"You are worthy to inherit my power!" All Might told Izuku.
"This isn't the weirdest thing that's happened today...," Izuku commented.
Izuku had been having a fairly normal day, get up, go for a run, come back, do strength training, shower, eat, teleport to school, try to avoid Kaachan, and go home and hope to see some heroes on the way.
The last one had gone amazingly, but the two before that were utter failures. Well, he would probably survive the rest of the trip home, but his day hadn't been very predictable so far, so why would it start now?
Let's start from the beginning.
Ten years had passed since his quirk developed, and his quirk and body had gotten significantly stronger. He had even managed to protect people from Kaachan without being beaten into the ground recently. He had joined a dojo that taught general martial arts and adapted it for use with his quirk. He had also taken up a grueling training routine that he would perform after waking up and before sleeping.
During class, the teacher had told the students he had some papers to pass out.
"These will help determine what you want to be when you grow up," the teacher explained before throwing the pages in the air, "But their all useless, because you all want to be heroes, don't you?!"
"No, I actually wanna be a vet," one girl spoke up.
"I wanna be a programmer," the boy next to her commented.
"Oh… well, the papers were still useless," the teacher defended, "And no using your quirks in class!" he shouted at the rest of the class, all of whom had started showing off their quirks.
"Don't lump me in with these losers!" Bakugo shouted as he hopped onto his desk, " I'm going to be the number one hero, while these extras will be lucky to survive high school!"
Good luck surviving it yourself, jackass.
"Oh yeah, Midoriya, you wanted to go to U.A. to, didn't you?" the teacher asked, unknowingly setting a walking bomb factory on his teleporting student. Or maybe he did it knowingly. I'm not omniscient, I just control the story.
"Deku, you're worse than the rest of the rejects!" Bakugo shouted at his "friend", ignoring the fact that Deku had beaten him multiple times off screen. That's one goal failed. Oh well, he failed that one almost every other day.
"Actually, I've gotten a lot better with my quirk over the past ten years, and I think that if I just try my hardest I can-" Izuku started before being interrupted.
"Ha! Don't make me laugh! No matter what you do, your quirk will never be useful in a fight! You'll never be useful!" Bakugo shouted.
"Bakugo, please sit back down," the teacher demanded. It wasn't very effective, but at least he tried.
"I'm going to crush you if you go to the entrance exams!" Bakugo warned before sitting down and waiting for class to end.
The bell rang and everyone started leaving class.
Izuku was reading about a villain attack that had taken place that morning when a hand reached out and plucked his notebook off of his desk.
"'Hero Analysis For The Future'? What future?" Bakugo mocked as he blew up the notebook and tossed it out of the window.
"All pro heroes have an origin story, and the best always stood out from the start," Bakugo claimed, "When I'm the only one from this hell hole to get into U.A., people will see that I stand out from the start too!" Bakugo finished before walking out of the class with his followers behind him.
Izuku walked out next and made a small detour to retrieve his notebook before continuing on his way home. Halfway there, however, he ran into a small problem. There was a sewage monster trying to kill him. The only problem was that Izuku wouldn't stand still, he kept disappearing and reappearing, and it was making the villain dizzy. Eventually, the villain passed out, and then All Might made his appearance.
"Fear not citizen! For I am here!" he shouted before realizing that the villain was already defeated. He must have a powerful quirk, All Might thought as he emptied the bottle of Coke he had with him to use as a container for the villain.
"All Might!" Izuku shouted in excitement as he bowed and held out his journal, "Please sign this!"
"Of course, anything for a fan!" All Might responded cheerfully as he signed the notebook. Wow, these notes are shockingly detailed, I wonder if it has anything about me. All Might wondered as he flipped through it, looking for a page to sign on. Eventually, he found a page about himself and decided to sign the drawing in the corner. While he signed it, he also read the notes. Some specific details popped out at him, shocking him with his accuracy.
All Might appears less and punches slightly weaker as time goes on:
Time limit and strength inversely proportional to age? No, would cause Super Baby
Secret Family? Doesn't account for deteriorating strength
Transformation quirk, requires more energy to keep active for a longer time? Possible
Quirks:
Mutation makes him super strong? Not seen in public outside hero work, must have another form
Super Strength? Doesn't explain near invulnerability
Transformation into buff form? Possible
Strength, attitude, and fighting style similar to The Hopeful Hero: Nana
Admires her? Doesn't explain the similar quirk
He's her son? Possible
Well, this is a bit too accurate for comfort, All Might thought as he finished signing the picture and handed the book back to the unsuspecting teen.
"Well, those are some impressive notes there, the theories aren't quite right though," All Might informed the boy, hoping to keep his quirk and condition a secret, "I'm afraid the time and weakness are just age!" Izuku would have been convinced if All Might hadn't suddenly started smoking and transformed into an emaciated version of himself. I spent too much time reading!
"I was right?!" Izuku shouted before covering his mouth.
"Yeah, you got the quirk mostly right," All Might admitted as blood briefly gushed from his mouth before he finished scooping the villain into the bottle. "Ignore that, it's normal."
"So, you need lots of energy to keep your transformation?" Izuku questioned as he got a pencil out and prepared to take notes.
"Yeah, but my quirk also gives me enough energy to keep the transformation for a long time, the time limit is from this wound," All Might explained as he lifted his shirt to show his scar. "I'm half my respiratory system and my entire stomach.."
"Who was powerful enough to do that?" Izuku questioned.
"A villain I fought five years ago, the fight was never made public, so don't try to look it up. And don't tell anyone about this either, if villains knew I was getting weaker, they would have a field day," All Might said.
"Of course! Well, I have to go home, thanks for the signature All Might," Izuku excused himself before resuming his walk home.
He was nice, now time to get this villain to the police! All Might thought before transforming into his buff form and taking off into the sky. Except he forgot he had reached his limit, so as soon as he was in the air he transformed back into his normal form. The villain's bottle fell out of his pocket, which was too baggy in his smaller form.
"You were shockingly civil to Midoriya today, you didn't tell him to kill himself or anything!" the extra with long fingers commented.
"If I did that and the nerd listened to me, there would have been no way I would have gotten into U.A.! I need a perfect record!" Katsuki shouted at the person. Fingers? Or maybe that was his quirk. Whatever that's his name now.
"Do you want a cigarette?" wings asked.
"What did I just say about getting into U.A.?" Katsuki shouted at his second follower as he blew up the drink he was holding.
"Sorry," Wings muttered as he started smoking.
"Tch, whatever," Bakugo said as he turned around and kicked a bottle. The bottle exploded and released a sewage monster.
"What a powerful quirk you have, with you I might be able to beat All Might!" the villain shouted before wrapping himself around Bakugo and steering him into a more populated area.
"Crap, crap, crap, crap! Where did that bottle go?" All Might muttered to himself as he ran around looking for the aforementioned bottle. Suddenly, an explosion went off a few streets down from him. "That might be it!" All Might muttered before running towards the explosion. When he arrived, he realized that his time limit was still spent and he couldn't help.
Izuku was walking home when he saw an explosion. "A villain fight? That should be fun to watch," Izuku said to himself as he took a detour to go see what was going on.
When he arrived at the scene, Izuku saw the villain from earlier surrounded by heroes who were each dealing with a different problem. Backdraft was dealing with the fire, Death Arms was lifting rubble to get people out, and Kumai Woods was pulling people out of the way of people's attacks.
"None of us have the quirks to beat him, we'll have to wait for someone better to come along!" Death Arms shouted as he lifted another ceiling off of a civilian.
Izuku could only watch in horror. If I hadn't distracted All Might, would the villain have gotten free? Is this my fault?
"I think there's a kid in there," the person in front of Izuku commented to the person next to him.
Izuku saw Kaachan's head in the sludge and couldn't stand still any longer and ran forward to help. As he got closer to the villain, he threw his backpack into the villain's eye. This distracted the villain long enough for Izuku to pull Kaachan part way out of the villain.
"No you don't!" the villain shouted as he sent a tendril to attack Izuku. What he didn't expect was for Izuku to suddenly vanish and reappear closer to him. Oh, right, teleportation, the villain thought, annoyed, as Izuku punched his other eye. The villain lost his grip on Kaachan and Kaachan and Izuku fell to the ground.
Before the slime villain could grab the again, a sudden force splattered him against the building behind him. All Might had found the remaining strength to temporarily turn back into his hero form.
"Fear not, I am here!" All Might shouted as it started to rain. He also quickly recollected the villain into another spare bottle he had and gave it to a police officer that was standing nearby.
The heroes publicly scolded Izuku for getting involved, secretly praised him for helping them, made sure Kaachan wasn't dead, and then left. The press, Izuku, and Kaachan all left soon after.
"Hey, I didn't need your help! I had him right where I wanted him!" Bakugo shouted as he ran up to Izuku a few minutes later.
Izuku didn't get a chance to say anything as Bakugo turned around and walked away immediately after speaking. So, Izuku decided to continue on his way home.
"I am here!" Izuku heard a minute later as All Might rounded a corner and stopped in front of him.
"All Might? How did you escape the press? I'm sorry for distracting you earlier if it wasn't for me the villain probably wouldn't have gotten away and-" Izuku started before being interrupted.
"Don't worry about it kid, and the press was no problem for me because I am All Mi-" All Might started before being interrupted by a stream of blood coming out of his mouth as he transformed back into his civilian form. "Anyway, I came to make you an offer. Do you want my quirk?"
"What?" Izuku questioned.
"Well, I told you earlier that you got my quirk mostly right, right? Well, my quirk is a bit more complicated than what you think it is. My quirk is one that is passed down from generation to generation, getting stronger as it does. As you already know, I'm getting weaker, so I need a successor, and you are worthy to inherit my power!" All Might explained.
"This isn't the weirdest thing that's happened today...," Izuku commented, "I accept!"
Izuku had been having a fairly normal day, get up, go for a run, come back, do strength training, shower, eat, teleport to school, try to avoid Kaachan, and go home and hope to see some heroes on the way.
The last one had gone amazingly, but the two before that were utter failures. Well, he would probably survive the rest of the trip home, but his day hadn't been very predictable so far, so why would it start now?
Let's start from the beginning.
Actually, let's not do that.
So, this chapter came out pretty soon after the last one, but not all chapters will be like this. The frequency will fluctuate as I get more or less free time and we reach parts of the story that are harder or easier to write.
Having Izuku find out about All Might's secrets is really hard if he's too confident to grab onto his hero's leg and beg him to answer his question.
So, I actually have a question for you guys, what do you think of the narrator commenting on the story some times? He won't be an active participant, and he won't affect the story, but he will continue to inject some humor if you guys like it.
Anyway, just leave whatever criticism, questions, comments, or praise in a review. Thanks for reading!