"Come with me if you want to live."
Izuku stared at the girl. Her red eyes staring straight back at him. Peering at his very soul. He tried to find any deceit but could not. Deciding that his odds of survival with her are better than the machine that just tried to mutilate him, he took her hand. A sensation overtook his senses. Instantly, his injuries were healed, and it was as if they never happened. He stood up. Confused as to what had occurred.
"Huh?" Izuku mumbled.
"You can thank me later," the girl said. She grabbed his hand and began running towards a more populated area. "Right now, we need to get away from it. Its master won't be too far behind."
Unable to form coherent thought due to the fact that he has no prior experience with women and that she was holding him. Izuku nodded. He was dragged towards a shopping district. His thoughts only coming back.
"We have to get to UA," she said.
"Huh?" He replied.
"The principal can help us," she said hastily. "Your predecessor is also there. No offence but at the moment, he is a lot stronger than you."
"How do you know about?" He asked in shock. This girl knew too much and he was starting to get suspicious of her.
"Don't ask questions you don't want answers to," She replied cutting him off. "Plus, there are a few who know. All Might has just never told you yet."
At the beach, the stalwart machine stood. Eyes glowing red. Scanning itself for any damages that it may have incurred before its force shutdown.
"Systems: Operational," the machine said. "Damage: 2%"
Mustafu, the two teenagers were running towards the building atop the hill. Not wanting to involve civilians in their scuffle, they opted for back allies and unused walkways. Stopping only to catch their breath now and then. Not wanting to linger any longer due to the machine that was after the boy.
"Why is that thing even after me?" Izuku asked in fear. "What did I ever do that necessitated the use of an assassin?"
"It's not here to assassinate you," the young lady replied. "It's here to capture you. Though it's methods can more than likely, kill you."
"Why is it after me anyway?" Izuku continued. "I'm a nobody."
'If you only knew,' the girl thought. She looked at the boy in disappointment because he was belittling himself; however, she had a mission. Any opinions and comments that she had will have to wait until they were out of danger.
"Target acquired," said a voice. It was robotic. Looking at the direction of the voice, they saw the machine that had engaged Izuku earlier. It was on a roof a two-story building scanning them. "Target is with an unknown human from this era. Searching facial features in the database for a match."
"What are you doing standing around!" The girl shouted at the boy when she heard that. She grabbed his arm and ran to the direction of the school. "We need to get out of here!"
"Uh, sorry," Izuku said. Though he was being dragged by the arm, he was happy that someone was showing concern for him besides his mother.
"Match found," the robot said a second later. It jumped from roof to roof, following the two teenagers. "Sending data. Awaiting new orders."
"Ok we might have lost it for now," the young woman said when she looked back. They were running up the hill and almost to their destination.
"Hopefully," Izuku said. "I wasn't even a match for it. All I did was break my bones. Thank you for healing me by the way."
"No problem," she said.
They saw the gates of the school. Relief washed over them. With the thought that they were almost there and would be safe soon. To their horror, something had crashed in front of them. In the smoke, it rose. Revealing their pursuer when the smoke cleared. It's right hand transforming into a barrel with electricity charging from its arm.
"Mission updated," the machine said. It pointed its right arm towards the girl. "Capture Izuku Midorya and kill the resistance fighter. For the Supreme One!"
It fired a beam. The teens jumped to the side. Though they were lucky, the small area of trees that the laser hit was not. It was now a smouldering crater.
"Waaahhhhhhhhhh!" Izuku screamed. "Why is it firing at us now?"
"It must have recognized me," she said. She pulled out and began attacking the machine with it. "To think they would authorize the use of heavy artillery just to kill me. I don't know if I should be flattered or annoyed."
The two fought with each other. The machine fired a device at Izuku then changed its armament into something that fits close combat. Blocking the young woman's attacks. The device had produced a field around Izuku. The young man saw the field and was about to attack it.
"Don't!" The young woman shouted. "That barrier is made of condensed light. All you'll be doing is turn your arms into ash by attacking from the inside."
Trapped. Izuku watched in horror as the machine stabbed his rescuer through. She dropped to the ground. Blood flowing out of her. The machine then changed its armament again back to the one it was using earlier. It charged the weapon.
"Have no fear!" Izuku's predecessor in his muscle form landed between the machine and the girl, ripping the weapon out of its base. He was smiling but his eyes held a different story. "For I am here!"
"All Might!" Izuku shouted.
"Damage: 20%, System: Operational, lost connection to right side armaments, issue: minimal, continuing mission," the machine assessed. The hole on its right torso closed as some sort of liquid metal formed. "New human detected. Identifying. Toshinori Yagi, category: hero, hero name: All Might. Sending data. Awaiting mission update."
"It knows me!?" All Might asked. He was shocked that such a machine has information on him. "Young Midorya, why is this thing attacking you?"
Izuku was relieved that his mentor was able to damage the machine. He figured the man's momentum was able to cause its weapon to be pulled out of its hinges. He was also worried because he was not able to damage the machine.
"I don't know," Izuku answered. "The girl it killed said it was trying to capture me. All Might, I punched it and it had no effect on it. It didn't even phase it. I just broke my bones."
"Shock negation," All Might said. "This will be a problem."
"Mission updated. Eliminate all obstacles and capture Izuku Midorya," The machine declared. It's left arm changed into a flat object with what seems like a percussion hammer at the but was all the way in. It swung its arm to hit the number one hero.
"A fist fight eh," All Might said. He pulled his fist back in response and met the arm head-on with his fist. "I need to finish this fast. Let's see how much force you can negate. Detroit Smash!"
What happened next, they did not expect. The moment the two collided. The machine stood unfazed. The percussion hammer shot up. The parts below the elbow opened like a dish.
"Impact force: 3000N, Amplifier ready," the machine said. "Returning force."
"All Might!" Izuku screamed. Fear ran through him as the events unfolded before his eyes.
The percussion hammer dropped. The next moment, All Might was embedded in the wall of the UA Barrier. His bones broken. His muscles torn to shreds by the sheer force of the attack. Coughing blood. He tried to move but could not. Glaring at the machine that put him in this predicament in one shot no less.
"Obstruction neutralized. Scan indicates shattered bones, muscle lacerations, internal bleeding and ruptured organs. Assessment: inevitable death," the machine said. "Returning to capture Midorya Izuku."
It walked towards Izuku. Its weapon switching to something akin to a taser. All Might helpless watched trying to move his broken body. Izuku trying to think of a way to save himself and his mentor. Preparing for a last-ditch attempt to either fight or flee. He knew he was no match for this machine. He knew that his bones would be broken afterwards. If it there was a chance, he'd take it. He prepared One for All as the machine slowly walked towards him.
'The moment he lowers this barrier," he thought. Going into a stance, he readied himself to attack. 'I attack.'
His thoughts were stopped when a knife ran through the machine's chest. The young woman that was killed stood behind it. Alive! She forced the knife upwards slashing everything along its path then swung her weapon beheading the machine. Finishing it by stabbing its head. The barrier went down with the machine's demise.
Izuku ran towards his mentor. Pulling him out of the hole that the machine had placed him in. All Might was breathing but was fighting with pure willpower. The damage he incurred was much more than what he received in his fight with All for One years back.
"My boy," All Might said weakly. "I think this is it for me."
"All Might, you need to keep breathing," Izuku said. "We'll get some help."
"I wish we had more time. There were so many things that I wanted to teach you young Midorya," All Might said in between pants. Blood dripping from the side of his mouth. "Alas, time was not on our side."
"No!" Izuku pleaded. His tears falling on the dying man's chest. "Please don't leave me."
"It's all up to you now my boy," All Might said. He closed his eyes. Waiting for his time to come.
"Move aside please," the young woman said prompting Izuku to move aside. She placed a hand on the dying hero. His ruptured organs and shattered bones reformed themselves. His muscles reconnected. His wounds closed. A miracle occurred, his missing organs reappeared. His shallow breathing became deeper. The man's eyes shot open as he gasped for air.
"You should be fine now," the girl informed All Might with a smiled. "I rewound you back to the time before your fight with All for One. Unfortunately, I cannot give you back your quirk since you've passed it on to him nor can I change the time limit you currently have since the embers of a quirk is not necessarily part of the person as the quirk itself. Still better than nothing."
"Thank you, young lady," All Might asked. He inspected himself. He felt better than he did before. He wondered if this was the girl's quirk but decided that was a question for later. "You've done more than any doctor could do for me in years."
"Your welcome," She replied. "First, I need to talk with you and Principal Nedzu. Midorya-san, you should be safe for now, but we should keep you on UA grounds for tonight."
"What should we do with that thing?" Izuku asked pointing to the broken machine.
"Self-destruct in T minus three seconds, two, one," The machine exploded as if to answer his question.
"We should go," she said.
"Agreed," All Might said.
In a soundproof booth in UA, the young woman sat on a chair facing Nedzu and Toshinori. The young woman had flowing white hair. A single horn on the right side of her face. Her red eyes carried in them, determination as well as untold melancholy and grief.
"I apologize young lady," Toshinori started. "It seems that you know us but because of what happened, I seem to have forgotten to ask you your name."
"Eri Midorya," the girl said. "It's nice to see you again All Might. You as well Principal Nedzu."
"Midorya!?" Toshinori said in surprise.
"Are you perhaps related to young Izuku Midorya?" Nedzu said when he finished drinking his tea. "Is that why you fought the machine that seemed to have captured him and almost killed All Might?"
"Technically," she replied.
"Would you mind elaborating," Nedzu continued his eyes studying the person in front of him. "You seem to know many things about us, but we have never heard of you."
"Well," she said with a sigh. She began to ramble. "How do I explain this? Nedzu-san is very intelligent, so he would more than likely understand but the problem is that my explanation is very illogical. Then again, nothing about me is illogical. Now another problem is where do I start? It's not like I could start from there because they haven't met me yet, but it would feel weird if I start from the beginning."
"Nonsense!" Toshinori shouted. This brought the girl out of her thoughts. "Sheesh young lady, the way your acting. It's like your young Midorya's daughter."
"Actually," she replied. "I am"
This caused the two people in the room to look at her in amazement. Multiple thoughts running through their minds ranging from 'Are you crazy!?' to the possibilities and quantum theories.
"Excuse me," was all Toshinori could respond with.
"Adopted daughter," Eri continued her explanation.
"Eri-san," Nedzu said.
"Just call me Eri-chan," Eri interjected with a smile. "You've called me that since I was little."
"Very well then," Nedzu complied. "Eri-chan, do you understand what you are saying. The impossibility and the implications of what you are saying."
"It's not impossible," She countered. "The only reason why it is at the moment; is because a child with a time manipulation quirk has never been born yet."
"I see," Nedzu said. The possibility opening to him. "What of the user?"
"He died," She said grimly. Sorrow could be seen on her face. "It was a last resort because our colony was attacked. We were outnumbered and outmatched. In a desperate effort, he used his quirk on me to send me back to this time."
"You said colonies," Nedzu said. "Where exactly did you live in the future?"
"In the future, the Earth was destroyed," Eri said sadly. "Over seventy billion lives were lost and less than a quarter of humanity survived. The survivors created colonies that they inhabited after the events of the collapse."
"How did it happen?" Toshinori asked.
"I'm sorry," she apologized. Tears flowing down her face. "I'm not ready to tell you that. It just hurts too much."
"It's alright Eri-chan," Nedzu said. "You'll tell us when you're ready."
"Thank you," Eri said. "Afterwards, someone united all the villains from the remnants. They took over the colonies and those that did not abide were executed. Those that were not caught formed the resistance that I was part of before I was sent here."
"I see," Nedzu said. "So, what did you come to this time to do?"
"I am here to protect otou-san," Eri answered.
"What would protecting him achieve?" Toshinori asked.
"Many events in the future happened after he died," Eri stated causing the two to gasp.
"So, you believe that by protecting young Midorya," Toshinori said after he recovered. "He would be able to stay alive and stop the villain that is reigning terror in your future. Am I correct?"
"No, many calamities happened because he died," Eri replied. This, of course, surprised the two other occupants of the room. Though her words filled them with pride. "You see he touched many lives on his path to becoming the world's greatest hero."
"Would you mind explaining?" Nedzu said.
"I apologize but I cannot," Eri said. "Knowing too much of the future can help you prevent the outcome; however, it can also hasten the destruction that is to come. I'll tell you more in time."
"Very well," Nedzu said. "If you are to protect your father then you must be near him at all times."
"Yes," Eri agreed. "Would you be able to help me?"
"We'll talk to the young Midorya's mother," Toshinori said rubbing his temples. He knew of the headache he was going to have when this is all over.
"Thank you Toshi-jiji," Eri said. This caused the man to blush. He did not expect to be referred by her as a grandfather thus does not know how to respond. "Otou-san does not seem to know how to control his quirk yet."
"That is correct," Toshinori replied.
"He'll get injured more with what's to come if he doesn't learn to control it before going to school," Eri stated. "I think it would be better if you brought him to your former mentor."
"Why do you say that?" Toshinori questioned. His hairs standing and his legs beginning to shake.
"No offence jiji but because you're a natural at using One for All, " Eri answered. "It's hard for you to explain to him the fundamentals of controlling his quirk."
"She does have a point Toshinori," Nedzu said. "Young Midorya needs to learn his quirk especially because he is going through the hero course."
"I know," Toshinori agreed. His head hung low in defeat. "I'll give him a call."
Izuku was sent to be checked by Recovery Girl for any injuries and trauma that he may have gotten because of the event. He was instructed to go towards a room near the teachers lounge after he was cleared. Well, after getting chewed out. He knocked on a door.
"Enter," a voice said.
He opened the door to find. The young lady that helped him. His mentor All Might and the principal of UA, Nedzu. The small creature gestured him to take a seat and poured him a cup of tea. The air seemed heavy and their faces were very serious.
"Young Midorya we wanted to tell you personally," Toshinori began. "You did fine on the written exam but you got zero points in the practicals. You failed."
'I knew it! Of course, I failed!' he thought. Tears falling from his eyes. 'Damn it!'
"Don't be so glum," Nedzu said, causing the young man to look at him. He pulled a tablet from a cabinet underneath the table. He clicked on a video. He smiled at the boy as he passed the device. "Here a short clip that you might find interesting."
The boy pressed the play button. It showed a girl with brown hair in a bob cut. Worry written over her chocolate brown eyes.
"Uhh… Excuse me, hi," she said.
"It's the girl who saved me!?" Izuku said.
"Ochako Uraraka," the red eyed girl said. Smiling at the video.
"Correct," Nedzu said. Noticing the girl's change of mood.
'I've heard the story but to actually see it,' she thought.
"Uh sorry to bother you, but do you know the boy with the curly hair? He has freckles," Ochako described. "Um, He's got, uhh sort of 'Plain' looking. Do you know who I'm talking about?"
"That's me!" Izuku said outloud. This caused the other occupants of the room to laugh at his admittance.
"Would it be possible to share some of my points with him?" She asked. "He said 'If I could only get one point!'"
'What can a dweeb like you do, huh!?' A memory flashed in Izuku's mind.
"Please at least give him the number of points he lost because of me!" Ochako begged. This caused other bad memories to surface within Izuku. His eyes watering. Unable to believe what his fellow examinee was doing for him. He paused the video to look at the other occupants.
"You have a quirk now," Toshinori spoke. "But it is your actions that touched people's lives."
Nedzu pulled a small remote from his pocket. He pressed a button and a slot on the ceiling opened with a projector coming down. It connected to the tablet. Continuing the video. Izuku placed the device on the table. Standing up to look at the scene projected before him.
"That boy, he saved me!" Ochako said. Her eyes closed and her expression desperate. "So please sir, can't you just give him my points."
"Sorry missy, you can't share points," Present Mic said. "Still the kid won't be needing it in the first place."
"You see the exam was not entirely centered on combat," Nedzu said. "What you are applying for is a heroics course after all. We will not reject an applicant that shows so much heroic spirit. So, we have rescue points."
The projection showed judges raising scores while someone was shouting 'YEAH!' in the background. The score screen displayed causing the hero wannabe to drop to his knees.
"Izuku Midorya: 60 rescue points," Nedzu declared. "Ochako Uraraka: 45 rescue points."
"This is crazy," Izuku said.
"Good job young Midorya," Toshinori said. "On making into the hero academia. I'm proud of you."
"Thank you," Izuku said.
"On a further note," Nedzu said. "You have until springtime to control your quirk."
"Correct," the young girl agreed. "Since you can't control it, you would be only able to throw a few attacks in a fight before becoming incapacitated. Since you've only received your quirk recently, you would only have one percent of your power. At the moment, you do even not know how to access just that. There is also the problem of the power compounding. If you do not learn to use it soon, it will become more difficult in the future."
'Wow,' Toshinori thought. 'This girl knows her stuff.'
"Uh sorry," Izuku said sheepishly. "We never really got introduced."
"I'm Eri," She said. "Just call me Eri-chan."
"Nice to meet you Eri-chan," Izuku said. "How do you know so much about One for All?"
"Well," Eri said. "I'm not exactly from around.
Eri explained to Izuku that she was from the future. She told him what had happened in the future. She withheld some information like him being her adoptive father, him becoming the greatest hero and the fact that he was dead in the future. Of course, he was resisting at first but was convinced later on.
"I see the situation," Izuku said. "I need to learn to control my power before springtime. When school starts."
"Yes, I'll be helping with your training by reverting you back when you injure yourself," Eri explained. "Though I will not always be around so do not become dependent."
"Ok," Izuku replied. He looked towards his mentor with a determined face. "All Might, when do you want to start?"
"We will start the day after my boy," Toshinori answered. "But I will not be the one to teach you how to control One for All."
"What!?" Izuku said in confusion. "Why!?"
"Eri-chan brought up a good point earlier in our discussion with her," Toshinori said. "One for All came natural to me. That being so, I will not be able to teach you the foundations of how to control it."
"But if you're not going to teach me," Izuku said. Panic written all over his face. "Then am I supposed to learn this by myself?"
"Do not fret young Midorya," Toshinori said. His legs begin to shake. "I have talked to my mentor and he is willing to teach you. We…we will be going to his hou… house tomorrow."
The next day, Toshinori, Izuku and Eri were headed to an apartment in the Yamanashi prefecture. After speaking with Izuku's mother, with a lot of crying, it was arranged that Eri was to live with them. Though bewildered, Inko was ecstatic to have her granddaughter living with them. That day was spent with the Midorya's buying her necessities and other things.
"We're here," Toshinori said when they stopped in front of an old apartment building that seemed like it was about to fall apart. A broken welcome sign was in front. Opening the door to find that the whole place was dark. "Hello?"
"Ta...Ya...Ki," a dreary voice was heard from further inside.
"Sir?" Toshinori said. Searching for the source of the voice. He found it beside the fridge. His old mentor leaning on the counter. His expression was like that of an addict that was having a withdrawal.
"Toshinori?" The voice asked. His voice was so soft it was barely a whisper.
"Yes sir," Toshinori replied.
"Get me some tayaki," the old man said. "I'm dying without my tayaki."
"Never changes," Eri said while shaking her head. She reached into her bag, pulling out a bag of said pastries. He walked towards the old "Hii-oji, you really need to eat other things besides tayaki. Seriously, you would starve yourself without them."
"Nana?" The old man asked. He took the bag of pastries. His vision clearing while he ate. "Ah sorry lass, I thought you were someone else for a second there."
"Are you alright?" Izuku asked.
"Who are you?" Gran Torino asked the boy. He poked the boy with his stick a few times.
"I'm Izuku Midorya," Izuku answered.
"Who?" The old man asked again. He walked away from the boy. His back turned to him. Eri smiled knowing the old man's antics.
"Sir, he's the boy I was talking to you about yesterday," Toshinori said.
"Come at me! One for All!" The old man said. His change in demeanour caught the attention of his student's successor. "I want to see how well you can handle it."
'What's with him suddenly?' the boy thought.
"Well…um…something like that is," Izuku said.
"Who're you?" He asked again.
"Um, All Might," Izuku called his mentor. "Are you sure that he's going to be able to teach me how to control One for All?"
As if to answer his question, the man inhaled and jetted around the room. He hit the boy causing him to fall on his back. He bounced off another wall and the ceiling landing beside the boy with one foot on his chest.
"Very naïve," Gran Torino said. "From what I've heard, the way you used your power was unthinkable, reckless. This damn justice fanatic of a student of mine isn't training you well. He may be the Symbol of Peace and the number one hero, but he's a total novice when it comes to teaching. Let me guess how he taught you to harness your power. His explanation was, 'You have to feel it!'"
"Yes," Izuku replied. Tilting his head at the accuracy of the old man's depiction.
"Figures," The man shrugged. He glared at his student. Who was bowing his head apologizing none stop at his inadequacies as a teacher. He took his foot off the boy and made some distance. "Well, if he ain't seeing after you properly then I suppose I would. Ready?"
"I'm ready," He replied. "Please teach me!"
"But is it really okay?" He asked. "To be honest, I have no control over this quirk at all. I'm either at full power or zero. Plus, if I hit you at one hundred percent…"
"If you're just gonna babble on," Gran Torino said. He jetted around the room again. Appearing behind and kicking Izuku. "Then I'll be making the first move."
"Gyah!?" Izuku cried as he pushed forward.
"Come on hit me with One for All!" the old man said while zooming around the room. "Did you not witness my strength earlier when I floored you? Toshinori, seriously, what have you been doing to teach this boy?"
"I'm sorry sir," Toshinori said repeatedly as he continued to bow his head.
Izuku was getting pummeled from all sides. He wondered what kind of quirk the old veteran hero had. He also knew that was not the time to analyze his quirk. He needed to stop the old man from moving somehow. He charged One for All on his right hand.
'He's taken my back twice now,' he thought. He twisted around while shifting his weight to dodge the incoming attack.
"Analysis and prediction, huh?" Gran Torino said. He dodged the incoming hand. He then grabbed it. With his thrusters, he backflipped throwing the boy at the wall above the door. Cracking it. "You're so rigid."
"Huh?" Izuku said after getting up.
"Your awareness is disjointed," Gran Torino continued. "Your feelings of admiration and sense of responsibility to this idiotic apprentice of mine have become fetters, shackles."
"Shackles?" Izuku asked.
"Your problem is that you're thinking that One for All is special," Gran Torino stated. Toshinori flinched at that. A pang of guilt appeared on his face for a second. He knew it was his fault that the boy thought of his quirk as such.
"So, what are you saying that I should do?" Izuku asked. Eri walked towards him and placed a hand on his shoulder. A moment later, all his wounds from the spar disappeared.
"You have to come up with the answer to that yourself," the old man said. He headed up the stairs. "Toshinori, Eri can I talk to you upstairs for a minute?"
"It must feel weird to watch your dad getting beat up," Gran Torino said. "I'll tell you now, it's for his own good."
"It's alright," Eri replied. "I'm understanding him better. I'm seeing who he was before I met him."
"I see," Gran Torino said. He then hit Toshinori on the leg with his cane. "You! What the heck have you been doing?"
"I'm sorry sir," Toshinori apologized.
"You find a successor and tell me about him almost a year after!" Gran Torino said angrily. "Don't get me started on the fact that you sent him to that exam with zero experience on how to use his quirk. You idiot. The boy coulda died for all you know."
Izuku was mulling over what Gran Torino told him. Not noticing their female companion had gone down. She was watching him intently as he muttered. His thoughts on why the old man called him rigid had him thinking about flexibility. His face lit up.
"That's it!" Izuku said. "Quirks are just another function of the body. I just need to think of it more flatly."
"How're are you gonna do that?" Eri said. Her chin resting on her arms on the table.
"Hmm," He hummed as he thought. Thinking of a way to do so. He charged One for All on his legs. "Ok focus on controlling the power."
Izuku tried to cartwheel back but blew his legs. On the flip, the boy tried to fire of his quirk but was too slow causing him to land on his face. He broke his nose. Eri shook her head as she went to her father to rewind his body.
"What the heck was that kid?" Gran Torino said. "Your movements were so awkward. It was like you accidentally zipped your jewels while moving."
"Sorry," Izuku said. "Back to the drawing board, I guess."
"Well, why don't you heat up those tayakis for now," Gran Torino sighed. "Eri said she brought a box with her."
Getting the pastries from Eri, Izuku heated them inside the microwave. Serving them after the timer went off. The old hero immediately grabbed one and bit into it.
"This is cold!" Gran Torino said.
"Huh!?" Izuku said. "No way!? I put it on defrost and it dinged and everything!"
"You idiot! You put a large plate in there just like that!?" Gran Torino said angrily. "If you just jam it in there by force, then it won't be able to turn! Only part of it will get hot. It's like it was never heated in the first place!"
"Sorry, our microwave isn't the type that rotates," Izuku apologized. He looked at the pastry then the microwave then a realization hit him. "Ahhhh! I get it now!"
"Hmm!?" Toshinori and Gran Torino responded.
"This tayaki is me!" Izuku stated.
"Eri, mind fixing him again?" Gran Torino requested. The response he got was in giggles. "I think something broke in his head when he hit it on the floor earlier."
"Ah, no, that's not what I mean," Izuku said. He looked at his palms. "I've been thinking of One for All as a sort of trump card. So, I've only been using where I needed it and because of that my reaction time has been slower with every move."
"Your point?" Gran Torino asked.
"Using it in just one place requires conscious thought. Especially with consecutive moves," he said. The occupants of the room smiled at the boy as his body lit up with One for All. "It would be better if I use the power I can control all over my body from the very start. Imagine the energy that I've only been transferring to one place. Spreading throughout my body."
'Didn't take him long to figure that out,' Gran Torino thought. 'Good, it shows that his mind is flexible.'
'I can't believe it!?' Toshinori thought. 'Young Midorya, you've come so far in so little time! I'm so proud of you!'
'I need One for All surging throughout all of me,' Izuku thought. 'The one percent I can use.'
"An image of a tayaki in a microwave!" Gran Torino said. "That is a whole new level of plain kid but will it do?"
"I'm not sure but it's the only thing that worked so far," Izuku said.
"Can you move in that state?" Gran Torino asked.
"I don't know," Izuku replied.
"Wanna give it a try?" Gran Torino asked. A smirk plastered on his face. His tone provoking.
"Yes!" Izuku responded. "Let's do this!"
Notes:
Hello readers, thank you for reading the fanfic. I hope you enjoyed the story so far. I'm still not sure where to go with this story so far. Any comments, opinions and ideas for the story are more than appreciated. I know the grammar is not the best. English isn't really my first language, gibberish is my first.