Fuyumi: Ah! Welcome home, Dad!
Endeavor:....Yeah...
Mikoto and Tohru were also there in the family home. Though they felt more awkward being around Shouto's home, especially since Endeavor is around.
Endeavor: Good day to you... Ashikaga.
Tohru:....Ah...The pleasure is all mine...
Endeavor:....
Tohru:....
If you think the relationship between Endeavor and Fumiko was bad. It's definitely worst between both him and Tohru.
Back then, the two adults never got along due to Endeavor pulling a quirkless discrimination aganist the other male.
But for now, Tohru was letting bygones be bygones.
Endeavor: I see your wife didn't show up.
Tohru: Afraid so...Fumiko refused to show up despite the invitation, she even said it herself...
"I refuse to go anywhere near that Flaming-Headed Bitch even if you force me to go to a hero cooperation center."
Unquoted...
Mikoto: *Icy Tone* I don't blame her.
Endeavor:....
Fuyumi: O-Oh...I see...so that explains why she's not here! A-Anyway! Congratulations on your win against High-End, Dad!
Endeavor:.....Thanks...
While Fuyumi was happily greeting him, her brothers are not too welcoming as Shouto sarcastically compliments his father's new scar.
Shouto: That's a nasty scar you got there...
Endeavor:....
Shouto: *Slurps on some soba* Sluuuuuurp!
Natsuo: Sluuuuuuurp!
Tohru: Eh?! Natsuo! Shouto!
Mikoto: Sluuuuuuurp!
Tohru: *Whines* Mikoto! Not you too!
Fuyumi: Guys! Uncle! Please Stop Them!
Tohru: G-Gomen! I don't they'll listen to me when they're in this state, Fuyumi-chan!
Natsuo, Mikoto, and Shouto continue to be unenthusiastic around him as Tohru became more awkward and Fuyumi becomes more frantic and Enji voices he can hear them.
Natsuo:....Sorry Uncle...Fuyumi...I can't take this anymore.
Natsuo, unable to handle the tense situation, gets up to leave the room.
Enji stops him by grabbing him by the arm.
Natsuo: Let go.
Endeavor then tells him that if he has something to say, he can just say it. Stirred on by this, Natsuo unleashes his feelings onto his father.
Natsuo: SHUT UP! Even if Mom and Fuyumi have seemingly forgiven you! I don't! I still see you as still the same person who neglected his children and left us to listen to our mother screaming and Shouto crying!!! Not to mentioned what you done to Touya-Nii as well!!!
Fuyumi: Natsuo!
And that just because Enji defeated a powerful villain, does not mean he has made up for what he has done.
Natsuo rants to his father as his siblings, Tohru, and Mikoto watched on. Enji's responds to this.
Endeavor: I'm going to face my past and atone for it...
Disgusted and surprised, Natsuo leaves the house as Fuyumi panics, recounting the events that led up this moment and frantically talking to Shouto that she was really happy at the progress she thought was being made and they might be family.
Tohru:.....So much for this family dinner...
Mikoto: *Nods*
Shouto: I've never seen Natsuo get emotional like that before.
A recap of witness testimonies from the battle plays on the television, with focus given to a particular boy who screamed encouragement from the crowd that watched the battle, which led to the crowd cheering Enji to win. Enji remembers the boy, and realizes that the cheering and motivation he received meant a lot to him.
Shouto tells his father that Endeavor the hero is amazing, but while he agrees with everything Natsuo said, he still wants to see what kind of parent that Enji will become.
Shouto: I admit...that a small amount of encouragement can completely alter someone.
Mikoto:....
Hearing this, Enji recalls his brief talk with All Might after his retirement, and strengthens his resolve to work towards the future of his family.
Endeavor: Fuyumi...
Fuyumi: Ah...Yes?
Endeavor:...I'm sorry...
Fuyumi: ?!
He apologizes to Fuyumi and admits he used the wrong words with Natsuo just before. Feeling the need to break the tension before it could swallow them up, Tohru voiced his thoughts with a small question.
Tohru:....So...Umm...Anyone up for dessert?
Shouto, Fuyumi, and Mikoto raised their hands.
Endeavor, surprisedly, raised his...
The tension in the room faded away after that.
-Meanwhile-
Fumiko: You're too soft on him, Rei.
Fumiko had came to visit her sister at the hospital. She was finally happy to see the sister that she thrived to see for so long after being separated since they were young.
Rei: I am aware of that.
Fumiko: But my question is...why? I don't understand. Mom told me he put you and your children through hell. Yet, you forgave him in the end...
Rei stayed quiet for a moment, lost in her own thoughts before speaking up.
Rei: I...just think it's best to forgive and forget things...
Fumiko: Eh?
Rei: To decide not to continue being angry about something that someone has done, and not to allow your memory of it to influence your future relationship. I might forgive and forget, but I'm more likely to get mad at him and get even. But then again, what good would that do anyway...
Fumiko:....
Rei: Before you ask...Why I'm defending him...Natsuo asked me that...I told him and Fuyumi that Endeavor has actually visited me many times.
This surprises Fumiko...her expression was the same that Fuyumi held back when she found out.
Fumiko: Go On...
Rei continues that on each visit he always brings her favorite flowers.
Rei: I told him that I liked this type of flower one time, around when we first met. However, we still haven't met face to face...
Fumiko: Because you're still scared of him...
Rei: Yes and the doctors also said it is not a good idea.
Fumiko: (Good...)
Despite everything, Rei knows that her husband isn't leaving everything behind, not his past nor his family and is trying to face them head-on.
Rei: So...I believe he can be a better person for now on...but Fumiko-chan...I know this may seem like a selfish request, but can you please...let him do that...
As much as Fumiko wanted to say no...but she didn't...
Fumiko: Of course, Onee-chan...anything for you...
Rei: *Smiles* Thank you...
The two sisters then started chatting about their day and things have brighten up for them.
Although,Fumiko wanted the ugly pit in her stomach to leave her the fuck alone everytime Rei mentioned Endeavor...
-Later-
Mikoto went back to the Heights Alliance to get ready for some sleep... it's been a rough day for all of them...
Mikoto: Ugh...I feel like I don't want to wake up again...I need a nap...A long one.
Not in the mood of taking off his clothes, he jumps onto the bed and was knocked out seconds later.
-Plus Ultra-
Once he opened his eyes, all he could see was darkness...
Mikoto:....Why does this place...feel so familiar...Eh?!
He looked on ahead and saw a mop od rustled green hair and green eyes.
Mikoto: Izuku?! What are you doing in my dreams?!
However, the boy didn't respond. Instead...he was staring at something...or someone...
Mikoto: What the heck...? Are those...
Mikoto couldn't believe it...Here he was with his best friend/brother...dreaming of being in a kind of gloomy wasteland, and that most of his body is covered by a dark mist.
In that strange place he sees the previous users of All For One, and also two men, two brothers, facing each other.
He recognizes that this is similar to the vision he had during the U.A Sports Festival and realizes that what he is contemplating at those moments are vestiges of the One For All.
In this dream, Mikoto had noticed Izuku could move his right hand, but aside from that and the upper half of his head, the rest of his body is missing.
Izuku himself notices that apart from him only seven successors of One For All are beside him, when there should be eight.
When he hears the two men arguing, Izuku finally manages to identify them: one is the man who would become known as the villain: All For One, and on the other is his younger brother, the first wielder of One For All.
Izuku and Mikoto begin to witnesses the younger brother defiance against All For One.
Both brother were arguing are about society's current state of affairs brought upon by the advent of Quirks.
The first user reproaches his older brother for using his powers to fulfil his dark goals.
One For All simply decides to introduce him to two men: one of them has a quirk while the other is Quirkless.
The man with the Quirk is an outcast of society due to his powers, while the Quirkless one wishes to have powers. The younger brother knows what is about to happen and warns them not to do it, but All For One uses his powers to remove the first man's Quirk and give a Quirk to the second. In return, All For One only asks them their loyalty. The two men accept, grateful for his help.
AFO: I used the two men as examples of why my power is so important in that era of chaos, as there are people who need my powers.
He uses his power to take quirks away from those who don't want it, and to give quirks to those who want it. He has established himself as a figure of unity.
Brother: No...this is wrong...the only thing you done is used your powers to obtain loyal followers.
All For One claims his Quirk is able to return order to the world that has lost its humanity at the hands of Quirks. Enraged by All For One's manipulative words and false pretenses, the young brother charges at him, but is quickly pinned down by the latter's personal bodyguard. All For One berates his young brother for not having a Quirk, but says that he still loves him as he is his only family.
The setting of the dream suddenly changes, and Mikoto finds himself in a city in a dystopian era, when the appearance of the Quirks disrupted societal norms and led to mass disorder. But only him...there was no sign of Izuku anywhere...
Mikoto: (Izuku?! Where did he go?!)
His attention for Izuku was short-lived as he witnesses a group of thugs with Quirks assaulting normal people who can barely defend themselves, until All For One suddenly appeared and snatched the Quirks from the villains.
All For One didn't bother to stop the bloodshed that ensued when the victims turned on their now powerless attackers, who were forced to join him if they wanted to live, or that he gave the victims Quirks to fight back.
Mikoto: (In this way, he soon manages to form his own organization with loyal followers.....)
The scene changes again, showing All For One visiting his brother who he has kept imprisoned, and comments on how his health has deteriorated by refusing to eat.
The younger brother replies that he does it in rebellion, since he does not intend to submit to him. All For One advises him to give up and tells him about how a group who refused to join him were killed.
Brother: Your followers killed them, even if you didn't give the order.
They did it simply out of respect for him knowing that he considered them a threat in his quest for order.
AFO: Remember the comics we read when we were kids...?
All For One references a comic books the two brothers read together as children as a parallel to the current situation.
The little brother reminds him that he never finished reading the comics.
Brother: It doesn't matter how many times the bad guy wins in those comics, he eventually loses to the hero in the end.
Enraged at this defiance, All For One grabs his brother's forehead,
AFO: You will need to see reality MY way.
Mikoto: (Wait...What is he?!)
He tells his brother that if he refuses to submit to him, he will force him to do so, since he has a Quirk that even he, despite his feeble body, can use. Despite his little brother's refusal, All For One forces the quirk on him.
The younger brother begin to scream in agony.
Mikoto: (What the hell?! Stop! Stop it! What are you doing to him! I SAID STOP!!!!!)
Mikoto tries to reach out for save the younger brother...
But the vision disvolved...
Mikoto:......Why? Why did all of that felt real...
An familiar voice of Nana Shimura filled his thoughts.
"You heroes may have won the battle for now...but the war between us and the villains...is far from over..."
Mikoto:........