-Elements at his Fingertips, Kinda-
Izuku Midoriya was just an average, "normal" kid. With a relatively moderate superpower called a quirk. His quirk was a supposed fusion between his parents, the power to breath fire, and the power to telekinetically control small objects. But that was a bit of a stretch.
You see Izuku had power over the elements: fire, water, earth, wind, and lightning. Which at first sounded really cool, but in reality it was really weak. Izuku could barely charge his phone 2% or make half a glass of water, of course it had gotten better over the years, but it wasn't meant for fighting, for his dream. To be a hero.
Everyone told him his quirk was practical and that she should be grateful he didn't end up with a useless quirk. No one ever said he could be a hero and quite a lot of people stomped on that dream, but he wouldn't let that stop him!
Yeah, Kacchan was right, he'd didn't have a quirk as cool as his, but he'd make due with it. And while for the longest time everything seemed like it wouldn't change, one fateful day changed that.
-Third Year of Junior High-
"Got it Kacchan, we should totally partner up for that assignment, I'm sure the teacher won't have a problem with it." 14 year old Izuku Midoriya said into his phone before he hung up and threw on his school uniform. His third year of Junior High had just started this week and he was actually really excited, though it still seemed as easy as last year.
He went into the bathroom to comb his locks and as usual nothing changed, except he lost the hair comb but he'd find it later.
He rushed back into his room and made sure he had everything in his backpack, his laptop, his homework, and his hero notebooks, 'Check, check, and check' Izuku thought to himself. He zipped up the bag before going to the kitchen.
There he saw his mother, Inko Midoriya, the same slim woman as always, making breakfast for him. "Morning mom!" Izuku said as he made his way to the kitchen and pulled out bowls.
"Oh good morning Izuku, Katsuki-kun was coming over for breakfast, right?" She asked as she was handed the bowls. Izuku nodded as soon as the doorbell went off and he headed to open in.
There stood Izuku's best friend, Katsuki Bakugo. "Hey Kacchan." Izuku said with a smile as he let the other boy into his home.
"Sup nerd." The other boy said with a smirk. Now some might've said that Bakugo's words were malicious, but that was just the way he spoke damn it! "Got that science homework done? It was a pain in the ass for me."
Izuku nodded as the two went for the kitchen, "Yeah, at first I was stuck but eventually everything clicked and I got through it." he said as they arrived.
"Hey auntie Inko." Bakugo greeted the woman
"Hello Katsuki-kun." Inko greeted back. The green haired woman was glad that, while the boy inherited his mother's aggressiveness, could be calm and civilized when needed just like her. "I got breakfast ready for you both, I have to go so make sure you lock up when you both are down, ok Izuku?" Inko said as she prepared her purse and coat to head out, it wasn't cold but she liked being prepared for anything.
"Yeah I got it mom."
The older Midoriya left and both boys dug into their food, "Thanks for the food!" They both said before they ate.
The two left their bowls in the sink and locked the door as they left, heading for school taking their usual route. However as luck would have it-
"Woah, what's that!"
"Probably just some ametuer villain that got caught snatching a purse or something."
"Honestly, in midday, this guy's ballsy."
"Yeah sorry boss, train got delayed."
Were a couple of sentences the boy's heard as they watched on as a villain, who was taller than the surrounding building, roared on a train rail. Izuku gained stars in his eyes and a book in his hands, that Katsuki did not see him take out, as he began writing notes on how the villain could be taken down.
"!Hiseyesareabiggertargetnowsoitwouldbegoodtoaimforthemandtakethemoutandthentriphimandmakehimhithishead?AknockoutwouldbegoodbutI'mnotsureifmoreheadtraumawouldbeneede-"
"Stop there villain!" Izuku stopped his muttering and writing, 'Thank god' Katsuki thought, as he looked up and saw "Kamui Woods!" Izuku said with glee. "He may be new but he's already making a name for himself!"
A man nearby with a strangely shaped head smiled at the boy, but decided to say nothing.
"Robbery! Assault! Disruption of the peace! And illegal quirk usage! You are the incarnation of evil!" Katsuki snorted at the line that came out of the pro's mouth, 'He practice that in the mirror this morning?!'
Yet Izuku didn't seem to mind as he only focused on the action, he noticed and even recognized the movement Kamui was doing. 'Bring arm back, lock up, tense, push forward!' Izuku thought the movements and Kamui Woods did them at the exact same time, and then both started to chant the name of the move.
"Preemptive Binding: Lacquered!" The woods that made Kamui's body expand, "Chain" Taking on a tree shape and rushing the giant. "Priso-
"Canyon Cannon!" Both the fanboy and hero froze, Katsuki started laughing and the weirdly shaped head man stared dumbfounded.
There atop the, now, unconscious villain was another up and coming hero, "Mt. Lady." Izuku whispered in awe. Yeah she caused a LOT of collateral damage, but her quirk was what fascinated Izuku. He had no idea if the height she became was always the same or not, or if she could adjust her height. He had so many questions but no answers.
"Hey nerd! Stop geeking out, we're gonna be late!" He heard Katsuki scream before the blonde started dashing away. Izuku checked his phone and went wide-eyed. 'Crap! Notes will have to wait, memory please remember!'
-After School-
School was boring as usual, kids being dumb, teachers being dumb, Kacchan being arrogant, classes being boring and easy, it was the norm.
"Hey Deku, I'm gonna hit the arcade with some extras, wanna come?" Katsuki asked as the two exited the school. Izuku shook his head, "No, I actually have some work to do."
"Oh alright." He said, "Hey you're going to apply to U.A, right?" he added out of nowhere.
Izuku went stiff before he nodded, "Y-Yeah, even though a lot of people say I can't, I still want to try, you know?" Izuku said sadly.
Katsuki nodded, "Yeah, but you better fucking train for it. And don't get all depressed and shit if you don't pass. I'm pretty fucking sure they give Gen Ed students a second chance or some shit." He said as he walked past Izuku to head to the arcade.
"Ah, thanks Kacchan!" Izuku smiled as his friend made sure that Izuku did feel sad as he usual would when his hero dream was brought up.
"Don't mention it nerd."
Izuku had a good time on his walk, though because of the incidents that occurred throughout the day his usual route was tanked and now he had to take a different route. It wasn't much of a problem but still annoying.
He thought about what Katsuki had said. It was encouraging in the moment but now that he thought about it, it was like Katsuki was expecting him to fail. Yeah he didn't have a combat prone quirk but he could still do stuff, right?
He probably didn't mean it like that but self conscious issues were something that riddled the greanette. 'I smile to show that there is no reason to be afraid, WHY? BECAUSE I AM HERE!' He remembered the words of his idol on a news show.
The icon catchphrase was something that filled Izuku with joy? No, more like hope.
Izuku always lived by his example, the man was the incarnation of what a hero should be to him. "All Might." he whispered the name of the man he looked up to more than anyone else in the world.
He walked into a tunnel as he continued his thoughts, 'My quirk isn't meant for combat, I know that.. yet I still want to give it a try. Plus rescuing is what I want to do, but no matter what you'll always have to fight villains…'
"I can't give up now! Not yet!" Izuku declared as he was filled with more hope and determination. He would do his best! Even if he had to fight villains he would win! He would live up to All Might's ideals and be the best hero he could be, no matter anyone said. "I will be a hero!"
"tHen bE MINE!" Izuku heard behind him, he turned and saw a man of sludge. He quickly spun the rest of his body around and threw his arm forward.
Three pebbles flew in the direction of the man, 'Oh come on-'. The sludge chuckled before whipping around and trapped the young boy.
Izuku's vision started to haze over and he realized he couldn't breathe. He tried using his wind powers to help himself breath and it worked for a bit but then the villain clogged his throat. Making the ability useless. He tried zapping the villain but he didn't produce a lot of electricity and the man shrugged it off, 'If only I could produce more!'. He tried to burn the man but the man put out the flames with his sludge, which acted like water to the flames.
"OH mAn yOU hAve a PretTy CoOL QuiRK Kid, I'lL gLadLY tAke IT!" Izuku was shocked that some thought his quirk was cool but he didn't focus on that. Felt himself passing out-no wait he was dying! He was losing consciousness and he was never going to wake up if he went to sleep now.
He started using his water powers and it was actually working! He managed to move the sludge villain around so he tried manipulating the man's body to get him out of his throat, 'It's like water!, I can manipulate it!'. However the villain added more pressure and pushed through Izuku's powers causing Izuku to grimace and apologize to anyone and everyone that he had ever met in his life, 'I'm gonna die…' Was the boy's last thought before everything went dark.
However…
"HAVE NO FEAR, FOR I AM HERE!" Izuku heard those iconic words and his eyes shot open. The figure threw a punch that created enough air force to tear the sludge villain apart. Izuku's eyes sparkled in the heavenly light that radiated from the exit of the alley, allowing him to see the silhouette of "A-All Migh…"
Darkness surrounded Izuku for miles. 'I died…' he thought as he took in the void. It was all the same, no texture, just darkness for eternity.
Suddenly a light came into existence, it was warm and inviting and it seemed to call to Izuku. He went to grab it but he couldn't reach it.
'I'm too weak, my quirk isn't strong enough, I'm not strong enough…' He let his hand fall in front of him, losing the will to keep on trying. But then the light reached out for instead, enveloping Izuku in it's worth, the darkness still remained but there was light also. It was perfect balance and Izuku felt invigorated, empowered, stronger.
Suddenly he feels something hitting his cheek and he opens his eyes, "Hello young man, sorry that we lost you there!" Izuku's eyes widen in realization as he scoots back, "A-All MIGHT!" He screamed, he went to look for his notebook, he needed his notebook, he needed an autograph! He found his bag with his notebook and opened it to see "IT'S ALREADY SIGNED!"
He turns back towards the hero and bows, "Thank you All Might sir!"
"Don't mention it citizen! And thank you for your assistance, but I'm afraid I must leave." All Might tapped a bottle in his pocket, "I have to hand this guy over to the police after all!" The man exited the tunnels and stretched his legs, preparing for a massive jump.
'Wait, I don't want him to go yet! I have so many questions to ask him! I don't want to waste his time, but he seems like he isn't busy! What do I do!' Izuku contemplated in his head as the pro prepared to make his leave.
'Take a leap of faith, kid.' Izuku heard someone, a woman, say.
'A leap of faith?'
"Now please clear the way, I need to launch off!" All Might said, and with that he leaped into the air, soaring across the entire sky. Covering miles in mere seconds. He felt the usual wind in his hair as he soared. But, something seemed a little different. He felt a bit slower and a bit heavier, not by a lot but it was slightly noticeable? It was strange, he knew he was slower than he was in his prime, but heavier? His muscles have gotten a bit smaller over the years so why is he heavier? Then he noticed a certain broccoli haired boy on his left leg. "HEY WOAH KID! WHAT'RE YOU DOING? I LOVE MY FANS BUT THIS, THIS IS A LITTLE TOO MUCH, LET GO!"
"I can't do that, I'll die!" Izuku said with a very strange face filled with wind that was honestly really disgusting to look at as it exposed his teeth and showed a lot of his mouth.
"Oh right, just hide your face for me, you're freaking me out." Izuku did as he was asked and All Might because searching for a building to land on. He found a suitable one and tried to leave as soon as Izuku got off of his leg but the boy started another conversation. He didn't want to leave in the midst of that. He found it rude, so he stayed thinking he could stay in his hero form for a bit longer...he was wrong.
"I have a quirk that lets me use the elements, but compared to heroes like Endeavor and Wash, it's nothing. I've tried to make it stronger but my attempts haven't done anything, I'm less than average in terms of physical strength. I'd say any villain could beat me in a fight the way I am now. I've always wanted to be a hero bu-" Izuku was cut off as a certain giant was gone? He didn't feel any wind pressure so that was strange but there was a dust cloud and a skeleton? Ah no he's alive. ALIVE?!
The skeleton coughed up blood and Izuku didn't know what to say. Soon he did find the words though.
"What happened to All Might?! Who are you, an imposter?! But that was definitely All Might's super strength?! So that means you have to be All Mi-" he was cut off mid sentence with a karate chop to his head.
"Hey hey kid, don't fry your brain." the skeleton said with a very depressing frown. "My name is Toshinori Yagi, and I am the Number One Hero, the Symbol Of Peace: All Might." He said as he went to sit down, looking very winded, coughing into his hand.
Izuku could only stare dumbfounded, how was the number one hero who was the incarnation of muscles in actuality a man that was basically a skeleton! It didn't make sense. How was the towering seven foot three pro hero this, this small! "Well kid, ask what you wanted to, but in exchange you keep my secret, got it?"
Izuku nodded rapidly, it sounded like All Might but the man's face was smileless. It was unnerving. "Uh, y-yes sir!" Izuku said. "B-But first, All Might, why do you seem so tired...and look like that…. if you don't mind me asking". Izuku asked Skelemight.
The pro sighed, "You're a curious kid, aren't you?" Izuku nodded. "Very well then, you already know this much, just don't tell anyone, alright kid?" Izuku nodded again. Toshinori lifted his blank, now oversized, white shirt revealing a nasty scar that stretched throughout the entirety of the left side of his body. "I had a run in with a villain about 5 years ago, I took 'em out, but they devastated my respiratory system and took all my stomach".
Izuku combed through his years of hero knowledge but he came up blank, he couldn't think of anyone that could do this to All Might, "5 years ago….? Well you did have many very impressive fights 5 years ago, but there weren't any villains that I think would've been able to do this amount of damage to you…"
"You're right, there weren't, at least in the public eye. This fight, and villain, were kept from the public and left me hospitalized and has now cut down my hero time to only 3 hours, rest of the time I look like this...it also cut me off from my sidekick Sir Nighteye and my teacher, though you probably don't know his name, he's kind of old."
'All Might had a teacher?! Well actually that makes sense, everyone has a teacher, just like everyone has a dad, except me.' Izuku shook his head distracting himself from the thought "So that's why you and Nighteye separated, the media just thought that you two outgrew each other or had a disagreement of some kind." Izuku responded.
"Yeah, now you know the story kid, now let's not get side tracked again, what's your question?" Toshinori asked the green child.
Izuku froze because now he just felt like he was wasting the man's time and he obviously learned something that he wasn't supposed to. 'A leap of faith' Izuku gulped and gathered his courage, "C-Can someone without a strong quirk like yours, become a hero?"
"Well kid, no matter what happens you can't control the world, it's just not possible. So, you will have to fight villains eventually. If your quirk isn't even strong enough to put you past an average human being before quirks were a thing...then no I don't think you can…" Izuku did his best to hold back his tears but he could feel the dams threatening to break, the gates getting ready to flood. "However" this caught Izuku's attention. "You can always improve a quirk, no matter how tough it is, an emitter quirk can always be improved, though it is difficult, and that's what yours is, correct?. It'll take a lot of hard work but you can do it. But the way you are now, I can't see you becoming a hero…so young man you will have to work a lot harder, got that?!" All Might said forming a ghost of a smile with his lips. He felt like he was in his muscle form giving a herois speech again.
Izuku looked up at the Symbol of Peace, and couldn't help but let all his tears out. Everyone thought he couldn't, his quirk wasn't meant for it, he wasn't meant for it. But All Might was right, quirks could become stronger, 'Quirk Evolution' and Quirk Training were two major ways to make quirks stronger. He could, he was going to train hard and become a hero! "Yes sir!"
"Alright Young-?" All Might paused as he didn't know the kid's name.
"Midoriya, Izuku Midoriya, All Might sir!" Izuku responded still tears in his eyes.
"Alright Young Midoriya, train hard, and try to enter UA! You got that!? Now I've gotta go turn in that sludge villain, do you mind living a couple minutes after me? So nobody notices?" Toshinori asked while Izuku wiped the tears off of his face and nodded.
"Uh, of course All Might, I-I….thank you for today, I'll definitely become a hero!" Izuku said with determination but it was thrown off by the tears that were still on his face.
"No problem kid, now I'll see you." SmallMight answered back as he retreated from the rooftop.
And with that All Might, or Toshinori Yagi, was gone from the rooftop, but Izuku was empowered now more than ever to be a hero. And after 2 minutes he left also, now going to train to empower his quirk to become more powerful. 'I can research how Endeavor made his flames so strong and I can do some physical training too to get stron-' he was cut off from his monologue by the sound of screaming and burning fire coming from a nearby alley street.
Izuku didn't think that he'd see two villain encounters this big in one day, he went to go take notes, but he saw something that shook him to his core…
'K-Kacchan..?'
"cOMe oN kId, yOU TalKed aBouT wAnTing to Be A hEro, HeLp mE OuT!" Izuku heard from an all too familiar voice that currently had Izuku's best friend as a hostage.
'It's that sludge villain, but All Might captured him….no….t-this is my fault, I hitched a ride, it must've fallen off then….this...is all my fault, I'm the reason this is happening, Bakugo is gonna die because of me, useless, USELESS…'
"GET OFF ME YOU BASTARD!" Bakugou demanded creating explosions with his quirk causing fire to sprout everywhere around him, in the process blocking all the pros that were there at the time from saving him, Izuku watched helplessly in the crowd as his friend was being suffocated by this villain.
-All Might-
All Might sighed as he had hit his limit for the day, which was surprising since it was his day off. He went to go reach for the pocket where he put the bottle containing the sludge villain, but the pocket was empty His eyes widened in fear as he tapped his other pockets in his pants but he didn't find the bottle!
"Did you see that thing!"
"Yeah that sludge guy is huge!"
"That kid is really holding out…"
"Why aren't the heroes doing anything?"
'Sludge?' All Might was only shaken with fear as he stumbled towards a crowd of people and saw an all too familiar villain. He wanted to go out and save what appeared to be a middle school boy from the clutches of the villain, but the screaming pain in his one lung told him that he was done, that boy was going to have to wait, or going to have to die….
"Rahhhhhhh!"
All Might knew that high pitched voice. He just had a conversation with it minutes ago, he looked up to see the boy running to save his friend. He knew that the boy's quirk was weak so what was he gonna do? He then saw the boy hurl his backpack at the creature's eye, paralyzing the foe. 'T-That's genius, even without a 'correct' quirk like all the other heroes are waiting for, he didn't care and just went to save the boy anyways! He took advantage of a major weakness within seconds!''
"DEKU, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, YOU COULD DIE?!" The blonde screamed at the boy who was risking his life. "I COULDN'T WATCH YOU DIE KACCHAN! Izuku screamed back.
'A leap of faith' The words repeated in the boy's mind. 'I WON'T LET KACCHAN DIE!'
In a dark void darkness exploded with power, two substances, red and yellow respectively shone with power. The yellow overtook as Izuku's hand traveled into the sludge.A massive amount of lightning sprouted from Izuku, shocking both the villain and Bakugo. Though the villain took the brunt of the attack and ended up being paralyzed.
With the villain paralyzed Izuku pulled his friend's arm with all of his might and brought him out of the sludge with the villain's grip now loosened.
"BAKUGO!"
'Wait what….'
"NOW, EXPLODE HIS ASS!" Izuku screamed at his friend, borrowing some of his language, and after the shock of being called Bakugo by Deku, and the boy swearing, he did as he was told and exploded the villain into next week. It was strong, easily the strongest explosion the boy had ever made, causing a lot of pain in Bakugo's arms and shoulders to where they slumped to his sides afterwards, however it didn't take out the villain. 'How's he still standing' They both thought in unison.
Toshinori looked on in horror, they were going to die! And no one was going to do anything. He was pathetic, he was afraid of a time limit when there were lives on the line, 'SCREW THAT!'
Both boys froze as they were both tired after the feats of strength that they displayed. The villain rushed to capture both boys, if that was even possible, they didn't know. They just knew that they didn't want to die, not yet, but to them both that seemed like the final outcome. They both braced for the pain to hit them, for the feeling of their throats to be clogged, or an impact coming to their heads, yet it never came.
"YOU BOTH ARE SAFE." Both of their eyes shot open and in front of them was the Symbol of Peace, "All Might" They both said in unison, "WHY? BECAUSE I AM HERE!" He exclaimed as he blocked a tendril from the slime villain, "NOW BE GONE EVILDOER."
The pro pulled his right arm back as he grabbed back Katsuki and Izuku with his left, his legs kept him grounded, his hips turned, and his arm shot forward, "DETROIT!"Blood came from the hero's mouth but he pushed through, he had to, he must, "SMASH!" After all he was a hero, and heroes always had to go beyond their limits!
The wind pressure split the sludge man up again, while Katsuki's and Izuku's bodies flailed in the wind like clothes on a windy day. Mt. Lady blocked the wind from the civilians while some of the pros braced themselves. The wind eventually dissipated allowing all to see that All Might stood triumphant
One of the heroes on site, Death Arms, looked on in awe. He too had a sort of super strength, but nothing compared to All Might's. His eyes widened when he felt something soft hit his arm, then something hit his head, then his leg, until he realized, "Holy shit, he changed the weather."
The civilians and pros cheered for All Might. Then the pros there approached the two boys and both berated and praised the teens. It was weird for both of the boys and they eventually got to leave, much to their relief
-Later: Walking Home-
"Hey...Deku…..!" Katsuki said as the two walked side by side in the direction of their homes.
"Yeah Kacchan?" Izuku responded.
"You didn't do anything for me! I didn't need your help!" Kacchan said as he walked off and went home. As he got farther away the blonde smirked, a far distant memory enveloping his mind
"Mom, Auntie Inko, don't worry!" A little Katsuki said, while a young Izuku proceeded to say "Why!" In unison they both chanted "Because we are here!"
Their childhood dream could happen, 'Deku was more a hero then anyone back there, maybe except All Might. But still.' Not that he'd ever tell that to his face.
'Well he isn't not wrong…..but I am glad that he's safe' Izuku thought to himself with a smile. He kept on walking, head slouched when he heard footsteps around the corner, he paused and waited for the person to come around the corner.
"Ah, Young Midoriya, I've been looking all over for y-" he was cut off and deflated into small might, blood escaping his lips. Izuku went to the man's side and patted his back slowly.
" All Might! Are you ok?" Izuku asked.
"I-I'm*cough* fine Young Midoriya, now where was I?" He asked as he steadied himself.
"You said you were looking for me? Izuku asked.
"Ah right." The man straightened himself "You said your quirk was weak, right Young Midoriya?" The boy nodded, "Well it looks like your quirk evolved during the encounter with the sludge villain." Izuku nodded, albeit slowly this time, 'So it was quirk evolution' he thought. "When quirks evolve it may be sometimes harder to get a grasp on them since they're either stronger or even completely different from before." All Might explained
"Yeah, but what does that have to do with-"
"Well I could help you with gaining control over your quirk, but in turn you will have to help me with something also." All Might said, he didn't expect an immediate answer but he was hoping the kid would say yes, eventually.
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'Is he gonna respond or-'
"YOU'D DO THAT FOR ME ALL MIGHT!" Izuku exclaimed. The pro nodded, "W-Why, if I may ask."
Toshinori looked Izuku in the eyes and he saw the shine of sea blue in them while Toshinori saw all sorts of colors shine in Izuku's own emerald, "Today I did not see a hero wannabe, I did not see a fanboy, I did not see a middle schooler, I saw someone who was willing to act. Even when the pros weren't, so tell me Izuku Midoriya, why did you act?"
Izuku thought about it for a while, he didn't exactly know why he acted. He just saw Kacchan and moved, there was nothing more to it, "I just saw someone that needed help and I was already running All Might before I realized what was happening."
All Might hummed with a smile, 'He's perfect, I'm sorry Nighteye but I believe Young Midoriya might be a better candidate' All Might thought, "Young Midoriya, all great heroes have stories from their youths where their bodies moved on their own."
Izuku recoiled at the statement, 'All GREAT heroes..' He felt his eyes stinging already.
"I will train you to become a hero, but in exchange you must do something for me as well." All Might said.
"WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO ALL MIGHT SIR!" Izuku yelled.
"Focus on becoming a hero Young Midoriya, and over the next 10 months until the UA entrance exam train your body so that it can handle and recieve my quirk and you will then become the next Symbol of Peace!"
"Wait what?"
Chapter 2: A New Encounter
-A New Encounter-
"Huh?" Izuku responded dumbfounded
All Might then realized that he forgot a major part about what he had to say. 'Good job Toshinori, you had one job and you messed it up!' He beat himself up in his head. He had no way to recover from his act of jumping the gun, so he panicked and told the potential symbol a peace only one thing.
"Ehhh, just meet me at Dagobah Beach at 7:30 got it Young Midoriya?" Small Might said to his potential apprentice, he had no idea if this boy would be it, but there was a very, VERY, high chance that he was the one.
"Yes sir! But, why so early, if I can ask." Izuku questioned, not understanding why they had to meet so early in the morning.
"Well…..we're gonna have a talk about my quirk, it is very complicated, and some other things Young Midoriya, but for now just go home and get some rest because tomorrow you're gonna wish you could stay in that bed for the rest of your life!" All Might chuckled, trying to sound encouraging? All it did was scare Izuku. 'Oh this kid has no idea about what he's going to be put though.'
But the young boy did as All Might asked. Obviously to the face that he was going to start a living hell soon.
He arrived home and took off his shoes, leaving them in the doorway, calling out to his mother as he did so. "Mom! I'm back!" He heard the sound of rapid footsteps, she arrived in the hallway and Izuku saw she had tears in her eyes, 'Did something happen- THE NEWS!' Izuku stumbled as his mother crashed into him. "M-Mom, are you ok?"
He got gibberish as a response, he hugged his mother as she sobbed. He didn't like worrying her. Her heart couldn't handle stuff like that, and his heart couldn't seeing her worry about him.
His mom let go and he could see how red her eyes were, his heart clenched for a second, "I-uh, I'm guessing you saw the news..?" He asked slowly and she nodded in response. Izuku bit his lip. 'Of course, ALL MIGHT was there! Why WOULDN'T it be all over the news…'
"Izuku.." His mother finally spoke. He saw the worry in her eyes, it hurt a lot, to know that he was the reason for it. After all he was all she had, since Hisashi was now out of the picture. "P-Please, don't do something that reckless again…" She sniffled.
Izuku gulped, even though he probably emptied his tears ducts with the amount of crying he did today, he felt his eyes burning. "I-I won't mom"
"F-For what it's worth, I'm proud of you Izuku." She said with a smile.
She genuinely was, she was watching the news when they started reporting about a villain made of sludge. She saw that Katsuki was a hostage and she instantly began worrying and then Izuku ran out to save his friend. She was proud but worried, what if it didn't work, what if something happened?
'Nothing happened' She had to tell herself over and over. They were safe, and alive, she wasn't even sure if Katsuki would be alive if Izuku hadn't ran out to help. 'I'm so proud of you.'
Izuku felt his eyes glossing over, "Thanks mom." They hugged again, and eventually got to eating dinner. It was quiet, but they both enjoyed it. After all they were together, they were family.
"Izuku! I'm going to be out tomorrow, I'm going to help Mitsuki with some work pretty early in the morning!" Inko said as she rinsed the bowls she and her son used.
"Got it mom!" Izuku called from the bathroom, having taken a shower, getting rid of all the slime and ash that was covering his body due to today's events. And currently he was brushing his hair with a comb- and it's gone, 'Eh, I'll find it later' Izuku brushed his teeth and bid his mother goodnight before heading to his bedroom.
His bedroom was nice and warm, his All Might covers giving him a sense of protection as he let the warmth envelop him and drift him off to sleep.
Izuku heard a high pitched sound and his eyes shot open, once again he was in the void. The same one that he was in when he thought he died. Except now half was pitch black and the other a bright white, divided clearly by a line, each side going on for miles. On the line two glowing balls of light were shown.
One changing from black to red to yellow back to black, and the other going from white to blue to brown and then pink, also repeating the process.
Izuku stumbled towards them, he wasn't in his pajamas, instead he was in his school uniform with his jacket undone, a green shirt being underneath. His clothes were flowing away from the lights, as if they were a tremendous force that pushed everything away.
But he wouldn't let that stop him! He had to reach out for it! Even if he didn't know what it was.
His hand lifted and he reached forward for both of the lights, using all of his strength to not be blown away.
The orbs of lights were beautiful, they spoke to Izuku. He got closer and closer until he started hearing whispering, but then it got louder and louder until he could clearly hear two voices.
Water….the element of calmness, the soothing of the ocean, along with the ability to cause floods and great devastation if not used carefully…..
Earth….the element of strength, the power to become an immovable bulldozer that can overcome any and all enemies with earthquakes and pillars of concrete and rock…..
Wind….the element of tranquility, giving increased agility and flexibility, if used commonly mere breezes are made, used to its full extent and you can make gusts that can cut as sharply as scythes….
Those three statements were said by a male voice, the voice was kind, and it gave a sense of security to Izuku.
Lightning….the element of speed, being able to change a person's life in mere seconds with the speed at which it can strike and kill an individual….
Fire...the element of emotion, fire is beautiful and dangerous, it does not care for you, if you admire its beauty or hate it's strength either way it will come for you and it will kill you…
These two were said by a woman's voice instead, she sounded hyped up, and excited.
Both voices decided to speak in unison. This is your power, Izuku Midoriya, and while now you cannot even imagine it becoming this powerful, it will soon become much stronger and you will have the power to overcome anything that stands in front of you Now, wake up! The lights shot at Izuku enveloping him.
"AH!" Izuku shot out of bed, gasping for air, sweating profusely.
He took a couple seconds to calm his breathing.
Once he was done he looked over his body, it seemed normal, no trace of the lights that just consumed him. He looked outside and saw that the sun hadn't come up yet. "W-What the hell was that…" Izuku said to himself as he got out of bed. "What was that dream.."
He glanced at his clock and saw that it was 5:30, 'I have time, but I should start getting ready' He told himself, after all he didn't want to mess this chance up!
Who would give up a chance to be taught by the number one hero?! Also something about being worthy to receive All Might's quirk, he had no idea what that was about, but All Might said he was going to explain.
"That gives me about two hours to get to the beach." Izuku said to himself as he got out of bed, changed his clothes, deciding to sport a white hoodie along with a green shirt and black sweats.
He went into the kitchen and got something to eat real quickly. He went over towards the bathroom and brushed his teeth, he was going to brush his hair but he didn't find any combs, "Huh, that's weird." He said to no one.
He went back to the kitchen, leaving a note for his mom that he was leaving. 'Out on a run, good luck with work!' the note said.
'I had an hour and a half left, why did I leave so fat?' Izuku thought to himself as he was walking to Dagobah. 'Am I really that nervous….' He said before he let out a sigh taking in the breeze as he walked past stores that he had seen a million times. It was refreshing.
As he picked up the pace of his walk, since he was kind of impatient, now jogging Izuku stopped in front of an alley, since he heard noise coming from it. He turned into it as he heard some people talking. He made out three voices, one, a female, sounded very distressed, and the two others were male. He wanted to intervene, the girl sounded like she needed help, plus he had a lot of time before he had to go see All Might at the beach since he left so early. He gulped as he walked into the alley.
"Leave me alone!" A blacked haired girl said, it was the distressed voice that he noted earlier. She had onyx eyes and her hair was in a ponytail.
"Aww, come on little lady. You said you're new in town, right? Let us show you around then." One of the other two people said to the girl, his quirk seemed to be that his hair was metal, and he had no eyebrows. 'He seems like a thug' Izuku noted to himself, that meant he probably didn't have a lot of fighting experience, but then again neither did Izuku.
"Yeah, come on babe!" The other goon said in a high pitched voice, his quirk seemed to be that he had chicken legs. 'And he's not alone either.' Izuku added, that meant that he would be at a disadvantage if the confrontation led to a fight.
"I said I'm fine!" The woman responded back to the two, taking steps back to put distance between herself and the thugs, yet they were making advances. She looked nervous, she hadn't expected to run into delinquents when going out for a stroll so early in the morning, she just wanted to explore her news surroundings!
Izuku noticed that they looked like they were highschoolers,about a year or two older than himself, surrounding this very elegant looking woman, who looked rich.
This could've meant a multitude of things, but he just knew that whatever the thugs were planning wasn't good.
'This can't be good' Izuku thought to himself.' He gulped. He didn't know what he could do, his quirk seemed stronger than before but he hadn't even tested anything about it's new parameters yet. But he couldn't sit back and watch! 'Rule one about being a hero, meddling when you don't need to, is the essence of being a hero!' Izuku repeated nervously to himself as he walked up to the two thugs.
"H-Hey ummm, wha-what's going on over h-here" Izuku somehow managed to stutter out. He was burning in embarrassment. The two thugs didn't seem all that bothered by Izuku's appearance though.
"None of yo' business bozzo, now back off!" the thug with the metal hair said as he turned around to the greanette and threw a punch towards him. 'Crap! I thought I'd have at least some time to talk this out!'
Izuku shut his eyes waiting to feel the pain, it was a human instinct and after all he never really felt all that much before. It ticked on for what felt like minutes, the single moment before impact, yet it was only a mere second, finally, he felt the hit on his chest except it was a lot less painful than he was expecting. He opened his eyes back up to see the thug growling in pain, cursing, and holding his hand.
"AHHHHH, WHAT THE HELL I THINK IT'S FUCKING BROKEN, THE HELL IS YOUR QUIRK YOU PUNK!" The thug yelled at Izuku. True to his word, the man's fist looked bloodied, like he had just punched a stone wall.
Izuku was just as confused as the man. He stared at his hands and saw what looked like concrete coming off of them, and it wasn't only secluded to his hands, it was also coming off of his chest. 'Earth? Is that what that was?' Izuku looked back at the thugs, slowly getting himself into a fighting position that he saw some spiky hair guy do in a show once, a little more confident now.
"Th-That's for me to kno-know and you t-to never find out!" Izuku yelled with as much confidence as he could muster, yet his nervousness still bled through a lot. He took one confident step towards the thugs and in a flash of lightning he appeared, not in front of them, but between them and the girl. However, he didn't expect to go so fast and accidentally ended up crashing into said girl. They ended up on the floor and Izuku was pressed against her.
"AH! I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry!" Izuku repeated to the black haired girl as he got up, blushing like a mad man, his face matching a strawberry or a tomato. And waving his hands in front of his face.
"So you're taking her for yourself, why you little-"
The words that came out of the chicken legged thug's mouth annoyed Izuku greatly, 'So that's what they were going to do, I thought this might have just been robbery, but that's just disgusting!' He thought angrily. Izuku turned very quickly to face the two men, his eyes glowing red with rage for a second, and as he did a gust of wind came from the darkness of the alley knocking the thugs to their feet. He looked very serious until he fully registered what one of them said to him. 'You're taking her for yourself!'
"N-no, of course not! I-I'm just not that good at contr-trolling my quirk just yet!" Izuku got out as he was flustered by the statement. He then again took a fighting pose again, he need to protect this after all and these thugs seemed dumb enough to stick around and test their luck. This time he was lower to the ground. Another one that he saw from the same show. He needed to get his nervousness under control so he decided to analyze his quirk, quirk analysis was something that always helped him.
'It happened when I turned around... my movement might be the key to drawing out my power, at least for now it is, I might be able to get used to it later on, but for now focus on movement, movement.' Izuku took a deep breath and decided to follow that. Going with his logic Izuku decided to throw his right fist forward and from his palm sprouted fire. A flower of flame quickly danced towards the two criminals, lighting up the alley in the process, it didn't reach the thugs but it did scare them. Making both of them pee themselves. 'Didn't mean to do that! I need to get which element I use under control. I need to get the power under control too!'
"What the hell! This punk is too strong!" The two yelled in unison as they got up and ran out of the alley into the streets like literal chickens, while one of them anyway.
Izuku let out a breath that he didn't know he was holding. Finally able to recuperate himself, turned around and got a good look at the girl. She had black hair and was wearing a red skirt along with a white long sleeve shirt and a black jacket to accompany it. She was about an inch taller than Izuku making her five foot eight.
Izuku noticed that she wasn't looking at him though, instead looking off to the side, her eyes fluttering to him and then back to the side, and she seemed like she was messing with her hands, and Izuku was confused by this. 'Why isn't she looking at me? Is there something on my face?' Izuku felt a shiver on his arm and a bit of his chest and noticed that his hoodie and shirt were gone in those places.
"AH WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN!" Izuku yelled as he was embarrassed that he was, partially, shirtless in front of a girl, a very pretty one at that, her black hair matched her intellectual looking eyes, her hair was also in a spiky ponytail that didn't match her very mature face, but it still worked amazingly somehow. She also had a strand of hair go up and over the right side of her face,
"It happened when you threw that punch, it started from your sleeve…." the girl responded, still not looking at him.
"Ahhhhhhh I didn't n-notice I'm reallyyyyy sorry!" Izuku responded as red as a tomato trying to cover both his body and his face with both of his arms simultaneously, but failing to do so.
The girl looked like she was thinking about something. Then proceeded to take off her jacket and rolled up her sleeve, out from it popped a blue shirt and a white hoodie. She then handed both of them to the greenette.
"Here….don't want someone who saved me freezing to death…" The girl responded, still not looking at him.
Izuku took both the hoodie and the shirt and put them on as fast as he possibly could, looking like a blur in the process. He turned back to the girl, who now had her own jacket back on, and decided to respond, it would be rude if he didn't "S-sorry about that-" Izuku stopped, 'I don't know her name'
The girl picked up on the cue though, "My name is Yaoyorozu, Momo Yaoyorozu, what is yours?!" The girl said finally looking at him, with what appeared to be a blush on her face. 'He seems nice, much better than those other two ruffians.' She thought.
"Sorry Ya-Yaoyorozu-san, and Izuku M-Midoriya!" Izuku blurted out as he was still embarrassed about being shirtless in front of the girl.
Izuku took time to take a mental note of the girl's quirk as he would want to write it down in his notebook later, this girl seemed to be a highschooler with her height but she may have been younger or older, he couldn't tell, but there was a chance that he might get to see her again. And that made him strangely happy.
Izuku then noticed that it was 6:46, so he had some time, but he did want to get to the beach early. It just felt right to show up early to him. But, after everything that happened he couldn't just leave this person by themself. What if more thugs showed up? Or what if something else equally bad happened? Musutafu might've been a safe city but there was always a chance.
"Y-Yaoyorozu-san, I need to go to the beach, would y-you like to come al-along?" Izuku stuttered out as he had never asked a girl to accompany him anywhere. It's not that he didn't talk to girls, it's just that no one had ever interested him and thus he had never asked someone out, and this felt like he was asking someone out! And he barely knew her!
"Are you sure Midoriya-san, I don't want to be a bother…" Momo responded very timidly as she didn't want to get in the way of what Izuku was doing. 'Maybe he isn't better than those thugs..' She thought, maybe he was just trying to use his good deed as an excuse to get a 'score'
"Well…..don't worry about that, honestly I-I'm ok with it...p-plus there could be more thugs like those two…" Izuku said to her, embarrassed but not as much as before. Plus he always heard something about her being new in town, so maybe he could help her get acquainted with the area, it was kind of hard to get around with so many villain attacks always happening.
Yaoyorozu took some time, adopting a thinking position in the meantime, 'He seems genuine enough, and while he is very strong he doesn't seem overly confident, in fact he seems very kind.' She thought as she made her decision, she nodded at Izuku "It does make sense, and thank you Midoriya-san, I didn't know what I was going to do with those two, I was really frightened." She said as they walked out of the alley way.
Izuku shook his head, "D-Don't mention it, I just saw someone was in trouble and wanted to help, that's all." He said, and he smiled at the end. It was the first time he didn't seem like a complete trainwreck in front of the girl.
'He's humble also' She thought. "Well that's a very commendable thing to do Midoriya-san." She said as they kept on walking towards the beach, making conversation on their way there.
However, there was one thing that Izuku didn't think about. Why he was going to the beach. HE WAS GOING TO SEE ALL MIGHT AT SAID BEACH! How did he forget?! He couldn't even think of a way out of it not, they were already at the beach!
Or at least the nearby sign said it was a beach, you couldn't really tell with all the trash around, making it look more like a junkyard., from around one trash pile a certain muscular man appeared. "Ah Young Midoriya, I see you're ready to start your training to inherit my quir-" All Might paused as he saw that Izuku in fact was not alone.
Yaoyorozu froze, 'Why is the number hero here!'
All Might looked between his potential successor and the girl that was accompanying him. "Young Midoriya, get over here." All Might ushered Izuku into a corner so they could have a chat.
"I'm so sorry All Might!" Izuku said to his idol.
"Young Midoriya who is this young lady and why has she accompanied you?" All Might asked the greanette, all the while Yaoyorozu was looking at the two very confused as the Number One Hero had a casual relationship with a very plain, albeit cute, looking boy.
"Her name is Momo Yaoyorozu, I met her on my way over, there were some thugs, and I ended up fighting them and then they ran away, then i realized that I had to come meet you at the beach and I didn't want anything to happen to her…. so I told her to just come with me.." Izuku said a little blush on his face.
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"SO YOU SAVED HER YOUNG MIDORIYA, I knew I picked my successor we-'' All Might yelled as he deflated back into Small Might, blood coming out of his mouth. As he was still feeling a bit of the backlash from using his hero form too much yesterday. 'Darn it, I thought I'd be feeling better. Wait oh shit-'
Both Toshinori and Izuku slowly turned their heads to look at Yaoyorozu who was very shocked at what just happened and appeared to be frozen in her shock. "By any chance can you keep a secret?" Izuku asked, looking between her and his soon to be mentor.
"Yes…I can," Yaoyorozu said as she stared at All Might's true form dumbfoundedly.
"Very *cough* well then, the cat's out of the bag, so just might as well stay here, in case there's any more thugs like before." All Might said to the onyx eyed girl. "However, I must ask that you do not tell this to anyone, do you understand young lady?"
Yaoyorozu nodded frantically, looking wide eyed at a Small All Might.
Izuku walked over to Yaoyorozu, "I'm really sorry Yaoyorozu-san, I didn't mean to burden you with something like this! It just completely slipped my mind!"
"N-No, it's fine Midoriya-san, while this is certainly unexpected for me, I believe I can handle it, though I hope that you can explain more of this to me later." Izuku nodded in understanding and All Might took that as his cue to interrupt the conversation.
"Now." All Might said as he buffed up. Yaoyorozu and Izuku both looked in awe as All Might turned to the greanette. 'Even though I see it on TV all the time and saw it yesterday, his muscle form still looks so cool!' Izuku though, while Yaoyorozu was having similar thoughts.
"Young Midoriya, all GREAT heroes all have one thing in common, their body moves before they can act, and you with what you call a weak quirk, rose to the occasion when all the pros around you did not! You inspired me to act and as an inspiration to me, I deem you worthy of my quirk One For All!"
'One For All….' Izuku and Yaoyorozu both thought it was such a cool name for a quirk, it ran chills through both of them just hearing the name be said., Momo glanced between the two waiting for what was going to happen next. Always wondering what the heck the number one hero meant by 'I deem you worthy of my quirk.' and what he meant by Izuku having a 'weak' quirk, and also what Izuku did that inspired All Might.
"My quirk, One For All, is a special quirk, it is a torch passed on from one generation to the next that gets stronger with each generation. And I, Toshinori Yagi or by what you know me as ALL MIGHT, have chosen to pass this torch onto you, do you accept Young Midoriya!" All Might said shrinking down, smiling and holding out his hand, with a rainbow glow emitting from his palm.
Izuku reached for the light clenching his hand into a fist, and said only two words "yes sir!" with the most amount of courage and determination that he could.
Yaoyorozu couldn't help but look in awe at the two. While the idea of passing on a quirk was unheard, quirks can do anything so it wasn't out of the realm of possibility and it only makes sense that the quirk would stockpile power as it would gain the quirks of the previous users, right? At least that was the thought in her head.
All Might, now Small Might, decided to speak again, "Alright Young Midoriya, until the UA entrance exam you will train your quirk, body and mind, until I deem you are ready to receive One For All, understand?" All Might said encouragingly only making Izuku more excited and happy that his idol thinks he's worthy of such a power.
"Yes sir!" Izuku yelled, getting pumped for some training.
"Young Yaoyorozu, well I don't know you that well, but I'm asking you to please assist Young Midoriya with his training. You seem very trustworthy in my opinion, since you agreed to keep my secret." All Might asked bowing towards the black haired girl.
Yaoyorozu blushed at the fact that number one hero was both bowing to her and asking her for a favor at the same time, "Well, I'm entering UA through recommendation." this shocked Izuku, 'If she's a recommendation student that must mean that she either is really really strong, maybe stronger than Kacchan, or has a really amazing quirk, or it could be both. No doubt, she's really amazing. If I train with her I might get stronger, and I'm really going to need it.' Izuku thought he said it in his head, but in fact mumbled the whole thing.
And both Momo and Toshinori were staring at the boy.
"Ah, I'm sorry!" Izuku said bowing towards the two of them.
"No it's fine, you did save me so the least I can do is help you in return Midoriya-san." Momo said, somehow she understood what Izuku mumbled, no one had ever managed that before.
"A-Are you sure Yaoyorozu-san? I don't want to waste your time.." Izuku mumbled
'He really is humble' Yaoyorozu thought with a blush, "Yes Midoriya-san, I don't mind at all, plus it would allow me to also get a tad stronger at the same time, in essence killing two birds with one stone." She said with a simple.
"Ah, w-well thank you Yaoyorozu-san, I really appreciate it!" Izuku said, his face almost reaching nuclear due to her smile.
"NOW THEN YOU TWO!" All Might said as he buffed up. "YOUR GOAL WILL BE TO CLEAR THIS BEACH BEFORE THE UA ENTRANCE EXAMS! OF COURSE, YOU CAN USE YOUR QUIRKS, BUT I RECOMMEND KEEPING THEM ON THE DOWN LOW AS TO UP YOUR PHYSICAL STRENGTH, ESPECIALLY YOU YOUNG MIDORIYA, YOU NEED A STRONG VESSEL FOR ONE FOR ALL!" All Might said to the two striving to be heroes.
Momo and Izuku both looked at eachother and yelled "Alright!" in sync
But before they got to work Izuku wanted to try something. "Actually All Might, can I try something first?" He asked, and the hero nodded, saying "Of course Young Midoriya.
Up until this point Izuku had been creating the elements, and while before he barely made anything, now he can make a lot more. This time however, he wanted to try something else. So he walked out to the coastline of Dagobah, moving around the maze of trash, both Small Might and Momo staring at him with confusion.
"Did something happen to Young Midoriya?" All Might asked.
Yaoyorozu shook her head, while blushing, remembering that he was the number one hero.
Izuku instead focused on the task in front of him. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, he had time to concentrate this time opposed to the alley. He started moving his hands back on forth. The water in front of him was following the same movement. He brought his hands up and the wave rose, he dropped his hands and the wave fell back down.
'My element manipulation is on a whole other level than it was before!' Izuku thought to himself in awe. He brought his hands up and over his head, causing a glob of water to float over him.
All Might and Yaoyorozu walked over and inspected what Izuku was doing, in a sense it was beautiful. It was like Izuku was dancing and the water was mirroring his movements.
And then the two were right next to him. He looked so fascinated and let his hands relax and just like that the glob bursted and the water landed on both All Might and Momo.
"...I'm sorry…"