Edited 2/23/2018 to fix typos
Hello everyone, and welcome to my new story!
So do any of my Deathwing fans remember when I said I wasn't going to be starting a bunch of stories at the same time ever again? Turns out I lied, if any of you have looked at my profile in the past four months or so, you'd have seen that I had a poll for a few stories that I wanted to do. These were a mix of old ideas that had been in my head since I created an account, and newer ones that I've wanted to get the ball rolling on. With the latest update of A New Realm done, it felt like a good time to write a story for one of my newest anime favorites, My Hero Academia. Unfortunately I didn't get into the show until after the second season ended, but after binge watching everything I'm hooked.
So just a quick backstory on the inspiration for this fanfic. On one of the updates to Jaune Ryu Long the Dragon Contractor, a fantastic RWBY story that fans of the series should really read if they haven't, the author, azndrgn, mentioned their own idea for a My Hero Academia story that sounded interesting. After a brief chat with them, I got permission to put my own spin on things. Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys the story.
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
As he sat on the bus, Izuku still couldn't believe he was actually about to take the entrance exam for U.A. True the green haired, green eyed, freckled faced, previously Quirkless boy had spent much of the previous year training with his personal idol, the number one ranked hero All Might whose real name is Toshinori Yagi, to strength his body so that he may have the strength giving Quirk "One For All" passed down to him. Still it had been tough, Izuku only barely clearing the beach of all the garbage that morning, showing Toshinori that the boy possessed the strength to handle the Quirk. Despite this, Izuku couldn't help but remember an incident during his training that not only renewed his hopes of being a hero but also showed that such a dream wasn't impossible.
As he had been doing for the past six months, Izuku had been training while Toshinori coached him. Given that it was a Sunday, that meant training began earlier than usual. After a quick, but large, breakfast with his mother, Izuku ran to the beach where he spent a few hours hauling garbage from the sand to All Might's truck. After a brief drive to the dump, where the teen unloaded the heavy trash unassisted, Toshinori decided today's exercises would focus on endurance and cardio.
As such Izuku now wore his light green track suit as he jogged in the park behind All Might, the hero in his non-buff appearance wearing a large black coat as he rode a Segway. Thus far the jog had been relatively quite, save for Izuku's labored breathing after the first few hours of jogging without a break. That changed when a voice from behind the pair called out, "Hey! Stop him!" Turning, Izuku saw a man wearing a black tracksuit with a hood pulled up to hide his face running towards him. A more important detail was that the man was clutching a purse that obviously wasn't his.
Like he'd done in his attempt to save his friend from the slime villain, Izuku acted without thinking. While continuing to jog forward, the boy angled himself to intercept the purse snatcher. When the man got close enough, Izuku stuck out his right leg, tripping the man. However, the due to the purse snatchers style of running, the man's left arm caught Izuku across the back, bringing the boy down to the ground as well. Recovering first, Izuku quickly put the thief in a sloppy armlock to keep the man down, thankfully the robber didn't posses any Quirk that would have rendered the tactic useless.
By now Toshinori had gotten off his Segway and the purse snatcher's victim had caught up to the group. Getting a look at the would be victim, Izuku noted she was a girl around his age with bright pink skin and curly pink hair with a pair of small yellow horns sticking out from among the curls. However, perhaps the girl's most distinctive feature was her eyes, a bright yellow iris surrounded by black sclera. Matching the girl's unique looks was her equally unique dress as despite the rather cold weather she chose to wear a pair of denim shorts and black leggings along with a black short sleeve shirt that read "ACID" in white letters.
In the time it took for Izuku to observe the girl in front of him, Toshinori had easily undone his apprentices submission hold before putting the would be thief in a hold of his own, One For All giving the man incredible strength despite his skeletal like appearance. "Right, young Midoriya, take a break while I take care of this." Was all the man said as he awkwardly shuffled off.
Left alone with the girl, and still gasping from his non-stop jog, Izuku didn't know what to say, luckily he wasn't the one to speak up first. As she reclaimed her purse, the pink skinned girl said, "Well thanks for that, I would have caught up to the guy myself but I didn't want to ruin these shoes." Now Izuku was shocked, due to his Quirkless nature and his high grades most people his own age didn't tend to willingly associate with him, much less girls. Confused at the boy's continued silence, the girl raised an eyebrow and leaned forward as she asked, "What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" Instead of allowing Izuku an opportunity to answer, the other teen smiled and declared, "So Midoriya's your family name? Could I get a first name to go with it? Mine's Mina Ashido if you're curious, and I can wait until you remember how to speak." Just as she finished speaking a buzzing came from Mina's bag. Quickly pulling out her cellphone, the teen skimmed over a text message before saying, "Whoops, looks like I actually don't." Turning back to Izuku, Mina gave the boy one more smile before saying, "Well, see ya later Hero-kun!"
The girl's next actions only served to shock Izuku further. Faster than he anticipated, Mina moved in front of the boy and leaned forward just slightly to plant a kiss on his cheek before running off. Stunned, all Izuku could do was place his hand on his cheek and watch as Mina rushed away. Just then All Might returned to continue his coaching. As Izuku continued his jog, he had a stray though pop in his head. He wanted to become a hero to help others, but it certainly was nice to be thanked.
Shaking his head of the memories, Izuku noticed that the bus had stopped, and he was one of the last still on. After quickly getting off, he scanned the crowd. Truthfully he was a little glad that he didn't see Katsuki among his group, as much as he liked his friend the boy had been a bit more hostile after the slime villain incident. Also absent among his group was Mina, who Izuku could of sworn he'd seen back during the orientation. However, there was some happiness as the teen recognized the brown haired girl who'd used her gravity manipulation Quirk to stop Izuku from tripping on his feet from earlier. As the boy was about to go over and thank the girl for helping him, and actually give her his name, he was stopped by a heavy hand on his shoulder. Turning, Izuku faced the last person he recognized, a tall bespectacled boy with short blue hair and what looked like exhaust pipes sticking out of his calves. Before Izuku could say anything, the taller boy said, "You were going to distract her, weren't you?"
Before Izuku could deny the accusation, everyone heard Present Mic, the Loud Speaker hero who dressed in a leather jacket to match his outrageous hair and sunglasses and was currently serving as the proctor for the exam, declare, "Begin!" Unlike everyone around him, Izuku didn't hesitate, charging forward into the mock city to face the robotic drones. The teen had perhaps a ten second head start on the competition as Present Mic asked, "What? You all expected a countdown? That doesn't happen in the real world so it won't happen here!" Despite the head start, Izuku was soon overtaken by a few would be students who had speed related Quirks, the tall boy among them.
Keeping his mind on task, Izuku ignored those passing him as he charged forward. Soon he came upon his first drone, one of the three legged variety worth two points. As the robot took notice of him, Izuku charged forward, all the while thinking, 'I can do this, I can do this.' As the robot brought up one of its limbs to try and smack the boy away, Izuku ducked below the limb as he charged forward. Easily seeing where the limb connecting, and thankful the drone's main body was so close to the ground, the teen grabbed the exposed joint and tried to access One For All as he tore the metal apart. Believing himself to have access the Quirk, Izuka used the detached limb as an impromptu weapon to decapitate the robot's head, earning himself two points as the drone collapsed.
Hearing clapping behind him, Izuku turned to see a blonde haired boy wearing a ruffled white shirt and a belt with a large gem on it. "Magnifique my friend! The first victory is yours, but this one is mine!" With a smooth motion the blond boy shot his stomach forward, a laser shooting from the gem and hitting a one point robot. For half a moment the pair stared at one another, before Izuku threw his defeated foe's limb above the other boy, hitting a three point enemy directly in the head and disabling the robot before it could attack either boy and bringing Izuku's total up to five points. At seeing Izuku's show of strength, the laser user gave him a brief look before saying, "Touché" and running off. However, Izuku didn't pay the comment too much attention, he had a test to finish.
In the control room where all the testing areas were being observed, U.A.'s principal, some sort of animal (the running theory being either a mouse, dog or cat) with a large scare over his right eye, Nezu observed Izuku's strength as he commented to All Might, "I though you said the boy was Quirkless, while nowhere near the power of One For All, that strength is still superhuman."
"That is what young Midoriya told me." Toshinori stated, defending himself as he added, "And he certainly never showed this much strength during our training. Perhaps he had a psychological block?"
"Something for Recovery Girl to investigate." Nezu stated, ending the matter before a sadistic grin appeared on his face. "In any case it's time for the real test to begin." The animal barely kept the grin off their face as they pressed a large red button on the control panel.
As he was racing around the city trying to find more mock villains to defeat, Izuku was feeling pretty confident. In the course of the test he'd earned seventeen points, enough to guarantee admittance to U.A., but not for the hero course. Still, despite seeing the nice girl from earlier, who had a gravity based Quirk much like his mother's, and the speedster from earlier racking up their own points, the inheritor of One For All was confident he could find a few more robots to get his score up to at least twenty. That confidence vanished as he felt the ground shake.
Izuku wasn't the only person to notice this either. All heads turned to the center of the fake city to see a gigantic robot emerge from the ground. Instantly the teens recognized it as the zero point gimmick robot, the one that would only attack when something was near. Of course, given its size everyone was near the robot. Following its programing, the zero point stomped towards the nearest group of test takers, creating craters and ruble. At seeing such a daunting task, practically everyone ran away, save for a few.
Izuku was about to join the crowd and run away, until he noticed the gravity girl had her leg trapped under a large piece of rubble. The boy knew he was too far away to pull her out, which left one option. 'I'm going to need all my strength for this.' Izuku thought to himself as he crouched down, tensing all the muscles in his body in preparation to jump, unknowingly using One For All for the first time. The speedster noticed this odd behavior but the green haired teen jumped before he could be told off once more.
As soon as he was air born, Izuku felt pain. 'Legs are probably broken, and it feels like I probably pulled something in my back.' After that thought, the teen added that the wind was causing an unpleasant feeling on his face. He also wondered if he was getting enough oxygen as he believed he was hallucinating at seeing his arm being encased in a golden glow. Those thoughts stopped as he closed the distance to his target. Rearing back his right arm, the would be student put all his strength into the single blow as he hit the robot's face, obliterating the gimmick and breaking his arm in the process.
Although now having three broken limbs, the curly haired boy had a more immediate concern, namely the ground rushing up to meet him. Desperately he tried to angle his body flat and increase his drag to try and slow down, but he only succeeded in putting himself into a spiral decent. Running out of time, the teen braced for impact, only to feel someone slap his cheek. Turning, he saw the girl he rescued, still trapped by rubble but now floating in the air, quickly activate her Quirk, stopping all his momentum. Both teens hung in the air for a split second before the girl put her hands together and said, "Release," causing both teens to fall to the ground. While Izuku tried to push himself up with his remaining limb, the effort of using her Quirk seemed to be too much for the girl as she began throwing up.
After seeing the display of such powerful Quirks, the rest of the examinees were stunned into silence. As such Izuku didn't have any trouble hearing a loud horn, followed by Present Mic declaring the test over. Just as he passed out, the boy mumbled his desire to have a few more points.
It had been a week since the entrance exams, and Izuku was uncharacteristically quite during that time. Despite his limbs being healed by Recovery Girl, U.A.'s resident nurse, the teen still had a dark cloud hanging above him as he was sure he wouldn't be admitted into the hero course. Inko was growing concerned by her son's behavior and was getting ready to schedule a doctor's appointment when she heard someone knock on the door. Not expecting company, the woman opened the door to reveal a much older woman who was half her height, a unique set of glasses that seemed to be made of one lens stretched across her eyes, had her hair styled in a bun with a syringe holding it in place, a white coat, and using a large syringe as a walking stick. Not forgetting her manners, Inko asked, "Yes, what may I do for you?"
"This is the Midoriya residence, correct?" the other woman asked. Upon seeing Inko nod her head, the woman asked, "Then may I come in? I have some things I need to discuss with you and your son regarding his recent application for U.A."
Upon hearing this, Inko quickly lead the woman into the living room before retrieving Izuku from his room. Upon seeing the woman, and immediately recognizing her as Recovery Girl, Izuku immediately thanked her for healing his injuries only to be waved off as her doing her job. Turning her attention to Inko, Recovery Girl asked, "Now after reviewing the footage from last week, could you please tell me why your son is listed Quirkless?"
"That's what our doctor said when Izuku was four." Inko explained. "I was concerned that Izuku hadn't shown signs of manifesting a Quirk so I made an emergency appointment."
"Let me guess, he took an x-ray of your son's feet and proclaimed him Quirkless due to an extra joint in his pinky toe." Recovery Girl didn't so much ask as state. When both Inko and her son nodded yes, the nurse continued, "And your predication was probably close to retirement, weren't they?"
After thinking for a few moments, Inko answered, "Maybe, after he said my son was Quirkless we were transferred to a different department."
What the pair heard next shocked them, "Then let me be the first to tell you your son does indeed have a Quirk." At seeing the unbelieving glances, Recovery Girl explained, "Don't look so surprised, 'late bloomers' aren't so rare in the West. Some Quirks just take longer to manifest."
"But my pinky toe…" Izuku weakly began.
Quickly turning to the boy, Recovery Girl stated, "You need to understand correlation does not mean causation. When Quirks first began appearing in over fifty percent of newborns the extra joint was quickly noticed and many latched upon the idea. Yet just a few years later, when the total Quirk population was around seventy-five percent of the world, evidence emerged the contradicted the theory. Despite this, and the fact several American heroes have the extra joint, many doctors still teach this flawed idea, especially those close to retiring and looking to shuffle patients around."
Knowing that Recovery Girl hadn't been referring to One For All, and not noticing anything different during the test, Izuku asked, "So then what is my Quirk?"
"The staff of U.A. have a general idea, but I'm here to see the full extent of your power." Recovery Girl explained as she stood up. As she walked in front of Izuku, she pulled out a small flashlight and a tongue depressor from her coat pocket. "No, please say 'ah.' Following instructions, the teen opened his mouth and stuck his tongue out. As she looked at the younger Midoriya's throat, Recovery Girl noted the bright red color and asked, "Did your son often have a sore throat as a child."
As she nodded yes, Inko elaborated, "After his fourth birthday he complained terribly about his throat at least once a week. I though he had strep but every test came back negative. Gradually the aches went away and stopped around his seventh year in school."
Nodding at the information, Recovery Girl turned her attention back to Izuku, noting a rather large bump along either side of the boy's throat, just above his tonsils. Without warning, the woman moved the tongue depressor and gently tapped one of the bumps, being rewarded with a thick, yellow liquid spraying from the bump and onto her glasses.
After having the wooden stick removed from his throat, Izuku immediately began apologizing, only for Recovery Girl to wave him off, stating she'd been covered with worse as she used a tissue to clean off her glasses. Quietly she noted that the boy seemed surprised at the ability, but his mother paled at seeing the fluid come from her son's throat. Putting that thought in the back of her mind, Recovery Girl asked Izuku to stand and take off his shirt, to which the boy hastily complied.
Walking behind the teen, Recovery Girl quickly noticed two large, purple arcing marks near Izuku's spine. As she traced the marks, she asked, "How long have you had these?"
"They're birthmarks." Izuku stated, "I've always had them."
"I see." The old woman said before stating, "Well based on the physical examination and the footage from your test, I believe young Izuku has a Transformation type Quirk."
"Are you sure?" Inko questioned, "I understand what you've said about delayed manifestation, but even after the entrance exam my son hasn't shown any signs of a Transformation Quirk."
In response Recovery Girl pulled a small metal disc from her coat pocket. After a few seconds the device began to project an image, the recording of Izuku's entrance exam. Starting at the moment the boy had jumped to confront the zero point enemy, the boy saw the moment his legs broke, along with something else.
"I have wings?" Izuku couldn't help but question aloud.
"That and a few other characteristics." Recovery Girl spoke up as she explained. "I believe that was only a partial manifestation, you still haven't brought out the true power of your Quirk."
"How do I do that?" Izuku instantly questioned, wanting to be as powerful as possible to help as many people as possible.
Getting back up, Recovery Girl motioned for the teen to turn around. As she stood in front of his back, the woman lectured. "When Transformation Quirks first manifest, they usually cause children great pain as they are only partially complete, think of it like growing pains. To solve this problem, doctors researched ways to force a full manifestation, through this research it was learned that if a bundle of nerves in a certain location are stuck with enough accuracy and force, the full manifestation of the Quirk occurs, like so." From the corner of his eye, Izuku saw Recovery Girl hold her walking syringe up to the base of his spine in preparation to strike, before either he or his mother could comment, the old woman struck.
Instantly Izuku felt pain akin to having a tooth pulled out without novocain. However, that pain quickly passed as he caught his reflection in a nearby mirror. Although having grown a few inches, that wasn't the change that shocked him. What shocked the teen was the large pair of wings sprouting from his back, along with his clawed hands and green scaled skin. His hair had also changed, moving from his head to the back of his neck and increasing in length to form a mane. His head was now occupied by a small backward frill along with two black horns that also pointed backwards while his mouth had extended outwards to form a snout. Aside from that, a tail had sprouted from his lower back, the tip of which barley touched the floor. Before he could comment at the change, Izuku found himself chocking on something. After a few loud coughs, the boy spit out a complete set of teeth. The teen was about to freak out, only to feel with his tongue that all his teeth had been replaced with round, pointed fangs.
Finally finding his voice, which was slightly deeper than before, Izuku commented, "Are you sure this is a Transformation Quirk? It almost seems like a Mutation to me."
"Put away your wings." Recovery Girl commented. Following the order, Izuku folded his wings and felt his muscles pushing the limbs back into his back. As his skin sealed itself back up to protect his wings, Izuku lost his new found height as his claws and scales receded back below his skin as his hair came back to its usual length. Although his snout disappeared, the fanged teeth, however, remained, prompting the boy to wonder why. As if sensing the unsaid question, Recovery Girl stated, "Transformation Quirks always have latent effects on the individual. In your case your teeth and some latent super strength judging by the entrance exam, I also would hazard a guess that your lungs are larger than normal." Standing up, Recovery Girl continued, "You also seem to possess the extra organs usually used for spray type Quirks, probably for something fire related."
"His father could breath fire." Inko hesitantly admitted.
"I see." Was all Recovery Girl said as she began walking toward the front door. "In that case be careful brushing your teeth, we wouldn't want you accidently burning down your apartment, although you probably can only light the fluid when transformed."
"Wait," Izuku suddenly questioned, "why couldn't I do any of this before? You said it maybe a delayed Quirk, but could there be something else?"
Turning to face the boy, Recovery Girl answered, "It could be possible you've had your Quirk all your life, but due to the misdiagnosis you believed yourself Quirkless so strongly you created a mental block that didn't allow for any form of manifestation." The old woman then continued walked to the door as she stated, "In any case I recommend continuing your training with Toshi boy, specifically to strengthen your back muscles since you're not use to flying. Also an increase protein intake wouldn't hurt. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to have Izuku's medical records transferred to my office."
"Why?" Inko asked. "Even if he misdiagnosed my son, we haven't seen that doctor in years."
"Oh, I just like to look after all the students in the Hero program." Recovery Girl stated. Upon hearing the shocked silence from the Midoriya family, the old woman asked, "Did I ruin the surprise? In any case I'll go ahead and forward the forms to proper list your Quirk, along with the equipment request form. Have a good night." With that the woman left.
Once alone, Inko didn't hesitate to envelope her son in a bone crushing hung. With happy tears freely flowing, the woman loudly declared, "I'm so happy for you Izuku!"
"I'm happy to." Izuku replied with a smile before he realized this was the perfect opportunity to talk about something that had been bothering him. Disengaging from the hug, Izuku sat back down and asked, "Mom, can I ask you to do something?"
"Sure, what is it?" Inko Immediately asked.
"Could you stop lying to me about my father?" While his mother was shocked into silence, Izuku continued, "The excuse that he has a job overseas, the fact we don't have any pictures of him, even his supposed name you used when you signed me up for school, it's obvious that he left us." By now Inko was about ready to cry tears of sadness at hearing how close to the truth her son had come, but what he said next brought her happiness, "And I say good riddance to him." Looking directly into his mother's eyes, Izuku finished by saying, "Even when I was thought to be Quirkless, you were the best mom in the world even as you tried to hide the fact I didn't have a father. So please, can we just admit that the man is a bastard not worth our time?"
Chuckling, and wishing to call her ex much worse things, Inko once more hugged her son as she said, "I suppose that's not too big a task."
Glad he hadn't saddened his mother too much, Izuku asked one more question, "I know it's selfish of me, but could you also worry a bit less about me and focus on your own health? I can take care of myself."
Inko was about to reply that it was a mother's job to worry, but then remembered her last doctor's appointment. While there wasn't anything of immediate concern, there were a few areas of her general health that she could have done better on. Smiling even broader at her caring son, Inko asked, "I suppose that's not too much, granted you watch your language." After sharing a brief laugh, Inko asked her son, "When did you become such a wonderful young man?"
"I don't know," Izuku answered honestly, "I just know I had an amazing parent to show me how."
Finally letting go of her son, Inko walked to the kitchen to get dinner read, Katsudon, Izuku's favorite to celebrate his admittance to U.A., the woman saw her son head out the door to workout at the apartment gym until the food was ready. Once more the woman reflected on how great a person her son had turned into, and how thankful to be that aside from one aspect of his Quirk, Izuku hadn't inherited anything else from his father.
In Japan there existed a prison withheld from the public's knowledge. The prison housed individuals with destructive Quirks and held little regard for human life. Due to this, most of the inmates were held in solitary confinement, only let out of their cells under heavy guard and only when absolutely necessary.
In once such cell was un undescriptive man of average height wearing the standard prison uniform, his inmate number printed along his back. Before his head was shaved he used to have curly black hair, but now the only physical feature that set him apart from others was the light dusting of freckles upon his cheeks. The only other item that set him apart from the rest of the prisoners was the mask he was forced to wear, a metal contraption that he did not have the strength to rip off. The mask wasn't needed for medical reasons, rather it prevented him from using his Quirk to harm others and to deliver a knockout gas should he even attempt to use his power.
Like clockwork a flap on the man's cell door opened inward as a tray slid across the floor, hitting his bedframe. A panel of his mask slide away to allow the man to eat and would slide back in half an hour. As the man ate the food provided, he remembered that he'd been locked up for over fourteen years. Fourteen years to let him plan his escape, to let his anger burn. While he didn't have all the details mapped out one thing was certain, he would not be spending another year in this prison, much less another fourteen.
And when he got out, he was going to find that bitch and make her pay.
After the eventful day yesterday, All Might had asked Izuku to meet him the following night. After finding his mentor at the beach he'd cleaned up, Toshinori congratulated the boy about his successful admittance into U.A.'s hero program and explaining how with his awarded rescue points he'd earned seventy-seven total points, tying for first in all exams. From there the man gave a short lecture about only using part of One For All's power, likening the usage to different power levels of a microwave, before asking Izuku a question he dreaded.
"So you have a Quirk all your own?" the skeleton like man asked.
Immediately Izuku bowed deeply as he apologized, "I'm sorry. My mom and I were told I didn't have a Quirk, and then I was bullied constantly for it. Recovery Girl says I created a mental block until the entrance exam, when I actually believed I had a Quirk."
Reaching down, Toshinori ruffled his apprentice's hair as he said, "Relax young Midoriya, you've done nothing wrong." He then grinned as he stated, "In fact most of the previous users of One For All had Quirks of their own."
"So you aren't mad?" Izuku asked, glad he hadn't let down the number one ranked hero.
"As long as you use your power to protect others, I don't see anything wrong." Toshinori stated before asking, "Now, can you show me?"
Nodding, Izuku took off his shirt and jacket, not wanting the clothing to be shredded by the transformation, and let his wings out. At seeing the change in the teen, Toshinori nodded as he stated, "Most impressive. Now Recovery Girl mentioned something about you breathing fire?"
With a grin, Izuku turned to the ocean. Taking a deep breath in, the boy squeezed the back of his throat to have his glands start producing the accelerant. Once he felt the liquid begin to fall onto his tongue, the dragon powered boy exhaled at the same time, being sure to click his teeth to create a spark to ignite the mixture. For his efforts, Izuku created a medium sized fireball that lasted for ten seconds before burning out.
"Most impressive indeed." All Might commented, shifting into his bulky form in the excitement. He then noticed a stray flame sticking on Izuku's chin and pointed it out to the boy by pointing to his own and saying, "You've got a little something a little something right here." Nonchalantly, Izuku used his thumb to wipe the still burning fluid off his chin before flicking it onto the sand and stamping out the fire with his foot. 'As expected, his skin's also fire proof.' All Might thought to himself before asking, "Okay then young Midoriya, why not show me some flying?"
"Actually, I can't." the dragon boy admitted. "I can glide and crash just fine, but my wing muscles are still too weak for a proper take off or landing."
"It can't be helped then." As he bent down, All Might held out his hand and said, "Come over here and I'll give you a boost." Smiling, Izuku quickly climbed onto the offered limb, only to be launched into the air seconds later. Unlike the last time he'd been flying with All Might, Izuku was actually enjoying this. A few barrel rolls, a corkscrew here, and a few quick turns thrown in for good measure to show All Might he knew how to fly with his wings. Despite the elation he was feeling, Izuku couldn't help but feel like his vision was beginning to darken.
The next thing Izuku knew, he was back on the back, gasping for breath as his human self. He was also soaking wet. Before he could try to figure out what had happened he heard Toshinori speak up. "You're awake, good for a moment I thought you needed CPR and I figured you would have wanted someone a bit cuter for your first kiss." The man joked, now back to his skeletal appearance and just as wet as Izuku.
Not understanding why he was suddenly back on the ground, the green haired boy asked, "What happened?"
"I would say you're just not used to flying." When Izuku gave him a confused look, Toshinori elaborated, "It looks like Recovery Girl's thoughts about your lungs being bigger is true, but your body isn't used to being at such a great height. The further up you go, the less oxygen is available, you went to a point where even with your enhanced lungs your body didn't have enough oxygen so you passed out. Thankfully you crashed in the water and not on the dock." As his mentor was speaking, Izuku nodded along, absorbing each word, wishing he'd brought his notebook with him. "It's possible you can train your body past this hurdle, but for now you should probably request an oxygen tank." His lecture done, Toshinori ruffled Izuku's hair once more before stating, "Well that's it for tonight, run along home now Young Midoriya, you have school in the morning."
As usual, nothing too eventful happened at school. Katsuki did brag to the class about his admittance to U.A.'s hero program, and that he'd gotten the top score in the exam with seventy-seven points, prompting Izuku to lightly chuckle. Unfortunately that brought everyone's attention to him and someone remembered the green haired teen had also applied to U.A. From there the class practically demanded to know if he'd also gotten admitted, with many claiming it was impossible that the "Quirkless loser" even showed up to the test.
Although he'd really wanted to show off to his classmates, Izuku had decided to keep his Quirk a secret for the time being. As such he shared that he did show up to the exam, and that he knew he'd done well enough on the written portion to at least get into the school, however, as he'd yet to receive an acceptance letter he did not know if he was in the hero course or not. While the class just denied the idea that Izuku had even gotten that far, Katsuki just remained silent and glared out the window.
Thankfully class ended shortly after and Izuku had managed to make it home without any interruption. Grabbing the mail before heading upstairs to his apartment, Izuku wasn't shocked that his mom was running errands. As such the boy quickly changed out of his uniform before shorting through the mail. Aside from the usual junk mail and a few bills, two things were addressed directly to Izuku. The first was the Quirk registration form Recovery Girl had forwarded while the second was for U.A.'s support department, asking for the design of Izuku's uniform and gadgets.
After quickly filling out the registration form, and putting it to the side for his mother to sign off on, Izuku once more looked over the equipment request form as he tried to figure out what he needed. It was at that time that Inko returned home, asking her son, "What are you doing?"
"Just going through the mail." Izuku causally answered as he wrote down a request for a small oxygen tank and breathing mask like All Might suggested.
"Well I have a surprise for you." Inko said. As her son gave her his full attention, the woman reached into her bag and pulled out a one piece, green jumpsuit with white details. At the question in her son's eyes, the woman stated, "I may have taken a peak in one of your notebooks and found a few sketches." Izuku was about to thank his mother but quickly realized those sketches were done before he'd awoken his own Quirk, meaning the uniform wouldn't be useful. Seeing her son's smile dampen, Inko asked, "What's wrong, is it the wrong color?"
"No, the color's fine." Izuku stated as he got up and head to the hall closet. "It's just that the jumpsuit doesn't really fit my Quirk." As he finished speaking, Izuku found what he was looking for. Returning to the living room, the boy set the sewing kit down on the table as he said, "But I think we can fix that."
Inko just smiled at her son as they got to work modifying the jumpsuit. She was going to mention that she felt guilty about possibly crushing her son's dream of becoming a hero back when he was so young, but seeing her boy smile as he worked beside her made the mother not wish to revisit those painful memories.
Time almost seemed to move too fast. Before he knew it Izuku had completed his exams, placing within the top five of the class, and beginning his summer break. During the few months before he began attending U.A. the boy continued his work outs with All Might, although they became more spread out as other duties called the hero away. Never the less the boy was making progress in not only controlling One For All, even if he had small fractures more often than not, and his own Quirk. Take offs were becoming easier, but landings still posed a problem.
Despite the training, the Summer also came to an end quickly. Nervous anticipation filled Izuku as he put his usual red shoes on, yet now the boy wore the standard U.A. uniform, dark green pants with a white dress shirt and a grey suit jacket. He also had a red tie, but due to his own inexperience with such an article of clothing he ended up making it significantly shorter than it should be.
As he shouldered his backpack, Izuku called back to his mom, "Alright, I'm heading out."
"Izuku." his mother called from behind him. The boy turned to see what his mother wanted to say, ideally noticing she'd lost a bit of her extra weight now that she didn't worry about him as much and take better care of herself, along with Izuku repeatedly telling her that she'd never crushed his dream of being a hero so there was nothing to feel guilty over. Looking over her son, Inko quickly smiled and said, "I'm really proud of you son."
Returning the smile, Izuku gave his mom a brief one armed hug as he said, "I love you too, but I've got to leave right now or I'll be late." With that, the boy opened the door and stepped outside, ready not only to face his first day of high school, but also the next part in his journey to become a hero.
Twelve pages seems to be a good start to this story, doesn't it?
I am so glad this story is the one that won the pool. I've had this idea in the back of my minds since reading azndrgn's author's note, and I developed the idea further once I actually started watching the show. As I've become such a big fan of the series, which has some of the best fight scene's I've seen in a long time, I'm extremely happy to finally contribute something to the fandom.
Unlike usual, I don't really have any questions to keep everyone engaged. This was mainly a world building chapter so I didn't feel like writing in some mysterious straight from the beginning. I did leave one big piece of foreshadowing, but any questions I ask would have an obvious answer. Still, I hope everyone has enjoyed the story so far and will stick around for Izuku's first day at U.A.
But for now, I'm acw28 saying, "until next update."