Prologue
"Hey! Hey!"
Izuku managed to half-open his eyes. Someone was slapping him on the cheeks trying to bring him round. The boy gave a faint cough and made an attempt to move.
"You are alive, thanks God!" His savior thundered in a deep low voice.
Izuku completely recovered himself. After looking attentively at the man who was leaning, caringly, over him, he yelled and sprung back.
"You are a jumpy one", the tall hunk stated. His hair was yellowish blond with two quite long strands, sticking upwards just above his forehead in a most ridiculous manner. "My apologies, I ran out of breath and…"
Izuku could hardly hear what the man was saying. He was trembling, overwhelmed with admiration, awe, delirious happiness, and shock.
"All Might! In the flesh… right in front of me". And with a thought like that Izuku's mind burst all out into a spree of joy. "This is nothing like watching him recorded".
"Thanks, with your assistance I was able to apprehend him". All Might thrust a beverage-labeled plastic bottle, filled with some kind of a dirty green sludge, under Izuku's nose and turned away, ready to leave.
"W-wait! Aut-tograph!" Izuku cried, instantly coming to his senses, and started to franticly look around in search of his notebook. It was lying around, all dusty and covered with burns and damp stains, having been set on fire and thrown out the window by a classmate of Izuku's. He flipped open the notebook and shrieked, unable to extinguish yet another seizure of joy. A large signature of All Might was shining in the center spread.
"Thank you so much, sir!" Springing to his feet, Izuku started taking bows like a psycho. "I'll treasure it as if it was my family heirloom".
All Might's smile got even wider, despite that being physically impossible.
"Well… It is departure time for me. I have a villain to hand over to the authorities. See ya!" He said and turned around.
"Already going?" Izuku sounded out in confusion. "Could you stay a bit longer?"
"We, professionals, must fight not only evil, but time, as well" All Might responded, squatting down. "Keep cheering… for me-e-e!" The last words dashed into the sky along with All Might.
Izuku hesitated just for a moment. He jumped as high as he could but only managed to scratch the bottoms of All Might's shoes rocketing away.
A strong blast of air tossed a handful of sakura petals and sand into Izuku's face. Coughing, he rubbed his sore watery eyes and reared his head. The great hero's silhouette was rapidly getting smaller until it was completely out of sight.