Death of Creation? Saving Momo Yaoyorozu

[The Next Night...]

*THIRD PERSON*

Leonidus' phone vibrated with a rather important message. Alyx looked at it and his tired eyes widened. He dropped his phone and immediately took off. It was the dead of night, but little did he know, someone was watching over him.

"Alyx? Where are you going?" Shota Aizawa muttered.

He got up and chased after him. After about 10 minutes of searching, Aizawa saw him land down at some sort of abandoned part of the Shizuoka Prefecture. He carefully pursued Alyx inside of a building, the only light that shined from the building was in a distant room. Alyx entered the room and the door closed and locked behind him. Shota stood at the door, quietly trying to break his way in.

"Ah, Leonidus! Glad you could make it!" Doe smirked.

The floor beneath him dropped down to a pit of sand. The Quartet Girls looked down at him.

Doe started to clap her hands, "Congrats! You've just fallen right for our trap! I thought you were smarter than that, but I guess you haven't taken your little girlfriend's death well, huh? Well, we've got the surprise for you! Thanks to Shigaraki's little gang, we've managed to enlist the help of a top-notch Doctor! Alright... Bring her out. By the way, have fun!"

A door opened in front of Alyx, out stepped a high end Nomu! It held long, blood red hair, it's faced looked like that of a matryoshka doll. It stood and stared Alyx down before seemingly creating a staff from its own body.

"N-No... They..." Alyx sniffled.

Tears began to appear in Alyx's eyes as he realized what he was facing. This High End Nomu... was Momo Yaoyorozu. The shaping of her body, the matryoshka doll mask, everything about it was her. She rushed Alyx with a fierce assault, Leonidus dodged her swipes but refused to attack.

"T-This isn't you, Momo! Please, stop this!" Alyx cried.

"Whoever you are, that is not my name, for that insult... I'll make sure you're buried six feet under for Master!" She snarled.

She charged straight towards Alyx, missing her staff strike, and jamming it into the wall behind Alyx. Alyx hopped on her back and began sobbing.

"P-PLEASE! MOMO YAOYOROZU! YOU'RE A STUDENT A U.A. HIGH, Y-YOU'RE THE SWEETEST, KINDEST PERSON IMAGINABLE!!" Alyx wept and pleaded.

He held on to her tightly and she struggled to break free from him.

"Y-You... I-I don't understand you... What's wrong with you...?!" She fumed.

"Please... Just listen to my voice... Take off that mask and look at me!" He cried out.

Alyx moved towards her mask and attempted to take it off. Her hand came up, and like a sword, sliced his right arm off! She threw Alyx off of her and turned to face him. The mask she was wearing was slowly breaking! Leonidus stumbled up to his feet, holding his arm out. Yaoyorozu backed him up into a wall and pierced him with her now sharpened arm. Alyx coughed up blood and slowly looked up at Nomu Yaoyorozu. He placed a trembling hand onto her mask, Alyx activated his Overdrive, he entered her mind and sent a wave of memories to her. Hundreds upon hundreds of various memories flooded her mind.

She stood in the Seventh Plane, with the memories of who she was in every corner of her mind. She turned around and saw Alyx standing in front of her.

"Al... yx..." She mumbled.

Yaoyorozu started walking forward towards him, right before she reached him, the mask she was wearing broke. It caused Alyx to disperse into a plethora of gold and white butterflies, washing over Momo. Her hair slowly began to turn back into its normal black color. Her face no longer resembled a High End Nomu's as it slowly faded to her own regular face. Her body started to shift to its regular tan color instead of the dark purple color it was. As more butterflies washed over her, her sense of humanity was being restored, and tears rolled down her face.

"I am... Momo... Momo Yaoyorozu. My Father is Tenshi Yaoyorozu, my Mother... Is Ichika Yaoyorozu..." She remembered.

Shota burst into the room and witnessed Momo's transformation back into a human. He noticed that it wasn't just her, but Alyx was healing her, seemingly using the powers of the Seventh Plane to restore who she once was! He watched as the mask she wore broke in half, revealing her tear-stained face. The light from Alyx's Overdrive faded away and his arm went limp, slowly sliding down Momo's face. Momo pulled her hand out of Alyx's stomach, she looked down at her arm, it was covered in nothing but her lover's blood. The bright color from Alyx's eyes had faded into a dull, lifeless blue.

Shota Aizawa hurried down as Alyx slumped to the floor. Momo fell to her knees and looked at her blooded hands. Aizawa quickly tore open the pouch of Overdrive Alyx had with him. Just one vial was stored in his pouch. Shota dumped the contents onto his hands and began to heal Alyx. The impalement wound slowly began to heal, but not all the way, due to how deep it was. Shota wrapped his scarf around Alyx's right arm and his stomach by cutting pieces of it off.

"I... I..." Momo sobbed.

"Don't speak. We'll discuss this later." Aizawa told her.

Shota quickly picked Alyx up and ordered Yaoyorozu to follow after giving her his jacket. They rushed outside and into the arms of dozens of Pro Heroes and emergency responders. Momo sat in the ambulance Alyx was put in, she didn't take her eyes off of him.

"Excuse me, what's your name?" A police officer asked.

"Momo... Momo Yaoyorozu." She quietly replied.

[8 Days Later...]

Doctors and nurses worked quickly to restore Alyx back to full health. The injuries he received had caused him a tremendous amount of pain, not to mention the condition he was in, which put him into a coma. After the news of Momo's return after being saved by Alyx, Class 3-A, 3-B, and more were relieved. After what has taken place, the mental toll it took on Momo Yaoyorozu proved to be too much. She too had fallen under the same circumstances as Alyx had prior. His friends had frequently visited Leonidus nearly every day since his admission to the hospital.

Momo decided to venture on her own to the Musutafu Central Hospital. It was rather early in the morning. Although she had her humanity restored by Alyx, she still had kept her High End Nomu abilities, being able to sharpen her arm into a blade was one of many. As she entered Alyx's hospital room, she saw Alyx sitting up, and staring out of his window.

*LEONIDUS' P.O.V.*

I turned my head slowly and saw Momo standing there. Her eyes were as dark and puffy as mine were a week ago. She stood there and slowly walked towards me. I let off a small half smile at her. I couldn't help but notice that she was wearing a rather wide face mask. Momo fell into me and started hysterically sobbing. I held her close to me and I didn't let go. I could already tell what she was thinking.

"You aren't a freak, neither will you ever be, Momo." I cooed.

I slowly combed my left hand through her hair. There were still bits of red hair lingering, not to mention the fact that her nails were still kind of sharp, I guess my Overdrive did as best as it could. As much as I wanted to use my Quirk to heal myself and her, I couldn't. Her sobbing slowly softened and she looked up at me. I wiped the tears from her eyes using my left hand.

"I'm so sorry, Alyx." She sniffled.

"Don't be, please. You didn't know what you were doing, Momo." I reassured her.

She looked down at my right arm and noticed that it was still bandaged up. I guess she thought that I would've healed it back by now.

"If you're wondering, the injury I sustained... It damaged my lungs severely. My Overdrive can only be used if I can properly breathe, if I can't, then I'll end up dying." I told her.

"B-But what about Annie? Can't she help you?" Momo wondered.

I shook my head, "I'm afraid not, Momo. Her healing can only go so far."

Momo looked down and laid her head on my shoulder. I leaned back into my hospital bed and wrapped my arms around her. I began to hum the song Laura always sung to me back in Nevada. I honestly didn't care if I couldn't use my Quirk anymore, all that I really cared about, was that Momo was back in my arms. I'm going to do whatever it takes to turn her back to normal completely, even if it kills me.

"I'll find a way to fix this, all of this. I promise. As much as I don't like doing this, but Eri might be able to help you." I continued.

"What about you? Eri won't be able to use her Quirk for quite some time if she uses it on me." Momo worried.

"That's fine, you're more important than I am, Momo. We can worry about me later." I replied.

Momo adjusted herself, "My Father was right... You really would make the perfect husband."

I wasn't sure if she meant to say that out loud, but regardless, it made me feel better about this whole situation. It felt weird not having a right arm anymore, but it's definitely better than being dead.

"You still kinda look like the High End Nomu you. I guess that's all my Overdrive could do before it went out." I remarked.

"Y-Yeah..." She lamented.

"Hey, so, what's with that mask you're wearing?" I wondered.

She sat up and looked away from me, "It's... I-It's complicated. I'm unsure whether or not if you'll react in a good way. I haven't taken this off since I returned to the dormitory."

I pushed her hair back out of her face as I sat up as well. I put my hand up to her mask but she quickly moved backwards.

"A-Are you sure you want to see me?" Momo fretted.

I nodded at her, she put her fingers underneath her mask as she finally took it off. Her mouth was wider now, ending at her cheeks, she gave me a smile. I looked at her mouth, she stopped smiling and was about to put her mask back on. I put my hand on her face and stared into her eyes, they were filled with nothing but sorrow and pain. I leaned forward and kissed her, something I've been waiting to do for the longest time now. After a few seconds, I leaned back and saw tears of joy going down her face.

"I don't care what you look like, Momo. Nothing can change the way I think about you, no deformity or imperfection, not a single thing. I'll always love you the same no matter what happens to you because I know you'll do the same." I softly smiled.

Momo dropped her mask onto the ground, she slowly laid back down on my chest, I felt her tears dampen my hospital gown.

"What did I ever do to deserve someone like you, Alyx?" She sniffled.

[2 Days Later...]

After a while, I asked to be cleared from the hospital, to which I was being that I could operate on my own merit. Although I couldn't really move on my own, so I was assisted back to the dorms by Annie. She tried to heal me but nothing really happened, but my back doesn't hurt anymore! So that's good I guess?

"Alyx! Thank God you're alright!" Jiro exclaimed.

I lifted my now gone right hand and waved, it was still bandaged up, I was gonna ask Hatsume to make a prosthetic for me.

"I'm glad to be back as well, everyone." I smiled.

Kirishima looked at my arm, "Woah, dude! Can't you just heal that up?"

"No, I'm afraid not. The injury I sustained severely injured my lungs, which means I can't use my Quirk, and I'm sure you guys know what that means." I answered.

The looks on their faces turned gloom. I saw Momo standing in the Common Room out of the corner of my eye, she hurried upstairs, presumably to her room.

"No... You're joking right? Y-You can still use your Quirks, right?" Kaminari teared up.

"I'd be lying if I told you I still could in any form. Not even my Demon Transformation can help me. I'd be asleep for at least a good year or so, or I'd have to take in quite a lot of blood. If I did that, I'm fairly certain I'd be a demon permanently, so that's out of the question. My Rage Quirk would probably get me killed quicker than if I tried to use my Overdrive." I replied.

Everyone began to tear up, Kaminari clenched his fists as tears rolled down his face.

"T-That's not fair... That isn't fucking fair! Why does someone like you get to have everything stripped away from them? Maybe... Maybe if they didn't treat us like goddamn Pro Heroes... Maybe we wouldn't be as fucked up as we all are now! We're still students goddamn it!" Kaminari cried out.

Jiro rushed over to Kaminari and hugged him, every word he said was true, we wouldn't be in this situation if we weren't treated as if we were Pro Heroes already. I walked over and gave Kaminari a hug, he was hysterically crying just like Momo was. I looked over at the empty stairwell, I got up off the floor and headed towards it. I climbed the stairs and went up to Momo's room. There she stood, tears rolled down her face once more, but she didn't make a single sound.

"It's all my fault, isn't it?" She spoke softly.

I stood in front of her, I didn't answer her question. I placed my hand on her face and kissed her. We sat there for a couple of minutes, lips placed against each other, taking in the silence. I looked back at her and put my forehead on hers.

"Don't you even think about putting the blame on yourself, got it? None of this was your fault, none of it." I cooed.

"But... I took away your chance at becoming a hero... Albeit I didn't do it myself, but still." Momo argued.

"I can't do anything hero related for now, I'm not out of action just yet, you can bet your ass on that. I'll be back in no time." I reassured her.

Momo placed her arms around me, "Well, for now, can you just hold me. Please?"

"Alright, I will." I smiled.

We moved to her bed and she laid on top of me. The only way I could make this situation better was just being positive. Everyone else needed some sort of light right now, Mr. Aizawa should be coming over with Eri soon, so at least we'll have one good thing checked off. I can't use my Quirk, but that didn't mean that I couldn't fight, I still had a lot left in the tank!

"Momo, do you wanna hear something?" I asked.

"What?" She gloomily answered.

I patted my nonexistent right arm on her back, "I'm fucking Future Gohan now. Can you believe this shit? I've even gotten a scar on my face to match, kinda!"

She sat straight up and looked at me. I laid back on my pillow and chuckled. Momo shook her head before smiling at me.

"I'm glad that you aren't saddened by this, darling." Momo smiled.

"No, honestly, I've always wondered what being armless felt like. I just never quite thought I'd experience it so soon!" I laughed.

Momo laid back down on me, I could tell she was feeling at least a bit better about the whole situation. Now all I needed to do was cheer everyone else up!

[20 Minutes Later...]

I don't think I've ever seen anyone get rewound before, neither do I ever want to if what happened just now ever happens again. I thought that it would just be Eri reversing Momo back to normal, little did I fucking know, it also includes EVERY stage of her life. So, she literally transformed back into a High End Nomu for a split second which was the scariest goddamn thing I've ever had the misfortune of witnessing. I nearly had another fucking heart attack before she had been quickly turned into her normal self once more, the one before she died.

"Mr. Leonidus, that was scary!" Eri shivered.

"You're telling me, Eri." I replied.

I picked her up and Momo looked at herself.

"Incredible... I feel almost completely brand new! Eri, thank you so much, I owe you quite the bundle of candy apples!" Momo beamed.

Kaminari looked up from his phone, "What about Alyx? Won't he get rewound as well?"

(I.R.P.: Listen to "Precious Comrades" from Dragon Ball Super)

"No, Eri needs to rest a while before then. I don't want her to think that we're just using her as a tool. Besides, I said I couldn't use my Quirk, not that I couldn't partake in any activities anymore. I just won't be continuing my Hero Work-Studies, I'll still be doing training and what not, I'll just have to make sure that I watch myself. I can still breathe, just not to Overdrive levels of efficiency." I explained.

"W-Wait... So, you can still do stuff?" Sato asked.

I nodded at him, "Hell yeah! Just because I'm armless, that doesn't mean I can't do the things we all normally do."

"Awesome, man! This is amazing news! Here we thought you were done for sure!" Kirishima grinned.

"Yeah, this is great! I guess we really shouldn't have counted you out." Deku smiled.

I could tell the positivity in the room returned once more. Even Mr. Aizawa himself was giving off a small smile!

"Hell yeah!" Eri shouted.

I looked over at Eri who was now giggling. Mr. Aizawa stared at me, then at Eri.

"H-Hey, maybe we should use other words than that!" I nervously laughed.

Eri looked confused, "Huh? Is that a bad word?"

"Nah, it's alright! Even Deku says it." Bakugo lied.

Eri's smiled widened and she repeated the words "hell yeah" once more. Bakugo, of course, was met with a rather interesting exchange of words with Mr. Aizawa. I'm fairly certain that he threatened clean up duty against him!

"Hey, so, what about your arm? Whadda gonna do about that?" Mina wondered.

"Well, I might talk to Hatsume to see if she can't make me another one. I'm sure she can figure something out for me." I replied.

"Woah, a robot arm?! That's gonna be so cool!" Hagakure added.

I held up my right arm, "I don't know if It'll be anything like that, but it definitely would be cool!"

Mikaboshi phased out of my body and into the Common Room. It was kind of surprising, normally he doesn't leave unannounced!

"Alyx, I do believe you still have at least one option to the continuation of your 'heroism'. At least, that is if you choose to do so." Mikaboshi told me.

"Oh? What's that?" I questioned.

"I may be of service to you. I do happen to have abilities of my own, you know." He offered.

I tilted my head, "Like Dark Shadow? Hm... I would, but I don't think I could step foot into a situation with a villain yet. It'd be too dangerous given the condition I'm in."

"Wow, that's a first, usually you wouldn't even think about that." Jiro noted.

"Would you like to discuss this in your living quarters or would you like to discuss it elsewhere?" Mikaboshi asked.

I looked over at the doors, I still needed to talk to Hatsume about making an arm for me.

"Once I get back, we can. I've gotta talk to Hatsume to see if I can't get this whole arm thing figured out." I responded.

"Indeed, I shall reside here in the meantime." He nodded.

I left the dorms and headed out towards Hatsume's Workshop. Hopefully, she'd be able to make something for me. I would've gotten one from the hospital, but I'd rather have someone like Hatsume make one for me that could be 100 times better. I made my way into U.A. and towards the workshop. I slid open the door and Hatsume looked up. I honestly didn't expect her to run over and hug me.

"I'm so glad you're okay, Alyx. You had me worried there for a while." Hatsume told me.

I hugged her back, seeing this calmer version of Hatsume, it really made me feel warm inside.

"I got a question; do you think you could-" I tried to ask.

"I'm already working on an arm for ya! I'm making sure that it's my best baby I've ever made!" She grinned.

[15 Minutes Later...]

I returned back to the dorms after Hatsume took measurements of my arm to make sure she was creating the arm at the right width and length. I walked in and saw Hagakure and the girls talking to Mikaboshi. I didn't realize that he was all glammed up until he turned around to face me.

"Nice eye shadow, I'm more of a deep blue person, but I think that red suites you." I joked.

"Thank you, Alyx. That better not have been a crude remark, I won't hesitate to annihilate you." Mikaboshi responded.

"Yeah, yeah, I know. So, what were these abilities you have?" I asked.

"Well, there is one I believe that can be rather useful in battle. It would only affect your opponents and others around you, of course." He snapped his fingers.

I rubbed my eye, "What exactly would that be?"

"I have the ability to stop time. Have you forgotten that I am, in fact, a deity? I do have abilities of my own." Mikaboshi informed me.

"Really? Are you sure? I don't know how you would-" I stopped.

I looked around the room and noticed that everyone was frozen in place. I smiled at him and shook my head.

"Shit, that's all you had to do! That probably would've been helpful ages ago, but nonetheless, this is awesome!" I beamed.

Time resumed as Mikaboshi phased back into me. Holy shit... Can I actually fight again?! Awesome! I guess all I needed to do was have the love of my life killed, brought back as a High End, almost die AGAIN, lose an arm, and not have the ability to use my Quirk anymore. Kaminari's gonna flip his shit once he hears this!