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I was standing in front of the person I admired most in the world, All Might. He was about to leave me on the roof, but… I wanted to ask him. The question that brought me so much pain and sorrow in my life, whose answer I feared most, but even so I… had to know. "Even if I don't have a quirk, can I become a hero?" I Had to know… "Can even someone without a quirk be like you?" I closed my eyes fearing his response.
"Without a quirk…?" He said contemplating the question. I then mustered up the courage to explain. "It might've been because I don't have a quirk, but I'm always being made fun of…" I said embarrassed. "Maybe that's why… I don't know…, but I think that saving people is super cool. Saving people with a fearless smile. I want to be the greatest hero, like you…!" I ended my speech no longer afraid of his answer. I raised my head with pride to face him, and then he deflated.
I faced a short man with messy hair,looking like just a skeleton surrounded by steam. I was in shock, confused as to where All Might had gone off to and who this new person was. "Wait, up until now…huh?! Fake? A fake?! You're so skinny!" This strange new person seemed irritated by this and said. "I am All Might…" "Ahhh!" I cried out in shock as he started to cough up blood, then I realized what he just said. My face turned blue not wanting to believe it.
"No way!" "You know how guys at the pool are constantly flexing and posturing? It's like that." He explained as he wiped away the blood. "No way…!" I cried out again confused as to what he meant, and still not wanting to believe it. "I-It can't be…All Might is fearless…He saves everyone with a smile…He's the greatest…" He sighed at that statement. "A fearless smile, huh?" He sat down irritated by something, meanwhile I was still trying to process what just happened.
"Now that you've seemed me like this, young man, make sure you don't write about this online, even accidentally." I stopped trying to think as he said that, he had my attention. I then staggered back in shock, disgust, and mostly fear at what he showed me. "It's an Injury I got from an enemy's attack five years ago. Half of my respiratory organs were destroyed, and I lost my whole stomach. I've become emaciated from repeated surgeries and the aftereffects. Right now, I can only work as a hero for about three hours a day."
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. "That can't be… Five years ago… Was that when you fought Toxic Chainsaw?" "you're well informed. But a punk like that couldn't defeat me. This fight was not made public to the world. I did everything I could to keep it under wraps. I will save people with a smile! The symbol of peace cannot be daunted by evil." He said while clenching his bony fist in the air. His expression then changed into a tired one. "I smile to show the pressure of heroes… and to trick the fear inside me." That word, fear, the feeling that controls my whole life. To hear All Might, the world's greatest hero, my idol, say he felt that same emotion, came as a bigger surprise than hearing his secret.
I couldn't believe what I was hearing, nor could I understand why he was telling me this. "If all those things are such big secrets, then…why tell them to me?" "For two reasons. One is because you've seen me like this, so I had to explain to keep you quiet." That made some sense. "And the other reason is… so you can see the dangers a hero, even one like me, faces. There are just some villains you can't defeat without a quirk." I realized what he meant. Even he didn't believe in me. "So, no I don't think you can become a hero." At that moment, I felt something die inside of me.
"If you want to help others then you can become a police officer. They often get teased cause villains get dropped off at their doorstep, but it's a fine profession." I felt like crying at that moment. I just wanted to be alone and cry, then he just had to keep rubbing salt in the wound. "Having dreams is fine kid. Just make sure they're realistic." He then got up left out the door into the building. I was furious by that point. He tells me I can't be a hero and that my dreams are unrealistic, the just leaves!? I wanted to let out all my anger on him for what he said…but I couldn't even do that. All I could do was lay down on that roof and cry.
A/N: There you go. My first story. Please review, I would love to hear your thoughts on the story. Also there will be no specific upload schedule right now because I will be moving soon. Thank you all for reading and I hope you enjoyed.