Chapter 4

Key-

"Hey! - Speech

There- Thoughts

Readers- Super Moves

"Without a Quirk? All Might asked, still with his strong smile. He grunted and all of the sudden steam started coming out of his body. Izuku didn't notice but James did. He started to shake Izuku, but Izuku wasn't paying attention. He had his eyes closed. Still talking to All Might.

"Oh shit. Now! Now here? Not here." All Might said, grunted to himself. Izuku kept going on with his speech.

"I just want to prove my classmates wrong, ever since I was a kid, I thought saving people was the coolest thing you could do. I want people to see my fearless smile, and be the kind of hero everyone looks up too. Just like you!" Izuku said with a bright smile. James shook Izuku and pointed his finger at All Might. The steam had gone away and All Might was now… Well not so… good looking.

"EW?!" They both screamed, loudly.

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Down in Tatooin Shopping District…

The Slime Villain one by the name of Sludge opened his eyes to find himself trapped within what he assumed to be a soda bottle. He noticed that he was in an alleyway as he looked around and saw that he was near the Tatooin Shopping district.

"What the hell?" He wondered, "How did I get here?"

He tried to recall what had happened to him, as he tried to move around in the bottle. It wasn't long until he recalled how he ended up the way he was. "That's right…" He said, "All Might must've got me." He growled out of annoyance, "If it weren't for that bastard… Then I would've been home free… I got to find a way to get back at him… But how…?"

His answer soon came in the form of a voice; Katsuki along with his two classmates came strolling down the alleyway as they were using it to take a shortcut.

"Man that was rough. Weren't you and Midoriya good friends, back when you were kids?" One of his classmates commented.

"Yeah, you were a little harsh on him. And who was that other kid that defended him? I never have seen him before?" His other classmate commented. Katsuki annoyed. He didn't know whose Izukus' new friend was either. But knowing that he was smarter than him aggravated him even more.

"It's his own fault for getting in my way. And for his "new" friend." Katsuki spat out the word friend. "I'll kick his pointless ass too." He growled as he kicked a soda bottle aside, allowing it to pop open.

"Come on, don't let it get too you. And we can totally beat his friend's ass tomorrow." One of them mentioned.

"How can I not? Katsuki said, setting fire to a soda can he had been holding before tossing it to the side. "Just watching him, makes me so pissed off. And I want to beat that kid so badly too." His two friends chuckled at the thought.

"Maybe we should go to the arcade to get your mind off of things?" His classmate asked.

"You'll come too right, Katsuki?" His other classmate asked.

Katsuki took a deep breath as to calm himself before replying, "Fine, whatever"

"Or we can sneak into the bar at the station. Pick up some ladies?" The other said smirking. The classmate nodded his head.

"Idiots! If we get caught there's no way I'll get into U.A!" Katsuki yelled loudly.

Soon enough the two classmates started to shake in fear as they saw something creeping up behind him, which made Katsuki looked to them perplexed. "Hey! Look!" The two of them said. Katsuki soon looked what exactly got them spooked, and saw that the Sludge Villain crept up to him.

"A skin suit with some fire! HA, that would be perfect!" The Sludge Villain said.

Katsuki's eyes widened before the world around him became dark.

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Meanwhile…

"What? Huh? What? You deflated!" Izuku screamed, looking both ways.

"God what the fuck is that!" James yelled at the deflated All Might.

The two of looked at All Might, they saw what looked to be an over skinny man with long limbs and neck; the clothes he wore which were a simple white t-shirt and a pair of green cargo pants were baggy on him, and he had on a frown instead of a smile, and his eyes were revealed to be blue and his hair looked more disheveled than it was before. Basically, he looked like a wilted French fry. He looked at Izuku and James and blood poured out from his mouth. They both yelled loudly again.

"What is happening?!" The green haired boy yelled, confused

"Okay, how can I put this…?" All Might said as he wiped the blood from his mouth, "... You know how the guys at the pool are constantly flexing and posturing to impress others?"

The two of them didn't say anything; they merely nodded their heads in reply.

"I'm like that." All Might stated. The two boys looked at each in bewilderment then looked at All Might again, they snapped out of it.

"No that can't be true! All Might saves the day with a fearless smile." One of the boys said. All Might sighed and looked up at him,

"There's plenty of fear behind that smile." He sat down. "I'm counting on the two of you to keep your mouth shut. Don't go online or tell any of your friends about this." All Might said, lifting up his shirt. The two boys gasped and gritted their teeth hard.

"Pretty nasty, huh?" All Might had said. All Might had lifted his shirt slightly to show a large scar just along his side, which took the three of them by surprise. It almost looked like a meteor made a crater on the side of his body.

All Might had begun to explain, "It's an injury I got five years back. Half of my respiratory systems were destroyed, and I lost my whole stomach. I've become emaciated due to the repeated surgeries and aftereffects. Right now I can only work as a hero for about three hours a day."

"Three hours?" James said, disappointed.

"You're… serious?" Izuku asked, then continued.

"Five years ago? So does that mean it was the fight with Toxic Chainsaw?" He also asked. All Might look at him surprised.

"Wow you know you're stuff." He said, resting his head in his hands. "But no. The punk may have landed some hits, but he couldn't bring me down. Most of the world hasn't heard of this fight. I did everything to prevent this fight from getting into the news. I'm supposed to be the guy that's always smiling am I right? I'm the Symbol of Peace. I'm supposed to be never afraid. But honestly, I smile to hide the fear inside." All Might said, clenching his fist together. "It's just a brave face that I put on when the pressure is high. This job isn't easy." He finished. Izuku gasped, his eyes getting bigger. A bead of sweat dripped down the side of his forehead.

"Pro Heroes are always having to risk their lives. Some villains can't be beaten without powers. So, no. I don't think you can become a hero without a quirk." All Might finished.

Izuku gasped at this while James looked at him in Shock. All Might stood with the help of the railing before proceeding out the door, "If you want to help others… Then you could become a police officer. They're often teased because they get villains delivered to their doorstep, but that's also a fine occupation. It's not a bad dream… But you also have to consider what's realistic."

With that, he started exiting the rooftop. James started shouting at him; "Don't be such a coward. You listen to me. I don't care if you're The Symbol of Peace! You just can't say things like that to someone, especially Izuku! He's worked harder than ever and probably anyone else to get into U.A.!" James yelled loudly, clenching his fist tight.

He was shaking hard. All Might looked back but didn't say a word. He turned opened up the door and left. Izuku and James stared at the door. He turned to Izuku and looked at him. Izuku was in complete shock.

"I'm sorry," James said, looking down at his feet. Izuku looked at James and gave a weak smile. "It's okay. I should've known that anyway…" Izuku responded. Then the two of them had a large boom. Izuku gasped.

"A villain! I wonder what hero will show." He said, starting to run to the door. All Might's' words rang in his head again. James noticed this and quickly ran up to him and playfully punched his shoulder.

"Come on. We have to go see it!" James said, with a smile on his face. Izuku still a little disappointed. Couldn't help but smile at James.

Down in Tatooni Shopping District

Many of the people ran away screaming from the Villain that had been attacking the shopping district. Not only had that but fire surrounded. The Sludge Villain stood tall and intimidating to many as Katsuki struggled to get free and to get the Villain to stop using his Quirk. A group of Pro Heroes had arrived on the scene, one of them being Death Arms.

They were shocked to see how fast the fire had spread, but they were more shocked to see Katsuki in the Sludge Villain's body.

"You damn coward!" Death Arms yelled as he charged at the villain.

He threw a powerful punch into the Sludge Villains stomach. Though it didn't seem to have any effect as his fist started to think into his body.

"What the hell is this? Some kind of Goo?!" Death Arms exclaimed. The Sludge Villain smirked and threw him to the side. He hit the iron gate of a store that was nearby. The villain laughed. "Don't come near me if you want the kid to live!"

With a large cry, Katsuki managed to get his mouth and half of his body free. He let out a loud scream. "You picked the wrong guy to mess with! I'm going to sick you back to whatever sewer you came out of. Let me go!" Katsuki yelled, sending off powerful explosions because of his Quirk. He kept trying to pull out, whimpering loudly.

The crowd couldn't help but watch as they had stayed behind as the Pro Heroes did their work. Though they were praying for the safety of the young student, many were more interested in the Villain that laid in front of the Pro Heroes.

"WOAH! It must be a big shot villain!"

"He's pretty strong!"

"How did he get that kid?"

"Look. There she is. The rookie hero Mount Lady!"

Just as they said, Mount Lady came rushing into the scene, though she had stopped when she realized something as she arrived.

"Oh no! My only weakness. I can't move in a one lane road. I need two!" Mount Lady cried.

Kamui Woods managed to grab ahold of five people before he started to dart out through the fire and towards where the crowd was. "I'm not good when it comes to explosions!" Kamui said, "I'll leave it to someone else for today!"

"Don't look at me! I have the stuff to do here! Where are those firetrucks?" Another hero by the name of Backdraft asked. He looked around towards the other heroes. "Can you guys get a grip on him?"

"I can't get a grip on his weird body!" Death Arms called back. "Plus that kid's Quirk is causing too many explosions! We go to rally and knock him out of the park somehow!" Death Arms finished.

"We need to buy time for the proper hero to show up!" Someone else called.

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The two boys walked quickly. Izuku flipped through his notebook of "Hero Analysis for the Future." He was on a page that showed Kamui Woods. James peeked over at the book and analyzed everything that he had written down.

He smiled. Izuku is such a nerd. He flipped to a page that had Mount Lady. And then finally flipped to a page that had All Might's' signature on it. He sighed and closed the notebook. Izuku sniffed and rubbed his nose. James already knew that he was still thinking about becoming a hero. Then they heard an explosion that was across the street from where they were standing. They turned to the explosion and looked.

"Come on! James said, grabbing his arms. They ran quickly across the street. James and Izuku pushed to the front of the crowd quickly. Izuku gasped

"It's the guy who attacked us!" Izuku yelled.

"They got a kid!" Someone else yelled. James looked to see who it was. Izuku shoved his hands into his face and started to nod his head No! All of the sudden, Izuku started running. James ran after him, "Izuku! Wait! James yelled as they ran into the fire. They both were heading straight for the villain. Izuku took off his backpack and threw it at the villain, blinding him.

"Kaachan!" Izuku cried out, he started pulling at the sludge body. James did the same, pulling from the other side of him.

"What are you guys doing here?!" Katsuki yelled, confused and surprised.

"I don't know. My legs they just started running!" Izuku yelled. The two of them continued to pull his body.

"Kacchan I couldn't just stand there and watch you die!" Izuku explained tears were forming in his eyes. Kacchan continued to yell loudly.

"GET HIM OUT OF THERE!" Death Arms yelled loudly. James quickly noticed that the Sludge Villain was going to attack him. He quickly jumped and tackled Izuku and covered his body with his own. He closed his eyes and Izuku did too. There was no way to dodge what the villain was going to do now.

Before they felt the impact, Izuku and James heard a sudden whoosh. The two of them opened there eyes and saw that All Might had blocked the sludge impact. He grabbed onto the sticky body of the Sludge and held it tightly and grabbed Katsuki too. The Sludge still clinging to his body. He yelled loudly

"Pro heroes are always risking their lives!"

"DETRIOT SMASH!" All Might yelled out loudly.

He threw a punch directly into the villain and he broke apart. Blowing up. Katsuki laid on the floor, passed out. The wind from the punch also caused the weather to change. Clouds swirled up, and it began to drizzle. Many people gasped in awe. People started cheering and he held his first high. Showing off his signature smile.

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Later that day

The sun had begun to set over the horizon. The two teens walked down a block. James looked at everything in awe. Izuku watched him looked at everything and let him ask a bunch of questions. Izuku was letting James live with him. I hope my mom is okay with this. I mean. I don't think she would turn someone away. Izuku thought to himself, before receiving a punch to his shoulder.

"Today was pretty exhausting-" James started talking but was interrupted.

"Hey! You two wait up!"

They turned around and saw Katsuki running towards them

"Katsuki?" Izuku called out

"Listen. I would never ask for a weakling like you and James to help me. Don't think you can look down on me! HUH? Huh? Got that! I was fine by myself! You guys are just Quirkless losers! You both wouldn't even make it as a rent a cops! You did nothing. I don't owe you guys anything!" Katsuki yelled, turned around and started walking away. Izuku and James watched him walk away confused. They turned and started walking again until a familiar voice rang in the air.

"I am here!" All Might yelled out, sprinting and stopping in front of them.

"All Might? How did you get here? How did you get rid of all those reporters? Izuku asked him, surprised. All Might was started to tell a speech before he turned back into a wilted French fry. Izuku and James yelled loudly as he sprayed blood from his mouth and onto the ground. He wiped off his lip.

"I just came here to answer your question from earlier." All Might said and started;

"There are many stories of how people became great heroes. Their bodies moved on their own." All Might said. Izuku looked down at his feet and started whimpering. Izuku started to rub his back and he looked at All Might. He looked confused and James said nodded head.

"And today. That's what happened to you. Young man, you too can become hero." All Might finished.