Hey guys, JMA here with my first romance centered fic: Black And Green. Constructive criticism is key here to find any mistakes I may have made so hope you enjoy and please review

Recommendation: The All Bets Are Off series by Selphie800. For those of us who prefer High School AUs, here a Final Fantasy X one. Trust me, this is a good one.

He failed.

That's all Midoriya Izuku can think about as he sits on one of the benches in a park near U.A Academy, the high school where he attempted to enter through the Entrance Exam. Key word being attempted. He didn't manage to get even one point. What would All Might think? He trained Izuku for the past ten months and he wasted that training. Is it possible for All Might to take back One For All?

All those questions and more filled Izuku's mind but there is one thing he is absolutely sure about: he doesn't regret saving the nice girl from the Zero Pointer. He stands up, ready to go home and just rest, today has been an exhausting day after all--

BOOM!

What was that?! An explosion?! Before he knew it, he starts running towards the site of the explosion like a true Hero fanboy. Once there, he finds a blond man wearing a speaker around his neck and some punk rock suit fighting a villian with buldging muscles wearing a grey tank top and matching pants. Wait, only one hero is blond and has a speaker in his uniform. Oh my gosh, it's Present Mic in actual combat! Yes, he already saw the man earlier today, but that doesn't matter to him. Midoriya Izuku is just that big of a fan of heroes. Good thing too, because this is just the thing to get him out of his funk for a while. He runs towards the battle to get a closer look, not really caring about the danger. Meanwhile...

Yamada Hizashi

Hizashi was having a good day. He got to witness the next generation of heroes, he basically had the rest of the day off, and he's going to the karaoke with Shota and the others later. Shota always says no so it took a lot to get him to agree in the first place. Luckily, his adorable niece stepped in and 'helped' him convince Shota. Then this happened.

A guy just started rampaging with his Quirk, a Quirk which allows him to telekinetically control things. Luckily he was nearby-- dodging another block of cement from the telekinetic villian, he refocuses on the fight instead of his bad day. He's currently struggling to get close. At first he thought: yeah, this would be easy, but then the villian got knocked in a pile of rubble and ever since then, he's been dominating the fight. Dominating simply because he can't get close enough to subdue him due to the rubble Hizashi inadvertendly gave him as ammo. Not to mention the floating rubble orbiting around him. How did this guy get that powerful anyway. Things could have been a lot worse, had he not been nearby, and even then, this guy got in some good hits. And that was before he got all that ammo for his Quirk.

If he doesn't end this soon, things might actually get far worse than the explosion of a empty building. That would've been the case, if not for the rubble that was usually floating around suddenly falling back down to the ground. Has he reached his limit? Probably not, based on his confusion. Oh well, he's not going to waste a good opportunity. Rushing in to get close enough to do a Sonic Scream, the guy tries to run away only to get stopped by a white capture tape. Ah, that explains his Quirk stopping. Shota's here, and just in time too. Taking a breath, he lets loose a loud "YEAAAAHH.", resulting in a massive sonic wave that hurts the villian due to his inability to cover his ears, actually making his ears bleed. That outta put him down. Turning to Shota, aka Eraserhead, he makes sure that Shota doesn't use this as an excuse to bail out on tonight.

Aizawa Shota

Shota was havng a bad day. First he saw a brat that can't control his power, based on the injuries he sustained from destroying the Zero Pointer, then Hizashi and his niece, Shita, conspired to get me outside my home when he just wanted to sleep his day off away, and now, after dealing with a villian with Hizashi's help, Hizashi is approaching him, irritating grin plastered on his face. He's probably coming to make sure he shows up. And he was just about to use this villian as an excuse too.

"Hey Eraserhead--" He called it. Nice of him to call him by his hero name, but it would be irrational to allow him to spew unnecessary things. Securely wrapping the villian iin his capture tape, he interrupts Hizashi.

"Yes, I'm still going, even though I don't want to." Muttering that last part out, his attention is suddenly diverted by the sight of a nearby green haired brat muttering something. Unfortunately, in the world of heroes, it only takes one second of inattention for things to go wrong, a lesson Shota Aizawa is about to become reacquainted with. Suddenly, a massive slab of concrete is shot at them. Shota's reflexes allows him to avoid the slab while maintaining his hold on the villian. Unfortunately, he notices the villian still smiling in the direction the slab went. He can't turn away in case something happens again, however, Hizashi takes a look for him.

"Shit!" That's not good. "It's gonna hit a civilian and I can't stop it!" No... If Hizashi can't stop it... Knocking out the captured villian with a well placed kick, he takes a good look and is horrified at what he sees. The civilian is... Shita? Time slows down for him as he leaps to save her even though he knows he won't make it in time. At times like this he wishes his Quirk could enhance his speed. Not by much, just enough to save the ones he couldn't save, and Shita is going to add herself to that list.

That would have happened, if not for a green blur speeding past the slab of concrete, narrowly avoiding it and crashing into the nearby cafe where this mess started. And this happens to be one of the times where Aizawa Shota hoped. Then he heard an agonising scream and ran to the cafe.

Izuku

An excuriciating pain within his legs is the first thing he feels after the adrenaline fades and he lets the world know about it with a scream to the heavens. A dim thought in his mind reminds him that this is the second time today he felt this pain, only this time, there's no Recovery Girl to heal him this time around. 'Sleep Izuku,' A traitorous thought in his mind tells him, 'you've done enough for today. Rest.' And to his shame, he's actually considering it. He then does the mental version of shaking his head. 'No! I still need to check on her. She might still be injured.' He lifts his head towards the girl lying on top of him amidst the broken table he landed on.

"Are you ok? Can you move?" She looks up at him and he meets one of the most beautiful pair of eyes he has ever seen. Coal black eyes reflecting confusion stare back at him. He reluctantly tears his eyes away from hers and checks on her condition. Other than a few scrapes from going through a building which he took the majority of anyway, she's relatively okay. In fact, in his eyes, she's really pretty. A fair skinned face covered partially by beautiful raven hair. If he died right now, he'd be content.

'A pretty girl's on top of me!' Yep, that's pretty much the thought process of Midoriya Izuku at this moment, luckily he's saved from further embarrasment by her squirming.

"Yes I'm fine! Now let go of me!" Or not. He is also eloquently reminded that he is still holding her. As usual, his thought process is, 'I was holding a pretty girl.' His embarrasment finally kicks in as he lets go of her.

"Y-Yes, I'm- GAAAHHHH." Poor Midoriya, he's reminded of his broken legs when the pretty girl, in her squirming, accidently hits his legs, causing him to be fully reminded of the pain and the traitorous thoughts to faint. Luckily, despite her anger, the pretty girl is actually generous.

"Hey, you need any help?" Not trusting his voice, he nods and she puts his arm around her shoulder and her arm around his midsection, carrying him out.

"Don't think I'm helping you out of my own free will. I just owe you for saving me and now we're even." He nods, confused. All he thought about was saving her. That's what drove him to use One For All even though he knew it would've broken his legs. It was the only way to save her and he'd do it again. That's what a hero does.

"What's going on here?" An agitated voice coming from outside speaks and the man being the source of the voice coming into view. For some reason, the man's attention was only on the pretty girl, ignoring Izuku completely and that's fine. She's the one who was almost crushed after all, he just broke his legs. That was, until he took in the man's appearance. A scruffy man wearing a black jumpsuit with a tape like scarf and yellow googles-- Wait, googles?! Isn't that...

"E-Eraserhead!" He turns his attention to Izuku, turning from a worried expression to angry almost instantly.

"I've seen you in the Entrance Exam. What is your name?" How did he see-- "Are you deaf? I asked you what your name is."

"M-Midoriya Izuku." He's clearly angry, but why? What is he angry at?

"Midoriya, do you intend to become incapacitated and have someone else save you?"

"That's not my intention--" He was interrupted from his defence by Eraserhead's cutting words.

"Whatever your intention, I'm saying that's what those around you will be forced to have to do, like her. There was a hero who suddenly appeared with that same reckless valour you possess. You are not him. From what I can tell, you cannot handle your Quirk's power and your limbs break. Midoriya Izuku, with your power, you can't become a Hero." And there it is, the rejection of his dream: to be a Hero. This time around, with that big failure at the Entrance Exam, Izuku is actually starting to believe it. But just before Eraserhead's words could sink in...

"You can become a hero."

With the words from All Might that time, even if it was in a flashback, Izuku's doubts have been silenced, and what remains is the fierce determination that shone in his emerald green eyes. "Eraserhead, many people before you have told me that and honestly speaking, if I listened to them, then I would not have been there to save her." The widening of his eyes tells Izuku that his words got to him. "So I choose, not to listen to

"If you truly believe that, Midoriya, then make good on your words. Prove me wrong and get that Quirk of yours under control."

"Y-Yes sir."

"Present Mic," Wait, Present Mic was here and Izuku didn't notice? That's a hero for you. "get him to Recovery Girl." And in the end, he is handed off from the pretty girl to Present Mic and went full Otaku, rapidly firing questions about his work all the way to Recovery Girl, which distracted him from asking a pretty important question.

What is Eraserhead's connection to U.A?

Shota

"Was that necessary, Uncle?"

Shota sighs. He knew she was going to ask that question. Straight to the point, just like him in that respect. He decides to tell her the truth. "I was planning to tell him that when he showed up to my class." Ignoring her gasp, he continues. "He was mostly likely to pass from his performance in the Entrance Exam and given to me, so I was going to lecture him on his Quirk. This isn't my classroom however, so I was able to give him a direction." Satisfied with her silence, he walks on, Shita following, but not before speaking her curiousity.

"Midoriya Izuku, huh..."

Turning to her, he notices her reddening cheeks before she turns away and sighs. Looks like he'll be seeing a lot more of Midoriya than he bargained for. She knows he saw that so she'll probably try to deflect.

"Oh, by the way, you're still going to karaoke."

Just like that.

End of Chapter 1

And done. Another chapter off my list of things to do. Did anyone seem too OOC? If so, I apologise for it. This is my first romance writing ever, nevermind a romance centered fic so I'm gonna struggle. Hope you enjoyed anyway and please review. Time for my shameless promotion of my other fics.

Other fics by JMA:

Naruto Uzumaki: Ninja Gamer - A GamerNaruto! fic where Naruto obtained the Gamer fic, along with some secrets about himself. How will this affect the Elemental Nations?

The Impact Gamer - A Gamer fic set during the days of Minato and Co.'s childhood, with an OC Uzumaki cousin of Kushina added to spice things up.

JMA out