Blink.
Suddenly, Izuku stood right before the slimy villain, clawing at it's body to try to free Bakugo from the aggressor's clutches. He fought vainly at the surface, but couldn't even scratch its' skin.
The villain's eyes widened in surprise, obviously hadn't seen him approach "What? Sneaky brat!" He smirked the best that he could, considering that he consisted of only lips "Regardless, I'll take your quirk as well!"
Izuku let out a squeamish squeak and only scratched harder, frantically trying to free his childhood friend. Even in his perilous situation, Bakugo somehow managed to beg for help, and refuse it at the same time.
Bakugo glared at the green haired boy, and stated "Deku?! What the hell are you doing here, you idiot!"
Despite how serious the circumstances were, Izuku paused to look the closest thing to a friend in the eyes.
"You looked like you needed help… how could I refuse?" He said evenly, before going back into his frantic state.
After watching and experiencing many hero fights, Izuku's eyes could barely track could a large figure as it blasted past him and into the aggressor. Blowing away the slimy villain into tiny pieces, before collecting it in the soda bottles like All Might did previously. Thankfully, by holding onto both him and Bakugo, they didn't get blown away by the awe inspiring wind that was a repercussion of All Might's punch.
"I really am pathetic," All Might's eye gleamed, as steam drifted off of him, showing how strained he was holding this form. This was one of the only times he had ever been stressed to hold this form, considering he hadn't thought it was possible for more than a second.
"To criticise you about not being able to be a hero? Then not follow my own guidelines? How hypocritical!" All Might gave his booming laughter.
"All Might... I thought you couldn't... You know..." Izuku kept his voice down, so Bakugo couldn't hear him. Not that he could, considering he was still trying to catch his breath...
All Might huffed in a tired way "Normally, no, but… Hero's put their lives on the line for others all the time, right?"
"Now fan boy… Do me a favor and uh… Put some clothes on before the media gets here, ok?"
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Midoriya was beet red while walking home, embarrassed to show even his head in public. Normally the event wouldn't have garnered so much attention, but because All Might had been involved, it drew more media sources than normal. Making it, for some news companies, their main headline. Unfortunately, since they had no name for him, he became "green haired boy." Thankfully, they only had footage before he arrived.
He sighed as he passed a large screen playing the footage again, with reporters interviewing All Might and an uncooperative Bakugo. Midoriya had no clue how they even convinced Katsuki to even appear on screen, let alone answer questions. If you didn't know him, you'd think he was just shocked after what had happened, but Izuku knew that he was just frustrated that he couldn't save himself.
Due to his musing, he hadn't expected All Might to suddenly turn to face him from around the corner.
"All Might?!" Yelled the shocked Izuku
"Fear not! For I am he- " The legendary hero spat blood out, transforming to his weaker version.
"Wha… what...y- Why are you here? All Might?" Izuku responded
All Might took a second to turn to him, turning down his charisma down to look serious as he turned to Midoriya.
"I came here to thank you." The skeletal figure looked him in the eyes. "I apologize for not coming sooner. The media can be a struggle to escape sometimes. I never did thank you for reminding me of what a hero is."
"No…" Izuku avoided eye contact. "I should be apologizing. I took your time up when I held on like a useless, good for nothing fanboy." his eyes darkened
Izuku wiped his left eye, and then his right. His huffed as he realized his idol was apologizing to him when it really should've been the other way around. Wasn't it because of him that All Might dropped the bottles and released the villain? If All Might couldn't have actually transformed, could Bakugo be dead by now? What if it went on a rampage with Bakugo's powers, and killed the pro heroes? Or worse, the observers?
All Might just stared as he watched the kid in front of him create a new art. "NONSENSE!" All Might laughed in his creepy way. "Despite my apologies, that is not the only reason I am here."
Izuku raised his eyebrow "W-why else would you be here?" Izuku questioned.
Ignoring what he just said, All Might continued. "Before becoming Pro heroes, most tell a story, and they all share the same thing," he started. "Their legs moved before they could think, and put themselves before others."
"That, young child, is what a hero is about." He chuckled. He waited for a second for that to sink in. "As a fanboy, you should know about how mysterious I keep my quirk? Because, there is no way that a quirk as power as mine isn't natural born, right?" He smirked, letting his theatrics overwhelm the green haired kid.
"NO! My power was a torch, passed onto me by my predecessor! One for All, strength beyond imagination!" the boney man smirked, putting his hands out like he was giving Izuku his power.
You said you were quirkless? Despite this limitation, I can help you become a hero!"
At this point, the boy was in tears, and had a lost look in his eyes, "wha…?"
-x-x-x-
Izuku didn't know how to feel about All Might's power. Before he knew its' secret, he had actually assumed it was just a permanent strength increase, like how some people can't change their appearance due to their quirks, like a leopard person or rock-human hybrid. It made sense that it was a transformation technique, because then he would probably be seen at local supermarkets, rather than exclusively at fight scenes.
He still felt giddy after knowing he had All Might's contact information. He would never give it out, without his permission, of course. It felt strange, to feel close to your idol, and yet know only a little more about him than others. He still wasn't sure why the two faced man had found him a suitable successor. It didn't matter, considering he was going to do his best regardless. There must have been a reason why All Might hadn't given it immediately. Maybe the process took months? It was only 10 months before the U.A. exams...
But he still felt bad about lying to All Might, considering all that he's done for him. He wasn't completely sure if All Might had saw him when he went to fight the villain. If he had, then would he still assume that… Midoriya shook his head at the thought.
Apparently, his part of the story was only told by some of the pro-heroes, who were undoubtedly flustered that he had decided to forgo most of his clothing to fight. He still went red at the thought. Fortunately, since there was no footage, people couldn't recognize him, but at the same time, how many "green haired boys" were there?
That was two days ago. The day after the event, yesterday, he had a run-in with Bakugo. Surprisingly, he was only sort-of mad. He had tears, an obvious sign of feeling humiliated that his alias was now 'slime victim.' He ranted about how Izuku didn't owe him anything, yatta yatta. Izuku wasn't the type of person to hold something like that against him, anyway. Izuku made his way out to the beach since All Might had asked him to meet him there at 6 A.M.
His thoughts were interrupted when he heard All Might's booming laughter greet him. "Young Midoriya! Glad you didn't chicken out on me!" He turned back into his skinnier, more depressed version. "Now, if you want to inherit my power, you must first train your body." He scoffed at the pathetic sight of the skinny boy. "At your current strength, One for All would just blow your limbs off."
"My WHAT?!" Izuku cried hysterically.
"Never mind that, for we will be training your body to be conditioned to not only use my power but to master it. This will take years, but eventually," he reformed into his strengthened form, and walked over to a broken down car, "you will be able to wield my power, and master it." he said while crushing the car down.
All Might spat out blood while changing back into his true form. "It must be nice, finally getting a quirk of your own," he questioned him, carefully prodding for an answer.
"About that…" Izuku carefully responded, "I think I should tell you," he looked up into All Might's eyes, catching him off guard. "This won't be my first quirk," he said with perfect seriousness.
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And that's about it for today! Sorry, I want to try for longer chapters, but I felt like I needed to tell you before I drew out the 'mystery' for too long. I won't reveal anything in this chapter, but Izuku's quirk is going to be an interesting one, at least in my opinion. The way I am presenting it is going to make it hard for it to not be overpowered, like really hard.
I am sorry for any weird character moments or OOC things, I try to stay as close to canon character (if any of what I put in here would affect how they are.)
If people think that Izuku would become less of a shy, tame nerd because he owns a quirk, keep in mind that his mom also has a quirk, and acts almost identically.
If I make a ship, I will keep it light, unless I decide otherwise, later. No yaoi. There is too much of that in this particular subsection of FF, anyway.
PS: I have another chapter almost finished after publishing this one, but keep in mind that it won't come out for a couple of days due to trying to write ahead so if I can't write, I'll have some chapters in reserve. School is starting soon for me anyway
Criticisms welcome
-MLY