Hello Everyone! It has been ages since I have posted anything on this platform, and I'm sorry for that. As for those who are seeing this from my Naruto FanFiction: Breaking the Habit well... I'm trying. To be honest I lost three grandparents in the course of three months when I was heavily writing said fiction. So I kind of lost my drive for that particular one, which I'm really sad about, you all seemed to enjoy it.
If I can get back into it I'm sure I'll continue it. For now though I have this one and an interesting idea for another from this series. Just fyi very minor Overwatch mentions, and same for Tron: Legacy. Hope you enjoy it.
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Disclaimer: I do not own BNHA or any of its Characters.
"I'm sorry but your son is Quirkless." A doctor stated bluntly, carelessly slouching in his chair "Even though he lacks the presence of the un-needed toe joint it would seem that an anomaly occurred in which he was born without the necessary gene." He glanced lazily at the shellshocked boy.
. . .
Midoriya Household (Age 5)
Ever since that day Izuku's life went in a downward spiral. His classmates, friends, and his best friend all turned their backs and in some cases extreme bullying. It came to single point where where the poor boy was at a crossroads. His mother found him once again watching the same video of All Might's debut. His smiling face frozen on the screen as Izuku turned and face his mother with a broken smile and dead eyes.
His hand rose shakily pointing at the screen "H-he's a-lways smiling mom…." Tears began slowly stream down his face
"Oh Izuku…" Inko Midoriya's face fell as tears began to build up in her eyes "What has the world done to you?" She thought sadly as she slowly walked towards her son "If only Hisashi was here."
"C-can I be a hero like All M-might mom?" Izuku asked the broken look plastered upon his face
Inko's heart shattered before determination began to burn inside of her "If Izuku wants to be a hero…. Who am I to deny him that." She smiled down at Izuku as she embraced him and his eyes began to spark with life "Of course Izuku, and I'll help you every step of the way."
At that moment life fully returned to Izuku's eyes as he burst into tears clutching to Inko as if his life depended on it. Smiling softly she gently rubbed Izuku's back comforting him. After fifteen minutes of crying Izuku he eventually passed out in Inko's embrace. Picking him up gently she carried him to his bed and put him to bed.
Straightening up she turned her gaze back to the computer and sat back down at it. Pulling out an weathered call card she pulled up a video chat program and put in the information necessary. It rang for some time before the call finally answered and a tired voice in the background grumbled.
"I-Inko dear?" A man's voice came through in the dark as his curly green hair was even more of a mess "Do you know what time it is here?"
"I'm aware Hisashi." Inko stated in a no nonsense manner
The now named Hisashi stiffened as the tiredness left his posture "I know that tone." He grumbled before giving his wife a serious gaze "What's wrong."
"I'm sure you received the letter by now?" Inko asked and got a nod in return "You need to help him dear." She gazed over at Izuku sleeping soundly with a smile on his face "He wants to dearly become a hero." Facing her husband again "Can you help him in any way?"
Staring his wife a moment longer he leaned back in his chair. He glanced over at the decal for the company he worked for. Vishkar Corporation, a company working to help ease living standards with a technology he built, HardLight. It was still experimental given that it was originally a byproduct of his Quirk given form. Though he had been working on technology to give the user the ability harness HardLight. Nothing was concrete yet but he'd be damned if he didn't complete it to help his son.
Shifting his gaze back to his wife he grinned "Of course dear. In fact I know just the thing."
. . .
Shizuka Hospital-Underground Facility (Age 14)
"Son this is possibly the most ingenious or possibly the dumbest thing we have ever done." Hisashi chuckled looking over at his son who was giving him a deadpan look from across the room
Coincidently surrounded by needles of course
After a moment Izuku chuckled "It's amazing how often they tend to come in hand with each other."
Hisashi chuckled before looking back at the screen "Are you absolutely sure about this Izuku? I need to know if you are a hundred and ten percent with this. There is no going back."
Izuku stared at the needles in front of him with a determined glare as he remembered what exactly is in it.
Flashback
"Mini discs of HardLight?" Hiashi stated incredulously "Look son I wanted to help wield HardLight not give you an Artificial Quirk. It can't be done."
"But Dad this will insure that I'm good at being a Hero!" Izuku stated with determination
Hisashi shook his head in exasperation "Son I've tried for years trying to find a material to incase HardLight, and I've come up short everywhere. The Vishkar Corp. is about ready to give up on it."
"Have you tried finding a quirk to hold it in place?" Izuku asked as his father stopped in his tracks
Hisashi stared blankly at the wall in front of him. A quirk that could hold it in place. If he could figure the essence behind the quirk that actually held it in place then maybe he could…...
"IZUKU YOU'RE A GENIUS!"
Izuku chuckled and accepted the eager hug from his father "I learned everything from you Dad."
After finally releasing his son he questioned "Anywho, what would you use these Mini discs for?"
Izuku smiled and responded
Flashback End
"I came up with the idea dad." Izuku closed his eyes in acceptance "I did all the calculations, I made the program, and…." He smirked at his dad "I found the material."
Hisashi mimicking his son before grumbling "Stupid know it all kids. I spend years trying to find a solution and he takes only a week to find one."
Giving a humored chuckle Izuku looked upwards once more before nodding in determination "I'm ready when you are dad."
Letting out a weary sigh Hisashi nodded pressed a few buttons in front of him "First we will apply the numbing agent." A few needles lowered from the ceiling and placed themselves at key areas before slowly and gently piercing his skin. "Next we will inject HardLight Discs into key points for maximum flow." Hisashi looked and gulped heavily at his son "I love you son."
Izuku smiled "Love you too Dad." As the needles pierced his skin once more they slowly injected the products of their hard work.
"And now it's in God's hands." Hisashi thought with worry as he monitored the discs progress.
The goal of this procedure would change the world which was why this was top secret. Not even his company knew what was going on, as matter of fact he was about to be relieved of duty because it seemed that it just wasn't possible to harness HardLight like they had hoped. Yet they would still privately fund him for whatever ideas he could come up with for their company.
Only a select few hero's were aware of this development as they wanted to be sure if it was possible. Then of course government officials were made aware as well. Mostly for helping their own police force.
"Phase One; Body Assimilation complete." Hisashi stated quietly as he saw the discs flowing freely throughout his son's body "Phase Two; Brain Acquisition begin." He stated with a grimace
The easy part was done, they were never afraid of the body portion of the procedure. It was the part where they literally had to give a part of the brain in order for it work. In order to build, maintain, and use HardLight in combat it would take serious concentration and knowledge for it to be viable. Something that human mind can't necessarily do easily, let alone in combat. So to counteract this they developed an A.I. to relieve this stress and to act as a second sense. Much like Jarvis from the marvel comics that the Americans used to fawn over. Hopefully it won't be overzealous and take over the whole brain.
He watched with critical eyes as the discs moved slowly up into the brain. It selected the correct portion, and began the correct initiation. After an hour of painstakingly watching, the discs began to emit HardLight. This was to bind it to Izuku's body essentially writing in the empty space where his Quirk strand was supposed to be. After five minutes of pale blue light emitting from his son, the glow receded back into his body pulsing one last time.
Watching with bated breath as his son stirred upon the examination table. Izuku's eyes broke open flashing a pale blue glow. Blinking a few times the glow receded and his iris' appeared once more. What once was a dark green was now a pale blue. He gazed around the room taking in the details as it looked as though he was looking through computerized lens. Measurements changed constantly as he gazed around. A small grin began to pull over on his face.
"It actually worked!" Izuku thought with glee
'Good Afternoon.' a feminine voice stated
Izuku blinked "Huh?"
'I am your Assistance Interface. Yui.' the now named A.I. greeted cheerfully
"Uh hello there Yui. It's nice to meet you." Izuku greeted in return "I'm Izuku."
'A pleasure to meet you Creator.' Yui stated with cheer 'I am here to assist you with your HardLight Quirk and take some of the load off of your brain.' It giggled 'I give status updates, internal reports, as well as looking up any necessary information.'
"Incredible I didn't think you would be this interactive." He thought in wonder
'I was designed this way by you, but due to the nature of humans and the assimilation to your brain I was given a personality.' Yui giggled sheepishly 'I hope this isn't a problem?'
"Not at all!" Izuku shook his head "It'll make things more interesting. Though is it possible for me to have my own thoughts? That is without you hearing them?"
He could almost feel as if Yui was nodding in affirmation 'Of course. All you need to do is activate the command Privacy and I'll be cut off from your senses.'
Izuku nodded in understanding "Thank you Yui."
Looking across the room where he saw his father looking at him curiously and worriedly. Izuku smiled and waved at him and gave him a thumbs up.
"Procedure success!" Izuku grinned
Hisashi sighed and then grinned as he walked up to his son and gave him a hug "Thank goodness." He looked down at his son before taking a step back and examining him.
The process seemed to have bulked up his muscles a considerable amount nothing outrageous but enough to be noticed. He could see his sons eyes darting every which way showing that he could see more than he did before. He could also see the urge try out his new found gift.
"Well let's head to the practice room." Hisashi grinned seeing the growing grin on Izuku's face "I want to see what you can do."
Izuku raced to the door in eagerness that one would find in a young child who got into a candy store. Racing down the hall he quickly punched in the code for the training room. The lights flickered on and he placed himself in the center. A short few minutes later Hisashi walked into a side room and sat down at the monitors in front of him.
"Alright Izuku." Hisashi's voice echoed in the room "Let's start easy. Produce a HardLight Disc for me. This should be the first step as that will be your conduit for a majority of your skills."
Izuku nodded "Right." he looked down at his hands "Any ideas Yui?"
'I suggest pinching your fingers together and slowly opening them thinking about the disc. I'll handle the design.' Yui stated with obvious eagerness in her tone.
Nodding in understanding he did as instructed. He began to feel energy build up in his fingertips he slowly opened them revealing a slim black disc with a glowing blue edge growing in size. Izuku stared in amazement at the disc in his hands. Slowly moving his hand he grabbed the disc and found it fit perfectly into his hand. Looking across the room he found a target in the distance. Instantly a path appears showing the most optimal path and the force required to at least make it hit. Increasing the force changed the path and Izuku saw the amount of force his body was preparing to unleash. Holding the disc out to the side he set himself in a stance and threw the disc at the force that was calculated. It soared towards the target before in punched into the wall burying the disc halfway.
A grin plastered itself onto Izuku's face "This is gonna be fun!"
. . .
"Why me?" Izuku thought to himself as he lifted his blank gaze up at his childhood friend
Katsuki glared down at the insignificant nerd in front of him "Who the hell do you think you are Deku?"
Izuku rose an eyebrow "I'm Izuku Midoriya, but I'm sure you'll say otherwise."
Katsuki felt his pulse surge as a small explosion erupted from his hand "I'd watch your tone you quirkless dumbass." He grinned savagely and rose up his hand sparking off a few more explosions "I'm more than willing to give you incentive to shut your mouth."
Letting out a tired sigh Izuku stood and grabbed his lunch "Whatever." He began walking out of the room until he looked back "I could care less what you think of me." Izuku looked to the side "After all you've made it perfectly clear." His gaze shifted to the window "You'd much rather me be dead." A glare at the boy across from him "Than alive." With that he walked out of the room leaving a seething Katsuki behind him.
"Fucking nerd!" Katsuki roared internally "I'm the only one from this school who's going to UA!"
. . .
"Tell me again Yui why I don't show off my quirk?" Izuku thought exasperatedly as he gazed through the racks for some music
Yui giggled in response 'Because it would raise unwanted attention and unwanted questions. Even though your registered it would be better it didn't get out until you're in High School.' Several reports, news clippings, and stories appeared in front of him as he continued his search for music 'There have been several cases of belated quirk developments in the past fifteen years. The last one was two years ago at the age of twenty-two. His quirk was Levitation it awoke when he was falling from ten story building that was under construction. He was at the time a welder.'
"Ah." Izuku nodded internally "So we're going with it appearing during summer vacation and coming into contact with mom and dad's quirks."
'That's right Big Brother.' Yui giggled
Shaking his head in amusement he continued looking through the music rack. He just couldn't seem to find anything that peaked his interests. He walked down the aisles aimless until he came across a girl plugging in her…. earlobe? Blinking a few time Izuku took a closer look and found that her earlobe was shaped like a auxiliary jack. Having felt his stare the girls bored gaze shifted onto Izuku as she rose an eyebrow.
"It's rude to stare you know." the girl stated sounding bored
Izuku rose up a hand in apology adopting an apologetic look "Ah forgive me I didn't mean to stare it just took me a minute to register what you were doing."
The girl shrugged a semi amused smile on her face "It's alright I guess, no harm done."
Izuku sighed in relief and held out his hand "Izuku Midoriya." he said with a smile
Smirking she grasped his hand "Kyoka Jiro." She turned back to the rack in front of her "So what you looking for? Rock, jazz, blues?"
Izuku gave a non-committed shrug "I honestly don't know." He frowned gazing at the music rack "Nothing is really sticking out, I've listened to plenty of demos."
A small glint fixed itself in the now named Kyoka "Ohooo…" A small smirk split across her face "I'm sure I can find you something you'll like."
So began Izuku's swan dive into the abyss of Kyoka Jiro's music knowledge. He idly wondered if this is what it what it felt like to deal with him and his father on a daily basis. If so, how in the hell did his mother survive dealing with them. Though he would later admit that seeing the excited look in Jiro's eyes was endearing and dare he say 'cute'. After an hour of a grand tour through the music store, Izuku left with no less than twenty CD's and a promise to keep in touch with Kyoka over the Summer.
It was late in the evening when Izuku was making his way home. He had missed the train by a few minutes and the next one was delayed by an hour due to railway maintenance. Sighing at his misfortune reluctantly took the long way home after texting his mother and father that he would be late. Pulling out a CD looking at the band it read 'Bradio', giving a noncommittal shrug he made a HL Disc and placed the CD in the middle. As it began to spin it played the music in his mind as if it was surrounding him. Lowering the volume a bit the proceeded to walk home.
Nodding his head to the beat he shifted his gaze to the hospital facility nearby. It was one of the larger ones and according to the research that Yui posted in front of him it was rather unpopular as of late. Prices had gone up for Heroes and such with the lack of funds from them civilian prices had gone up. Dismissing the articles he proceeded walking home lazily before a small yellow blur collided into his legs.
Taking a small step back he looked down as saw a mop of bluish white hair and two small arms grabbing his leg "Woah slow down there, what's the big rush." He stated with a chuckle as he kneeled down "Now lets see your face." Their face unburied themselves from his leg and he saw wide scared eyes "Hey now no need to be scared you're not in trouble." he rubbed her head softly feeling her tense underneath his hand he stopped "Now tell me why you were running." "Yui do a full scan on her, something doesn't feel right."
'Understood.' Yui responded seriously and let a bit of HardLight leak out to scan the girl in front of them.
Meanwhile the tiny girl shakily held his gaze while her lip quivered "T-they h-h-hurt m-me…." tears built underneath her eyes "I d-don't w-wanna g-g-go b-b-back…" She sniffled
'B-big Brother…" Yui stuttered with apparent distraught 'She's covered with wounds from needles and scalpels! Her blood count is extremely low!'
Embracing the girl Izuku gently patted her back before pulling her up with him as he stood and began to walk back the other direction "Yui contact the closest Hero Agency we need to get her medical attention and someone to look into this matter."
'On it!'
As the HardLight user walked away he gazed back down at girl in his arms and gave a small smile "Don't you worry your little head, we'll get you some help." Her eyes pierced his with hope that her torment would be over
'Big Brother, a hero has been deployed Hero: Erasuer Head is inbound." Yui informed
"Excellent job Yui, thank you very much." Izuku let out a sigh of relief
'Big Brother behind you!'
"Ah there you Eri!" the little girl jerked in Izuku's arms "Why are you being such a troublemaker?"
Izuku shifted his head an eyed the stranger behind him before speaking "Can I help you sir?" Keeping his voice calm.
His enhanced sight could see the man's body was tense as a coiled spring. The fur-lined coat and dress clothes could not hide it from him. His peculiar breathing apparatus was also incredibly creepy.
"Yui… Profile scan."
"Yes you saved me the trouble of finding my daughter." He gestured towards him "Thank you for finding her." His voice turned stern "Now Eri apologize and come here. We have yet to finish your check up."
Izuku's gaze intensified and held firm before looking down at the girl in his arms and his heart froze. The little girl was petrified, her tiny hands gripping his shirt for dear life. Her eyes portrayed her fear as she gazed up at him pleading desperately not to let her go.
'Erasure Head ETA five minutes!' after a moment of silence "Profile matched: Kai Chisaki suspected Villain leader of the Eight Precepts of Death. They have been suspected of criminal activities but no proof has been brought forward. He has no biological relations and certainly not to the now identified Eri.' Yui stated clinically
Izuku's gaze fixed itself back on the now name Kai before speaking "I don't believe you."
Surprise appeared on the man's face "Care to repeat that." Kai stated eerily calm
"I said I don't believe you." Izuku's face shifted into a frown "This little girl is terrified of you, and obviously does not want to go back with you." Tightening his grip around Eri "If you want to, you can follow me to the nearest Police Station." He felt Eri relax in his embrace "After all if you're her father then there should be no problem."
The growing grimace on Kai's face showed itself "I'm warning you boy, you don't want to do this. Not with me." He held out his hand "Now give me my daughter or I will teach you a lesson you won't soon forget."
Determination set Izuku fixed his stance "Now I'm warning you." He let a disc silently form in his hands as he shielded Eri his side "I'm going to the Police Station, and filing a children's abuse report." His eyes glowed brighter "You can back off or follow me."
A look of murder exploded across his face "You filthy mongrel!" He shouted and slammed his hand onto the ground
Tensing Izuku launched two discs in front of him forming a blue tinted shield in front of him. After a few moments of silence Kai looked down at the ground in angered confusion as nothing happened.
"Why isn't it working?!" Kai growled out
"That would be because of me." a gruff tired voice echoed from above
Izuku's head jerked up to the nearby building and noticed a man perched upon it. Shaggy black hair stood on end as it defied gravity, yellow and black goggles covered the man's eyes. A loose fitting black suit covered the man's body with a white loosely wrapped binding wrap around his neck.
"Erasure Head." Izuku let out a sigh of relief
The Hero without shifting his gaze spoke "Are you the one that called?" He received a 'yes' "I give authorization for self-defense and usage of quirk for said defense for you and the child." He jumped down to the ground without removing his eyes from Kai who was visibly shaking in anger "For now I'll take care of him, or at least be a part of the assist."
Izuku's face scrunched in confusion until he saw Kai's face widen in shock before slumping into unconsciousness "Thank you Erasure Head." the top half of a man appeared out from behind Kai as it took the form of the Ninja Hero: Edgeshot. "Your quirk makes life easier."
Erasure Head grunted as he finally closed his eyes "Next time do it sooner, you know I get dry eye." His hair slowly falling down from its upright position.
"Such a shame really." Izuku chuckled internally
Erasure Head turned and faced Izuku lazily "Wait here for the moment until the police arrive with a detainment unit."
Edgeshot walked quietly up to the group "In the meantime can you give us an explanation?" He looked at the shivering girl in his arms as she continued to stare fearfully at the unconscious man in the street. "It'll make things a lot easier."
Izuku nodded and absently rubbed Eri's hair "Right, well I was just heading home after missing my train…."
. . .
Midoriya Household (A Week Later)
"Oh my goodness she's adorable!" Inko squealed while rubbing her cheek against Eri's, who was wondering what exactly was occuring.
Meanwhile Izuku and Hisashi were standing off to the side with exasperated smiles. After the authorities arrived and detained the villain a long discussion began on who would care for Eri. Her parents were dead and her grandfather was nowhere to be found. When the option of putting her in one of the orphanages came up Eri acted up and accidently activated her quirk. The apple she was currently eating had disappeared, not until after it refilled what had been eaten.
To say everyone was stunned was understatement. It was decided then for both Eri's safety, and other children, she would need a foster family that would help her control her quirk. Izuku immediately offered his family. Inko always wanted a daughter and Hisashi was a scientist and a doctor. Then with HardLight users own quirk it would be no problem raising Eri and helping her with her quirk. After a few phone calls, red tape, an ecstatic Inko, and emotional Eri, Eri was now a Midoriya and affectionately called Izuku Big Brother, much to Yui's and Inko's enjoyment.
"Mom please be careful." Izuku gently chided "She's had a tough time don't scare her already."
"Oh hush you." Inko pouted and hugged Eri tightly, her blank face slowly turning blue as she struggled weakly in her grasp "That's all the more reason to dote and love on her more so she doesn't have to be so repressed!"
Hisashi, and Izuku, felt a bead of sweat fall as he pointed at Inko "Dear you're suffocating her…"
Inko blinked and looked down to see the spinning eyes of Eri as her head lolled side to side a deep shade of blue "Oh dear! Eri don't go to the light!" Shaking Eri as she cried
Izuku chuckled as he walked upstairs to his room. Inside it was a typical teenager's room aside from a bit more tidiness. His Hero merchandise sat upon shelves in signature poses. Shuffling over to his computer he sat down in his comfy chair opened up an semi-empty drawer where he found his CD's. He picked up the one he was listening to on the night he saved Eri and popped it in the CD player in the nearby stereo. Rolling back to the desk he opened up his personal files on Heroes. Clicking on two of them he brought Erasure Head's and Edgeshot's files.
All the notes he had on them were astounding. Given that the two hero's really preferred their privacy. After adding a few more given the live demonstration he was given he closed them and leaned back into his chair gazing up at the ceiling.
"I'm glad that they got there when they did." Izuku gazed at his hand as a black disc formed and glowed blue at the edges "His quirk is the good counter to mine." A miniature block formed from HardLight appeared in his hand "Anything I made could've been destroyed and integrated into him at any point." He let out a sigh as he dismissed the structure and disc. "I need to improve myself and my quirk."
'Improving your body would definitely increase your HardLight capabilities Big Brother.' Yui agreed showing charts of Izuku's internals 'It would increase the amount you have in your body, and the more you exercise your quirk it will increase your efficiency of using said reserves.' Showing a projected future analysis 'By theory it is possible to reach a strength level of lifting a car over your head easily before the entrance exam. Of course not just physically but with HardLight amplifying your body it will help but your body needs to be able to handle the strain.'
Bringing a hand to his chin Izuku thought it over "Hmm definitely doesn't sound too bad, but finding a regiment like that won't be easy." Hand began tapping to the beat of the song in the background "What about with HardLight alone? What can I lift easily by the exams?"
After a moments silence Yui answered 'As of right now you could lift a car easily with HardLight. If you're using a disc at the moment it'll be easier but a pure construct will tax your reserves severely. Approximately fifteen percent per minute on a pure construct, but with a disc it will only be five percent. The disc being the medium will regulate how much it needs and not waste.'
Izuku nodded in understanding "Of course, of course." He let out a sigh "Yet again how do I find a workout plan like that?" A screen popped up in front of him "What's this…. All American Dream Plan? Sponsored by… ALL MIGHT?!"
'While the post was jokingly put up by the Hero he challenged anyone who could send in day by day proof that they followed this plan they would receive an award.' Yui explained 'The exercises in here are doable but they would break lesser men let alone teenagers.' Yui giggled 'But with HardLight this is more than doable, in fact' She brought an image of Dagobah Beach 'This would be the most optimal place to train.' It showed multiple trash heaps and anything from old cars to refrigerators 'It has all the room we could need and perfect material to practice with that follows All Mights workout. It's almost like he was hinting towards it.'
Izuku grinned and spoke aloud "That's because he was." He enlarged the picture and mapped his route to it "He's always been a preacher about the origins of Heroes. They all started out doing community service. You have to give before you can receive, but most importantly is you don't expect anything in return. That's the makings of a True Hero."
. . .
Dagobah Beach (Following Morning)
"Well I have my work cut out for myself." Izuku chuckled seeing the mess that was once a beautiful beach "Yosh" He took off his jacket and began his stretches "Alright Yui prepare a full day of diagnostics. The first month is pure physical workout."
Creating two discs from his hand he gently threw them into the air where they hovered a distance away. These would act as cameras to record his work ethic, and of course for safety purposes to warn him of dangerous debris.
'Recording in progress, vitals monitored, and…' Yui giggled
"Cue music." Spoke a grinning Izuku
. . .
"In the words of Bakugo…. FUCK AMERICA!" Izuku shouted mentally as he lay panting on the ground his heaving with effort "It…. hurts… to breathe!" He wheezed
'Now Big Brother it isn't that bad your muscles are already healing thanks to the HardLight de-stressing and speeding up the necessary processes.' Yui giggled as she admonished her creator 'You knew this would happen but congratulations on completing the first day… only eight months and twenty-eight days to go!'
Izuku whimpered
. . .
Midoriya Household (7 Months Later)
'So you're telling me you've working out the whole time?!' Kyoka questioned incredulously her face betraying her amusement 'Most would try not to push themselves so hard right before such an important test.' She adopted a blank face seeing Izuku on the floor 'Let alone exercise when they're supposed to be talking with their friend.'
Izuku chuckled as he stood up, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly "Sorry about that you caught me in the middle of a set and I wanted to finish."
Kyoka shook her exasperatedly 'How do you deal with him Yui?' She chuckled 'I certainly don't see how.'
'It's a test of patience.' Yui stated giggling her form standing on a hovering disc by the computer
A few months into his training and Eri's adoption she had began to ask about his quirk. After explaining it as best he could Eri had wanted to meet Yui and Inko wanted to as well. Seeing no problems with it, he began to work with Yui in creating an Avatar so she could have a physical form. After a few days of trial and error they were able to pull it off. Thus Yui became a regular guest in the household.
Izuku grabbed his chest in mock hurt "My own little sister turned against me!" He exaggeratedly fell onto his bed "Whatever shall I do with my life now that she has forsaken me!" Dramatically throwing his arm over his eyes
"I'll still love you Big Brother!" a white blur ran into the room colliding into Izuku's chest
"OOoopf" Izuku jerked up as air left his lungs "A-ah Eri…" Izuku rasped as he tried getting air back into his lungs "You're home early, did lessons go well."
Eri looked up with a large grin on her face nodding excitedly "I can control it at will now! I only need to go once every two months!"
'That's great Eri!' Kyoka cheered
" !" Eri giggled and hopped up to the computer "When you going to teach me to play the guitar again? I've been practicing my scales!"
Kyoka laughed "Hopefully in the next week. My school should be out by then."
"Yay!" Eri cheered and giggled her hands thrown into the air in excitement
Izuku chuckled "Sounds about right. My school lets out around then as well." He looked over at his backpack in the corner of his room "Speaking of I'm due to finish my homework so you know what that means."
'Awwwww'
"Awwwww"
Izuku felt a sweat drop fall down his face "You two hang around each other waaaaay too much."
Kyoka let out small giggle "I'm not sure what you're talking about, but you're right I got some stuff to finish." She looked over at Yui and Eri "I'll see you two around, and try to keep your brother in one piece."
"Oi!"
"See you later!" Kyoka smirked as Eri and Yui said their goodbyes
Letting out an amused sigh "Later Days." Izuku ended the call and slumped into the chair
His training had definitely taken a toll on his body. He plenty of scars from the sharp debris that he cleaned up. Though it wasn't without reward either, he definitely attained muscle mass. Yet to both his and Yui's surprise they had exceeded their original expectations. They had undervalued the regeneration process of the discs in his body and thus had doubled the outcome. He could now, by himself albeit struggling, lift a car over his head. Coursing HardLight through his body enabled him to lift three with ease.
In matters of efficiency he had gotten loads better at make efficient pure constructs. While they still taxed him he was down to ten percent consumption. While if he used a catalyst it was down to two percent. Definitely excellent progress in an eight month period, and he had a whole other month to improve. Though he had a problem with that… Dagobah Beach had been cleared.
Halfway through the last month he had officially cleared the whole beach. It had been one hell of an achievement for him really. It hadn't even crossed his mind when he got up that morning. He had gotten up at the ungodly hour of four in the morning and jogged down to the beach. When he arrived he had to rub cold water in his eyes to make sure he hadn't been dreaming. The beach was clear, not a single piece of scrap metal or trash in sight. So he decided to do what he could for his exercises.
Clicking on his computer he pulled up the picture he'd taken of the beach "I have to admit." He chuckled checking out the footage he had taken as well "That view is a reward in on itself."
After closing the files he quickly began to work on his homework. He had never let his studies falter, not that his parents would let him anyway. Couldn't be a bad role model for Eri now could he?
. . .
A skeleton of a man stood outside of lovely two story home nervously adjusting his tie. His suit, three sizes too big, hung on gaunt frame humorously and his golden hair looked unkempt but still taken cared of. When he was told that someone had sent footage he hadn't actually believed it. The workout he had made was meant to break men and any who could actually do it were more than capable for helping his needs. Yet he still had to measure his drive and character. He approached the door and knocked. After a few moments of silence the door opened.
Inko blinked at the unique man in front of her, he looked harmless enough and had a gentle aura about him "Can help you sir?"
The man cleared his throat and spoke surprisingly deeper "Ah yes my name Yagi Toshinori, I'm from the All Might Hero Agency." He stated seeing the look of shock on her face "I'm here to speak with…" He looked down at the name on the card "Izuku Midoriya." He looked back at the still shocked woman "Is he available by any chance."
"I-I um…" Inko tried to desperately to get her thoughts in order "All Might's Agency?! What could they want with Izuku? Did he do something wrong?!"
Seeing the look of worry Yagi quickly intervened his sunken blue eyes portraying amusement "I can assure he is not in trouble in fact I'm here with nothing but good things."
Inko nodded unsurely but nonetheless went inside the house "Please come in , I'll get Izuku and make some tea."
"Pardon the intrusion." Politely, Yagi entered into the comfortable home and glanced around taking in the scents and pictures in the entryway. "You have lovely home Mrs..?"
Inko turned around bowed her head apologetically "Ah forgive me, I'm Inko Midoriya. Thank you very much ." She peered into the nearby living room and spotted Eri peering over sheet music holding a small guitar in her hands. Her tongue poking out cutely "Eri dear can you go get your brother he has a guest."
Looking up Eri nodded in earnest and set down her guitar "Ok mama." She quickly stood and ran up the stairs
Inko smiled and gestured towards Yagi "The kitchen is just down the hall I'm sure it can be discussed there."
"Of course, of course." Yagi agreed, nodding his head in consent "It's not like I'm going to offer it on the spot. This is only to see if he is a right choice."
Following the mother Yagi entered into a spacious kitchen with an open area for a dining area. Inko gestured towards a seat in the dining room and Yagi gratefully took a seat. He rested his arms onto the table and waited patiently. After a few moments small steps were accompanied by heaviers few steps as Eri came into the kitchen where she went to her mother's side watching curiously as Izuku came into the kitchen as well. His eyes curious as looked to his mother expectantly.
Inko gestured to Yagi on the table watched Izuku intently "Izuku this is Toshinori. He asked to speak with you."
Izuku rose an eyebrow looking at skeletal looking man before smiling "Pleasure to meet you sir. Izuku Midoriya." He walked over and extended out his hand "Forgive me if I don't remember, but have we met?"
Yagi stood and shook the young man's hand, shaking his head "I do not believe so Young Midoriya." "Strong hands but not uncomfortable."
Izuku nodded and walked around to the other side "Well still a pleasure to meet you sir." He sat down facing Yagi "How can I help ?"
Yagi chuckled before explaining "I'm here from All Might's Hero Agency." Seeing Izuku's surprised look he continued "We received your footage of you following All Might's workout plans. As such I came to congratulate you on finishing the rigorous training. All Might wanted to meet you himself, but he has a lot of work on his hands as I'm sure you're aware."
Izuku blinked in surprise before responding "I don't recall sending in the recordings?" Confusion came across both himself and Yagi across from him. That is before Izuku deadpanned and made a disc "Yui would you care to explain?"
Yagi looked confused before a blue light flickered from the disc and projected a little girl with long hair and a white dress who giggled cutely 'Well I figured that if you were going to be doing it may as well enter it.' She turned and looked at Yagi, who looked bewildered at the sight before him. She hovered over and waved 'Hello there! I'm Yui nice to meet you.'
Yagi hesitantly waved at the little girl before shifting his gaze over at Izuku who was pinching the bridge of his nose in frustration "Is this your ah… um?"
Izuku sighed before answering "She's a part of my quirk yes." He looked over at Yui before shrugging "She's an artificial intelligence that helps take the load off of the specifics of my quirk HardLight."
Yagi nodded in somewhat understanding "I-I see. How peculiar I didn't think they were this interactive from what little I know."
Izuku chuckled "She's special in that front. She's actually a part of my brain that I gave up. So due to the unique nature of the conscience Yui here developed a personality as well." He then looked over apologetically at Yagi "I do apologize though , I didn't think she would send that to you. I only had the recordings to monitor my vitals and as a lookout for my personal safety. I had no intention of entering the contest."
Yagi nodded in understanding "Be that as it may you were the only one who succeeded in the challenge." Reaching into his pocket he pulled out a small case "As a gift I have a passes into All Might's Agency for next week where you can meet him personally."
Izuku's eyes bulged "Passes to his Agency?! He hardly lets anyone in there!"
"As well as a free voucher for a costume design to whichever Hero Academy you choose, if you decide to go that is." Yagi explained with a smile on his face at the excited look on Izuku's fae "All Might looks forward to meeting you. It's not everyday he meets someone that can do his younger workouts."
Izuku took the case with a barely visible shake in his hands "I-I don't know what to say." He chuckled shakily "I mean I really wasn't expecting this. I just wanted to better myself, and seeing that I got stronger while restoring a beach to its former glory was just a perk." Pocketing the case he saw Yagi's approving look "But I'll be sure to stop by his Agency. After all" Izuku grinned "He's my favorite hero!"
Yagi grinned, feeling warmth flooding his veins, he had to control himself before he burst "Excellent drive Young Midoriya! A great outlook for a young hero. I hope to see you as a future Hero."
Standing up with Yagi, Izuku took his hand in a firm handshake "You'll see me there ! I'm going to U.A. and I'll give All Might a run for his money!"
Yagi roared with laughter "Be sure to hire me when you do!"
After trading a few more pleasantries with everyone Yagi excused himself and bid everyone farewell. Walking down their pathway towards the car that was waiting for him he couldn't help but look back at the house with a smile.
"He's definitely one to be worthy."
. . .
All Might Agency (One Week Later)
"Still hard to believe I'm here." Izuku thought to himself
All Might's agency was just like an office building in terms of looks. It had more to it of course, but it wasn't over the top like some Heroes tend to do. Izuku noticed some of his sidekicks coming and going from the premises and internally geeked at a few of them. Finally gathering the courage to make it to the door, I pulled out my pass and pressed the buzzer.
'ID please.' a bored feminine voice came over
"Uh Izuku Midoriya." Pulling up the pass he read the numbers on it
'Doors open please come to the front desk.' was his reply.
Opening the door he walked inside and saw that it was far more luxurious inside than it was outside. Even more heroes milled about in the lobby and of course businessman and the like were there as well. Taking in the sights he finally made his way to the front desk. After presenting his ID he was granted access to the elevator to All Mights floor where he was waiting. With nervous anticipation he rode the elevator up twelve floors before reaching his destination.
Upon opening the doors he was greeted with the giant form of All Might himself. His ever present grin on his face and his classic Silver Age costume proudly worn. If it was possible his grin got wider and his form bulged.
"Ah if it isn't Young Izuku!" All Might boasted out with a laugh, extending his hand out for a handshake he continued "It's an honor to meet a young man with such devotion!"
Izuku's hand grasped All Mights hand seeing it almost disappear into it "No, no All Might the honor is mine! I hadn't even meant to enter really." He quickly made a small disc that projected Yui's small form "It's thanks to Yui that I'm even here at all."
All Might roared with laughter "Of course, Yagi told me all about her." He bent down to be level with projected little girl "A pleasure to meet you Young Yui, and thank you for showing me Young Izuku's endeavors! Such deeds should not go unrewarded!"
With a grin Yui bowed 'It was no problem Might!'
Izuku frowned "But All Might I wasn't expecting anything as a reward." he pulled out his phone and pulled up an image and showed to his Hero "This was more than enough for me."
All Might shifted his gaze to picture on the young man's phone. He himself was beginning to feel pain from the smile on his face wanting to stretch further. The picture showed the many families, and tourists milling about what was once a illegal trasheap to a now beautiful beach that many people would make memories into the future.
Once more All Might laughed, his form trembling with excitement "This young man is definitely the one that will carry my torch." Finally calming down All Might's gaze finally rested on Izuku "Young Man it is rare these days for one so young to have such an admirable outlook." He turned and walked towards the window "That is why I have a proposition for you!" All Might turned around his smile was gone into a more calmer look that did not fit the imposing man "What I'm about to tell you does not leave this room Young Izuku." For a moment his eyes glowed "I've kept this from public eyes for a reason, and I need to know that you're at least willing to do that for me."
Feeling it hard to swallow, Izuku nodded "O-of course All M-Might."
A grim smile fixed itself across All Mights face "Well it's now or never."
Moving to stand in front of Izuku, his body began to emit steam from all across his body. Alarmed Izuku almost shouted until All Might rose a hand for silence. Watching in shock as All Might shrunk! After a minute of silence and watching the increasingly smaller All Might shrink it, the steam revealed a skeleton looking man with gaunt looking eyes and a mouth that didn't seem to fit his.
Izuku blinked once, twice, thrice "Mr. Toshinori?"
Yagi rose an eyebrow "Not quite the reaction I was expecting really."
Once everything registered Izuku began to fret "Oh my god All Might what happened?! Why are you like this?! Was it Toxis Chainsaw? Nonoitcouldn'tbehimhe'stooweakthenwhocoulditbe?!" Izuku spiralled down into incoherent mumbling
Yagi felt sweat fall down with a exasperated look on his face "There it is."
. . .
After a while of panicked muttering, explanations, and now diagnostics Izuku was now beyond worried. This skeleton looking man was All Might, THE All Might, and he was on his last legs. The Symbol of Peace was slowly fading away.
Izuku, now adopting a clinical look, gazed at the vitals that was in front of him "You shouldn't even be alive." He stated bluntly with a stoic looking Yui floating next to him "You only a have A lung and your stomach is gone." He gazed at All Might with sad look "I can't imagine living like this."
All Might let out a tired sigh as he finally sat on his desk "It's because I'm not living, I'm surviving." He slowly slid off the desk with a grunt of effort "I put up this facade to ease the public simply because I am the Symbol of Peace. I can't let them falter in their beliefs."
Izuku gazed sadly at All Might "Is there really nothing you can do to fix it?"
All Might shook his head negatively his eyes dimming "I've had countless surgeries and their best efforts are before you." He sat down in his chair with a sigh "Only because of Miracle Girl am I able to continue being a Hero, and only three hours on the best of days." He turned and face Izuku with a determined gaze "Which is why I am looking for a successor."
This caught Izuku's attention "Successor?"
"There has been much debate about my quirk yes?" All Might received a nod "That is because I have purposefully avoided answering it. Now I will tell you. It's called One For All." He felt his heart rate jump just at the mere statement of his Quirk. "It is very unique, it is a quirk that can be passed down to a chosen successor and constantly stockpile power." He stood and walked in front of a shocked Izuku "I have chosen you to be my successor. You will be the ninth bearer of One For All. You show many of the traits that would make you the perfect successor." Reaching out a hand he smiled "What say you?"
After a moment of stunned silence Izuku smiled sadly "All Might I'm sorry, but I can't."
So what do you all think? Do you think it's good enough to continue on? I'll probably still continue to write it since I've had this idea in my head for a long while. The update cycle will definitely be a slow burn. I work two jobs and I'm getting married here soon. Still I'll definitely update as soon as I possibly can. Till then,
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