Greetings, and welcome to what will be my very first attempt at fanfiction. The regular stuff applies as is the case with new authors: Forgive the grammar, please review and offer criticism, etc.
Disclaimer: "My Hero Academia" belongs to Horikoshi Kohei and shueisha . "Naruto" belongs to Kishimoto Masashi and shueisha .
Ninja Reborn (Part 1)
MHAxNaruto
The first time All-Might encounters Midoriya Izuku, he is in a hurry.
He has been searching all day for a criminal with a Slime Quirk that has been causing some trouble around Musutafu lately. He could have sworn he had been close to the perp early, but the only person he found in the area had been a young, green-haired boy who looked to be deep in thought about something. Having still not found his target, the symbol of peace resumed his search.
By this point, All Might was now getting a bit desperate. Unbeknown to the world at large save for a few trusted individuals, the symbol of peace was on a race against time with each day that passed. Soon, he would reach his daily limit and would be unable to do anything about the villain or any other emergency.
Suddenly, All Might heard an explosion and knows in his gut that the villain has finally made a move. Moving at inhuman levels of speed, he soon arrived at the disaster scene without alerting the crowd of his presence. For a seasoned hero like himself, it takes him but scant seconds to understand the situation.
The slime villain he has been searching for is in the middle of the street, attacking a young teen. Fire everywhere. Civilians being rescued by Backdraft and other rescue specialists. Newcomers Kamui Woods and Mt. Lady unable to assist due to the setback of their Quirks. Death Arms also unable to assist, probably due to the nature of the villain's Quirk.
All-Might is about to act when two things happen at the same time.
He loses his muscle form, suddenly appearing as the gaunt form of Yagi Toshinori.
He gets a good look at the teen whom he believes is being held hostage and is vaguely aware that it's the same boy with green hair that he encountered earlier on the day.
Before Toshinori can begin to curse his bad luck, something unexpected happens.
The slime villain begins turning into stone, and the young boy uses both arms to break the villain's hold on his person.
Doing a summersault, the teen propels himself high into the air before beginning to freefall. At the same time, a blue sphere of energy appears on his raised hand. The sphere, at first the size of a baseball, rapidly grows into the size of a basketball.
There's a moment before the strange technique makes contact with the villain, in which Toshinori's keen eyesight catches the furious look in the teen's yellow eyes, idly taking notice of the strange cross pattern in them.
And then, the ground shook as the sphere made contact with the villain,sending a lot of people, Toshinori and some of the other heroes included, into the ground.
By the time Toshinori is able to regain his footing, the dust has cleared, revealing a sizeable crater where the villain had stood moments before. Toshinori and many others, civilians and heroes alike, approach the crater to take a look.
Inside the crater, stands the green-haired youth with a look of complete fury on his face, staring down at the pitiful and beaten form of the slime villain.
The young man moved closer to the villain's face to whisper something that Toshinori can't quite make out and seems to get a weak response in return from the villain. Satisfied with the answer, the youth turned around to find everyone staring at him in shock.
The civilians take a moment to understand that the danger has passed and begin cheering for the boy's victory.
Kamui Woods and Mt. Lady are some of the first heroes to approach the young man who subdued the villain. Many others follow through. Like the civilians, the heroes also praise the young man, saying that he has an amazing, flashy Quirk suitable for heroics. Some of the pros even throw him offers to join their agencies once he graduates from a hero school.
The green-haired youth takes the whole situation really well. Smiling politely to the civilians and heroes, shaking a hand here and there. In Toshinori's opinion, the boy did a good job. More than that, he was grateful that the situation was resolved without any further incidents. Already, Toshinori knew this kid would be one to keep an eye on.
Maybe, just maybe, in the future, this young man could be the one to…
But Toshinori shakes his head. That was for the future to decide. Right now, Toshinori was content that All-Might had not been needed to resolve the crisis. With a last look at the young man still surrounded by happy people, Toshinori turned around to make his way home.
Just as he is about to enter an alleyway, he is stopped by a sudden voice.
"Hello, All-Might."
Toshinori turns so quickly that it sends blood gushing out of his mouth. Standing before him, is none other than the green-haired youth, a small smile on his face.
Doing his best to not sound nervous, Toshinori decides that the best thing to do is to ignore the statement.
"Good job back there, young man! But tell me, weren't you surrounded by a lot of people just now?" asks Toshinori with a small laugh. There, perfect decoy.
The green haired teen's expression turns sour.
"I still am, you know," he says, pointing in the direction of the crowd.
Toshinori turns his head and sees that indeed, the green-haired boy is still there, being congratulated.
But wait. The same boy is also in front of him.
"You can drop the act with me, All-Might," says the boy, taking out a phone and showing Toshinori a video.
More specifically, a video of Toshinori transforming into the heroic form of All-Might. The video then suddenly switches to All-Might becoming the weak form of Toshinori.
Toshinori feels like his soul has been stripped out of his body.
Before he can even begin to stammer something, the teen hits the delete option on the phone, erasing the video. Then, he slams the phone into the ground and proceeds to thoroughly destroy the device.
Once he deems that he has done a good job of erasing all evidence, he stares at Toshinori.
"Sorry if I scared you, All-Might. But I had to make sure that you know I truly mean business. My name is Midoriya Izuku, and there are some things that I need to talk about with you."
Ten Months Later, U. A. Entrance Exam Day
Entrance Exam Day. One of the best days of the year in the opinion of Principal Nezu. The opportunity to watch the next generation give it their all in order to secure entrance in the most famous and prestigious hero school in Japan. Yes, in Nezu's opinion, this event was one of the best things to look forward to!
If the test was just a tiny bit unfair towards people without combat-based Quirks, well… too bad!
Gathered with him was the rest of the U.A. faculty, who will be the judging panel for the physical section of the exam. And sitting beside Nezu is the symbol of peace, All-Might.
Honestly, Nezu is happy for the All-Might that he sees today.
For someone whose whole life revolved around being a hero, All-Might's injury was a death sentence. And although All-Might had carried on with his iconic smile to continue being the pillar that society needed, Nezu's keen intellect allowed him to see what many others missed or perhaps decided to willfully ignore.
It was costing All-Might more to smile with each day.
But then, ten months ago, All-Might surprised Nezu one day by telling him that his injury had been cured.
Nezu had not quite believed him at first. All-Might had been under the care of Recovery Girl and the worlds' premiere medics after his catastrophic battle with the villain All for One, and each had come to the same conclusion.
There was nothing that could be done.
But All-Might, with that radiant smile, had simply lifted part of his shirt to reveal that indeed, the grievous injury that plagued the symbol of peace's existence was gone.
Nezu had immediately called Recovery Girl to confirm what All-Might was saying.
Recovery Girl's reaction when told the news was intense, to say the least. Nezu still shuddered a little when thinking of that day.
After the set of tests had been over, Shuzenji had quickly made her way to Nezu's office to confirm in shock that it was all true. All-Might was back to full health.
The Symbol of Peace had been reborn.
To say the cheering in Nezu's office, which by that time included almost every individual that knew of All-Might's secret, was explosive, would be an understatement.
There were cheers, there were laughs, and there were also tears. Present Mic had almost deafened everyone with his celebration, and even Eraser Head had smiled.
Shuzenji had immediately demanded to know how All-Might had performed this miracle. Everyone else, Nezu included, was also eager to know.
All-Might smiled and told them that a fourteen-year old teen had cured him.
Well, that had been unexpected.
Before anyone could even begin to question him, All-Might had dropped yet another bomb.
"The young man that cured me will become my successor. He will be the next symbol of peace!"
With his piece said, All-Might had excused himself, saying that he had an extremely grueling task ahead of him.
Nezu was the one who found his voice first and asked what All-Might meant by that.
All Might smiled again, this time a smile of determination that told Nezu he would see his task completed by any means necessary.
"I need to convince the next symbol of peace to become a hero!" was the only thing All-Might said.
And so, ten months passed. Ten months in which All-Might refused to divulge the identity of the young man that the symbol of peace so adamantly wanted as his successor. Ten months, in which the symbol of peace reminded the criminals of the world that they needed to be afraid.
Nezu was brought back to the present when All-Might gave a loud cheer of joy. The principal turned to see what had caused such reaction and found All-Might staring intently at a screen that showed a disgruntled green-haired teen. A lot of the participants seemed to be giving him a wide berth.
"Good God in Heaven, I had already seen his name in the written portion, but yes! He is actually here!" cheered All-Might, looking so relieved as if he was about to cry.
Nezu, a cup of tea in his hand, smiled, "I judge by your reaction, that this is the young man whom you wish to pass on your mantle?"
"That he is, Principal Nezu! Young Midoriya Izuku, the next symbol of peace, is here!" boomed All-Might, striking a victory pose.
Nezu was already pulling up young Midoriya's file when Aizawa approached All-Might and asked him why he sounded so relieved.
All-Might smiled nervously, beads of sweat appearing on his face.
"I-it's because I was still trying to convince him to take the exam this very morning."
Nezu was really confused now but decided to take a look at the file he had pulled up first.
Name: Midoriya Izuku
Age: 14
Quirk: Unkown
That was it. There was no further information on the young man's file.
Nezu narrowed his eyes and was about to speak this time when All-Might put a hand on his small shoulder.
"I know you have many questions, Principal. But believe me, you will not want to miss what is about to happen," said All-Might with a smile of excitement.
Nezu took a good look at All-Might and decided to indulge him. For now, at least.
"Very well. Present Mic, please give the order to begin," said Nezu even as he focused his screen towards Midoriya Izuku. He wasn't the only one to do this.
"Roger that, Principal!" acknowledged Mic with a thumbs up. The voice hero took his favorite microphone and gave the command to the students.
The exact moment Mic finished starting the exam, Midoriya Izuku disappeared from the screen.
It took the other participants precious seconds to understand that they were supposed to begin the test.
During those seconds, Midoriya Izuku was a green blur, destroying all robots in his path as though they were made of paper. A minute into the test, and the boy already had 84 points.
Nezu's teacup couldn't stop shaking. What in the world was this?
Two minutes and twenty seconds into the test, the Midoriya boy had destroyed 90% of the robots designated for the block. His score was already past 300 points.
The small principal of U.A turned towards All-Might, only to find the top hero shaking with excitement in his seat. A quick look around the room and he saw that every judge was staring with open jaws at Midoriya's performance.
Nezu pressed a button in his control panel to send more robots into the area. It was the first time a principal of U.A had been forced to use that button during an entrance exam in a long time.
His screen catched the moment Midoriya Izuku realized more robots were being added into the area.
Nezu had seen many things in his years, both good and bad. He had also been witness to many spectacular things.
What happened next, he would always remember for the rest of his life.
The Midoriya boy created two spheres in both his hands, both had four rapid spinning blades. The only difference was that one was blue with black patterns and the other one was a pure green color.
Next, he threw the first sphere into the air. When it had gained some altitude, the sphere stopped moving.
And then, all the robots in the area began floating towards the sphere. They began to crash and squirm against another. Soon, every single one of the new robots had been fused into a single gigantic ball of metal.
Midoriya Izuku then threw the green sphere towards the newly formed metal ball.
The green sphere sliced through the metallic creation like it was a hot knife through butter.
Then, it exploded.
The explosion consumed everything. Not even a small piece of debris was left.
Not a single sound could be heard in the monitor room. Nezu wasn't sure the others or even himself were still capable of speaking after seeing that.
Well, perhaps except All-Might, who began laughing. It started low, and then his voice was booming with laughter and excitement.
Midoriya Izuku, current total points: 884
There were still four minutes and thirty second left in the clock.
With a shaking hand, Nezu pressed the button that would send a new batch of robots into the arena again.
He also pressed the button that would unleash not one, but three of the 0 pointers, while also typing a command that had only ever been used once in the whole history of U.A, when the man next to Nezu had taken his own entrance exam.
He watched, as the gargantuan 0 pointers began to make their way to a specific location. The command he had typed into his control board ensured that instead of roaming freely, they would converge on a single target.
That target, was Midoriya Izuku, the young boy currently decimating records in the entrance exam.
Instead of getting a reaction of fear like Nezu had expected, Midoriya simply went into motion, saving quite a few of the participants that were too panicked at the sight of the three 0 pointers to move.
All-Might stopped laughing and focused on the metallic titans that were about to surround Midoriya Izuku.
And then, he began laughing again. This time even harder.
A smile began to form on Nezu's own face.
The first of the 0 pointers fell to that same green sphere from earlier. It sliced its head and then exploded.
The next one was buried underground when the earth beneath it split in two after Midoriya slammed his hands on the ground.
The last one actually managed to begin to raise an arm when the Midoriya boy jumped towards it with the speed of a bullet.
A simple punch was all it was needed to crush the behemoth's head.
That one got Nezu to stare blankly at the screen.
He turned towards All-Might, but the symbol of peace already knew the question about to be asked.
"I have not passed One for All to him, Principal Nezu. Yet. He did that all on his own," calmly said All-Might.
Nezu took a few moments to process that.
"Ten months ago, you told me that you needed to convince that young man of becoming a hero. Tell me now, have you succeeded in your task?" asked the principal with just the slightest hint of desperation audible in his voice.
All-Might's response did not calm his fears.
"W-well, to be honest with you, I have been making good progress in that regard. Most of these past months were mainly focused with keeping tabs on a few individuals of interest and on sparring with each other."
Nezu blinked at him.
"I lost half of those spars, by the way. The others were a draw, but barely," said All-Might, as if it was the most common thing that a young teen was capable of defeating the symbol of peace.
Nezu couldn't help it anymore. He laughed.
Soon, All-Might joined him and together they laughed for the remaining time of the exam.
Izuku watched as the last of those giant robots crumbled against the power of his Sage Arts.
He had known beforehand that U.A. was never one to shy away from really testing candidates and students, but this was a bit too much.
Eh, he had faced worse things.
Still, it had been fun. Other than his spars with Toshinori, he never got a chance to really let loose.
But his current good mood did not last him long.
Honestly, what was he doing here?
After of months of being begged by Toshinori to become the next symbol of peace, he had decided to at least indulge the man by taking this test.
Izuku did not want to become a hero. Not after all the hardships of his past life.
He had told as much to Toshinori. Not the part about being reincarnated, though. He would take that one to the grave. Whenever that happened.
He sighed at those grim thoughts. Hinata, Boruto and Himawari would be so disappointed if they saw him now. Hell, he was sure Kurama would have kicked his ass by now if the fox still resided within him.
Izuku clenched his fists and shook his head. A morose expression formed in his face.
It was never good for him to think about his life as Uzumaki Naruto. It only brought pain to his heart.
He took a look around the battlefield and saw that the closest participants were staring at him with a combination of shock and awe.
Well, there was no way he would get denied an entry into U.A. now. Or rather, he was sure even more people would pester him to join now.
He only hoped this would not cut too much time from his other activities. Those were more important in his opinion.
After all, he was still trying to save the world.
Only this time, he was taking a different approach to things.
Because the world had changed, and not for the better.
The loud announcement that marked the end of the exam distracted him from his thoughts. Shoving his hands into the pockets of his jacket, Midoriya Izuku, once Uzumaki Naruto, walked towards the exit.
Izuku wondered if Chizome and Toshinori would be up for a bowl or two of ramen later.
Well, there is chapter one of this particular AU. Here we see an Izuku who at a young age, dreamed of having a quirk. What he got instead, were the memories of his past life as Uzumaki Naruto alongside his legendary chakra. This is not a necessarily good thing.
As a fair warning, this Izuku will NOT have a romantic interest, nor will I give him a harem.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read this and any review is welcomed with open hands Until next time.