A/N: Hello. This is chapter two of Wavelengths! Again, this story will contain major spoilers for the anime My Hero Academia. Consider yourselves warned, but for now… let's get right into it!

It was a beautiful spring day, just like the one two years ago. Izuku Midoriya had finally come to peace with what happened that day thanks to All Might and for that, Izuku was grateful.

He was currently on his way home from the fight with the Sludge Villain and the sun was setting, making everything glow orange. He had been thinking while walking and had now decided; he was going to enter U.A. and become the number one hero, just like his idol and savior, All Might.

The entrance exam was to be held in ten months, which didn't leave Izuku much time for training but he was determined to make it. He was going to use his powers to save people, not kill them. Kacchan was the first and the last victim of his power, he promised himself.

He was thinking so hard he didn't notice the large figure ahead of him and ended up walking straight into a mountain of muscle.

"A- All Might!?" That's right. He had just fallen to the ground from colliding with his biggest idol, All Might.

"Young Midoriya!" he said happily, "I am very proud of your actions! It was foolish, but thanks to you, that boy lived," All Might said smiling brightly while gesturing a big "thumbs up".

"Wha- oh, well… i- it was n- nothing…" Izuku stuttered shyly.

All Might laughed heartily at him. "Nothing? You did more than could! I got there shortly after you did and what did I do? Nothing." He sighed, "If anyone did nothing, it was me."

"W- well I didn't know what I was doing… m- my body just k- kinda moved on its own accord."

"That's the important part, you didn't think about the danger you put yourself into. You only had one goal: to save the boy. That's what makes a true hero - self-sacrifice. Putting yourself in danger when you don't have to." All Might paused for a second, allowing Izuku to take it all in before he continues.

"And therefore I have decided I will make you my successor. I will train you to become the next number one hero! I will give you my quirk: One for All!"

"O- One for All? Give me your quirk? Wha-" Izuku was very confused at this point.

"My quirk has been passed on over generations and I am currently looking for somebody to take my place. I'm getting weaker, young Midoriya. I can't always protect everyone, somebody - you - will have to take my place soon."

Izuku's eyes began to water at his hero's words. That he, that All Might believed so much in him - a quirkless loser - touched him very deeply.

"So, what do you say, young Midoriya? Will you accept and become the next number one hero?" All Might finished not with his signature smile, but with a warm, more genuine smile that made Izuku lose it.

He was now crying heavily on his knees in the middle of the sidewalk. "Y- Y- Yes…"
He finally managed to say in between sobs.

"I can't hear you, young Midoriya! Do you accept!?" All Might craved to know.

"YES! YES, I DO!"

"Very well then. Meet me tomorrow at eight in the morning at Dagobah Municipal Beach. Also, don't tell anybody what I just told you, just say that you're training to enter U.A. What I told you is known by few." With that All Might turned and jumped away into the air, creating a strong wind that hit Izuku in the face, bringing him back down to earth. He wiped his tears - tears of joy. Before his tears were pure sadness, but that was going to change now. He was going to change.

Izuku's quirk was very, very special. It allowed him to control and create his own electromagnetic waves around him. By doing that he was able to control electricity and magnetism but also light. That's what he'd done when he shot Kacchan. He'd shot pure light.

While it was impressive powers to have, Izuku couldn't help but feel dangerous every time he used them - he had practiced at home with a slinky - even though he wasn't fighting. The power felt strange as it flowed down his arm and out into the world allowing him to manipulate his surroundings.

He realized something very important when practicing moving the slinky magnetically as well: everything was magnetic to some extent. That meant that if he concentrated hard enough, he could control pretty much everything.

His quirk had its restrictions, however: he needed to "charge" his energy reserves. He did this by placing a finger in something like a power socket and change the direction of which his bodily energy was flowing towards his gut, which seemed to act as his "battery" as his energy came from there. Another drawback his quirk had was that he couldn't control pure insulators, but it didn't bug him all that much.

All of that was just the electric part of his quirk though. He knew he should be capable of manipulating photons as well, but he was too scared to try. Using the electric side of his powers didn't frighten him as much as it felt different from the light part even though they were both technically the same thing - electromagnetic waves. He had finally accepted his friend Kacchan's death but that was still all he could think about when he pondered the light beam he shot from his hands two years ago and it scared him. He could clearly see Katsuki "Kacchan" Bakugo's pained and surprised expression before him. And it hurt. A lot… still…

"Bye, mom! I'll be back later!" Izuku called to his mother as he stepped out into the blinding morning sun. It made him shield his eyes momentarily before they grew accustomed to the light.

"Be careful! And be home before curfew! And don't do that again!" his mother called back behind him.

Izuku smiled. She had always been very protective of him, but after she saw the news yesterday she had been even more so. It seemed to Izuku that even though she scolded him for being so reckless the day before, she also seemed very happy for him for starting to come to terms with his past. It was a new beginning.

He was getting closer to the beach and was really struggling not to launch himself through the air to reach the beach faster. He didn't though but instead, he realized something important: he wanted to use his powers. "No quirk is good or evil," he muttered to himself. "It all depends on the user…"

"Young Midoriya! Good morning!" Izuku looked up from his ramblings to see his biggest idol's boney self.

"G- Good morning, A- All Might," Izuku greeted the hero. All Might stood in front of a sign labeled "Dagobah Municipal Beach" and behind that sign was mountain upon mountain of trash. The boy knew of the place, and from what he'd heard the ocean currents tended to push all sorts of junk onto the shore and because of that people also used it as a dump.

"Slept well I hope?" All Might proceeded to ask.

Izuku, who was slightly taken off-guard at the very… friendly? question. "Y- Yes!"

"Good, because today I'm going to train you until you start to question your choice of becoming a hero because I'm not going easy on you today!" All Might paused, smiling at the boy's terrified look. "I have made a program for you, covering the next ten months. It will tell you exactly what to do and when like when and what to eat or when or what to study!"

"Okay but why? I g- get that I need to get stronger but why this?" Izuku wanted to know.

"My power, One for All that strains the body a lot, that's why. If I was to give you One for All to you know and you used it your limbs would come off and your body would explode," All might said with a bright smile and a thumbs up.

"L- Limbs!? Explode!?"

"Yes. You're not a suitable vessel yet for One for All, but if you follow this program," he said waving the stack of papers in front of him, "you will be by the end of these ten months!"

"Okay… what- what do I need to do?"

"Clean this beach," All Might replied simply.

…

"WHAA-" Izuku exclaimed, freaking out.

"As I said, It'll be possible if you follow this," said All Might, handing the program to Izuku. He noticed how detailed it was - everything from sleep to toilet breaks was included.

"This is amazing…" Izuku muttered in astonishment. All Might really believed in him, didn't he? "Then there's nothing I can do… BUT TO WORK HARDER THAN ANYONE TO BECOME THE GREATEST HERO!" Izuku battled the tears threatening to fall but held them back. This wasn't the time for crying, but for determination.

"That's the spirit! Now get going by moving those tires over there to the park," said All Might, swiftly killing the mood. Izuku said nothing and simply looked down at his clenched fist. Then he took off into a jog towards the tires, putting one over his shoulder and walked towards the park.

To work harder than anyone... That's what you need to do to become number one, All Might thought to himself as he watched the boy fall over after losing his balance only to stand up again. He immediately knew he'd picked the right person.

-Ten Months Later-

The young boy had improved substantially both in his strength and endurance, but also in controlling his quirk. The number one hero had requested to see what the boy was able to do. He wasn't too surprised that the boy never even mentioned the light blast he could fire. He guessed he just wasn't ready to let go of the past just yet but hoped it'd come with time.

Being able to freely move objects with his magnetic powers greatly reduced the physical effort required to clean the beach, but Izuku didn't rely on just his quirk. He knew there'd be times when he was out of power and needed to use melee. Plus he needed to get physically stronger to maintain One for All. And boy had he gotten stronger. He felt very different from how he felt just ten months ago and as he thought about the feat he'd completed he felt that all the hours filled with pain and misery, were all worth it.

And so the day came - the day of the U.A. entrance exam. As All Might approached the beach that morning he almost got blinded by the sun that peeked over the horizon which he wasn't before because of the junk on the shore. But all that junk was now gone, thanks to young Midoriya.

A cry cut the solemn silence and woke All Might from his contemplations. The source of the scream was the young boy. He stood and flexed his whole body and shouted towards and those cries… They said so much more than any words could. They contained all the pain and anguish the boy had to endure throughout not only the past ten months but also the rest of his life. The boy shouted and all those feelings and memories were now nothing more than vibrations traveling at the speed of sound. They were in the past.

Izuku had gotten a bit dizzy from all the screaming, but he felt so much better now. He lost his balance however and fell, prepared for the impact. He didn't hit the ground, however, instead, he felt two muscular arms wrap around him to save him from falling. He squinted his eyes at the man holding him. It was All Might in his hero form.

"I congratulate you, young Midoriya. I am very proud of you," the boy's idol and mentor told him the biggest and brightest smile he'd ever seen on his face.

"Thank you, All Might," Izuku groaned as All Might put him down.

All Might inspected Izuku's ripped body. Pleased he said, "You've come a long way, young Midoriya. Just ten months ago you were a scrawny, stuttering mess but look at you now! You are now ready to inherit One for All." While speaking, All Might reached up and pulled a single hair from his head. Holding it out to Izuku he said, "Now… eat this."

…

Izuku first gave him a skeptical nod, then grabbed the strand of hair and put it on his tongue. After some hesitation, he swallowed. After a few moments, he said, "Okay, how do I use it?"

"It's not too complicated. Just clench your buttocks and in yell this inside your heart: SMASH!" All Might demonstrated, sending a large wave across the water. Izuku tried to do the same thing, but nothing happened. "It will take a few hours for it to manifest. Also, even though you are a strong enough vessel to house One for All, it is one that was made in a hurry. Watch out for the repercussions it might have on your body," All Might explained.

"I see..." Izuku exhaled slowly, then he stared his mentor in the eye. "I will do my best today. Thank you for everything," he said, raising a clenched fist in front of him.

All Might laughed, "Well start by getting home for a shower then! You stink."

Flustered, Izuku stammered, "W- Well o- of course I do! I- I've been s- sweating all m- morning!" With that he ran home, leaving a proud All Might behind him. Good luck, young Midoriya.

In front of Izuku was what he'd dreamt of his whole life: U.A. The huge gate was beckoning him to enter - and so he did. Although not in the way he'd imagined. He tripped on the pavement and was about to fall flat on his face when suddenly… Was he floating? Wait, whaaa!

He was seriously freaking out when a soft voice reached him. "Sorry for not asking if it was okay to use my quirk on you," it said. He turned to see a figure looming over him to turn him upright. It turned out to be a girl with brown, shoulder-long hair. Her hair framed a round face with puffy cheeks. A girl! And she's cute! "...but it'd be bad luck if you fell right?" She flashed a smile at the petrified Izuku and then kept walking with the crowd. I talked to a girl! Izuku thought to himself, even though she did all the talking.

As he went to follow the girl into the school a thought hit him. Katsuki would have taken this same exam if it wasn't for me… Izuku was quick to think about something else as the thought pained him.

Sometime later he was sitting in a big conference room. At the stage in the center stood the pro hero Present Mic, a hero that could use his quirk "Voice" to amplify his voice, simply put: he could shout loud enough to make your ears bleed. The pro hero went ahead to explain the practical exam that was to take place shortly after the lecture. Izuku found out that they were assigned different groups as the exam was to be held in different arenas. In the arenas their goal was to disable as many robots as possible, ranging from one to three in points, as well as an almost undefeatable faux-villain that awarded no points at all.

After the introduction, they were put into their groups and driven to their designated arenas by bus - arena B in Izuku's case. Izuku spotted the girl that saved him from falling before. He figured he'd go to thank her but was stopped by someone putting a hand on his shoulder.

It was a tall, handsome looking boy with a pair of glasses. His short, well-kept hair was a blackish-blue color. He seemed serious. "She looks like she's trying to focus on the battle. What right do you have, to disturb her and possibly ruin her chances of success?"

Izuku was just about to answer when he heard Present Mic's voice echo around him, "What are you waiting for? Real battles won't have a countdown, GO!"

Pure chaos. That's all Izuku could describe it as, as everyone except him bolted in through the gates into the replica of a city. Big building lined the roads and lamppost stood out of the ground. Izuku was quick to realize how far behind he was - right at the start! This is not good…

While he was running up a street the wall of the building crumbled as a one-pointer crashed through it. With its sight set on Izuku, it charged which left Izuku frozen in place. Even though the robot was made of pure steel and he could have easily crushed it by magnetic force, he was too scared to attack it. He had only used his powers once in battle and even then he had no idea what he was doing.

Suddenly a blue-white laser hit the robot in the face which caused it to explode. "Merci mon chéri!" a boy with extravagant hair thanked Izuku. "For being such a magnifique decoy, that is! It was nice to meet you but I doubt I'll see you again! Adieu!" With that the part-time french speaker dashed away, leaving an absolutely dumbfounded Izuku behind. I need a point!

Izuku started running and he eventually he found himself on the main street, which also seemed to be the center of the action. He saw the nice person that stopped his fall let gravity destroy her opponents as she fought. "Twenty-six!" He heard her say. He heard the serious looking boy shout, "Forty-five!" as he dashed across the street using the engines on his calves. He needed to get some points soon or the last ten months would all be in vain.

Just when Izuku thought things couldn't get worse a loud rumble from behind him caused everyone to stop dead in their tracks as they turned around to see buildings collapse. As the dust settled a little everyone gasped at the enormous silhouette of a robot. It was at least twice as tall as the tallest buildings, if not more and had a cuboid head with multiple glowing eyes. Its fists were bigger than a car and it was those that made people ignore everything else and run away in a mad dash. Izuku was just about to do the same, hoping to get some points as he ran, when he heard someone call out behind him. Slowly he turned around and saw the girl that had been kind to him stuck under the debris of the wrecked buildings and he immediately knew what he had to do. Points or no points - he was going to rescue her.

He could be a hero…

He rushed to his feet and ran in the opposite direction to all the others, towards the puffy-cheeked girl. A dust cloud obscured his view but he reckoned he had gotten close enough, so he bent down, clenched his buttcheeks and… jumped! The dust dispersed from the force of the leap and the girl and everyone else were amazed and shocked to see the plain-looking, freckled boy do what they couldn't.

He could save someone…

Izuku felt the air slash him in the face as he gained height and soon he was face to face with the monstrosity.

It wasn't his fault…

The aspiring hero took a deep breath to calm himself. He then brought both his hands in front of him, took another breath, and put his forefingers and thumbs together, forming a triangle. A ray of, not green, but dark blue light shot from Izuku's hands at the faux-villain. The blast hit it in its face and it exploded, a chain reaction that shook the world around the people below. And then he was falling.

He screamed as he struggled to keep his cool - he was falling to his death after all. It was fine, he'd just grab onto something magnetic to slow down, but much to his dismay his hands were completely fried, rendering them useless. O- Okay, I will just use One for All with my legs to take the hit, he started to think when he realized he'd broken every bone in them. While he was thinking of and immediately discarding ideas of how to save himself, the ground was closing in rapidly. Maybe if I blow really hard at the grou- SLAP! Pain flared up in his left cheek, pulling him out of his insane ramblings and then he felt a weightlessness - the same as… When the nice girl stopped his fall!

He then hit the ground, pretty hard still, but he wasn't dead at least. He tried to stand up but remembered that his legs were thrashed so instead he turned to his side to see the girl who saved his fall - again. She looked pretty exhausted, but overall she looked fine. "She's alright…" Izuku sighed in relief. "Now if I can just get at least one point!" he exclaimed and started to wriggle his way forward and then, a horn sounded, signaling the end of the exam.

Poor Izuku almost fainted. He'd failed. All those months with All Might, were they all for nothing. He rolled onto his back and using the muscles in his stomach he pulled himself up into a sitting position. He looked down at his burnt hands. "No… I used that. No…" He hadn't used his light powers at all since the day Kacchan died and now he had. This time it had been different though. The light had not been green but blue and exploded instead of just knocking the robot back, like it had Kacchan, as well as frying his hands. It was more powerful and Izuku wondered if maybe different wavelengths produced different results. I was possible…

"Well done everyone!" an elderly voice called out to the test participants. Izuku looked up to just to see that he was completely surrounded by people, all amazed that the weak-looking boy could produce so much power, with such devastating results not only on the enemy but also on his own body. Izuku freaked out a little due to all the attention he was getting but calmed himself down when he saw who the praising voice belonged to.

It was the pro hero Recovery Girl who was wandering around the injured, handing out smooches or gummies where it was needed. When she came up to Izuku she looked at him skeptically. When she bowed down to kiss him he stopped her.

"Heal her first," the boy said with a grunt of pain as he lifted his badly injured hand towards the girl that saved him. Everybody including Recovery Girl stared at him in disbelief, but then the healer gave him a quick nod as she hurried over to where the boy had pointed to, planting a kiss on the girls head. When she returned to the boy she did the same to him and after being fully healed, he collapsed from exhaustion as the healing used his own stamina to work.

A/N: That concludes the second chapter of Wavelengths, hopefully, you found it interesting!

I'd like to mention that I am, by no means, a skilled writer, and this may or may not show in the text. Therefore I'd like your help. I want to improve my writing, so if you could point out common mistakes I make or ways to just better myself in general, I would be grateful.

On a more serious note, however, I'm contemplating to discontinue this story. And before you say anything, I'd like to explain why that is. Now I like what I have done so far, even though I felt it was a bit rushed. To be honest, I haven't thought much at all of how to make this story progress in a way that keeps it interesting and it will probably deteriorate quality-wise over time.

I read all the manga up to date (which I hadn't when the first chapter went up, and as somebody pointed out, Bakugo - whom I killed in the beginning - will play a bigger role later) and realize that in the end, the story I had wouldn't make any sense.

Do not fear (for I am here) though because I have another story in mind. I don't have it all planned out yet; it's just an idea at the moment. I want to create a character on my own and try to integrate them into the main plot, with minor changes here and there.

I do not feel that these two chapters were in vain though, even though I choose to stop here. I feel like I've gotten a grasp on my weaknesses when it comes to writing. I will try to strengthen those and improve, hopefully with your help!

Thank you to those who have stayed with me this far, even though it wasn't for long. Sorry if I disappointed some of you, but I will do my best to make it up to you soon.

Until then, go beyond - PLUS ULTRA!