Chapter II - Izuku Midoriya: Origin Part II
Izuku's eyes fluttered open as the rays of sunlight hit them through his eyelids. Still not used to the pompous lifestyle the Yaoyorozus have been living, he was still quite surprised to wake up in a king-sized bed.
'It's been three years since that day, huh?" the green-haired boy thought to himself.
As he got up, his eyes began surveying the large room, and he was quite shocked to hear the sounds of someone else's breathing in the room.
To his somewhat pleasant surprise, he found the heiress of the Yaoyorozus snuggled up against his chest.
Izuku's cheeks flushed a bright red, for the situation had him completely surprised. Albeit being quite comfortable with Momo and her being in close proximity, he still wasn't used to her being so clingy, even though she did start showing even more affection towards him for the past few months.
'I wonder why she's here. I should probably wake her up,' the green-haired boy thought.
"Momo. Hey. Momo. Wake up. It's morning already," he said, while gently nudging her arm.
"Mmm, give me a few more minutes," she replied, half-asleep.
"Come on, we're gonna be late for school."
"Alright, fine," she sighed, slowly opening her eyes, which then averted their gaze to the teenage boy holding her close.
Her cheeks immediately flushed red, matching the color on the cheeks of Midoriya, who was still trying to completely grasp the situation. Even though it was quite the unexpected event, they always did find comfort in each other's touch, even if it wasn't in the romantic sense; not yet, at least. They were pretty much attracted to each other after all these years of living together, but they didn't want to turn the peaceful and wholesome atmosphere at home into an awkward one. For now, they were happy with what they were, even though both of them didn't assume that the other party would take a liking to them, which was unlike them, considering that they were both indeed very intelligent.
Izuku took a deep breath and then looked at the young lady he saved a few years back. Her rather well-endowed chest was pressing against his, which, while not entirely new to him, always had a different kind of sensation compared to her usual hugs and rare kisses on the cheek. As he stared into her eyes, their faces began to lean in closer than ever.
Their eyes began to close, but their lips never made contact, as they were both startled by the sound made by the doorknob as it turned.
"My my, getting a bit closer, now, are we?" teased Lady Yaoyorozu, getting quite the reactions from the two teenagers she was raising.
"D-don't be like that, Mom! I was just kinda cold last night, and I just kinda snuck in Izu's room," rebutted her daughter, flushing an even brighter shade of red.
'That explains her being here,' Izuku thought, mind finally clear of questions.
"Well, nothing beats the warmth the young man gives off, right? He does have quite the body, and if I'm guessing right, you're probably just making that up to get to hold him and those absolutely divine abs of his, right?" said the older Yaoyorozu, a wide grin evident on her face.
The two teenagers flushed even more at this comment, and caused them to quickly break the tight hold they had on each other, causing them both dismay.
"M-mom!"
"Relax, I'm just teasing you both. Now, come on down! Breakfast is ready!" she said in a cheery tone, satisfaction from teasing the two obvious in her voice. She closed the door behind her, and she went downstairs to be with the rest of the family.
Recovering from the teasing they've undergone at the hands of their parent, Izuku and Momo began to fix themselves up. They went downstairs dressed and fresh, ready to take on the day ahead of them. After finishing their breakfasts, they walked off to school, which, while it wasn't to their mother's liking, the elder Yaoyorozu found it quite hard to argue against the fact that it was great exercise, and a way to wake them up before classes would start.
The two went on with their day in a rather mundane manner, always reciting in class like they did, which resulted in them getting the ever increasing number of glares from their fellow students. As the last bell had rung, Izuku had fixed up his things rather quickly, which was to Momo's surprise, as he usually wasn't in a rush for these kind of things.
"Hey Izu, you planning on leaving me or something?" she said in a joking manner, but she had also said it with a somewhat large amount of insecurity in her tone.
He walked up to Momo and hugged her, which she gladly reciprocated, the reassuring gesture making her burdens feel a lot lighter.
"Why would I ever do that, dummy? Oh, and, tell the folks I'm going back to Shizuoka. It's been a while since I've visited my parents back there, anyway. And besides, school's already over! I'll be back soon enough!" he said with a hand on her shoulder, and she smiled at the boy with the hugest heart she'd ever seen.
"Alright, you should take care, yeah?" she said this with a smile on her face, but she had a bit of a worried tone.
"Will do. See you later!" he said, while quickly planting a kiss on her right cheek before he'd passed her. He looked back at her and waved, before finally going towards the train station.
She blushed at the sudden gesture, which ended up in her touching the cheek he'd kissed, remembering the joyous, but fleeting sensation.
'Dumbass, making me feel this way,' the black-haired girl thought with a smirk on her face as she continued her walk home. As she has gotten inside, she told her parents that Izuku would come home a bit later than usual, because he'd be visiting his biological parents. The family took note of this, and they had asked Momo about how her last day at school went, which the heiress had answered with every synonym of the word "uneventful", before leaving her to her own devices.
Finally reaching his destination, young Midoriya placed the bouquet of flowers by his biological parents' tomb and he uttered a silent prayer. He sighed upon finishing it, looking at his parents' names with a face of melancholy.
"Hey mom. Hey dad. I've been doing fine lately. The Yaoyorozus took me in and they gave me more reasons to go on. Heck, I even ended feeling something for Momo. Don't tell them that, though, it's not the right time. I'm going to keep going on my path to becoming a hero, okay? I won't give up. I'll protect everyone, and I'll make sure no one else suffers what you've gone through. I have a pretty nice quirk! It's kinda flashy, and strong, but it isn't even remotely related to you guys. I wonder why? But nonetheless, I'm going to use it for good. I'm going to become number one. For you guys."
Midoriya sighed as he long realized that his parents couldn't listen to him anymore. If someone was listening, maybe they'd think he was downright insane.
But he wasn't; he was just really, really sad.
He took an underpass back to the train station, which was one of the shortcuts he used way back when he lived in the area.
And then suddenly, his instincts he had from taking care of himself for years had kicked in, signaling him of a dangerous presence behind him.
As he looked black, he saw sludge beginning to form and take shape from the manhole cover he'd passed. As it finally finished taking shape, its eyes and a mouth began to show.
"A medium-sized invisibility cloak! And one with a rockin' body! Let me use your body to hide from that hero, kid! This'll only hurt a LOT!" growled the voice of the villain that was entirely made up of impenetrable, disgusting goo.
Izuku put himself in a battle stance, and began to analyze the villain in front of him.
'Nearly his entire body is made of slime, and it would probably make him nigh impervious to physical attacks. That puts me at a severe disadvantage, but maybe if I just-'
Izuku's train of thought was interrupted by the villain suddenly lunging at him at an unexpected speed. But unfortunately for the villain, Izuku had yet to be defeated in a bout of speed.
He dodged the villain's disgusting tendrils by jumping to the side by adjusting the speed his foot had exerted.
'After nearly three years of experimenting with my quirk, I discovered that I couldn't just move in bursts of speed, but that I could also adjust the speed my body parts would move in! Even though moving too fast would probably tire me out, I still have enough energy to generate enough air pressure to blow this sludge villain to bits!'
Izuku kept dodging the villain's attacks, but after a few more dodges, he saw that the moment was right. He charged up a lot of energy into his left leg, and spun mid-air before delivering a kick that generated a ton of air pressure that put the villain out of commission.
As he wondered what he was to do next, he heard the booming of a voice that was all too familiar.
"FEAR NOT YOUNG MAN, FOR I AM- OH, I SEE YOU'VE DEALT WITH THE VILLAIN BY YOURSELF! WELL DONE YOUNG MAN! YOU'D MAKE A FINE HERO ONE DAY!"
Izuku couldn't believe his eyes. His hero, the number one hero, was telling him he could be a hero? This was way too good to be true. But before he could forget, he pulled out one of his notebooks and asked All Might to sign it.
As the hulk of a man pulled out a pen out of his pocket and wrote his signature on two whole pages of the notebook, he looked at the bits of the villain that had exploded. Before the sludge could reform, he put the tendrils of sludge in soda bottles, which he secured in his pockets.
"Well, young man! Thank you for doing my job for me! I don't make rookie mistakes like this often, but the vacation probably got to me! HAHAHAHAHA! I MUST LEAVE NOW, YOUNG MAN!" said All Might, a tinge of worry behind his usual smile.
"S-sir, wait! I still have to ask you something!"
"What is it, young man?"
"C-can someone who's lost everything become a hero?"
The number one hero was taken aback by this question. A young boy like this, already awakened to the harsh realities of life? He surely had a lot of spirit in him to make it even farther.
"What is your name, young man?"
"I-Izuku Midoriya, sir."
"Now, young Midoriya, there is no such thing as losing it all! You will always have yourself with you, and there will always be someone there appreciating you. You should fight for them, because by having that kind of drive, you will strive to better yourself every day. I know you'll make it far as a hero, young man. I can see the fire in your eyes."
Tears welled up in the boy's eyes, but he fought them back. He couldn't simply break down in front of his idol, right?
Izuku looked up at the Symbol of Peace, his being flared up by a newfound determination.
"Thank you, All Might, sir! I won't let you down!"
"I know you won't! HAHAHAHA!" boomed All Might as he leapt away.
Unbeknownst to the young man, All Might didn't have that much time in his hero form left. As he leapt from building to building, he was completely shocked upon feeling the emptiness of his pockets.
'Shit, I dropped the villain! I can't let him get away, but I don't have that much time left!'
Smoke then began to flow out of his body, and after a few seconds, he had reverted to his skinny state. As if on cue, explosions went off on the far side of the city, which caused the lanky man to rush off immediately.
'I gotta find that villain before it's too late!'
Katsuki Bakugo wasn't exactly having the best day of his life. After his teacher had gone and put him in the same league as those extras, he spent the rest of the day extra pissed off. His lackeys offered for them to go to the arcade, to which he agreed to, for he didn't really have anything to do, and maybe smacking the sense into some of the moles in the Whack-A-Mole machine would help release his rage.
The "fun" was over quite quickly, and the three were left with nothing better to do. One of them suggested to go to an adult bar, but Katsuki shot this idea down. As the other kid began pulling a cigarette and lighter from his pocket, the ash blonde immediately glared at him.
"Oi, what did I say about doing shit that could ruin my chances of getting into U.A., huh? Can't you two do something relevant with your lives for once?" he hissed, popping off small explosions from his palms.
"Alright, alright, chill! No need to be so stuck-up, bro. Loosen up!" the fat kid replied, putting the tobacco and lighter back in his pocket.
"Tch," was the blonde's sole reply, turning his back on the two as he proceeded to walk out of the alley.
Suddenly, the three heard the sound of some bottles opening, and as they looked behind to see where the sound had come from, a body made out of goo smacked the two lackeys away. The sludge looked at Bakugo with its eyes, the explosive teenager seeing killing intent and cruelty in them.
"Another medium-sized invisibility cloak, and with a powerful quirk to boot! There's no use in resisting, boy! Let me use you to hide from that hero!"
"Get away from me, you sack of shit!" Bakugo snarled, firing off multiple explosions at his adversary. The sludge was immune to this, and it had begun enveloping the ash blonde.
Katsuki fought back enough to cause a commotion at the road, his explosions going off wild as he tried his best to get away from the villain's grip.
The pro heroes Death Arms, Kamui Woods, and Mt. Lady arrived after a while, but they weren't able to do much.
"I can't lay a finger on him!" said Death Arms, exhausted by his attempts to land a solid blow onto the villain.
"My quirk isn't exactly great here! I'd hurt myself before I'd get to do anything remotely helpful!" yelled Kamui Woods, trying to think of the best possible solution to capture the villain.
"Eeep! I can't get through here without causing major damage to the area!" said Mt. Lady, as her gigantic form couldn't make it in the one-way lane.
Izuku arrived at the scene, as he was as frantic as All Might when he saw the bottles drop from his pockets. As he saw the flames and explosions, he headed to where he could see them.
"Why is no one doing anything?" Izuku asked a random stranger.
"Well, looks like the heroes met their match, and the hostage's quirk makes it difficult for them to approach."
As he looked at the hostage of the villain, he saw familiar ash blonde hair, but he couldn't quite remember a specific person with that hair.
As their eyes met, he saw several mixed expressions within it. Pain, fear, hopelessness. And upon seeing this, as if on instinct, Izuku's feet sprang into action.
'Huh? Who's that? It can't be. I'm really gonna die, aren't I? I must be seeing things,' thought Bakugo, as he hadn't seen that messy kind of green hair since the Midoriyas got caught up in that terrible incident.
Ignoring the warnings and shouts of the pro heroes, he flung his backpack to the villain's eye. As the sludge was distracted, he once again sped up his leg to generate a lot of air pressure, and blew the villain to bits for the second time, but controlled the location of impact so that Bakugo wouldn't be hit by the kick.
As he caught the blonde bomber mid-air, he bursted back to the crowd, and brought him to safety.
Cheers erupted from the crowd, and the pro heroes couldn't help but grin at the heroic spirit and flashiness the boy showcased. People began to run around the boy, and they carried him on their shoulders, making the boy feel that his day couldn't get any better. As the crowd died down, he was mildly scolded by the pro heroes, and soon enough, they were praising him, and telling the green-haired boy to come in to their agency once he'd have his hero internship or when he would debut as a pro. Izuku was overwhelmed by the praises, and he eventually went on his way, speeding away from the press.
Bakugo was then swarmed by the pro heroes, praising him for his resilience and his powerful quirk. The press then got around him, desperate for a comment.
Unbeknownst to our green-haired protagonist, the lanky form of All Might was watching with the crowd, a hopeful thought on the number one hero's mind.
'That's it. He's the one.'
As Izuku rushed back to the train station, he once again found himself stammering in front of the number one hero, who had gone after him in his muscular form.
"I HAVE FOUND YOU, YOUNG MIDORIYA! I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU!"
Izuku once again trembled at the sight of his idol, unable to fathom that it was him, in the flesh, talking to him.
"A-All Might sir! What is it?"
"COME WITH ME! WE CANNOT LET THE PUBLIC HEAR THIS!"
As the boy followed the hero into an alley, smoke started to flow out of his body. Finally deflating, he was in front of his soon-to-be protégé in his skinny form.
The boy looked up at the skeleton of a man with a look that had both panic and confusion written all over it.
"Wha-what? Where is All Might? Were you an impostor? What do you want from me?" the boy nervously asked.
"Relax, young man. I'm still All Might, but my time's ran out. I was badly injured from a villain fight five years ago, and he destroyed nearly half my internal organs when he'd managed to hit me," said All Might, as he lifted up his shirt to show his injury to the young man.
This calmed Izuku, but also put him on edge. It was quite alarming to see the Symbol of Peace in such a sorry state.
"I can only work for about three to four hours each day, and this is where you come in," said All Might.
The young man looked at him with a puzzled look on his face.
"Young man, pro heroes all have something common happening to them even before they enter the hero course, or before they get their professional licenses. You ran into danger on instinct, correct?"
The boy nodded, to which All Might smiled at.
"Pro heroes, back in the day, had moved before even thinking about what could happen to them. All they thought about was the situation in front of them, and how they could save as many people as they could," said the number one hero.
Tears began to well up once more in Izuku's eyes, and his hero put a hand on his shoulder.
"Young man, I've said this before, and I'll say it again. You can be- no, scratch that, you will become a great hero. I deem you worthy of inheriting my power, and you are to become the next Symbol of Peace."
"Eh? I-inherit your power, sir?" Izuku asked with a face that was all too ready to ramble and mutter.
"Yes, inherit my power. Now, before you go stammering and wondering how, for now, I'll tell you that my quirk can be passed on, much like a sacred torch. It is called One-For-All," said All Might, power emanating from his hands.
"One-For-All," Izuku shuddered at the powerful sensation the name gave, and his eyes were once again filled with a fiery determination.
"Yes, Young Midoriya. Don't tell anybody about this, and I'll explain things tomorrow. Meet me at Dagobah Municipal Beach tomorrow morning. For now, you should get yourself home. Sound good?"
"Y-yes, sir!"
After they had parted ways, Izuku managed to get the last seat on the way back. As he reached home and opened the door with the key that's been given to him, he was met with the sight of Momo in her pajamas, sitting on the couch while watching TV.
"Hey, dummy," greeted Momo, drowsiness evident in her tone.
"Hey, I'm back! I'd tell you everything that's happened, but I'm really tired. Come on, scoot over," he said, sitting on the space beside her as she adjusted herself.
The night ended in the two cuddling on the somewhat huge sofa, and Momo's eyes were half shut. As she felt them closing on their own, the last thing she could remember was her green-haired hero planting another surprising kiss on her forehead.
"Good night, dumbass."
Izuku then fell asleep shortly afterwards, the light of the television bathing them with its white glow.
Hey guys, here's some fluff to end this chapter! Sorry it took a while for me to update, but school was kinda heavy this week. I made time for this chapter, and I hope you guys like it! Please RR!
Btw, suggestions for the name of his quirk would still be greatly appreciated. But do tell me if "Velocity" would sound good. Thanks, and everyone have a nice day!
Sprint on, ninja boys!