19 Epilogue: The Two-Faced Animal Hero: Typhon

A few hours had passed. Muscular was put within a makeshift containment unit after being pumped with a massive amount of sedatives. To be safe they left the poison in his system. Shukuchi teleported Futari to a hospital to get his ribs and other injuries checked out. Toru and Deku were teleported back to UA. Aizawa, Shukuchi, and Present Mic remained at Tartarus and helped the rest of the heroes contain the villains. Once the top 10 rested a bit they came back into the fight. Even though they were fatigued, they were a massive swing factor for the heroes and police and they were able to recapture all the villians. It was considered a victory for the heroes though there was still tension within hero society. The fact that All for One escaped and that none of the premier League of Villian's members were captured created massive concern. Also, the fact that someone as powerful as Muscular was able to adopt two extra quirks without completely losing his mind was alarming, but for now there was nothing anyone could do about it. Futari was recognized by the public as a hero even though officially he wasn't one. Futari's body was completely destroyed by using "Multi-Modal" for so long. He hadn't trained enough with it since he only could train with his quirk over the last 3 weeks. Because of using his quirk to fly to Tartarus and using multimodal for about 3 minutes, certain muscles had catabolized a tiny bit, so he was told to not fully transform for about 10 days so his body could rebuild itself. The doctor explained that if he fought Muscular alone, he would've had to fight longer to only possibly beat him and would have died immediately afterwards even if Futari did win. Because of this, Futari became even more grateful for the friends and family he had gained since he has been free. The doctor came back into the room.

"Hey, Futari. You are free to be discharged from the hospital. Eat a lot of meat and rest for the next 10 days like we discussed." The doctor explained.

"And here I was waiting for a cop to come in here and tell me that I'm under arrested for vigilante work," Futari said while slowly getting up.

"Aizawa took responsibility for your actions and I asked the police to let you be." A voice said walking into the room.

Futari turned to look at the doorway. "En-Endeavour? The number 1 hero??" Futari said being shocked to see him. "Didn't think you liked me much since I yelled at you…sorry about that. I'm a lot more aggressive when I use my quirk."

"It's fine. I just wanted to thank you for saving the other heroes and myself. It's a shame. If any of us were fresh or were just stronger, Muscular wouldn't have been an issue for even one of us and All for One wouldn't have escaped." Endeavor said leaning against the wall with his arm folded.

"All for One is someone who could go toe to toe with All Might, the greatest hero in history. Don't let a defeat from him ruin your confidence. As long as hero society exists, someone wil come up and stop him. As for Muscular, you all could barely function." Futari said.

"My son, Shoto, will be stronger than you but…you are impressive. Go to hero school so that you can intern under me."

"…I've been thinking about it. I didn't want to go before because I…I wanted to prove to society that a person doesn't need to be a hero to be heroic and to do good things."

Endeavour smiled a bit. "You've already done that haven't you?"

"Oh. I guess I have now that I think about it." Futari answered.

There was an awkward silence. Endeavor got off the wall. "Well, I'm going to go now. The reporters have been trying to get in here to interview you and I hate them so good luck." Endeavor walked out of the room with one hand up, gesturing "Goodbye." I guess I did accomplish my goal, didn't I?... Futari thought to himself. Futari got out of the recovery bed but then several reporters ran into the room.

"Hello Futari. I have quite a few questions for you." One reporter said.

"Futari, can I get a word from you?" Another asked.

"Mr. Taiyku! What is your opinion of people criticizing the heroes for needing to be saved by you?" A third asked. Then an explosion of questions flooded the room.

Futari began to get a headache. "Alright! Everyone stop talking! I'll give one speech then I'm leaving because I need a nap." There was dead silence and a ton of microphones and cameras in his face. "Seriously? Do I need a mic shoved in my face?" One of the reporters moved back his mic. "Thank you." Futari sighed. "As the public figured out, I was previously arrested for vigilante work before because of a corrupt judge and because I was naïve. I wasn't thinking about the legal repercussions. I heard a woman in danger and I saved her. But it wasn't naïve. I wasn't wrong. There is no problem with what I did then and no problem with what I did a few hours ago. All Might was the Symbol of Peace until a few months ago when he retired. When he retired, our nation was shaken to its core and villains came out left and right. But honestly, it was foolish of All Might to try and shoulder all of societies burdens by himself. And it was unfair that we, as a society, let him do that. It doesn't matter how strong the pillar is, building a house on one foundation is a terrible idea. All you need to do is break that foundation and the home will fall. That's why you need multiple pillars to hold up a home. Society needs to stop depending on one man to uphold everything; everyone needs to help. That goes for the way we see heroes and cops as well. So many times we see danger and think to ourselves, 'well the heroes will take care of it' or the 'police will fix this' and become complacent. Heroes and the police cannot solve every single problem in this world; they can't. Like us, they are people too and sometimes they need help like we, civilians, do. Sometimes, people don't even contact heroes because they assume the heroes already know about the problem. Stop being complacent. If you are capable, then after you contact the heroes or police, save someone! I'm not saying to fight the league of villains but do things well within your power. If a building is on fire and you have a water quirk, help to try help put it out. If someone is starving to death on the street, feed them. Contribute any little thing you can to help society. Let's be our own symbol of peace. That'll help the heroes out a little bit. But please don't take what I said to the extreme and put yourself in needless danger…just try to do the little things you can to help out Japan. An American president once said to 'don't ask what your country can do for you but for what you can do for your country… anyway, I'm going home. Bye'"

More question surged from the crowd but Futari was done. He pushed through the crowd and started on his way home. On his way home random people began to run up to him cheering and asking for his autograph. Just getting on and off the train was a hassle. Once Futari got home, he took off his shoes and walked to the kitchen. There was a sign from his father on the fridge. "I'm out drinking right now with Aizawa and Present Mic. Midnight agreed to go on a date with me! Anyway, Present Mic convinced me to not ground you so you aren't grounded. Please do whatever the doctors asked of you and DO NOT FIGHT SUPERPOWERFUL VILLAINS PLEASE. Food is in the fridge and hopefully, I come home tonight. See you soon." Futari smiled. Even if I wanted to get in trouble, I definitely could not right now, Futari thought to himself. Futari walked upstairs and to his room. He laid down on his bed and pulled out his phone. He went on social media and noticed a brand new meme. It was him smiling looking in his normal state and then him angry within his quirk. He laughed a bit and then noticed many epic looking pictures of him from the Tokyo Festival and his fight with Muscular with the trending name "The Two-Faced Civilian." Two Faced Civilian, huh…makes me sound bipolar but not terrible…Futari thought to himself as he fell asleep.

A couple of hours passed. It was 11 P.M. when Futari was woken up by a knock on the door. It was Aizawa and his dad. Futari opened the door and began to help carry his father.

"He drank beer like it is water. I forgot how much he can down." Aizawa said as they laid Shukuchi on his bed.

"I'm surprised you aren't drunk," Futari said with a smile.

"Tsk. I have to teach tomorrow."

"Ouch. That sucks."

"Don't remind me…Futari…you should become a hero at UA. I'll have them let you skip a year so that you can be in Class 1A though you'll have to make up a year of schooling in other subjects." Aizawa said as he was leaving.

"What? About hero exams?" Futari answered as Aizawa got in his car.

"You helped beat a villain who was considered extremely dangerous in his normal state and he had two extra quirks. You killed over 30 Nomu attacking UA in around 8 minutes not to mention actually defeating Kaminari himself. I'm sure I can persuade the teachers."Aizawa said bluntly.

"I'll think about it," Futari answered.

Aizawa looked to his backseat. "Alright. I'm staying up for the next three hours so I'll know if you don't come back within two hours." Aizawa said. Futari was really confused but as he closed the door the backseat of Aizawa's car opened. It was Toru.

"Thank you Eraserhead sensei!" She said cheerfully.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait. How in the world… Did you guys take her drinking with you?!" Futari asked extremely confused.

"No, idiot. She asked to be taken here when Shukuchi was done…being himself so I went to the dorms and got her and then brought her here." Aizawa answered with a straight face.

"Whoa, Aizawa. Bringing one of your students to me, a male teenager, at 11 PM? You should get a wingman award." Toru blushes but no one can see.

"Well, you are not a dumbass and honestly it's been a very stressful day. I know she would try to sneak out to see you anyway so I'm just avoiding the trouble entirely. Good Night." Aizawa backs the car out of the driveway then drives back in. "On the off chance that you are actually stupid and betray my trust and she ends up pregnant or something, I'll break your arms."

"EHHHHHH?!" Toru yelled.

"If I did that, I'll break them way before you do so you'll have to break my legs, though you'll be competing with my dad." Futari retorted with a straight face. Aizawa smiled and backed out of the driveway, actually leaving this time.

Toru walked up the porch stairs. "You and Aizawa get along very well. That's surprising."

"Well, Aizawa and my dad have worked together before so we already met before," Futari said while he sat down on the porch.

Toru sat down next to him. She poked his wrapped up ribs. "Are you okay?"

"Ouch!" Futari winced. "I'm fine. Just sore as hell." There was silence for a moment. "Thanks for showing up to the fight with Muscular. That was brave."

She stood up holding her hips. "Of course. I'm a hero!" She started to do an impression of All Might. "Har har har. I AM HERE!"

"Please…never do that again."

"Why?"

"Because it was terrible."

"I'd love to hear your impression of All Might."

"Oh nah. I'll leave the voice acting to the professional." Futari sarcastically gestured to Toru.

She sat back down. "So…you guys found the traitor so are you leaving UA? Will I not see you again?" Toru said with a sad tone.

"I'm not sure yet. If I decide to become a hero, then I will go to UA."

"You should become a hero. You are suited for it…and I'd miss you."

Futari laughed a bit. "Well, I live in Musutafu so even if I didn't go into a hero course I could still visit."

"Oh yeah. I forgot." Toru answered chucking.

"How did you forget that? We are at my house." Futari answered back with a smile. There was another awkward silence. "So…you can shoot lasers?!"

"Oh yeah. I refract light with my quirk so I had Mei make me two super magnifying lenses so I can focus the beams and use them as weapons."

"Ah, so you made babies with Hatsume." Futari joked.

"Ugh. It's so weird that she calls her inventions 'babies.'"

"You are telling me. I actually thought she was trying to get with me even though she didn't know my favorite color."

Toru started laughing. "Is knowing your favorite color important to date you???"

"Of course. Otherwise, if she buys me a gift she'll get the wrong color! It's silver before you ask." Futari joked.

"That might be the dumbest thing you've ever said," Toru said giggling.

"The silver or buying me a gift in the wrong color?" Futari questioned.

"Both, honestly. Silver is a weird color to like." Toru said still giggling.

"And what's your favorite color? Transparent?" They both started laughing at each other.

"It's pink."

"Of course, it's pink. How incredibly predictable. Futari said with a smug smile. There was a silence. "…So, wait if you can bend light rays into a beam, you can become visible then right?" Futari asked almost excited.

"Well I COULD but…"

"But what?"

"You wouldn't want to see my face. I'm ugly."

"Um, have you seen what I look like when I use my quirk?"

"…You are still cute using your quirk…"

"Jet black skin, red cat eyes, big ass teeth and sharp nails are cute?"

"It's honestly not that awful."

"Weirdo."

"Hey, you smell me to find out where I am. That's weird."

"Hey! I was just breathing! It's part of my quirk…Can I please see what you look like?"

Toru began to get nervous and blush. "Why do you want to know?"

Man, I have to say it directly?! Futari thought to himself annoyed. Futari got nervous but took a deep breath. "Well because I like you, Toru, so I'm curious."

"Eeeeeeeeeeeee-." Toru said nervously.

"Eee? Did you break?" Futari asked jokingly.

"No. No. I just…was not expecting you to say that…"

"…Yeah…But I didn't really want to dance around it."

"It's fine. I feel the same way. I like you to Fu…" Futari's smile became a frown from hearing the wretched nickname. "…tari." He smiled again. She giggled at his expression changes and out of nervousness.

"Well if you don't want me to see, it's fi-." Slowly before Futari finished that sentence Toru began to slowly appear as if she was coming out of a fog. She had dark brown hair that went down to the base of her neck. Her skin was smooth and she was a tan, light brown in color. She had a small nose and medium-sized lips. Her eyes were somewhat narrow with yellow irises. She had some scars on her face likely from her dad's beatings. Futari kept blinking. This is ugly? Hahahaha. What is she talking about? Futari could not find words.

"See? You aren't saying anything because I look awful right?"

"You know… you told me a lot of lies when I met you but…you are joking right? Who on God's green Earth called you ugly to make you think that way?!" Futari said while staring at her.

"I did. My scars are awful."

"No. Not at all. They don't bother me. They make you look as tough as you are, honestly." Toru smiled. It was the first time Futari saw her smile. Her smile was warm and genuine. He remembered how Toru was able to stop him from killing Kaminari; how she reminded him that he wasn't a monster. How she chose to help him fight Muscular. He realized how much he appreciated her company. "You are beautiful," Futari said calmly with a smile on his face. Toru's heart melted. She appreciated everything Futari had done for her and her family; what he did for her friends at UA. She liked his personality and enjoyed hanging out with him. After staring at each for a second, she wrapped her arms around Futari's head and kissed him.

2 weeks went by. Hero offices began to open their own vigilante branches of their office due to the impact of Futari's speech to the media. Lawmakers were in talking about a law that allowed civilians to help other civilians in minor situations as long as they do not negatively affect hero work. Futari had visited UA every day and hung out with Aizawa, Deku, and Toru specifically. Futari and Toru had begun dating over the 2 weeks as well.

Class 1A was up to their usually pre-homeroom banter. The pain of Kaminari's betrayal was still there but healing. Aizawa walked into the classroom looking as tired as he usually does. "Ok listen up. Before we train today, I have an announcement. As you know for two weeks we have had only 19 students so we have a free space. Well here's a 'new' student to fill that space.

Futari walked in through the door and stood in front of the class. "Hey, guys. You already know me but I'm Futari Taiyku." Futari pulled out a small whiteboard which had his hero name on it and turned it to face the class. "I am the Two-Faced Animal Hero: Typhon. Nice to re-meet you all. Let's have a good rest of the year."

Futari started walking to his seat. Deku stuck out his fist. "Welcome to Class 1A, Futari."

Futari bumped his fist with Deku. "Thanks, friend."