Aizawa journey into the hero course while to some seemed short. It took a great deal of blood, sweat, and tears. After placing in the top four of the UA sports festival, Aizawa soon found himself fast-tracked into the hero course. His plan had succeeded after he realized the entrance exams were more in favor of flashy quirks that did a lot of damage, there was just one part of his planned he failed to consider, two of his new classmates. Hizashi Yamada and Nemuri Kayama.

The two took an interest in him since the second he had walked into the class. He didn't know why and frankly, he didn't care. Sadly, the two weren't listening to was in the middle of packing up his books when Yamada came over, that stupid grin still plastered on his face.

"Hey, Shota!" Said blonde felt the need to yell, earning a glare from the other.

"What do you want?"

Pouting a little from the grumpy tone, the blonde smiles wide once more "Well me and Nemuri we-"

"For the fifth time, I'm not interested in stupid karaoke" the blackette groans, shoving more items into his bag.

"Oh, come on!" The blonde whines laying across the table, "It'll be fun; besides what better thing could you be up to" he pesters as the annoyed boy pulls his arm out from the loud trap.

"Nothing that concerns you," Aizawa said as he finished putting away the last of his books "I'm busy anyway."Making his way to the front gate, Aizawa could feel the stares he was getting from his other classmates. Some seemed to be intrigued at the general ed student who made it into the hero course, most though were cold and uncaring due to his weird quirk. Shota had gotten used to this due to the nature of his quirk, hell his own family gave him weird looks from time to time. Only one person didn't give him those strange looks….

"Hey, Shota!"And here she is.

"Hey Inko," Aizawa said with a usual bored tone, this just made Inko pout at him"And here I was hoping you be happier, Mr. Serious" her green hair swaying a bit in the his eyes, the taller one sighs, "Let's just say the hero department, idiots are a lot louder and annoying than general."Tilting her head, Inko asks, "How?"

"Well….," he trails off, only to have someone yell before he could continue.

"I KNEW IT!" The loudmouth followed him. Aizawa throws his head into his hands, groaning."Awww, Shota has a girlfriend, and she's cute!" Nemuri comments circling Inko. Inko, on the other hand, is putting tomatoes to shame everywhere. Shaking her head Inko leans closer to the only one she knows, whispering."Ugh, Shota who are these people?" Barely lifting his head from its hiding spot her tells her in the most defeated voice, she's ever heard.

"These are the idiots I was trying to tell you about."Pausing a moment to take a closer look at the pair who joined them, she brightens, "Oh I remember you guys from the sports festival, your quirk lets you unleash power soundwaves. Tell me, does it cause damage to your vocal cords if you overuse your quirk or your hearing?"Inko then turned to the other female "Your quirk allows you to release a potent sleeping gas! I noticed how it seemed to work much faster on the boys you faced than the girls."I loved both your performances at the sports festival" Inko beamed at the two confused heroes in training

'How did she figure out my quirk so quickly" they both thought

Aizawa sighs "Yamada, Nemuri. This is Inko Midoriya. She's a girl from my old class. She's also one of the biggest hero otakus alive.""Not one of," She holds her head up with a proud smile, "The number 1 hero otaku. I love heroes and quirks, but I mostly love their quirks." She gives a slight laugh after correcting her friend.

"So if you love heroes so much, why not become one?" Yamada asked

"Well I'm more of a fan; besides I'm more into the heroes' quirks and how they use them"

"I can see why you came to UA then."

"Well, your half right, UA is well known for its great hero course, but its general ed department is one of the best in the country, so I get a good education and see some amazing quirks."Before Aizawa knew what was going on, Inko and Nemuri started talking up a storm, and soon the four of them left UA together, Yamada laughing at how Aizawa ended up coming to karaoke after all.

'This group won't last long…. right?' Aizawa thought

"Shota, move closer to Inko," Nemuri said as she was prepping the time on the camera "We need to get this perfect"

"Why it's just a picture?"

"It's not just a picture! It's our graduation picture" Nemuri screeched "Besides when you two love birds finally have kids, we need to show them this" Nemuri said while looking at Aizawa and a blushing Inko.

Aizawa just let out an exhausted sigh "I told you we shouldn't have told them we were dating" he said to Inko

"And I told you I can tell my best friend whatever I want, besides she did catch us on our date, what else was I supposed to do."

"Lie through your teeth."

Maybe if she hadn't seen us at the exact moment you decided to kiss me."Yamada could feel a heated argument about to erupt between Aizawa and Inko. He was quick to help Nemuri with the camera, as a means to stop the argument before it could start. Thanks to his help, Nemuri had finally got the camera timer set. They ran back to Inko and Aizawa before the camera timer ran out.

Just before the camera took the picture, Inko was quick to kiss Aizawa on the cheek, this sudden show of affection made him blush like crazy, and to his dismay, it was then the camera took the picture.

Aizawa was quick to give Inko a death glare, but this just caused her to laugh as he was still blushing like crazy.

"you devil woman."

"Well what you expect, one of us needs to bring the romance to this relationship, and if it was up to you, we still be just hand-holding."

Their conversation was interrupted when they heard Nemuri and Yamada laughing their heads off at Aizawa blushing face in the picture, the two were trying their best to talk, but the laughter made it almost impossible.

"Hahahaha...haha. Oh god... that's pure comedy gold" Yamada wheezes losing air, laughter not stopping."Hahaha...hah. I'm...so keeping…. this"

"You'll delete that or else!" Shota growls, quirk active.

"Hahaha.. oh.n-no way Shota, this is going in my personal collection" Nemuri said as she regained her composure.

The group of friends, minus one angry blackette, laugh at the picture. Soon after the four left to continue their celebration of graduating from UA and entering adulthood.

Looks can sometimes be deceiving, that's what Aizawa thought as he watched the early morning news.

It was covering a villain attack that took place late last night. It seemed the group had been caught but not before multiple civilians were caught up in the fighting between the heroes and most people see him, they tend to jump on the idea he's a lazy bum, granted they weren't wrong, his unkempt look did seem to back up this idea. Most people wouldn't believe he was a pro-hero. It makes sense due to his approach in his heroes like All Might and Endeavour where they go big and flashy with their work, Aizawa preferred a more effective method of stealth and tactics, instead of brute force and ignorance. While it didn't get him the fame and fortune that the top heroes had, he had become a well-respected hero due to his tactics and use of his peculiar quirk.

It had been one of the reasons he was asked to teach at UA a few years after he graduated.

Well after a particular someone "persuaded" him to take the job.

Looking to the clock, he realized if he wanted to get to UA on time, he needed to start getting ready now. Shuffling to the bathroom, a quick shower and a change into his hero costume later he was ready, now it was time to get his little "partner in napping" ready, as Nemuri put it.

Making his way down the hall, Aizawa stopped outside the room across from his own. On the door, there was a kitten themed sign saying Izumi, quietly he opened the door and made his way to crib in the corner of the room. Looking into the crib he saw his eight-month-old daughter sleeping soundly, cuddling into her mini All Might plushie, this was also something no one expected, Aizawa, a father.

Looking to the table near Izumi's crib, Aizawa saw the two photos that Yamada brought over a few months ago, the first one was on Aizawa's first day in the hero course day, the picture had Nemuri on the right, Yamada on the left and in the middle was Aizawa and Izumi's mother, Inko Midoriya.

The second picture was of Aizawa, Inko, and Izumi when they had their first family trip when Izumi was four months old, the mother and daughter were giggling as Aizawa was scowling. Due to the fact, Inko had drawn cat whiskers on his face after he fell asleep on the ride there. But while the photo brought back good memories, it also brought back bad memories, as it was also the last photo Aizawa had of Inko.

Inko had been killed a few months ago, the loss still weighed heavy on Aizawa, losing the mother of your child can do that. Inko had gone out to stock up on baby supplies. She was unfortunately caught up in a villain attack. The bastard had decided to start a fight with a few pro heroes, and sadly, Inko caught his attention. He wasn't told much about the guy, except that he had a strength-based quirk and how Inko had been able to rip the guy's eyelids out.

What pissed Aizawa off more was, only a few days after Inko was buried. Her parents had decided to come and see Aizawa. But not to see how he was coping, oh no. they wanted to take Izumi, stating that Aizawa didn't have the skills or funds to care and raise Izumi. He knew Inko parents had never liked him, even from day one he could tell. His rage at that moment couldn't measure, but before he acted. Nemuri and Yamada said they help raise Izumi, only for the rest of the UA staff to back this up. Hell Nezu said he be Aizawa lawyer. This made Inko parents once again disappear.

It was then Aizawa noticed, Izumi starts to squirm in her crib, even though she mainly took after Inko in the looks department, she definitely acquired her father's love for sleep.

"Morning kiddo time to get up" Izumi just seemed to try and go back asleep "you're not getting off that easy, if I got to deal with those two crazies then so do you," Aizawa said as he lifted Izumi out her crib with no trouble.

After picking up Izumi, Aizawa was quick to grab her all might plushie to help keep her calm and to stop her from crying. Aizawa couldn't figure how his daughter had built such an attachment the toy but thought the toy's smile made her feel safe when her dad or family wasn't around.

After walking through to the kitchen, Aizawa set Izumi in her high chair with her all might plushie, while he went to get her breakfast. After grabbing the baby food, Aizawa turned to see Izumi chewing on one of the all might plushie's two large strands of hair, Aizawa had to admit it was pretty cute. But he knew Izumi needed her breakfast and a toy wasn't exactly a good idea for breakfast

"No, all might not on the menu, it's mushy peas and carrots," He said as he holds out the spoon with the food.

Izumi soon stops nibbling on her toy and is quick to eat the baby food presented to her. But shortly after finishing her breakfast, she was back to nibbling on her toy again, Aizawa just sighed and made a mental note to get the toy cleaned later.

After breakfast, Aizawa got Izumi cleaned up and dressed for the day, seeing that he was running late. Aizawa quickly grabbed Izumi's travel bag from her room. He made sure it had all the stuff Izumi may have needed in case anything happened, he laughed how Inko basically drilled it into his head what the bag should have.

After doing a final check to make sure he had everything, Aizawa looked to Izumi, who was currently being held in the stroller but that didn't stop her from trying to go back to sleep.

"Well, kiddo, let's see how crazy your aunt and uncle are today."