A/N – Well, the first chapter seems have been received better than I had any right to expect. Seriously, I am extremely grateful for all the reviews I received. So much so that I originally planned to wait a whole week before I would even start writing this chapter, but after seeing the positive reception this fanfic got, I felt like I had no other choice but to continue writing as soon as possible. Again, thank you so much for your reviews. Here's to you guys…

First Construct

"Izuku! Where have you been?!" Midoriya Inko exclaimed from the kitchen the moment her son walked into the house. "I've been worried sick about you!"

Quickly, the green haired boy put his arms behind his back to hide the objects he was carrying from his mother. "Sor… Sorry, Mom! I stopped by the beach and kind of lost track of time…" He hurriedly excused himself as he tried to make his way towards his bedroom while keeping his back facing away from his mother.

"Goodness… You should not make your mother worry so much about you. I was starting to fear something might have happened to you." Inko complained as she went back to the food she was cooking. "Apparently there was a big commission in the city earlier today. It seems that a villain had taken a kid from your school hostage… I was very scared wondering if you had been involved or caught in all the chaos." She revealed.

The middle schooler laughed nervously. "Again… Sorry…" He said as he decided that it would be best to keep his encounter with the sludge villain a secret from him mother, as well as everything that happened after that.

Finally, the anxious woman calmed down. "Very well… Dinner is almost ready." She announced before given her complete focus to the food.

Izuku quickly took the opening and dashed towards his room. Once inside and with the door closed, the freckled boy looked at the items in his possession.

In the boy's right hand, in his middle finger, was now the glowing green ring that Abin Sur had wore, while the boy's left hand carried an equally glowing green lantern.

After the violet alien's death, his ring had hovered in mid air as a voiced announced that Izuku had been chosen and was soon followed by a blinding flash of green light. When the light dissipated and the young man regained his eye sight, he found the ring already in his finger, while Abin Sur and his spaceship where nowhere to be found and, in their place, stood the glowing lantern.

The boy quickly picked up the green artifact and dashed home in case someone else had heard the alien's crash landing and decided to investigate.

Placing the lantern on his desk, the young man finally took the time to examine both items carefully. He noted the symbol on the ring vaguely resembled the lamp's shape and, whenever they brought the two closer, their glow would intensify. "He said that I would understand what these are someday… But really, I can't even begin to comprehend any of this…" He commented out loud.

Taking a closer look to the lantern, the Quirkless boy found something fascinating about its glow that compelled him to move nearer while he absentmindedly brought the ring forward. Suddenly, several words appeared in front of the young man's green eyes. "In brightest day… In blackest night… No evil shall escape my sight." He started to recite the words. "Let those who worship evil's might… Beware my power… Green Lantern's light."

A powerful explosion of green light went off in the room.

"Izuku, what are you doing in there?! Are you taking pictures?!" Inko's voice called out from outside.

The young man found himself sitting on the floor in the middle of his room, having been taking aback by the surge of energy from the lamp. "100% Power." A new voice announced.

At first, Izuku thought it has been the ring, since it had a similar echo-y feel as the one he heard back at the beach, but that voice had been deeper and booming, while this new one was noticeably softer and almost feminine. "Wa… Was it the lantern this time?" The middle schooler wondered.

"No. You were correct on your first hypothesis." The voiced responded.

The green haired boy jumped in surprise. "Who… Who are you?!" He questioned.

"I am the former navigator AI in charge of Lantern Abin Sur's personal ship." The voice revealed "Before his pacing, he integrated my neural matrix into his ring. However, the process had remained incomplete do to the Power Ring's low energy reserves and I could not be fully incorporated until it was fully charged." It explained. "You have my thanks, Lantern Midoriya."

Izuku continued to be as confused as he had been since the beginning of this entire event. "But… Why did he… Uh… Put you in the ring?" The young man decided to start from there.

"I believe it was for your benefit." The AI answered. "To my extensive knowledge, the habitants of this planets are unaware of the inner working of the Green Lantern Corps and, with the loss of the Corps governing and functioning body, you are left with no one to train you, Lantern Midoriya." The voice explained in a matter-of-factly voice. "That is why Lantern Abin Sur grafted me into the Power Ring. It is so that I can serve as your guide and prepare you for your duties as a Lantern."

The freckled boy was left blinking dumbly at the words from his ring. "What duties…?" He asked. "Actually, first, why do you keep calling me Lantern? What does that mean?" The middle schooler changed his question.

"Green Lanterns are an intergalactic peacekeeping force tasked with maintaining order in the known universe." The AI informed. "You were chosen as Abin Sur's successor by this Ring… Though given your current situation and the state of the Corps, I suggest you limit your jurisdiction to the local area…" It added and, for a second, Izuku could have sworn it was musing.

A pair of green eyes widened to their limit. "That's… Pretty heavy…" He simply commented.

"My database about this planet seems to be insufficient. Do you have access to your planet's collective reservoir of information, Lantern Midoriya?" The former navigator program requested.

The young man scratched the back of his head. "Reservoir?" He repeated. "You mean like internet?" Middle schooler wondered before turning to look at the laptop sitting on his desk.

Immediately a green light shot out of the ring in the boy's hand and moved up and down the computer as if scanning it. "Link with router established… Connection to modem achieved." The AI stated. "Commencing download of package in its entirety." It declared.

Izuku was left dumbfound yet again. "I hope this doesn't consume all of our bandwidth…" He nervously joked before sitting down on his bed and leaning back. Suddenly the weight of everything that had occurred on that day made the young man feel extremely tired.

"Download successful… Starting overview process…" The AI announced. "Discarding unimportant information… Discarding feline focused visual files… This might take some time." It added.

"Heh…" A short laugh escaped the green haired boy. Several minutes of silence passed by before the young man spoke again. "Hey… These Green Lanterns… They are kind of heroes, right?" He inquired.

"The Green Power Rings are often referred to as the most powerful weapons in the universe." The AI revealed. "It grants its user a vast array of abilities that many societies often mistake as Meta traits. Many races in the universe consider Green Lanterns to be superheroes, yes." The ring's voice answered.

Bringing his right hand up, Izuku stared at the ring for a full minute.

"Are you thinking of using the Power Ring to attend U.A. High School, Lantern Midoriya." The former navigation program asked.

Izuku scrambled to sit up. "How… How did you know?!" He questioned in surprise.

"From the information I download from your computer and the internet." The AI responded. "You wish to attend U.A.'s hero course but are hindered by your Quirkless condition." The voice stated.

A defeated sigh escaped the freckled boy.

"If you are considering using the Green Power Ring as a replacement for a Quirk, I estimate the probability of success will be approximately 94%." The AI added.

Green eyes widened again. "Really?!" The young man wondered excitedly. "But… Wouldn't use the Ring for something like that be… I don't know… Disrespectful?" He questioned.

"Negative." The ring's voice immediately responded. "As I stated before, you are in need of guidance. My task will be aided exponentially by the inclusion of the school's hero course. Having you enroll there would be a sound strategy."

At that moment, Izuku fell he could jump with joy for the rest of his life, but instead he simply sat down and smile as a couple of tears escaped his eyes. The idea of actually having a path he could take that would lead to U.A. was overwhelming.

"But first, you need to learn the basics on how to use the Green Power Ring, Lantern Midoriya." The AI cut in. "According to my database, you have less than one of this planet's years to get ready for U.A.'s entrance exam."

Izuku nodded. "Ok. I'm counting on you!" The Quirkless boy stated.

"I will begin formulating a training schedule for you, Lantern Midoriya." The ring's voice announced.

"Hey…" The green haired boy suddenly called out as he realized something. "Do you have a name…? What do I call you?" He questioned.

For the first time since the AI made its presence known, the voice took a couple of seconds to respond. "Lantern Abin Sur called me Aya…" The former navigation program answered and Izuku was sure he could hear a touch of sadness in its voice.

During the next several months, any time Izuku was not in school or studying, he was most likely training. Aya had started the young man's preparations by explaining that, while the Green Power Ring did provided him with protection and augmented his physical capabilities, it would still cause a strain on the green haired boy's body and he needed to be in top physical condition in order to endure it. Rigorous physical training soon followed.

The other portion of his training as a Lantern revolved around the abilities granted by the ring. To the middle schooler surprise the list of skills and abilities granted by the ring was hysterically long. The small object offered everything from a seemingly unending database of knowledge and a literal universal translator to the aforementioned physical enhancements. The boy could still remember when he tried to watch and American video and effortlessly understood every word as if English had been his native language.

However, Aya had pointed out that the main thing that the Lantern Corps used the rings for in action was their ability to manipulate light. For support objectives such as scanning or message signaling to offensive capabilities like concussive blast of focused energy and, above all else, hard light constructs.

According to the AI, it was that abilities to create seemingly anything out of light that made the Green Lantern Corps as equally revered and feared throughout the universe. With the Green Power Ring in their possession, Lanterns could bring forth whatever their mind imagined out of light by sheer willpower and mental strength.

So, almost every day, after arduous strength and endurance training to keep his body in top shape, Izuku would train with the ring until exhaustion threatened to make him pass out.

The physical enhancements and concussive energy blasts were simple and straight forward enough for the middle schooler to quickly grasp. All he needed to do was concentrate on the ring in his middle finger in order to activate them.

Unfortunately, the same could not be said about the solid light constructs. Aya tried to explain the process, that he was suppose to have a clear image of what he wanted to create and then shape the light accordingly. However, no matter how much the boy tried he had a lot of problems visualizing something to will into existence, and because of that, the only constructs he had been able to make so far were simple and crude shapes.

"Do not worry, according to my database some Lanterns required even years of training by more experience members before they could fully master their Power Rings." The AI has revealed. "It may be slow, but you are making progress." She assured the boy. At some point, Izuku had decided to think of the former navigation program as a female.

Eventually, the time remaining for U.A.'s entrance exam grew shorter. Months turned to weeks which then became days until now Izuku found himself in from of the school's testing center. If only his legs would remember how to move again.

"It is unbecoming for a Lantern to feel this much fear about a simple examination." Aya voiced her opinion.

Shaking his head, Izuku took a deep breath and prepared to move when the sound of a familiar cough stopped him cold on his track. "Fuck off, Deku…! Cough…" Bakugo Katsuki exclaimed as he walked straight down the road while glaring at the green haired boy. "Cough… Don't stand in my way if you don't want to die!" He exclaimed.

Izuku remained frozen in his place as his blond classmate continue his determined march forward, roughly pushing the freckled boy out of his way.

For his part, the Quirkless boy simply looked down after the sight of his classmate overwhelmed him with guilt.

The euphoric high of finding a way to take the U.A. exam he felt after getting the ring had come crashing down the very next day in school when the green haired boy had found out what had happened to Kacchan.

Apparently, the sludge villain that had attacked Izuku earlier in the day managed to get away and ambush Bakugou. The villain tried to take possession of the blonde's body and was using the boy's powerful Explosion Quirk to keep the heroes away.

It seem that a long time passed while the Pros waited for someone with a suitable Quirk to arrived, forcing Kacchan to endure the villain during all that time. According to the eyewitnesses, the middle schooler eventually managed to wrestle control of one of his arms from the villain and, without hesitating, used his Quirk to detonate a powerful explosion right on his chest.

Bakugo had succeeded in forcing the villain out, but he had inflicted grave injuries on himself in the process. The blond had to undergo multiple emergency surgeries and was later forced to remain in the hospital for weeks followed by several months of rehabilitation and, to this day, still carried a cough whenever he over exerted his voice.

Only by sheer force of will had Kacchan been able to make up his missing school work and recover enough to even take the U.A. entrance exam.

The root of the green haired boy's guilt lied on the fact the he knew that All Might would have never let a villain get away from him. If the sludge villain managed to break out, it must have been because of the Quirkless boy's meddling.

In his desire to get All Might to acknowledge his dream of becoming a hero, Izuku had almost gotten one of his classmate killed. On top of everything, the boy could not find a way to apologize for his action out of fear that he might let slip something about All Might's condition.

After several minutes, the middle schooler remained frozen in place. "You're going to be late." A new voice suddenly said. "It'll be a shame for you to come all this way and miss the exam… Kero."

Izuku finally looked up just in time to see a slim girl with dark green hair tied in a large bow, large hands, wide eyes, and an unreadable expression walk pass him.

Shaking most of his stupor off, the freckled boy called out to his fellow test taker. "Tha… Thanks!" He said before restarting his walk as he prepared for the first part of the exam.

By the time the practical test started, Izuku had finally managed to recover from his meeting with Kacchan, but only due to the chaos that the actual entrance exam entailed. "How many does that make?"The boy asked in his mind as he lowered the Power Ring after bringing down one of the 2 point Villain Bot with an energy blast.

"So far you have accumulated a total of 9 points." Aya responded since she had a mental link with the young man as long as he wore the ring.

Izuku ran through the fake city when a 2-pointer emerged from an alleyway and tried to ambush him. Taking aim, the boy let out another energy blast which crippled the robot by blowing its scorpion like tail clear off, but failed to actually down it.

Before the freckled boy could let out another attack, a colorful laser shot pass him, finishing to robot off. "Your Quirk seems similar to mine." A blond boy with bright blue eyes and long eyelashes said. "But my Navel Laser is much more beautiful." He added as he ran pass the slightly dumbfound green haired boy.

"Still only 9 points." Aya commented.

"I know, I know…" Izuku said out loud as he reassumed his hunt for more Villain Bots.

As he continued searching, the green haired boy was able to take a pair of 3-pointers, along with a couple of 2 and 1-pointers, when a sudden commotion among the other test takers caught his attention. Before the young man could have a chance to question what was happening, he got his answer as the giant 0-pointer robot burst through a building.

Immediately, all the students in the area started to disperse trying to get away from the arena trap. Izuku had managed to take a couple of steps when his ear caught something. "Aaah!" Somebody shouted.

Looking back, the Quirkless boy saw a girl with mid-length brown hair caught beneath some rubble right in front of the giant Villain Bot's path.

None of the other test takers seemed to have realized that the girl was in trouble, or if they did, they simply chose to ignore her.

For his part, Izuku turned around and planted his feet on the ground. "Lantern Midoriya?" Aya questioned.

Instead of answering, the freckled haired boy raised his Green Power Ring and released a powerful concussive blast towards the robot. The 0-pointer staggered, but continued on its path.

The green haired boy shot a second blast and a third. Both attacks hit their marks, but the giant robot remained in motion. "You are going to need a construct to stop it." Aya stated.

"But I can't make one…! Not one that can go against that thing…!" The young man grunted.

"Yes you can, Lantern Midoriya, otherwise the Ring would not have chosen you." The AI argued. "Think of the most power thing you have witness… Recall that memory and give it shape She suggested.

Izuku gritted his teeth. The sight of the trapped girl reminding him that he there was no room for failure in the situation. He might have caused harm to Kacchan, but he was going to save this girl.

Concentrating, the boy tried to think of something strong enough to beat the 0-pointer. Finally, his mind remembered his own incident with the sludge villain, when he thought he was going to die until his savior arrived.

Suddenly, the Green Power Ring started to glow as the green color in the young man's eyes intensified. Inside his head, Izuku recalled the greatest show of strength he had witnessed: The sight of All Might punching out the sludge villain with a single hit.

Filled with the emotions he felt on that day, the Quirkless boy lowered his stance. "Texas…" The young man said through gritted teeth as he put his left foot forward, and pulled his right arm back. "SMASH!" Izuku roared as he punched forward.

Immediately a colossal beam of green light shot out of the Power Ring. As it traveled towards the Villain Bot, its front changed into the shape of a large fist that crashed into the 0-pointer midsection with so much force that the giant robot was briefly lifted off the ground before it fell reeling back, completely out of commission.

A/N – I thought about having Izuku's ring with an AI, one more advanced than the Power Rings usually show in the comics, from the very beginning fanfic idea started to take shape. It was a way to have something to give all the GL lore exposition now that the entire Corp is gone. I actually only remembered Aya from the Animated Series a few hours after posting the first chapter and I quickly realized that she would be perfect for the job. I find it funny how so many things about this fanfic seem to be falling into place almost by themselves.

Some of you may have noticed that, among the powers Deku is using, one in particular seems to be missing: Flight. I'm actually holding this one off for the time being, but rest assured, Deku will eventually fly. Once more, thank you for reading.