Hello! This is just a little story about what if All Might had a biological child who came to live with him and follow her dream to become a hero . Please note that this story will contain spoilers from the manga and anime! The story line and character details will follow the My Hero Academia storyline, with a few twists and turns and my own little interpretations on a few things . So please enjoy! Disclaimer: I do not own my Hero Academia or any of the characters except Minami Callahan.
All Might squinted at his phone, the bright rays from the sun obscuring his vision slightly, questioning whether he was reading the headline to the news story correctly that was flashing across the screen. Briefly behind him he could hear Izuku grunting with effort to drag a filing cabinet across the sand.
"Massive EF-5 Tornado Tears Through Rural Town of Chickasaw, Oklahoma"
Anxiety gripped what remained of his stomach and he hurriedly scrolled through the article, taking in the photographs of the devastation that had rolled through the center of the town. Continuing to scroll through the article, he paused on the attached video of the local news interview with a young girl who had been at the scene. The video was frozen on her face, paused in mid sentence. His thumb flicked the play button.
"We're here at State Street and Main reporting live as rescue crews continue their heroic efforts!" the news reporter stated with her heavy southern accent and flashed her veneers at the camera with a big smile. She turned quickly and heavily placed her hand on the shoulder of a small blonde haired blue eyed girl behind her, who seemingly wasn't expecting the contact and jumped a bit; feeling startled. Behind the girl, the scene seemed to match her mood. Rubble everywhere with trees stripped bare of their bark and branches. Survivors were picking through debris along with rescue crews. Multiple ambulance sirens were going off in the distance. All Might grimaced at the scene.
The camera focused in now on the girl. All Might could already see the anxiety embedded in her dilated pupils; dirt mixed with some blood smeared across her forehead, cheek, and under her nose. There was a superficial cut along her hairline that looked particularly painful. She was young; too young to be by herself at a scene like that. All Might scoffed in pity for the poor thing, clearly being taken off guard by the insistence of the press. It was clear the press's main goal was to get good ratings by preying upon this young girl who was clearly still in shock.
"Hello darlin', you mind telling us your name and commenting on what you saw when the twister hit?" The news reporter flashed her pearly whites again and all but shoved a microphone into the girl's face. The girl took a step back, not seeming to appreciate the intrusion on her space.
"ummm…" her eyes shifted from the obnoxious woman standing in front of her to the camera crew closing in with bright lights in her face.
"Don't be shy darlin'! Tell everyone your name and what you saw" the reporter all but demanded.
"my..my name is Minami Callahan. I was at the ice rink when the tornado came through…" she said quietly, squinting a bit into the bright lights of the camera.
"Well, what was it like?! What were you doing when the tornado came through?" the reporter asked her almost too excitedly.
The young girl wrinkled her nose at the reporter in irritation; All Might snorted softly in amusement at the sight.
"Well, it was loud and windy, I guess. I was at ice skating practice when the tornado came through-"
"She was helping me when the tornado came through!" a small, high pitched voice interrupted the blonde girl. The camera panned a bit lower and saw the smiling face of a young brown haired girl who couldn't have been more than 8 years old, clearly enjoying the attention she was receiving by the news crew. She was wearing a now tattered and muddy ice skating costume, seeming to be a younger ice skating student.
"Oh! How brave" the reported made an exaggerated shocked expression at the camera and turned back to the taller blonde girl, the camera following the reporter's movements. "Your mother must be so proud of you!" the reporter crooned.
All Might could see a small flinch on the girl's face at the comment. She quickly recovered and responded.
"I wouldn't know mam, she's been dead for 10 years now."
An awkward silence passed for several seconds. The reporter then seemed to remember where she was at once more.
"Oh darlin', I'm so sorry. I'm sure your mama is watching over you as an angel in heaven! I'm sure this is why you're still here with us today!" the reporter replied hastily, trying to cover up her faux-pas. "Can you tell us your mama's name? I'm sure the old folks out there watching this report would be curious to know of your kin…"
The girl nodded her head and replied softly "her name was Faith Callahan, mam."
All Might's eyes bugged out of his head at the name and he felt blood pool into his mouth at the revelation. He coughed loudly, pulling out a napkin from his pocket to wipe the blood off his mouth and chin, trying to catch his breath again.
Holy shit, did I just hear that right? All Might thought, slightly panicked.
"All Might?" A young voice questioned behind him. All Might turned from where he was perched on a discarded table, and saw the concerned face of Izuku, who had seemingly accomplished dragging the large filing cabinet to the truck for disposal and had been on his way back to retrieve more trash.
"Are you ok All Might?" All Might, still coughing and dabbing at his mouth, waived the boy's concerns away with his free hand. Izuku reached down to pick up the cell phone that had been dropped into the sand, and placed it back in the thin man's hand. All Might looked back at his phone and saw the video had finished up and had returned to its previous frozen state; with the blond haired blue eyed girl centered on the video's screen again.
"Yeah kid I'm fine, was just caught off guard about something..." He flashed a smile at the boy to reassure him. Izuku, accepting his response, smiled back at him. Curious now, he craned his neck over All Might's shoulder to try to see what had startled his mentor so.
"What were you watching All Might? Was it a villain report?" All Might placed his large hand over Izuku's face playfully and pushed back.
"Stop being so noisy kid!" All Might chuckled, "Remember, 10 months will be over before you know it! Now hop to it and keep clearing out all this trash!" a blush spread across Izuku's cheeks and he giggled nervously at being called out for trying to snoop on his phone. Saluting All Might, he responded,
"Yes sir!" Izuku flashed a goofy grin and ran off in the other direction to drag more garbage away. All Might watched him go, allowing his smile to drop from his face as Izuku faded from his sight. Finally over the initial shock, he rubbed his hand over his face in irritation, and allowed his mind to wander.
That girl, she's the daughter of Faith? It's been so long since we've even talked, at least 13 years. But, Faith is dead now? All Might's heart clenched at the thought, He always believed that maybe she had met someone else, settled down and had a family. Jesus, do I have a kid? Should I reach out to her? How would I even do that? All Might glanced down at his phone, staring at the frozen face of the girl. He scoured her features for any physical similarities. From what he could tell from the bad quality of the video, she may have some of his coloration.
I need to meet with Tsukauchi, see if he can help. All Might decided to himself. He began texting Naomasa Tsukauchi.
Hey, something has come up that I need to talk to you about. Meet me at the Oren Café tonight at 9pm. It's important.
Within seconds, several periods appeared under his message signaling a response was on its way.
Yeah, sounds good, I'll see you there.
With the confirmation of the meeting, All Might pocketed his phone into his green cargo pants and sighed. This whole issue will just have to wait til tonight..
His eyes scanned the beach looking for Izuku, and spotted him dragging a small love seat; his face beat red with the effort of his work. All Might began walking towards him
"Put your back into it squirt! We don't have all day!" He encouraged. Izuku looked and nodded determinedly.
Later that evening, All Might stared into his cup of coffee, trying to analyze the situation presented to him, still a bit in shock. He felt like he was in his own world, with the hustle and bustle of activity around him in the café that was full of young and older people alike. Suddenly, the chair in front of him was moving backwards and it snapped him out of his reverie. He looked up and saw Naomasa settling down into it, looking at him with a smirk on his face.
"So, where's the fire at? " He joked with All Might. All Might returned his joke with a stone faced stare.
"I'll just cut to the chase," All Might sighed with his eyes pinched shut, rubbing the bridge of his nose with his thumb and index finger in a stressed manner, "I think I may have a love child in the U.S. I came across an article about a natural disaster that happened in Oklahoma, and found a news video of this girl. She's the daughter of a woman I was in love with, years ago." All Might slid his phone across the table with the video open on the article once more. Tsukauchi's smirk fell off his face, morphing into one of shock as he took the phone and pressed play on the video.
"The girl says her mom is Faith Callahan… She and I were together briefly during one of my tours in the U.S. for hero work. We ended it when I had to return to Japan. It was too difficult trying to be in a relationship and be the number one hero, but we wanted to remain friends." All Might explained somberly as he thought of the past, missing Faith's sweet laugh and flowing brown hair.
All Might continued on as Naomasa watched the video, his eyes shifting back and forth from the video and to All Might, multi-tasking. "Faith's home town was Chickasaw, Oklahoma. Last I heard from her she was living in Indiana near Indianapolis, doing some part time hero work. She was a healer you know, a damn good one; almost as good as Recovery Girl. Her quirk was life-force. She was able to give her life force to people to help their healing process. She would have made quite a team with Recovery Girl, had she decided to come back with me," All Might rubbed his chin as his eyes became glassy, his mind wandering into the past once more. "She had gone to Indiana to get away from her old man; he was a real bastard. Last I talked to her though was at least 13 years ago. I thought maybe she had settled down, had a family, you know, forgotten about me." He said sadly. "She never told me about having a kid."
Tsukauchi finished up the video and handed back the phone to All Might, a serious look on his face. He sighed and closed his eyes, shaking his head.
"I suppose it's possible that she's yours, but it's too hard to know for sure. I mean, we don't know how old this girl is, if the timelines match up. Maybe Faith had been with others too while she was with you as well?"
All Might glared daggers at Tsukauchi while he sipped his coffee. "Are you calling her a whore?"
Naomasa waived his hands at the suggestion, "no noooo!" he laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head, "I'm just spinballing ideas I guess, trying to come up with every likely scenario possible; it's just the cop in me."
All Might calmed a bit at the explanation, taking another drink of coffee he snorted "I feel like I need a beer right now, wish I could still drink." Tsukauchi laughed lowly.
"I know what you mean, not that you were a big drinker though anyways in your prime."
All Might barked out a laugh, "Well, I have a reputation to uphold."
Tsukauchi smirked, but his face grew serious once more at his next statement.
"If.. if this girl is yours, you know what this could do to your reputation, right? It would change everything. You won't be seen as wholesome and honest as before, rumors will spread. Not to mention what it will do to this girl. Her life will change overnight, she will instantly become a celebrity. The press will blow this entire thing up as completely scandalous-"
"Not if they don't know she's All Might's child." All Might said lowly, ensuring no one else would hear him. "She can be the child of Toshinori Yagi, and could live a life the way she wants to, without interference from the public."
Tsukauchi nodded at the statement, seeing where he was coming from as the public didn't know his real name.
"If you do this Toshinori-san, there's no turning back. I mean, what if you go there and find out she's not yours? It would have all been a waste. You'll have to do a DNA test to confirm it. I can look into some forensics labs in that area for you. But what if she doesn't want anything to do with you? Or doesn't want to take a DNA test?"
All Might set his mostly empty coffee mug back on the table determinedly. "Then at least Naomasa, I will have an answer. I never planned for a family, much less children, but if she is mine, I can't stand the thought of leaving her alone in this world. I want to at least know if she is mine, and if she is give her all the opportunities that were afforded to me. I have to do this, not just for me, but for the girl too."
Tsukauchi sighed, sitting back up straight in his chair after being hunched over the table, stretching his back a bit. "Then it's settled I suppose. But remember too, I'm assuming she's in custody of at least some extended family. This may turn into an ugly fight if they don't want to relinquish her to you; if she's yours, that is. I'm not sure if international law looks favorably on foreign fathers trying to take their children overseas."
All Might tightened his hand that was resting on the table into a fist at the thought of having this ordeal turn into a legal battle. "If that is what happens then so be it. It's not as if I can't afford the legal fees. But I will only do so if she wants to come with me. Besides, it's not as if I am totally foreign. I am technically a dual citizen of the United States and Japan, since my mother was a Caucasian American, and my father was Japanese. I just never grew up in the United States; never knew my mother. "
Tsukauchi nodded, and smiled a bit. The sound of harsh buzzing broke their amicable silence and Tsukauchi reached down to his belt to grab his police pager. "Looks like I'm being called back into the office." He stood up from the table, sighing.
"Wait, what I am supposed to do now?" Naomasa looked back at All Might and smiled.
"Guess you'll be buying a plane ticket to Oklahoma to go find your daughter, right papa?" All Might sputtered a laugh in response.
"Yeah, guess so." All Might laughed, feeling a bit better after having sorted through his thoughts and emotions on the entire situation.
Naomasa pushed the chair back in and looked back at All Might once more "Besides, we'll be in touch while you're out of town. I'm going to look into what paperwork is needed in case everything goes well." He gave All Might a thumbs up with a smile.
Watching Naomasa walk away, All Might smiled, feeling a bit more at peace with the situation, now having a game plan. Looking back at his phone, he began scrolling through plane ticket and hotel options, feeling nervous and excited all at once.