Staring down at the strip in her hand, Yuzuki could feel her heart race.
This was it.
She was pregnant.
Granted, she'd been suspicious for the last few weeks, but still! It was now official! She was pregnant with Akihito's baby!
.... Which is why she was now deeply confused at why she was getting an alert on her phone.
*Elsewhere....*
Tenko was fourteen. He could manage the bar alone for a while! Which is precisely what he and the other workers were doing until him and Kurogiri got an alert on their phones.
"Huh?" He mumbled, looking down at it.
His eyes widened.
*Where Himiko is....*
Himiko was still just eight years old, but she wasn't stupid. Something felt off. She felt even worse when she was called out of school.
"What's going on?" She asked Kurogiri.
She'd never seen him look so afraid.
*Where Touya is....*
Touya was seventeen, not stupid. He knew what the alert meant.
It means that his father had encountered One For All, and he was losing.
As soon as he returned home, Tenko asked "Were you followed?"
"No." Touya immediately responded.
"Great. Help me out." Tenko said, continuing to drop papers and boxes into a metal barrel.
He knew the OFA protocol. Should their father begin to lose against a user, they were to burn all records, documents, and traces of All For One in the house. All of them. Akihito Shigaraki had to be gone. Every photo, every picture, everything. He needed to be dead.
So why did it hurt so much?
*Elsewhere....*
Spite was pissed. As soon as she got there, she immediately searched for her husband. Damn it. Using her quirk this much-
No! Don't think about it! Worry about Akihito!
"ALL MIGHT!" She shouted, furious.
A moment later, the hero himself landed in front of her, and she glared harshly.
"Your husband is hiding, Spite!" All Might growled. "Perhaps you could convince him to come out."
Spite felt panic well up in her chest. Akihito was too prideful. He'd never hide.
"What did you do to him?" She hissed.
"All For One.... He needs to die. After everything he's done, he'd deserve it."
Spite clenched her fists. She immediately activated Full Throttle at max power, her hair floating up as she let out a breath.
"Stay away from him." She growled.
Her and All Might went head to head. He might've been stronger and at the same speed as her, yes, but Spite had far more experience.
As this happened, Akihito was spitting up blood.
"Damn it...." He tasked out, feeling black surround his vision.
"..... Pathetic."
He looked up, and knew he must've been losing his mind, because he could've sworn he was looking at Shoko.
"Shoko...." He wheezed.
"You're really going to let Yuzuki do all the hard work, boss?" Shoko snarled. "Pathetic! You're All For One! Act like it!"
"I can't-"
"Don't give me that bullshit!" She snapped. "Get up, you coward! Get your lazy ass up! If you die here, then everyone will mourn you! Do you want that for Yuzuki?! For your children?!"
As if she'd really been there, Akihito felt smoke invade his senses. He grit his teeth, standing up.
"GET UP AND FIGHT, ALL FOR ONE!"
Akihito stood there, letting evil ooze off of him. He snapped his fingers, using Summon to teleport himself to his wife, catching her body as she hit the ground.
Blood was dripping from the corners of her mouth, and she looked exhausted.
"Akihito...?" She mumbled.
Akihito chuckled, leaning down to place a kiss on her forehead.
"Everything is fine now." He said calmly. "You.... Rest."
.
When Yuzuki woke up, it was to panic. She shot our of bed, ignoring the aching in her abdomen as she stumbled into the living room.
Akihito's face-
'Focus.' She told herself.
She approached the couch, Noticing how Kurogiri was the only one present as she crouched before her husband, firing up Emergency Medic.
"I made them leave." Kurogiri stated. "If he.... I didn't want them to have to watch that."
Yuzuki just nodded, feeling pain shoot through her abdomen as she healed Akihito. It was slow. His body was well damaged, but with her quirk....
"You need to rest." Kurogiri informed her after a few minutes.
She ignored him. She needed to save him. She had to.
"Mother, please."
"Go to everyone else." Yuzuki ordered him. "I.... I need time."
Kurogiri teleported away, and she sighed.
".... You'll be furious in me." Yuzuki sniffled. "I did something bad. I'm glad you're too hurt to be able to think, or else.... I'm pregnant. Or, well.... It might be a was with how hard I got thrown around. I.... I don't want you to know. You've been so good recently.... All Might did this. This is all his fault. I'll hold that anger, not you."
A few hours later, and Yuzuki was in one of the private rooms in the house. She had just taken a pregnancy test.
....
It came back negative.
She took another one.
Negative.
Another.
Negative.
Another one.
Negative.
Another one.
Negative again.
One more?
Negative.
She had to try.
Negative.
Again.
Negative.
.... She needs to try again.
*Fast forward one week later....*
Akihito didn't know what was wrong, he just knew that Yuzuki wouldn't talk to him about it. He could've lost it all. His vision, his hearing....
So, while he was out, his children approached the room Yuzuki had locked herself in.
"Mom?" Touya called out, knocking on the door.
Tenko frowned, removing a glove.
"What are you doing?!" Himiko questioned.
"She's too quiet." Was his only response as he brought all five fingers down.
Tests.
Dozens of failed pregnancy tests littered the room, Yuzuki lying curled up in one corner of it, looking.... Exhausted. Her eyes had horrible bags underneath them, and she looked horribly pale.
"Hm?"
She glanced up, noticing her children enter the room.
"Oh.... Hello..... I didn't hear you come in...." She mumbled.
Touya gulped, before saying "You.... Need to get some air."
"No. I just.... Need to try again."
"Mom, please." Tenko pleaded.
It wasn't until Himiko grabbed her hand that Yuzuki finally broke down, telling them everything through her sobs, forcing them to make a promise....
Akihito could never find out.