'Now where did Izzy go?' The strawberry blonde wondered as wandered the playground looking for her curly haired friend. He couldn't have gotten very far... Crying was coming from the sandbox got her attention, an angry expression immediately appeared across her face. That darn Katsuki! That rotten punk was bullying people again! Her long hair blew in the breeze as she rushed over and blinked when she saw her young friend was standing protectively in front of another boy was on the ground crying as he held his arm. In front of the two were three boys smirking and laughing at the pathetic attempt from Izuku. Tch! That darn Katsuki!
She glared angrily at the leader as the girl got closer. Izzy, who had tears in his eyes and whole body shaking and trembling, yelled defiantly (though his shaking voice gave his fear away), "Enough,s Kacchan!" Izuku held his hands up and turned them into fists. Aria sighed slightly. Scared as he was he was still trying to do the right thing. Enough though in the end the poor guy always got beat up.
"Y'already made him cry... Stop it! I won't let you!" The curly haired boy finished as the gang of trio walked up continuing to laugh and smirk. The leader, the blonde spiky hair guy Aria had been glaring at, slam his fist into his open palm as he let his quirk create a flash and a small smoking explosion. "So Deku, the quirkless wonder... Thinks he can play hero, huh?" Katsuki said cockily before a second later he and his gang jumped the poor boy much to her dismay.
"! Stop that you idiots!" The girl shouted as she rushed over and growled angrily when ignored. Grabbing a nearby toy Aria chucked it at one of the attackers, smirking when the boy stumbled a bit and turned to glare at her. "Didn't you idiots hear a word I said!? I said leave them alone! Idiots! Morons!" Aria growled angrily crossing her arms and glared angrily at Katsuki who could only stare at her in shock. He wanted to be a hero, huh? Idiot! Heroes don't bully the weak! "Hey look Deku. It's your girlfriend coming to save you again!" One of the boys sneered.
"Well of course! The quirkless gotta stick together doncha know?" His friend sneered with. "Aria..." Katsuki said staring at her. "A-chan.." Izuku quietly echoed looking at her as well. Honestly! Those two! A slight prickle went up her back when one of the boys took a step towarded her. "Let's go.." Katsuki told his gang before he turned and started walking away. "What?! But she.." One started then jumped a bit when the blonde turned back to glare. "I said lets go!" "O..ok..." The two went then followed after him. "Jerks..." Aria sighed then quickly walked over to her fallen friend.
"Y...you saved me...again." Izzy sighed then blinked when a hand appeared in front of him. The curly haired boy blushed slightly at the bright smile he saw when he looked up. "Silly! I'll always help you when you need it. Come on! Let's get you cleaned up and get you two looked at!"
Years later
A nasty wind played havoc with her hair and kept blowing it in the young woman's face, much to her annoyance. Moving closer to the window she did her best to peer into the warehouse where a bustle of activity was going on inside. Looked like a bunch of junk was being moved around but intuition said it was something more. The men continued on with their business as they moved and lifted heavy crates unaware that they were being spied on.
The young woman sighed deeply. Chances were highly likely the items she was looking for weren't in any of the boxes. Darn it.. That guy lied to her.. Tch. What a waste of her time... On a school night no less! Ah well. At least her good deed for the night was to call this crap into the police... Hm? One of the men carried in a small box. Nothing out of the ordinary but...something about it made the hairs on her arm go up. She pressed closer to the window, both to get out of the wind and to move away from the ledge more. After all, it was the forth level window and a long drop down.
Not that it really mattered to her. Aria could easily take care of it should she fall. Suddenly she was greeted with a blinding light in her eyes and shouts from inside told her she overstayed her welcome. "Damn.. I wanted a chance at that box. Ah well." The young woman sighed out before she turned around and teleported next door. Hopefully she'll get a chance to get a look at that weird box but.. 'Not for a while though. I got slightly careless. Shouldn't relay too much on people barely looking up. Ah well.' Aria mused to herself as she teleported effortlessly away before the group could get caught up to her. Hopefully she remembered to call the police before it got too late..
Morning
Aria yawned as she quickly threw her shoes on and rushed out the door. Some alarm! Never went off in time for breakfast! Ah well. She got a couple of bars stashed away in her bag somewhere. Now she could only hope she could still catch Izzy before he left for school! A shame teleportation couldn't be used in daylight without getting questioned. Considering the young woman had registered her "quirk" as telekinesis or something like that. Not that bad considering it wasn't totally a lie; just not going into whole detailed account about her other powers. Still...teleporting to the street would be huge time save.
She noticed her arm sleeve wasn't on properly and quickly adjusted it. "G..good morning, A-chan! Late again?" A voice called up to her. Just in time too. Aria didn't want to answer any...ackward questions bout her arms. The young woman looked down and smiled brightly at Izuku who was waving up at her. He didn't change much since they were kids...still a plain looking guy. At least to others but she found his curly hair to be quite adorable. He was especially adorable when he started talking about his dream school: U.A. for heros. Ugh. Just thinking about that school made her want to puke. Heros. Liars all. Except for one she owed a debt to. She shook her head as the young woman rushed down the stairs and over to the curly haired boy.
"Yea.. I think it's time for a new one." Aria answered with a sigh. "You shouldn't stay up so late playing games." Izuku lightly scolded as they walked to school. A slight pang went through her heart. Though Aria did feel guilty for lying about her true nightly activities but she couldn't have him involved. Nah..he could keep his innocent lifestyle for as long as he desired. Izzy (or Katsuki for that matter) didn't need the rug pulled out from under him...like it did with her. Loud crashing sounds startled her a bit and looked up to see a giant with dreadlocks fighting on the subway tracks. "Wow! A giant villain!" Izzy exclaimed excitedly as his eyes shone. Gawker mode activated.
To think seeing heros fighting a villain that size was considered normal. If her history was correct in began in Keikei city, China with the news that a bioluminescent baby born in one of the hospitals. After that, people with exceptional abilities began to pop up across the world. Nobody knew the cause of the rise and with time exceptional became the norm. As it now stands over 80 percent of the world's population consists of super humans with powers. Though the young woman didn't know the history of her powers. From what she gleaned from over the years it only appeared two generations ago, just slightly behind quirks.
Anyway, thanks to those powers appearing it had thrown the world into chaos which called forth a profession once only dreamt of had entered the scene... Heros. "!? Izzy! We're gonna be late! Izuku!" Aria called after him watching him try to get a front row view of the fight. She sighed in irration. Ever since he picked up that hobby of his when scenes like this appeared he always took off like a shot. "GET AWAYYYY!" The giant bellowed out to one of the heros fighting him. Judging from the black and wood looking outfit it appeared Kamuiwoods would be taking him down.
Whatever. Reaching into her bag the young woman pulled out a text book and began to read, ignoring the murmurs about the fight and the hero followers. Wish they'd hurry up and take the guy down already. Aria blinked when a young female's voice yelled out, "CANYON CANNON!" Looking up from her book to see a giant female hero had taken the other giant out. Not what she had in mind but she guess she couldn't be picky.. "Today's my debut! Pleased to meet you all! You can call me Mt. Lady!" The giantess introduced herself as she kneeled over to gingerly pick up the fallen villain. The young woman couldn't help but notice how seductive Mt Lady was being and how surprisingly all the MEN were taking pictures of the woman.
Perverts. Aria had forgotten to mention but along with the dream job came high increase of crimes. As the world struggled to make a whole new legal system, brave people went up to the plate and took up the hero mantle to protect the people. With public support, some quickly acquired the right to service as heros in an official capacity. Depending on the performance, people have the potential to government pay, fame and glory. Her face grew dark at that. That last bit the young woman knew all too well. Those heros..all fakes. Hell, she'd be willing to bet that not s single one gave a damn about the people outside their jobs. Frauds.. Anger began to well up but she quickly shut it down before it exploded.
She couldn't afford to have it come out, not with him so close by. The young woman had often wondered how he, the fanboy, would feel should he learn how much Aria despised the heros he so wanted to be. A soft sigh came out and with it the rage. Izuku. Even after all these years he wanted to be a hero even AFTER learning he'd never have a quirk. Liar. Hypocrite. Call her whatever but for him and Katsuki...she'll support them whatever they chose...even if it meant one day going separate ways...
For them, Aria would do anything for those two for the young woman owed them not only her life but her sanity. Had they not existed she would be locked up down below with the other poor insane bastards.. She smiled brightly at Izuku as he walked up putting his notebook away. Yea...for them...she would do whatever it was in her power to keep them safe. Even if it meant sacrificing everything..
At school
"You guys are all third years now." The Charlie Brown looking teacher stared waving a bunch of papers at them. More than likely it was career papers. Those are for people with a future to look forwar to. Unlike her, whose future was tentative at best uncertain at worse. Turning the page Aria kept reading even as the teacher confirmed her suspicions, "I would hand these future career forms but.." He surprised her by standing up and tossed the papers into the air as he finished, "I assume you ALL want to be heros!" Ugh. Make her gag already and school was so close to being over. The young woman looked around as the entire room erupted into cheers and fellow students bringing out their quirks in excitement.
"Yes, you all have wonderful quirks. But you know that it's against the rules to use them in school!" The teacher scolded the class. 'idiot. You're the one who got them going.' She thought and put her book away. "Sensei! Don't lump me in with these losers!" A familiar cocky voice called out from the the front. Katsuki. The young woman had hoped as he grew hed outgrow that pride of his. Sadly no such luck. "As if I had anything like their crappu quirks. Heh.." The arrogant blonde said. Leave it to him to pick a fight with an already rowdy class.
"Get over yourself, Katsuki!" One of the classmates shouted angrily to which Katsuki responded cockily, "Shut up! Extras should act like extras!" "An, Bakugou.. You, of course...must be aiming for U.A. High school." The teacher commented. Tch. Instead of being alright with him acting like a jerk he (worthless teacher) should really get onto him about that attitude of his! The statement sent the class off even more with the chattering. "That national school?! The cutoff score this year is 79 right?!" Someone said just as another student spoke up, "I hear they barely accept anyone!"
Aria sighed deeply as they watched Katsuki jump on top of his desk and continued to speak boldly, "Ah, the stupid chattering of extras., I aced the mock exam! (Good for him but could he please get off his desk? If he falls off the young woman was gonna smack him hard.) I'm the only one here with the stuff for U.A!" At that Aria raised an eyebrow at him. Wow. Some days he had enough ego for ten people at least but when Katsuki pulled stunts like the one he was doing now it astounded her. Katsuki clenched his fists in excitement as he continued his rant.
"I'll even surpass All Might and become the best hero out there! Not to mention I'll be one of the richest people in the world!" "Oh. You're also going for U.A., aren't you, Midoriya?" The teacher commented once again. That bastard! Aria bet he did that on purpose! He couldn't announce stuff like that, could he?! She whipped her head toward her friend in the back and saw him with his head buried in his arms and literally twitch at the statement.
The entire class turned, stared at Izuku then bursted into laughter. Aria blinked then slowly became enraged at the action. Arrogant little fuckers.. She had to clench her jaw before she said or did somethjng shed regret. "Huh?! Midoriya?! No way! Good grades alone can't get you into the hero program!" Someone said between laughter. "That's enough! Stop it!" Aria said standing up and became even more enraged when nobody listened to her. "That's...that's not necessarily true! Sure, there's no precedent but.." Izzy started but was cut off and caught off guarded when Katsuki rushed and used his quirk to explode the other boy out of his chair.
"Come on, Deku!" The arrogant blonde shouted angrily. "Forget the crappy quirks. You're totally quirkless. And you think you can rub shoulders with me?!" Izuku held his hands up and quickly scurried back until he was against the wall. "Wa..wait, no, Kacchan. I wasn't... saying I could compete with you. Not at all. (Poor Izzy. Even from where she was standing she could see him shaking.) I mean it. It's just...been my dream. Since I was little. And well.." Izuku looked up sheepishly as he finished. "There's no harm in trying.." That set everyone off more. "Try?! Try what?! The entrance exam?! You're taking the entrance exam just to "try"?! What can you even do?!"
The entire class felt a chill go down their backs when a very calm (though ice cold) voice said, "I said, that's enough you worthless pieces of crap." All eyes turned Aria and shivered at her expression. "Leave him alone. Damn worthless idiots. The lot of you." Much to everyone's shock and surprise they watched Aria walk up to Katsuki, who stared at her in utter shock. "I appreciate that you have your own ambitions.. But you aren't the gift the world has given us. Reel in that damn attitude before I knock it out of you. Since you wanna get in Izzy's face about going to that damn school.. I'm ALSO going there."
If she wasn't so pissed off she'd laugh at their expressions, Izuku included. "I've got some busniess there to do. Once it's done I'm outta your hair." The young woman turned her head slightly toward the teacher, who joined in the shocked group and growled, "Hey! Dumbass! A teacher shouldn't allow bullying to happen before him! Bring these assholes in before I start busting heads in!" "T..that's no way to talk to your teacher, young lady!" The teacher said, snapping out of his shock.
"Then do your job, jerk." Aria slightly hissed at him in anger. "That's it! To the principal's office! Now!" The teacher demanded as he pointed to the door. Tch. Whatever. Just as long as she got out of this classroom.. The young woman left, ignoring the stares of shock. Izzy and Katsuki stared after Aria. She didn't usually...no..Aria normally wasn't like this.. She was usually nice, caring, thoughtful.. But...when their friend got like that...she even unnerved the crap out of even them. "Aria..." Izuku said quietly as he watched the long haired girl leave. He risked a glance up toward Katsuki and couldn't read his expression very well. The class muttered quietly amongst themselves as they returned to their seats and within seconds class resumed. Izzy hoped Aria would be alright...
After class/school
Ugh...what a boring and dull way to end a school day.. Spending the rest of her class time being lectured by an incredible useless principle about how a young lady shouldn't make a scene and got suspended for a day. Whatever. That just meant recon just became easier.. But.. 'I really hate losing my cool like that.' She sighed walking back to class to retrieve her belongings. It was bad enough that the young woman was an oddball..but to show such an expression to a bunch of naïve little fools who had no idea how the world worked. Worst thing was that the two people she cared most about saw it.. Aria sighed deeply as she neared the door. Hopefully the incident won't raise any suspicious ideas other than her defending her friend.. Hm?
Just as she was about to walk into the classroom she noticed Katsuki and his little gang walk over to Izzy, who was no doubt checking his phone for hero news incidents. Aria quickly ducked around the corner so she could watch without being scene..least more trouble could arise from walking in. "We ain't done here, Deku." The blonde boy said yanking one of the curly haired boy's precious hero notes notebook. "What's that, Katsuki?" One of the trio inquired as the other read the title aloud, "For my future? Seriously!? This guy, Midoriya.." Tch! Jerks!
They never could learn! "C-come on. Give it back!" Izuku demanded intimidatedly. To the horror of both they watched the blonde put the book between his hands and literally bombed the book. "HUHHHHH?!" Izzy cried out in dismay at the act. "Why..?!" Izzy demanded but Katsuki gave him a look of distain and tossed it out the window. "The best heros out there. Well... They showed signs of greatness even as students. (Something at the moment HE was not!) I'll be the first and only hero from this crappy public middle school! The first to win the hero of becoming a student at U.A high. Guess I'm just a perfectionist." Katsuki informed the stunned Izuku and watched nervously as he (Katsuki) placed a smoking hand on his shoulder.
Perfectionist her ass his ego was so damn huge at this point it was a world wonder that he hadn't made his head explode yet. Katsuki smiled at him as he continued his "talk", "In other words... Don't you dare get into U.A, nerd! As for Aria..I'll deal with her later." Ha! The arrogant creep could try! What she wouldn't give to know what happened to that adorable little boy he used to be.. The trio started to walk away with one commenting, "Jeez.. Typical. Cmon. Say something." "He can't say anything. He's so lame. Even as a third year... He still can't face reality. Oh." Katsuki answered then glanced over his shoulder toward the shaking Izzy. "You wanna be a hero so bad? I've got a time saving idea for you. If you think you'll have a quirk in your next life... Go take a swan dive off the roof!"
With a shaking expression Izuku turned to look at the blonde as if to say something but stopped when he saw the other boy's smoking hand and cocky dark expression and challenged with, "Yeah? What?" To which the curly haired boy said nothing and stood there shaking but watched in shock when the strawberry blonde appeared in the doorway exactly when Katsuki turned back toward the door to only be greeted with a loud cracking sound when she slapped him across the face, much to the shock and horror of everyone. "K..Katsuki?! Are you ok man?! You're freaken crazy Momozono!" One of his cronies cried out as they watched the shocked disbelief appear on the blonde and was about to make a seething remark to her when he stopped when he saw her expression of rage, hurt, disappointment and couple other emotions on her face.
"Before telling someone to die... Learn to VALUE life, Katsuki." Was all she told him before walking over to her friend. That idiot! That was a good way to get charged with bullying someone into suicide! Aria ignored the stare being burned into the back of her head and instead of acknowledging it Aria smiled at Izzy and asked, "Are you alright?" "H..huh?! Y..yeah.. I'm going to get my notebook so go home without me, a-chan." Izzy quietly replied before walking out of the classroom. Aria blinked slightly at that and once again let out a sigh. She supposed being defended by a girl WOULD bother him but...was it a crime to want to protect her friend? Yeah, Aria got right back at Katsuki but it wasn't done out of hate or anger. He was better than that. Izzy didn't deserve to be treated like that.
'But I can't not try to defend him.. I don't care if he's my only friend.. I will do whatever I can for him...for them.. Damn I hate being useless..' Aria thought as she looked out the window to see Izzy fishing his book out of the fish pond. Was she really doing the right thing? Protecting and defending her friend when it could be possible that it was only hurting him? Was she only doing it for the debt she owned? So many questions yet no answers. Quickly gathering her belongings she exited the school. She glanced at her watch to check the time. If she hurried Aria could make it to the supermarket for the sale.. Thought turned into action and hurried as best as she could to the market before time was up for the sale.
Later
Aria hummed quietly as she gathered ingredients for the night's meal. She barely made it but with luck Aria had enough time to shop and get the sale in the process. Man, considering what went on with school taking the night off would be a nice change of pace. But.. The crate..was it what she thought? Or just some fancy looking box containing drugs of some kind. After all, she did made that phone call after she got clear from the little fiasco the other night. Getting caught like that...totally careless. At least the police took care of them but when the young woman went back to see if the crate was there it was gone.
Just her luck that it would have gotten transported just before the police arrived. The normal chattering, which she usually ignored when out and about, was unusually louder and more excited than usual. Must be some hero villain encounter. Seriously how lame to get excited over th- "Yeah! A boy with an explosive quirk was caught by a villain!" "What?! No way?!" "Yes! It was awful! It was like a mine field out there! Then to make matters worse some plain looking boy jumped in tried to save him only to be saved by All Might!" Some old ladies talked loud among themselves. Explosive quirk...plain looking..
Katsuki and Izuku were in trouble?! She quickly walked over to the aisle where the women were. "Excuse me..I couldn't help but overhear.. Did you say two boys were in trouble?" Aria quickly left the store and tried to think of where those two could be. Damnit! The one time Aria wasn't with him and this happened! Izuku better be alright long enough for HER to get her hands on him. Fool! Moron! He could have gotten killed! Katsuki... He may be a huge fool but...but..! Let Aria think...since All Might defeated that mud guy that meant the interviews with them probably already ended..
So that meant they were heading home but the question was..which way would he take home?! Argh! Wait! If it was by the mall then.. Yeah! That street! Aria quickly turned a corner and ran until she hit a street full of apartments. Yes! Now to find him and let him have it! She ran around through the maze of pathways when by pure luck a familiar voice yelled, "Hey, Deku!" Finally! The young woman was beginning to think floating around would bring better luck! From the sound of it Katsuki was close by along with Izzy. Speaking of which... Aria smiled in relief as she walked up behind the explosive blonde.
Judging from his body language he was pretty..no..extremely unhappy.. "I...I never asked you to save me! As if you could! Huh?! Well? I could've beaten him myself! How dare a quirkless failure like you pity me. Trying to win me over?! Don't you dare mock me! Stupid nerd!" Aria bit her lip, doing her best not to laugh at the arrogant attitude. Nice to know being stared at by death didn't change him. "The correct answer, Katsuki, is thank you." Aria said smiling in relief when he turned away angrily stuffing his hands in pockets but stopped and looked at her for a moment then angrily responded, "Like hell I owe that nerd a damn thank you! Eh?!" Katsuki gaped out when the young woman hugged him tight.
"Thank goodness you're ok... I was so worried..." Izzy stared in shock as he watched her hug Kacchan. For some reason he couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy go through him. Deku knew it was just in her nature (Aria's normal nature not that cold person that appeared from time to time) but... The curly haired boy stopped in mid thought and paled a bit at the look of rage in his friend's eyes. "Izuku Midoriya. I'm going to kick your ass." She growled angrily at him. "Eep!" Was all he said before he decided it was a good time to start running. "Get back here, Izzy! You aren't gonna pull a stunt like that and then take off! Glad you're ok Katsuki see you later!" Aria said before letting go and chased after the other boy.
Katsuki blinked in shock for a moment before he shook his head at her, a slight smile on his face then shook his head angrily and stormed home. Dang that guy was fast! 'When I get my hands on him...!' Aria thought angrily as she looked all over. Screw it! She teleported upwards and levitated a good ways off the ground. It should be ok since this was a residential area.. Anyway..flying as best she could the young woman continued her search when an older man's voice shouted, "I am here!" Got her attention.
What the.. That sounded like All Might but what was he doing here.. Anger gave way to curiousity and much to her surprise not only did Aria find her target but the number one hero was talking to him. Surprised Izzy didn't have a heart attack. "All Might?! Why are you here?! You were you surrounded by reporters..." Izuku exclaimed in shock. Wait...those two have met before? "Shaking them off is nothing to me! After all, I'm All Mi.." Her eyes widen when he, the huge muscle man, coughed up blood and turned into some skinny smaller version of himself.
His wounds...caused that...? The young woman felt a pang of guilt. So this was also her fault... "Kid. I've come to thank you and revise what I said earlier.. I also have a proposal." All Might started. A proposal? What could the greatest hero of all time have to proposition Izuku for? And why? "Without you... If I hadn't heard your story.. I'd have been nothing but fake muscles and insincerity! So thank you!" What exactly about those muscles of his are faked? If so who'd he pay to get them? "That.. No. I mean, it was all my fault from the start! I got in your way.. Even though I'm quirkless, I dared to ask.." The curly haired boy started looking down slightly ashamed.
The young woman felt slightly angered by his behavior but just shook her head. At times like this it ticked her off that the world (including that boneheaded Katsuki) turned him into that.. "Exactly!" All might exclaimed excited, surprising the boy and her. "Of all the people at the scene.. It was only you, timid and quirkless, who acted! You spurred me to action!" The older man's words seemed to catch the younger one off guard and stared as he (All might) continued speaking. "Most of the top heros show signs of greatness even as children.. Many of them claim that..their bodies moved before they could think!"
All Might's words brought the younger male to his knees even as the muscled (former) man asked, That's what happened to you back there, yes!?" "Yes.." Izuku answered as he started to cry though from what emotion even Aria couldn't tell..at least not from her view point and she dared not get close yet. Not until the hero finished whatever proposal he had.. "You can be a hero." The young woman's eyes narrowed at All Might's words. Was this some of cruel joke? Even she knew some power was needed to be a hero.
Aria didn't care if her friend worshipped him. If this was a prank she was about to kick his ass from here to the clear side of the town. To the shock of the young people the older man said as he held out his arms, "I believe you're worthy of inheriting my power!" Say what? It was impossible to give away quirks though Arua DID hear of quirks being able to do so but..is that guy saying he had one? But last time she understood he had some type of muscle quirk. "What's that face for?! It's a proposal! (Some proposal. He better explain better) The real work begins here. Listen, my boy.." All might said as he finished laughing at the boy's confused face.
The hero pointed a finger at him as he continued to speak, "I'm asking you if you want to try accepting my power!" It would have been more impressive if the blood bursting from his mouth didn't ruin it. But seriously...what the heck was this guy going in about.. "This concerns my quirk, kid. The tabloids like to guess that it's super strength or boost power. And I avoid the question in interviews by making jokes." That's great but tell them something they don't know already. The older man brushed his hair back. "Because All Might has to come off as a natural born hero. But my quirk.. It was passed down to me. Like the Olympic torch."
That answered her question but poor Izzy. He looked quite shocked by the news. "Passed...down to you...? Really?!" Izuku managed to get out. "Yes. And now it may be your turn." Might replied. Aria bit back a laugh as that set off Izuku's famous muttering. That was quite adorable...albeit quite annoying slightly. "You really doubt me that much!? Nonsense!" Might exclaimed..it might have been from the shock at the speed of nonsense the boy could get out. Aria had to admit it was impressive.
No one but Izzy could ramble on like he could. Izzy tried to deny it but the hero cut him off. "I have many secrets, but I never lie!" Might stuck an open hand out. "I have the ability to transfer.. That's the quirk I inherited! It is called one for all!" One for all...? Somethings telling her there was a story behind all that. Hopefully the young woman would be around long enough to hear it. "The first person cultivates the power and then passes it to another. The next refines it and passes it on again.. In this way.. Those crying out to be saved and those with brave and true hearts link to form a crystalline network of power!"
Good grief he never hadn't changed a bit..using pretty words even as he explained his power. "But all this...why... Why me...?" Izzy looked up unsure at the hero asking and looking very unsure. "I've been searching for a successor for a while now.. And I believe that you are worthy! You may be quirkless, a mere hero admirer. But..back there, you were more heroic than anyone else! But if course it depends on you! Wha do you say?" Just what game is that old fool playing? DID he have the power to grant the hero geek, her friend, his greatest wish? Or was this some cruel joke?
The curly haired boy wiped his eyes and then answered, "Yes..I acept." Aria clucked her tongue slightly in annoyance. He was too darn trusting for his own good. Might brushed his hair back with a grin. "A quick answer. I expected nothing less." Aria thought quietly to herself about what to do with him as they made plans to meet up two days from then. She waited until the younger male was out of sight before she spoke up. "I don't know what kind of game you're playing old man. But if you're playing a hoax on him you better be prepared to get your ass kicked."
It was almost amusing to see the hero look around for a moment before he looked up at her in shock and perhaps slight dismay. "I thought I sensed someone watching but wasn't sure from where." He replied, looking kinda sheepish. Aria looked down at him slightly impressed. Though to be honest she'd be concerned if the great hero couldn't sense her. How long had the girl been there...and how much had she heard.. "Lose the damn look. Not interested in your power or whatever. Right now I'm more concerned for Izzy."
"Straigh to the point. Jeesh..being a little cold there aren't you, young lady?" Might responded, very surprised at how she was talking to him. Most people were almost always going crazy and excited about his presence but.. For some reason... Why did she look familiar? "You're friends with the young man? What a great friend to have but you know it's illegal to use your quirk in public...!" He gaped at in disbelief when the girl vanished.
"Yea. It is illegal to use a quirk but I'm not using a quirk." He nearly jumped out of his skin when her voice came from behind him and whipped around to see the strawberry blonde behind him staring up at him. The girl teleported?! Does she have multiple quirks..?! All might blinked a bit at her cocky smirk but watched when she changed her expression to a serious one. "What you told my friend.. Is it true? Can you give him your quirk? Or are you just blowing smoke outta your ass?" She folded her arms across her chest as she asked him and looked him right in the eyes.
"As I told him before..I have many secrets but I never lie. I'm going to teach how to inherit my power. Who are you, young lady? You aren't going to expose my secret are you? Ack!?" The hero yelped a bit when Aria whacked him over the head with one of her bags. "Dumbass! For crying out loud! If I was gonna do that I wouldn't be here wasting my time talking to you! And I just told you not to worry about that!" She growled at him and almost laughed at the thought of Izuku going crazy at the sight of her hitting of the greatest heros of all time over the head.
"All right, All Might. I'll believe you. But the moment you fall short of upholding YOUR end of the bargain.." He slightly flinched at the look in her eyes. "I'll drop kick you to the far side of this town. Although I suspect it'll take some effort on my part." Aria sighed a bit and shook her head before looking him the eyes once more. "I'll admit I find it hard to imagine you teaching anyone.. So in exchange for my being quiet I'll help you train Izzy." With that she readjusted the bags and proceeded to leave. "I'll be bringing food for the training. That way you can concentrate on teaching him properly. Maybe." She called over her shoulder.
"Have we met before?" The question made her stop in her tracks. Aria felt she should be angry at the question but.. Those wounds of his.. The young woman was just surprised to see him alive after receiving that last blow.. "You seriously can't remember me?" She responded back to th question not even bothering to turn around. "I knew it. But I, sadly, can't recall from where..." The hero started but she cut him off, not in the mood to recall old memories, "It's fine if you don't remember me. I'm just glad your alive. Can't repay my debt to a deadman." With that she quickly teleported away as fast as she could not caring that he yelped in shock and tried to call after her.
Flashback
She could hear nothing but the screams and the cries of pain as the little girl slowly walked, body refusing to go faster. What...happened.. Try as she might she couldn't recall how she got into the dark, dank hallway, why her entire body ached and blood covered or why there were people screaming for help and those dying cries coming from all over yet nowhere at once.. The last thing the girl recalled was...someone dragging her kicking and screaming to some machine and then...blank. Nothing. The little girl continued to walk until she came upon three people, two down and one holding his side, bleeding profusely. That man...he looked vaguely familiar... That hair.. Was he.. "All...Might?"
End Flashback
The young woman shook her head to clear it from the memory. Aria still carried the guilt from being unable to save his friend.. Even though the man himself had helped free her and the others from the cells and that cursed machine.. She prayed she would never again see it. Or the monsters that had tortured her for a month and a half until her powers were forced awake.. And the scars on her arms to prove it actually happened.. One only good thing came from that and that was the ability to heal. After speaking to All Might proved her suspicions; he had no recollection of just how bad his wounds were and just how close he was to dying.
After walking upon him he passed out and though she did her best.. It appeared her power didn't completely heal him.. Damnit.. She sighed and shook her head. Now wasn't the time to dwell on the past. Right now, her job was to figure out how to train Izuku when and if he received the hero's power. Highly doubt that guy (All Might) knew how to teach. Train? Possible. Teach? Not a chance. He was too..what was the word...idiot? Dumb? Laid Back? Whatever the word there was no way it was gonna help.
Two days later at six am
Aria doubled checked the bag to make sure she had everything and tried to think. The bandages were in the front pouch, the protein bars and such in the other part. She got the drinks and other cold stuff in the cooler. 'Guess I didn't forget anything after all.' She mused to herself before she readjusted herself on the step and turned to watch the..well...sad sight of the curly haired boy's attempt at pulling the fridge to the trailer.
"This fridge makes quite the comfy perch! A little movement would make it even nicer though!" All Might called down from on top of the fridge to the boy as he struggled to pull. Says the man who's got the weight on a scrawny kid. "Come on.. All Might, you're 274 kilos alone.." Izzy weakly protested even as the older man replied, "Nah, I've lost some weight. I'm just 255 kilos. In this form anyway." "Twenty kilos lost... What's the difference still a fatso compared to Izzy.." Aria said as she got out a book and started to read.
"F..fatso?! I'm pure muscle!" Might cried out in protest. "Again compared to the scrawny guy you're working with? Yup." "S..so harsh Aria.." Izzy said turning to look up at his friend. He almost died of shock when she appeared at the exact same time as the two guys when they arrived at the beach.
He thought for sure he was dead when Aria admitted point blank that she knew what was up and was there to monitor how things went. Izuku was practically in tears trying to tell his favorite hero he hadn't told her anything. But..just how or for that matter, when did Aria find out?
Argh..he'll have to worry about that later. Right now he had to stay focus but.. "Hey, why am I dragging this garbage across the beach anyway..?" Izzy inquired. All Might whipped out his cell phone and took pictures like crazy. "Because! You're an ill-suited vessel! Like she said!" Might answered with a laugh. Not her exact words but whatever. They had to build up the boy's muscles first. Aria giggled when Izzy spouted tears and cried out in shock. "What?! But you said I was worthy, earlier!" He cried out.
All Might jumped down and continued to take pictures even as the younger make wailed. "Your body. I mean your body. Ain't ready." The hero explained. "Could have told him that sooner. Jeesh." Aria said not even bothering to look up from her book. "So harsh, young lady." Might said before he continued to talk. "My quirk, all for one, binds the physical strength of many people into one! Your limp noodle body isn't ready for it. Your limbs would pop right off!" "My limbs!" Izuku cried out at whatever mental imagine they were picturing.
It would have been funny but the young woman was pretty sure she already was throwing the two off by merely being there. Izzy sat up and looked between the garbage and the hero. "Ok. So.. I'm here to train my body.. By hauling trash?" The curly haired boy asked/inquired. "Yup. First it's close by and more importantly it's private to where you two can train without anyone harassing you or finding out a certain secret. So hence, the beach and volunteer work." Aria explained.
"Not quite exactly but yes! That's not all!" The large man (All Might was in his muscle form at the moment still) tapped his hand on another fridge nearby. "I did some research yesterday. This beach.. Well, this one section has been like this for years." "Yeah.. Somethjng about the currents. Lots of stuff drifts ashore. And people also dump their garbage here. Even though they shouldn't.." Izzy informed All might.
Quite true and nobody around the area bothers to come or care about the beach even though it was a very nice section. The two watched the large man put his hand on top of the fridge and in an instant smashed it all the way down until it was completely flat. "The young heros today inky want fame and glory. (She twitched at that.) but being a hero is all about volunteer work! (Yeah, in theory and in dreams. The reason heros only care about civilians was because they relied on them to stay in the business. Unpopular heros usually bellied up quick if the public didn't care for them.) No matter how unglamorous! Never forget that.. Let's bring back this beautiful ocean view! This is the first step on becoming a hero!"
"What a load of crap.." She muttered quietly to herself and sighed deeply. "My first step is...cleaning up?! All this..?!" Izzy exclaimed..though she couldn't tell if it was from dismay, disbelief or shock. Most likely all three. "Kid. Midoriya. You want to get into u.a., right?!" That brought Izzy back to earth. "Yeah?! Yeah! Because you went to u.a., all might!" He clenched his fist in excitement. "If I can.. I definitely want to go to u.a...!" "You blind fan!" All might almost sounded like he was disgusted but continued to speak, "Like I said before.. It's not possible for someone who's quirkless. It's sad but true. That's reality."
"Not to mention u.a.'s hero course is the toughest there is so.." Izuku started as he slowly rose up from the ground and clenched both fists in determination. "I've got ten months before the entrance exam.. I've gotta mold my body into a suitable vessel by then..!" With that said the hero whipped out a small stack of papers and thumped it with a knuckle. "That's what this is for! My self designed pass the test American Dream plan! A training regimen to help you two clean up the garbage and then some! You guys can chart your entire lifestyle with this!"
That statement got her attention right quick. "Hold it, hero. What do you mean "you two"? I never signed up for your training." Aria said putting her book aside and stared at the large man as he walked over to give HER some papers. "Yup! You're gonna go to u.a. too yes?! So you need my.." "I don't need your help. I'm perfectly capable of getting in." She cut off him rather coldly and looked at him in the eyes. All Might blinked a bit. Man, the young lady could unnerve people with a stare like that.
And speaking in such a cold matter! "A..aria...you don't have to be like that. Besides, he's just trying to help." Izzy said, causing her to sigh and looked at her in slight confusion. Why was the young lady acting like that for? This was a first for him...seeing Aria showing such hostility toward the larger male.. The greatest hero to boot. Was she always carrying suck an attitude?
"I'm here only to keep an eye on you two. I don't trust your training." Aria stated simply."H..hey! We just started! Give me a chance at least!" All might cried out on dismay. "I am. I'm just not gonna use this training. So thank you but no thank you." Actually..now that the topic of Aria came up.. "What quirk did you get Aria? Last time I heard you didn't have any.." The curly haired boy started to ask when the large man cut him off with, "It's not teleportation? That would be a rare quirk to have! And valuable to boot! Ah wait. She did mention she didn't have a quirk. Isn't that a contradiction?"
The young woman sighed deeply as she watched the two debate on her "quirk". It wouldn't hurt to tell them half the truth. It would only be fair since she learned a very good secret and she wasn't even a part of the bargain. "All right, all right. Settle down you two." The two males stopped and turned to look at her. What a great opportunity..with their backs turned she quietly levitated a couple of big objects. "To answer any questions I'll be blunt. I don't have any type of quirk. At all."
"Eh?! B..b..but you can't get into u.a. without something! I mean.. Well.." Izzy started, quite aware he didn't have quite the room to talk, as the hero spoke up, "Isn't that a contradiction? I saw you high up in the air then appear behind." Nnnn how to give them an answer without revealing too much? This was gonna be tricky.. "Although I don't have a quirk I do have powers. I can levitate, teleport and I guess the only way to say this is create, just to name a few." All might stared at her even as that sent Izzy into a tizzy. "Now you're being contradicting. It's impossible to have all that, let alone without a quirk. All who are born have just one quirk at birth. It's impossible to have more."
An uneasy feeling went down their backs when she smiled a cat like smile and looked up when the young woman pointed up. She let out a laugh at their shocked expressions as they stared at the floating objects and laughed even harder when she brought out a few swords. Swords were her favorite weapon to summon. Especially in a fight. "H..h...how is that possible?!" "That's impossible!" The two went and nearly jumped outta their skin when she dropped the heavy objects. She vanished the swords before the weapons landed. "Before you can ask why or how.. That I can't tell you."
"say what?! Explain yourself!" The hero demanded and blinked at her blank expression. "I can't. That's all I can tell you. It's all I dare to. I think it's only fair to let you know a couple of my secrets since I know a VERY important one from you two. And no, lose the "she could be dangerous " thought, hero. If I was, I wouldn't have given a good chunk of my hand. I've got my reasons for keeping this quiet and I'd like you to respect that. Please." The two stared at her, both dying to know more but judging from her eyes that was all they were gonna get from her.
"Anyway... Shouldn't you be more concerned about his training? After all, you got ten months to pull all this off?" Aria inquired after a few long minutes of silence. "Ah! That's right!" Izzy exclaimed quickly looking at his training papers and blinked. "You even planned how much sleep I get.." All Might turned his attention back to his ward, temporarily putting aside his questions for the girl. "To be frank, this'll be super tough. Can you do it?!" The large man asked him and wasn't surprised at all at his response, "Well, yeah...! I know I have to work way harder than anyone else to make it!"
And with that said...so began his ten months of pure hell. Aria found it amusing as she watched student and teacher work. Man, that was a lot of stuff he had to carry.. Aria looked up at the sky, wondering if telling them was the right thing. Especially telling and showing an active hero who could piece together what she actually was or worse...think she was lying about her intentions. No matter. The young woman had to prove she wasn't gonna spill the biggest secret ever. At the very least they each had something on the other..so no worries about either getting out.
At school
Aria felt so sorry for Izuku, who looked completely dead on his feet as he sat at his desk. From her spot even she could hear his nonsense muttering from over there. Knowing him he must be trying to plan something else to help him along.. Which made her worry about what he could do. She had seen his plan he had gotten from the hero. From what she could it fit him perfectly. All might had the young woman on that.
Although...Izzy really needed to stop muttering...he was starting to attract, not to mention disturb, the other students and had gotten the teacher's attention. The teacher gave him a bonk on the head and a warning bout paying more attention. A couple of students talked amount themselves about how he still thought about getting into u.a. but quickly stopped when they glanced her way and quickly turned back to the teacher.
Guess she made them nervous hm? Whatever. Not that Aria cared very much. She stole a quick glance towards Katsuki, who strangely was being quiet for once. Whatever happened at the mud guy incident must have made an impression on him. Normally he'd quick to argue about now.. ?! Aria blushed a bit and quickly looked away when the blonde boy caught her looking his way. How embarrassing! Hopefully he didn't get the wrong impression!
Izuku, who was coming out of his rambling, looked over and noticed the young woman blushing a bit and noticed Kacchan looking her way. A pang went through his heart for a moment. What was up with that? Actually...what was up with her powers? He had never heard of having any type of power without a quirk let alone multiple ones.. Much as he wanted to ask he already knew how stubborn Aria could be.
Like what really happened when the time she vanished for a couple months when they were younger or why nobody would let them come see her while she was in the hospital.. Or why she's giving him the feeling she's hiding things from him? Like her powers? Or why she couldn't tell him... Did Aria think he'd be upset? Mad? To be honest Izuku was kinda jealous but..for some reason.. He had the feeling her powers weren't wanted.. The curly haired boy repressed a sigh. So many things happening at once...he didn't even know how much he could actually process.
Maybe...Aria timed it that way..? While he and All might were busy with training she told them another important secret and knew there wouldn't be any time to inquire? Whatever there reason..he felt it was important. And..maybe it was his imagination...but...did Aria...hate heros?
After school he began his training hell all over again. Aria actually was quite helpful with the training. Suggesting alternative routines that produced similar results but went quite well with the rest of the training. Rain or shine the training continued. Though..one summer day when he was doing laps in the ocean with All Might on shore surrounded by girls. Aria walked over and chased them off and have him quite the scalding.
Everything was going well until one fall day.
Aria watched as she rode her bike with the boy running. Jeesh. She knew it was pure hell but man.. That poor guy hadn't had a break even once. She suspected he was doing more than what he should have been doing it but couldn't catch him.. Then glanced up at the hero who was riding one of those electric scooter things..whatever..she didn't keep up with technology..drove on. She had to hand it to him. He was actually doing a decent job at the training.. ?! A thud got her attention and quickly whipped her head toward the curly haired boy and to her shock saw him on the ground wheezing hard.
"Izuku?!" Aria quickly got off her bike and rushed over to check on him. Nothing wrong from what she could tell.. He had collapsed from pure exhaustion. "Hey, hey! What's wrong?! Only three more month! You're not gonna make it! You wanna quit? Wanna take a break today?!" "Are you gonna make?p it? You're coughing up blood again." He (all might) suddenly noticed the kid's condition.
Writers note
Hey guys! Hope the first chapter turned out alright. Been a fan of this series writer and got inspired by him. Now before anyone can start to say what's with the writing style PLEASE NOTE that I'm using an IPad and can't do much except try to make it easier to read so PLEASE keep that in mind before anyone starts bitching. Believe me I'm trying and so the smaller paragraphs seem to be easier. Hopefully. If anyone is interested I've got some other stories I'm working on though some on hold cause I'm redoing them but feel free to read. Thank you for the support and please enjoy the story.