All Might looked around the sparsely furnished apartment, even without many possessions the room still felt cramped. The large hero turned to the person he came all the way across the country to meet. "Now Young Midoriya, I am sure you would like to get to the heart of the matter," All Might guessed.
Izuku nodded in agreement, he had homework to do and dinner to prepare. "Oh wait, I'm going to Kacchan's tonight," Izuku mused as the hero in front of him prattled on.
"And that is why I have been sent here to guide you to a special test," All Might boasted.
Bakugo noticed that his friend had spaced out again and slapped him upside the head with an explosion. "Oi, Deku, you weren't paying attention were you," he snarled at his green haired friend.
"Huh, what sorry, I guess I got lost in my own thoughts," Izuku nervously chuckled.
All Might slumped. "Kids these days just don't listen to their elders anymore," he thought to himself. "I'll say it again then," All Might sighed. "The UA principal received a strange mock exam result, and after a little digging determined that you had turned in a test that sent up a flag in the system for manual examination," All Might explained.
"Okay, I guess that makes sense, I didn't even know I was taking the UA mock exam," Midoriya nodded. "My principal switched mine out on me and I didn't notice."
"That might do it," All Might rubbed his chin. "Never the less, the result was a passing grade, which alone isn't enough to cause an alert in the system it was this," All Might held out a copy of Izuku's test sheet.
"Why I can't be a hero," Izuku mouthed out.
"Nezu was, concerned, about this answer," All Might said. "Had it been most anyone else, nothing would have come of it, but you are not like anyone else are you?"
Midoriya looked at the floor. "No, I'm not, I'm a killer," he shrugged, being forced to recall all the death and destruction he had caused.
"No Young Midoriya, you are a child," the blond man rested his large hand on Izuku's shuddering shoulder. "A lost child, one who had an unforeseen accident and is beating himself up over it."
"So WHAT?" Izuku snarled, shooting a deadly glare at All Might. "I killed all those people, they died, my neighbors, dead, the nice man at the corner store down the block that had discounted ice cream in the summer, dead, the family of cats that lived in the park, dead. My parents, dead, I did that, me, all because I'm awful," Izuku roared as tears streamed down his cheeks.
"I should beat myself up over it, I don't deserve to be a hero," Izuku screamed, as Bakugo took a step back as the flames surged from Izuku's body. "I lost control and people died because of it."
All Might who never took his hand from the distressed child's shoulder, even as his suit burned. "Just like you are doing now?" he said firmly. Izuku blinked and noticed that he had set himself ablaze and burning everything around him, he hiccuped as he forced the flames to die down.
"I, I'm sorry, I can't," Izuku sniffled. All Might rubbed Izuku's shoulder, the boys tears turning to steam at his high body temperature.
"Yes Young Midoriya, you can," All Might interrupted. "I believe that you can become a hero, you just someone to help guide you, if you would like, I could be that someone," the pro-hero offered. "I know all too well about the struggle to control devastating power, the difference between us is that I had people around me who helped me," All Might looked at the apartment that seemed barely lived it. "You have closed yourself off."
"Why, why me though," Izuku rubbed his nose. "Why should I get a second chance?"
"It's not a second chance," All Might shook his head. "You never even got a first chance, so please, let me help you."
"I, I don't know," Izuku mumbled, before suddenly being blasted by a fire extinguisher.
"Oi, fucker, don't set me on fire just because you're having a pity party," Bakugo shouted as he reentered the room wielding the red metal canister, the nozzle aimed at his friend. "You spend your time keeping this city safe because you think it's your duty to atone for your past mistake," Bakugo said as he set the extinguisher down next to the door frame. "That's retarded, you're retarded. Those people died because of an accident, it could have happened to you, me or anyone else with a strong quirk that wasn't ready for it. You didn't kill those people, dumbass," Katsuki grabbed his friend's collar.
"So get your shit together, put on your big boy pants and take All Might's offer, because if I go to UA on my own, there's not going to be anyone there who could challenge me," Katsuki shoved his friend down.
"That's a selfish reason to go Kacchan," Izuku mumbled.
Katsuki raised his voice. "So fucking what, who the fuck decided that you weren't allowed to be selfish sometimes, huh," he shouted at Izuku. "You can't always spend your time trying to right the wrongs, that's in the past, so you have an option, keep fighting petty thugs, or actually use your quirk to save people, because that's the only way you're going to feel better."
"But," Izuku tried to protest.
"I will blast you with the extinguisher again if you try and make up some excuse, take his deal," Katsuki said as his hand twitched over to the canister.
"Fine," Izuku sighed as he slumped his shoulders. He looked up to All Might. "What do I need to do?" he asked.
"Oh god this is horrific bullshit," he mentally shouted as he dragged a refrigerator across the sand while All Might sat on top of it.
All Might hummed as he swung his leg's back and forth. "Hurry up Midoriya, this beach isn't going to clear itself," he taunted his protege, waving his hands at the crowd that had formed to watch their local celebrity and the Number One hero train.
The flashing of cameras as people to photos of Izuku pulling the hero and appliance across the sand to the bed of a dump truck. Izuku groaned as he heard chatter. "You know this is going to be national news, right," he informed his teacher.
"Well, I would have preferred a more, secluded area," All Might admitted. "But, with how well known you are in the area, it's just easier for people to know what's going on."
The green haired teen huffed as he hefted the appliance into the vehicle. "I could probably clear this entire beach in a few minutes if I incinerated everything here," he grumbled as he took a swig from his water bottle before spitting out the nasty taste in his mouth.
"We, and by that I mean everyone, already know of your skill with your quirk," All Might joked as he pulled up a video of Izuku battling some gang of plant villains who thought that the pyrokinetic kid was the perfect 'hero' to cut their teeth on. "This is to make sure you're body is up to the same standards, the recommendation slot I am giving you is not a joke, I can't have my reputation tarnished by a substandard candidate," All Might proudly said.
"No, that happened when you decided to wear that ridiculous outfit," Izuku pointed at the All Might themed tracksuit the hero was wearing. "You're wearing your own merchandise."
"It's comfortable," All Might defended himself. "Plus, I look great, in it," he flexed a bit.
"It looks like you're wearing a pajama version of your hero outfit," Izuku teased.
"No that would be this," All Might said loudly as he pulled out a pair of official All Might pajamas, from somewhere.
"Those aren't even your size," Izuku rolled his eyes.
All Might laughed. "I know, they are yours," a mad gleam shone in the heroes eyes.
Izuku took a step back. "Oh no, no you don't," Izuku shook his head as All Might advanced on him holding the pajama. "There is no way you're getting me in those, I won't," he paused his rant, then looked down. He was wearing the pajamas. "You son of a," Izuku whispered as he realized the hero used his incredible speed to change his clothes without him noticing.
"Nuh uh, Young Midoriya," All Might waggled his finger. "If you waste time changing, you'll never, eep," All Might said as he ducked a fireball.
"Someone call Endeavor, because he's gonna become the new Number One after I turn All Might into flambe," Izuku shouted as he tossed more fire at the retreating hero. The mix of Izuku fans, All Might fans, reporters and general lookie loos had a laugh as they watched the fire quirk user chase around the number one, who was dodging the flames shot his way.
Bakugo poked a near comatose Izuku. "Hey if you die, can I have your video games," he teased as his friend could only groan. Almost everyone in the school, possibly the country, was aware that Izuku had begun training for UA with All Might, for a chance at his recommendation, so they understood that the regimen that the Number One had put their classmate on was brutal, to put it kindly.
"If I die, I'm taking you with me," Izuku grumbled as he swatted at Bakugo's position. Too exhausted to put up much resistance. The green haired boy rolled his head to the side. "So what's your training schedule like?" he asked his rival.
"Oh, going to the gym, sitting in the sauna," Bakugo smirked. "Relaxing under the summer sun to maximize my sweat. It's sooooo, difficult, I had to get a lawn chair and drink refreshing lemonade," the blonde teased. His training began after he built up a good sweat, then it was constant activity, but the warm up portion was really something special.
"I hate you," Izuku growled. "You are the worst human being to ever live," Izuku complained.
"Just think it'll all be worth it, once we meet up at UA," Bakugo patted him on the back as he dozed off again during lunch.
Izuku's training had gained a large following on social media, pictures posted almost daily, with shots of him cleaning the beach and returning it to it's pristine glory. Finally after nearly ten grueling months, he had done it. With a ferocious roar Izuku let loose a pillar of flame, standing on the top of the last trash pile that he had loaded into the bed of the dump truck.
"Oh… my… GOODNESS," All Might shouted triumphantly. "Excellent work Young Midoriya," All Might praised his pupil. "You even went further beyond, very Plus Ultra of you," the pro-hero said as he walked up to a shirtless and sweaty Izuku. The blonde fished out his phone from his pocket. Izuku turning to stare at his trainer when the bright flash of the camera app, this early in the morning nearly blinding him.
"And uploaded," All Might smirked. He actually ran the most popular of what was being called the, Musutafu Midoriya Montage fan page, a small snippet of the internet that followed Izuku's training schedule and his efforts to clean the beach. A shirtless, sweaty, muscly Young Midoriya was certain to get tons of likes and shares. "Excellent work, now I'm sure you are wondering why I never had you go to a gym, well how is that pride in knowing that you not only trained your body but helped your local community as well?"
Izuku was taking deep breaths of air, he looked up at the smiling man and smiled back. "Pretty good actually," he admitted. "It was tough, but this was something someone with out a quirk could have done, just to help out others and isn't that the spirit of being a hero?" Izuku said.
"Couldn't have said it better myself," All Might agreed. "And upload," he thought as he put Midoriya's response up on the page for others to see. "Well there's no use standing around, we have a recommendation test for you to take," All Might clapped Izuku on the shoulder.
Author's Notes: After a fun (horrible) few days in the wonderful city (shithole) that is Tucson. I have returned. Traffic sucks, I don't even want to know how someone got their car on the concrete divider that separates the lanes, but fuck that dude for adding a an hour to my travel time.
Liltey504: I can update Revival of Goku, but this should have been said over there, not here.
Annihilator225: I have not decided on the hero name for him yet, I was considering Kagutsuchi, since that japanese fire god killed his mother, but that might be a bit grim. The naming will happen later and after I put some thought into it.
for those wondering if there is a pairing, I was considering IzuMomo, but I do that so much and wasn't sure if I wanted to do that again, she's just so adorable and easy to write though. :/
