forest until they reached the place which they decided was private and quiet enough for them to take care of their business. The red haired young woman glanced at Origami, "Alright. I think this place is good enough."

"Yeah. I was thinking the same." Origami nodded in agreement as she stepped closer to Origami with a very nervous step and held her hand out to her, "Alright. Can you give it to me?"

"Of course. Here you go." Slice replied, taking out one of the pregnancy tests and holding it out to Origami.

"Thank you." Origami replied gratefully as she took the test from Slice. She placed it in front of her face a second later, feeling her hand slowly starting to shake out of nervousness as the nervous emotions of this moment nearing were slowly starting to overcome her. Slice noticed it and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, wanting to show Origami she is not alone her.

"Origami. Look at me." Slice told her as Origami obeyed and looked up at her with a nervous expression on her face, "Remember you're not alone here. No matter what happens, we'll figure out what to do. Okay?"

"Okay." Origami replied in understanding, trying to make herself look less nervous as she turned away from Slice and began to walk off into the woods to give herself enough privacy to when she will take test, "I'm going. I'll be back in a minute."

"Alright." Slice gave her a nod of understanding as Origami vanished from her view between the woods.

As the minutes passed by in the dark forest in silence, the silence of the forest only seemed to get worse as the tension that weighed heavily on both Origami and Slice. Slice stood near a tree as she kept her distance from Origami. The red haired young woman had her arms crossed across her chest, looking around the forest around her without a reason as she waited for Origami to come back to her with the test which would hopefully be negative and their worried would turn out to be in vain.

While Slice continued to wait for Origami to come back, Origami felt like she was about to explode due to how nervous she was right now as she kept her eyes on her the test in her hands. The test felt cold in her hand, making everything leave her more anxious and make everything look like a cruel reminder in her mind. If she was really pregnant, then what it would mean for her? What it would mean for everyone else?

Keeping her eyes on the test, she slowly pushed herself into walk back to Slice while her mind kept pleading or rather praying for the test to come out negative. She closed her eyes for a second, letting out a long breath as her stomach churned with nerves. Whatever was going to happen with the test now, she knew there was no going back now and knew it was no or never type of situation. The worst kind of situation with this scenario.

"Origami? Did you...?" Slice saw her approach and immediately stepped forward with her expression showing genuine worry and concern. Origami stopped in her tracks, looking at her friend with a dread filled expression on her face as Slice stopped in her tracks as well not to overhelm her. Slice's eyes softened as she noticed the tremor in her friend's hands, "You can do this."

Origami nodded at her with a nervous look on her face, swallowing her saliva to make herself calm down a bit. Not wasting any time, she lifted up the test for her and Slice to see with her hands shaking violently and the world around them seemed to slow down when the two glanced at the test result. Slice shifted her gaze to Origami right after seeing the result of the test, her own breath catching in her throat. The result wasn't what they had hoped for.

It wasn't what they hoped for because it was positive.

Origami was actually pregnant...

Time seemed seemed to come to a complete stop for them after both of them saw the test result as Origami felt her knees weaken under her, looking like she was seconds away from falling on the ground due to the stress. Her breath became caught in her throat as her mind did whatever it could to process what she just saw. to She wanted to look away, to pretend it wasn't true. She wanted it not to be true. She wante all of it to be an unfunny joke or a nightmare she'd wake up from. However, she knew this was her reality as the the evidence was right in front of her.

She stood there for a long time, the test clutched in her hand as she found herslef unable to move. Her stomach burned with fear. She was really pregnant? What was she supposed to do now? She was not ready for this. She was not ready to raise a child. She was a child herself. This timining for her to be pregnant was the worst time for Y/N and her friends as as well. They could head off into the final battle against the hero society at any day. Why did she had to get pregnant now?

"Origami..." Slice gently called out for her. Even though she suspected this to be the case and brought up this to Origami in the first place, she found herself at a complete loss of words. She had hoped they wouldn't be here, that this moment wouldn't come, but now it was real.

Origami stayed silent, swallowig her own breath as her chest tightened to the point she was barely able to breath right now. The tears that had been threatening to fall since the moment she took the test gave up and made themselves known to her and Slice. She dropped the test on the ground, sobbing heavily ouf of stress as nervousness of this whole revelation as Slice did what she thought was the best in this moment and wrapped her arms around her friend to pull her into a tight comforting hug to show her she was not alone here.

"W-What do we do now...?" Origami's muffled voiced asked her, having her head placed in Slice's chest as Slice felt her clothes getting wet with Origami's tears. She didn't care about it, though. What she cared about right now was comforting Origami.

"We take this one step at a time." Slice told her, "We'll figure it out. You don't have to do this alone."

"But what if I'm not ready for this. Neither is Y/N. We're kids ourselves." Origami pointed out with her voice being barely audible.

"None of us are ever truly ready for something like this. No matter how old we are." Slice explained, rubbing the back of Origami's head, "But you have people who care about you, who will support you, no matter what. Whatever happens, we'll face it together."

"Okay..." Origami replied with her voice staying muffled due to her keeping her face in Slice's clothes, not knowing what else to say to Slice as she had no idea what to do now...

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Only one more chapter left before the Final War :)

Funfact: The hug scene between Y/N, Origami, Toga and Dabi was saved on my laptop for about two years now as I knew I want a scene a like this ever since I read the Dabi and Toga stuff in the manga and just wrote it and saved it up for the future. I'm so happy to finally post it after all this time.

The next episode of TADC came out and I loved it. This show just keeps getting better and better with this episode. I was looking forward to this episode because I knew it would be focused on Gangle as I wanted to learn more about her since the first episode came out and what we got with her was excellent. Her being an allegory for hiding depression really touched me. I never noticed that until now. I hated how much I could relate to her in some ways as well...

I liked the other stuff in this episode as well as the friendship between Gangle and Zooble was amazing and I loved how Zooble is trying to help her. Their conversation at the end was really heartwarming. Drunk Ragatha was great as well and seeing Jax being too tired to be an asshole was nice to see as well. Especially with how weirded out Pomni was by him actually being nice to her. Kinger was still the GOAT even he was barely in the episode as well. Let's don't talk about Pomni and Gummigoo. This episode turned me into a hardcore shipper of these two and my copium is going hard on him remembering her but pretending not to, lol.

The finale of season 2 of Helluva Boss came out and it was a great emotional finale. Even though I really wanted to see Stolas getting called out on his behavior, I really felt bad for him in this episode. Especially after his fight with Octavia. I feel really bad for Octavia as well as poor girl just wants a normal family. I really want to punch both Stella and Andrealphus in the face. I think we can all agree the scene where Stolas punches the crap out of him was extremely satisfying to watch.

The reveals in this episode were crazy as well. The Millie reveal at the end was really shocking to say the least and I literally went "Wait..." the moment she was shown panicking in the bathroom. Loona's new power was cool as well. I had no idea she could do something like this. Seeing her having friends come around for Sinsmas was really nice as well. I liked how Stolas and Blitzo hugged at the end as well. So wholesome and that's really what they needed in this moment.

The last TF2 comic finally came out and hoo-boy. It was great. That's all I can say. It tied up all the story threads and the writing was funny like always. It was one hell of a ride as I've been playing the game for so long now. This entire comic was overally emotional to me. I was literally tearing up when I saw the panel of the older mercs having their Smissmass dinner at Scout's house (He really was a gift from God, huh?). Seeing ripped Merasmus was not on my bingo card for this comic. We got the face reveal of the Spy as well. Too bad we didn't get to see Scout's kids calling him a grandpa, but I can understand why he prefers to keep it a secret from Scout.

I played Tales of the Borderlands as I never played the game before, despite being a massive fan of Telltale Games because I'm not very familiar with Borderlands and I can see why many people view this game as underrated. This game was pure fun and the finger gun fight scene had me laughing hard. Now I feel like playing the other Borderlands games because of this.

I replayed Black Ops 2 as well because of the game taking place in 2025. Even though I replayed this game so many times, the story in the campaign will always be one of my favourite ones.

My new year resolution is getting this story done.

Cordis Die!