One for All (Part 21)

Momo perked up and looked at Jason. "That reminds me, how did you get your quirk back?" Jason looked at her with a blank expression. "I don't have a quirk anymore." Shoto looked at her boyfriend. "Yes you do. We all saw- well, those of us who were still conscious saw you use your ultimate attack against All for One." Jason gave the girls a weird look. Chris nodded. "You definitely hit him with Inner Strength. It's the only reason we're still alive." Jason stared at his own hand. Nothing happened. Jason flexed his arm a few times before it was finally consumed in blue energy. Jason stared in shock. "...what the…?" He turned off his quirk. "...but… but I was hit by the erasure dart…? How…?" Aizawa thought for a moment. "...maybe being put into a life or death situation forced your body to evolve and regain its quirk. Most quirks can evolve or grow stronger when put under enough physical and mental stress, so this may be the equivalent?" Momo spoke, putting a hand on her chin. "Or, more likely, Overhaul's 'permanent' erasure dart was never completed. We all thought it was permanent, so Jason's brain tricked itself into thinking the quirk was gone forever. He was used to fighting without a quirk anyways, so he never felt the need to try and use his quirk. It's likely that it returned months ago. However, there's no real way to tell without experimenting with the other darts, wherever they are." The group was silent as they thought about the possibilities.

They were then interrupted by the door opening. Endeavor and All Might both entered the room. The former hero smiled. "Glad to see you two are awake." Endeavor was also smirking. "Good thing you two survived. I thought you were going to let your friends take all the credit." Chris tilted his head. "Credit for what?" Itsuka smiled as she pulled out her cellphone and showed Chris a news article. Shoto pulled out her phone to show Jason the same article. It read 'Heroes before Heroes: Third year UA students defeat legendary villain All for One'. Chris's eyes widened. UA had released pictures of each member of the group along with their selected hero names. Tokoyami crossed his arms and closed his eyes. "For better or worse, we're famous now." All Might smiled even more. "You're more than famous. Your battle has been heard of all over the world now." Jason gave a smirk to Chris. "At least this will give us a popularity boost when we finally become pros."

Itsuka suddenly stood up straight. "Oh, wow. It just now occurred to me." Everyone looked at her. "We're still students." All Might smiled. "Yeah, but don't worry about class. Nezu has something planned for you 11. We'll let you know when to return." Chris sighed. "We just killed All for One, but why do I feel like Nezu is planning something worse?" The group all chuckled. That's when Momo suddenly lost her smile. Chris was the only one to notice. "Hey, what's wrong?" Momo was silent. Everyone else slowly lost their smiles as well. Momo slowly began to tear up. "...you were so worried about everyone else… that you never even asked about your arm…" Chris looked down at his bandaged right arm. After staring at it for a moment, he looked back up at her. "Just give it to me straight." Momo looked away, unable to look her boyfriend in the eye. "That punch… whatever you did to gain that much power, it was too much. The doctor said it would be a miracle if you ever use your arm in a functional way again…" The room was silent. Chris just sat there, not knowing what to say. In the end, he just smiled. "Got it. Thanks for telling me."

A few more days passed. Kirishima slowly walked into the dorms, Mina supporting him by the arm. He smiled slightly. "I can walk fine, babe." "Probably, but I'm not taking chances." Mina smiled up at her boyfriend. Denki and Kyoko were right behind them. It was covered up by his shirt, but Denki had a bunch of bandages wrapped around his torso while it healed. Almost the entirety of the group had been ordered to bed rest for at least a week. The rest of the group was waiting in the public area, chilling on their phones, except for Momo and Shoto, who were playing chess. Momo moved her rook. "Check mate." Shoto sighed before looking up. "Oh, welcome back guys." The group all looked up excitedly, but were quiet as they waved to them. Kirishima gave them a weird look. "...what's going on?" Jason lost his smile. "We heard about the concussion, and we're trying to keep our voices down so we don't trigger a headache." Kirishima faintly smiled. "Thanks guys, I appreciate it."

Kyoko helped Denki sit down. "Take it easy, dude." The blonde smiled up at kyoko. "Thanks." Kyoko kissed his forehead before going to the kitchen. Momo pulled her phone out and ordered some food. Denki looked at Tokoyami and tensed up. "...Tokoyami…?" He looked over at Denki. "Hm?" "...why are you in a wheelchair…?" "Apparently, I lost control of Dark Shadow during the battle and attacked All for One. He shattered one of my legs and I'm still too weak to use crutches. Until my leg heals, I'm stuck in this contraption." Kirishima, finding his sense of humor, looked at Tokoyami. "Contraption? It's a chair on wheels. Be amazed by modern science." The group laughed together, just happy to be back together.