Chapter 4: Hero
(Part 1 of U.A. Entrance Exams arc)
10 years ago...
Izuku waited impatiently in the doctor's office while the doctor fetched the x-rays. He was eager to hear the results from his tests and see what kind of Quirk he develops. While the other kids started to develop their Quirks, Izuku showed no signs of development. His mother grew worried and decided to go to the doctor. Izuku sat in a stool next to his mother while playing his toy of All Might. The doctor came in and displayed Izuku's x-rays on the board. The doctor sat down on his seat and sighed.
"I'm afraid there's no hope for him to become a Hero," the doctor said.
Izuku blankly started at the doctor as he dropped his toy.
"Wait, there must be a mistake," Izuku's mother said.
"Pardon me, ma'am, but you're from the fourth generation, yes? As far as Quirks, I mean."
"Yes, of course. I can pull small objects with my hand and my husband can breath fire," Ms. Midoriya said as she demonstrated her Quirk by pulling Izuku's toy from the ground.
"By the age of four, a child's Quirk should have already begin to develop. Whether it's one of his parents' Quirks or a combination of both," the doctor said. He pointed at the x-ray image of Izuku's foot and pointed at his pinky toe; more specifically the joint of it.
"Whether a child may possess a Quirk or not has to do with the presence or absence of a joint in the pinky toe. Humans do not use the parts they don't need, and those without the joint represent the next stage of evolution. Izuku here has two joints. It's rare nowadays but Izuku possesses no Quirk at all."
Izuku remained quiet during the ride back home. Once he home, he immediately went to his room and shut himself in for the rest of the day. Izuku turned on his computer and began watching the clip of All Might's first appearance. His mother nervously watched him in the back. She was sad to see that her son's dreams has been shattered.
"Mom... No matter what kind of trouble you are in, he'll always save with a smile..." Izuku whimpered. He turned his chair around and pointed at All Might carrying civilians to safety. Tears poured out of his eyes as he weakly said, "That's the Hero I wanna be..."
His mother bursted out in tears and began to hug Izuku. She felt guilty for her son's lack of Quirk even though that she has no control over it.
"I'm so sorry, Izuku!" Ms. Midoriya cried out. She kept telling Izuku that she's sorry. Though those were not the words Izuku wanted to hear.
Present Day...
"J-Josuke!" Izuku panicked. Josuke was caught in the grasp of a villain made out of sludgy fluid. Josuke tried to attack the Sludge Villain with Crazy Diamond, but the Stand's fist got trapped in the villain's body. Since Stand's are still physical they're bounded by the laws of real-world physics. So when Crazy Diamond got absorbed into the sludge, Josuke was also pulled into it.
"Dammit, if you mess up my hair, I'll kill you!" Josuke shouted, trying to move his head so that his hair from touch the sludge. Crazy Diamond quickly appeared in front of Josuke and tried to pull him out. But whenever Crazy Diamond tried to pull on the villain's liquid body, it would just go through the Stand's fingers.
"Struggle all you want, kid. You'll eventually lose all of your strength," the Sludge Villain taunted. The Sludge Villain couldn't see that Crazy Diamond was in front of him and it gave Josuke an advantage. Even though Stands must be a secret at all times, a life and death situation causes Josuke to throw that rule out of the window to favor living.
DORARARARARARARARARARARARA!
Crazy Diamond began punching the Sludge Villain with a storm of punches. Unfortunately none of Crazy Diamond's punches left a dent on the villain's liquid body. Every punch that the Stand landed on the villain didn't even make the villain flinch. His liquid body made him invulnerable to Crazy Diamond's punches. The villain quickly began to choke Josuke with one of his tendrils; covering his mouth and straining his neck.
"You're a fighter aren't ya? While I choke you to death, you can watch me kill your friends!" the Sludge Villain claimed as he launched several slimy tendrils at Okuyasu and Izuku.
"Izuku, behind me!" Okuyasu ordered.
Izuku quickly hid behind Okuyasu as a section of The Hand's right arm began to form over Okuyasu's. He charged towards the tendrils and pulled back his arm for a massive swipe. This allows him to quickly erase multiple tendrils at once. Okuyasu began to swipe away the tendrils with The Hand's erasure ability. He didn't let a single tendril touch him or get past him. He wasn't going to let the villain get hold of him or Izuku. Izuku gawked at the sight of Okuyasu using his Stand. It was the first time he saw his abilities in a combat situation. He reminded himself to write down notes on Okuyasu's erasure ability if they live through this fight. The slimy villain took noticed of Okuyasu's ability and quickly recalled his tendrils back to him.
"What a dangerous Quirk! the Sludge Villain shouted. The Hand's erasure ability made him a dangerous opponent to attack up close.
As the fight went on, Crazy Diamond tried to pull Josuke out of the Sludge Villain. However, Josuke was slowly losing his strength as he was being suffocated by the Sludge VIllain. The Sludge Villain thought that Crazy Diamond's actions was Josuke trying to free himself with some kind of Quirk. He laughed as the teen began to lose his strength. As Josuke slowly losses his consciousness, Crazy Diamond started to fade away.
"Crazy Diamond is starting to fade away!" Okuyasu shouted. Izuku looked at Okuyasu curiously, wondering what he's referring to. Despite the current situation, he began to wonder if there's more to Josuke and Okuyasu than just their quirks.
"Hahaha, starting you loose your strength? Don't worry, it will be over soon," the villain mocked. Josuke glared at the villain as he turned his eyes towards the teen. The Sludge Villain was thinking that he was lucky that he caught Josuke rather than some random stranger. "This has to be the perfect catch for me! Tall, fit, and young! Don't worry, I'll use your body so that it doesn't go to waste in a grave."
Okuyasu couldn't just stand in the distance and do nothing but watch. He took the initiative and began to charge towards the Sludge Villain. Izuku reached out his arm to try to stop Okuyasu, but the tall teen began to sprint forward. The Sludge Villain sent out several tendrils at Okuyasu. The Hand appeared in front of him and began to swipe away the tendrils, erasing them from existence. A single tendril managed to snatch Okuyasu's leg and pulled him upwards. The Hand cut the tentacle that held Okuyasu by erasing a part of the tentacle that wasn't close to Okuyasu's leg. The Stand user fell on the ground on his face. Izuku began to sweat nervously. He just saw Okuyasu just erase a tendril without even swiping over it with his right hand.
This raised Izuku's suspicions even more. Izuku reminded himself to ask Okuyasu about what happened during this fight, but Izuku thought he should save it for later. The Sludge Villain feared Okuyasu as he shows a potential threat. He could easily run away, but in order to for his plan to work, he needs to get rid witnesses. He was going hijack Josuke's body and dispose his two friends and hide their bodies in a place where authorities can't find them.
"You're friends are damn annoying," the Sludge Villain groaned. "Actually, now that I think about it, if I finish you off and take over your body, you're friend will be very hesitant to attack."
Josuke's eyes widened as he began to muffle beneath the tendril suffocating you. "That's perfect! Damn, I'm smart. Haha!"
"I think the first thing I'll do after killing all three of you is to treat myself to a haircut. I mean, a pompadour nowadays is so goddamn lame," the Sludge Villain remarked.
The villain smirked while snickering to himself. Josuke began to glare as he grew furious. Crazy Diamond quickly emerged from thin air and let out a single powerful punch on the Sludge Villain's teeth. His teeth shattered like glass and it made Josuke realized the villain's weakness. The villain had two weak points in his entire body and it consisted of the only two solidified parts of his body; his teeth and eyes. Crazy Diamond aimed his fist at the Sludge Villain's eyes and began to let out a nonstop flurry of punches.
DORARARARARARARARARARARA!
Crazy Diamond didn't held back any punches and continued to punch the living hell out of the villain until he was incapacitated. Each punch to the eye made the villain slowly lose his grasp on Josuke and he started to lose shape of his sludgy body. Once the villain was reduced to nothing but a puddle, Josuke slowly sat up and coughed up a bit of sludge that went into his mouth. Okuyasu and Izuku quickly helped up their friend get on his feet.
"Josuke, are you alright?!" Izuku panicked.
"I'm fine, Izuku. Luckily that freak didn't mess up my hair," Josuke huffed as he tried to catch his breath.
"Gross, Josuke, you reek!" Okuyasu shouted.
"He did come from the sewers," Izuku joked.
"Let's call the cops. I'm sure they're equipped to deal with this guy," Josuke said.
Okuyasu, Izuku, and Josuke turned their bodies towards the other end of the tunnel. The trio failed to realize that the Sludge Villain wasn't done fighting them. He slowly reformed its body and charged at the three students. Everyone quickly turned around the second the sludge started dashing towards them. Josuke and Okuyasu quickly summoned Crazy Diamond and The Hand to fight off the Sludge Villain.
"I ain't finished with you brats yet!" the Sludge Villain yelled. He had his eyes set for Josuke and tried to grab him again so that he could use Josuke as a human shield against Okuyasu. Izuku saw the attack coming for Josuke and acted according to his instinct.
"Josuke!" Izuku yelled as he pushed Josuke out of the way. Izuku realized that if Josuke attacked, he would only get trapped again like last time.
"Izuku, you dumbass!" Josuke shouted angrily. Out of all the times to act like a Hero, Izuku picked the worst time to be one. He doesn't even have a Quirk or Stand to fight against this villain.
"Izuku!" Okuyasu shouted.
Okuyasu stepped forward and had The Hand appear in front of him. Even though the Sludge Villain cannot see the Stand, he can tell that Okuyasu was trying to do something to try to save the life of his friend. He knew that his ability was to erase anything he swipes with his right hand. It's a dangerous ability of used effectively.
"Why don't you die, asshole!" Okuyasu cried out. Okuyasu quickly raised his right arm and before he could swipe it downwards, the villain quickly pulled Izuku in front of him.
"You wouldn't want to use that Quirk of yours on a friend? Would you? the Sludge Villain laughed maniacally.
"Bastard!" Josuke taunted the enemy.
"I'm going to use this kid to get me out of this goddamn city! I doubt a Hero would try to attack me if I had the hostage on the lifeline!" the villain yelled. Okuyasu chuckled silently and the villain took notice of that. "What's so funny? I can snap your friend's neck if you tried anything funny."
The Sludge Villain wrapped his arm around Izuku's neck and gripped on it.
"What's funny is that you might be dumber than me!" Okuyasu shouted, "I may not be as smart as my bro, but even I know the full power of my power!"
Okuyasu quickly erased the space in front of him, causing Izuku to be pulled towards him. The sheer forced of the pull was strong enough to break through the muddy tendrils. Izuku suddenly appeared in front of Okuyasu in healthy condition.
"What the hell just happened!?" the villain snapped.
"My ability is not just erasing stuff over my right hand! It's erasing space! The space that becomes erased gets stitched back together by the surrounding space. In this case, Izuku's body was used to stitch up the missing space!" Okuyasu chuckled. Josuke sighed in relief now that his friend was safe from the villain. Josuke began to evaluate the situation and came across the conclusion that it's a losing battle. Josuke can't fight a villain with a Quirk like his, and Okuyasu would eventually be outsmarted. Josuke came up with the only logical solution.
"Great. Now that Izuku is safe there's only one thing left to do. The ultimate stratagem!" Josuke claimed.
"W-what is it?" Okuyasu curiously asked. "Is it punching the hell out of the guy?"
"No, it involves our legs!" Josuke said as he patted his right leg.
"What do we do?" Izuku asked.
"Just follow my lead..." Josuke muttered. He quickly turned around and started to run away from the sludge villain. "Hotfoot it out of here, Izuku!"
Okuyasu and Izuku followed Josuke despite the stupidity of Josuke's plan. It was the only reasonable solution Josuke had in mind. The villain's Quirk makes it impossible to take him down. The Sludge Villain had to take two seconds to process the sheer idiocy of Josuke's plan. But he quickly realized that the second they reach out of the tunnels, they could yell for help and that could attract a patrolling or police officer. He began chasing down the fleeing students.
"If we run out of this tunnel, we have a chance to get noticed and help would be on its way!" Josuke shouted.
"We better hurry, because he's catching up fast!" Izuku shouted.
Josuke knew that the Sludge Villain would catch them the second they reach the exit. Crazy Diamond appeared behind Josuke and began tearing down the wall next to him. The Stand quickly fixed the wall so that it would block the Sludge Villain. Izuku turned around and was amazed to see Josuke's ingenuity.
Amazing! Josuke created walls to block delay the villain, but what in the world broke the pieces of the wall... Izuku wondered. This only reassured Izuku's suspicious. Once the Josuke and the rest reached the other end of the tunnel, they tried to catch their breath.
"It won't take long before that bastard breaks through the wall..." Okuyasu muttered. The three were slightly exhausted from both fighting and running away from that villain.
"Well, we made it in daylight and that means a Hero should arrive if the villain bothers to attack us," Izuku said.
"Heh, it would be amazing if a Hero like All Might shows up! He could take him down with a single punch!" Okuyasu shouted enthusiastically.
"That would be amazing!" Izuku nodded.
"Hey, get your heads out of your fantasy! The villain is going to break through that wall anytime soon," Josuke said.
"You got to be kidding me! My legs are still deadbeat from running that fast! I think I broke my speed record with that run..." Okuyasu huffed. The Sludge Villain knocked over the wall Josuke created and charged right at the three students. Josuke and Okuyasu stood in front of Izuku to shield him from the villain. Josuke and Okuyasu summoned Crazy Diamond and The Hand and mentally prepared themselves for a fight.
Suddenly, a large muscular man with a white shirt landed in front of the three students. Even though he looks unrecognizable because of his current appearance, his blonde hair with two bangs sticking out and muscular body.
"It's going to be alright, citizens!" All Might shouted.
"All Might!?" Okuyasu and Izuku jumped in excitement. Josuke quietly chuckled out of relief. The villain was already done for now that All Might arrived
"A-All Might?!" the Sludge Villain screamed. The villain panicked and tried to attack the Hero.
"TEXAS SMASH!" All Might shouted. The Hero pulled back fist and used the force of his punch to build up wind pressure. He sent the wind pressure towards the Sludge Villain and it tore him apart.
"Haha, man, for a second I thought we were all goners," Okuyasu laughed.
"Oh yeah, Izuku, you're one huge All Might fanboy right? Seeing him action in person must be really-" Okuyasu turned around to see his friend unconscious. "Izuku!"
Josuke suddenly turned around to see Izuku knocked out and sighed. "He must've gotten too excited to see his idol..."
"Is your friend alright?" All Might asked. All Might walked up to the two teenagers. While looking at Izuku, All Might quickly contained the Sludge Villain in a plastic bottle.
"Y-yeah, he must've passed out when the villain came after us," Josuke said. All Might approached Izuku and began to lightly slap him in the cheeks to wake him up. Josuke and Okuyasu awkwardly watched him from the side.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!" All Might said as he tried to wake up Izuku. Izuku slowly opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was All Might, which caused him to whimper. "Ah, good! You're alive!"
Izuku quickly crawled backwards and got up. He was saved by his idol, All Might. The green-haired teen didn't care if he almost died because he was saved by All Might. He bowed down and thanked All Might for saving his life. "Thank you so much!"
"Yeah, thank you so much! We would've died!" Okuyasu yelled, bowing down right next to Izuku.
All Might laughed and said, "No need to thank me. It's my duty to [protect this country and its people!"
"He's so cool," Izuku quietly muttered. "Wait, I need to get an autograph!"
Izuku pulled out his notebook from his book bag. It was the notebook Izuku uses to write down the many Quirks that Heroes have, but he didn't care as long as he signed it.
"Can you sign my notebook for me?" Izuku asked, holding the notebook and pen.
"Of course!" All Might claimed. Izuku handed him the notebook and pen. All Might quickly signed it with his signature with his symbol on the corner.
"This is amazing! Thank you!" Izuku shouted gratefully.
"Now, I have to get this villainous scum to the police station!" All Might claimed. He turned around and prepared to jump.
"Well, then..." All Might said before performing a large leap, "I'll be counting on your continued support!" Okuyasu awed silently as he was impressed by All Might's power to perform such a jump.
"Y'know, seeing All Might in person is much more badass than seeing him on TV," Okuyasu commented.
"He isn't my favorite , but I do respect him. It isn't easy being the symbol of peace," Josuke added, "Come on, let's go home. I feel like I need a good shower after being covered in sewage."
"Yeah..." Okuyasu said. He tilted his head a bit and noticed Izuku was gone. "H-hey, where did Izuku go?
"What do you mean?" Josuke asked as he looked around. He couldn't spot his friend anywhere. "The hell? It's like he disappeared of the face of the world!"
"You don't think..." Okuyasu paused for a second as he looked up into the air, "... he jumped with All Might."
"What do you mean jumped with All Might? He doesn't even have a Quirk," Josuke sighed.
"No, no, that's what I meant. What if he grabbed onto All Might? You and I know that the only Hero Izuku follows like a religion is All Might!" Okuyasu explained.
"Holy shit, Okuyasu. If Izuku did grab All Might before jumping..." Josuke glanced at the direction where All Might jumped, "That means he's heading over there."
When All Might jumped high into the air, he felt something grabbing onto his leg tightly. When he looked down, All Might saw Izuku clinging on his leg for his dear life.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey," All Might said. He tried to shove Izuku off his leg, but the young man continued to grab onto his leg. "Let go of me! Your fanaticism is too much!"
"B-but if I let go, I'll die!" Izuku cried out loud.
"O-oh, true," All Might said worryingly. The Hero felt a drop of blood slowly coming out in between his teeth. He muttered, "Shit."
All Might spotted a building that he could land on and decided to drop off Izuku there. Once he landed, Izuku immediately lets go of All Might's leg to catch his breath. He commented, "That was scary."
All Might sighed and began to walk to the edge of the building. "Good grief. If you talk to the people downstairs, I'm sure they'll let you downstairs."
"W-wait, I still have a question for you!" Izuku shouted. All Might stopped to hear out Izuku.
"I will not wait!" All Might claimed. Izuku tried to reach his arm out to All Might, but hesitated to move forward. He reminded himself of the many times people made fun of him for being Quirkless or. From when the doctor told him he was born without a Quirk to when Bakugou bullied him for not having a Quirk. Even so, he still had to ask the question.
"Can someone without a Quirk be a like you?" Izuku asked. The questioned reached All Might and he turned around to see Izuku flustered and embarrassed.
"Can I become a Hero even though I don't have a Quirk?" Izuku asked. All Might looked over his shoulders and saw Izuku with his face flushed with red.
"Without a Quirk-" All Might's thoughts was interrupted by a sudden pain in his head. Smoke began to surround his body as All Might tried to fight the pain.
"D-dammit," All Might muttered. Izuku failed to realize what's going on because he's busy monologue with his eyes closed.
"I-I was born without a Quirk. Many students in my class made fun of me and thought just because I didn't have a Quirk means I'm a weakling," Izuku said with a small crack in his voice. He cleared his throat and began speaker louder and clearer. "But it makes me want to to prove them wrong. When I was younger, I thought saving people was the coolest thing you could ever do. That's why I set my dreams to become a just like you!" Izuku exclaimed, finally opening his eyes. His eyes turned blank when he saw a skinny man with long limbs standing where once All Might was. Izuku screamed at the top of his lungs out of shock.
Somewhere else close-by...
"Ugh, what happened to me..." the Sludge Villain groaned. He looked around the alleyway wondering what just happened. He finally remembered and shouted, "All Might!"
"He just came in and knocked me out in an instant!" the Sludge Villain groaned. He wondered how he ended up here, but that didn't matter. All Might probably lost him and that meant he has a chance to escape. The Sludge Villain tried to break free from the bottle but the cap was sealed tightly. The Sludge Villain could hear a few people talking in the distance and saw a few teenagers approaching him.
"I'm surprised Izuku managed to make himself friends," one of Bakugou's friends remarked. Katsuki and his two friends were walking around an alleyway, trying to figure how to kill some time, "I saw him, Josuke, and Okuyasu leave school together today."
"They've been leaving school together for the past few weeks," another of Bakugou's friends explained, "They must be really attached."
"They do share the same goal of going to U.A. except that Koichi guy."
"Doesn't it ruins Bakugou's dream or whatever?"
"IT GODDAMN DOES!" Bakugou shouted as he kicked a bottle. There was a bit of content left inside the bottle that spilled all over the floor, but the explosive student didn't care. He turned around to his friend's and said, "That goddamn Josuke and his dumbass friend Okuyasu might have a chance to get into U.A.! How can I have a perfect rise to fame if they just let anybody from our shitty school in U.A.!"
Bakugou let out a massive explosion with his open palm out of frustration. His friends jumped back and whelped.
"At least you don't have to worry about Izuku trying to get in," one of Bakugou's friend said with sweat coming down his head.
"Hey, why don't we go to the arcade and get a change in pace?" the other friend suggested, trying to calm down his short-tempered friend before he explodes quite literally.
"Yeah, I think a round of Tekken might do the trick," Bakugou smirked.
"Heh, there's also a lot of prey there too," one of Bakugou's friend said.
"Hey! If you try to pickpocket again it might end up in my record!" Bakugou shouted. His friends chuckled at his reaction, but they suddenly had an anxious look on their face.
"H-hey, Katsuki..." one of Bakugou's friend pointed behind him.
"What are you guys even pointing at?" Bakugou groaned. When he turned around, he saw a pile of sludge quickly take shape of a deformed humanoid figure and lunged towards Bakugou.
"An invisible cloak with a great Quirk!" the Sludge Villain shouted as he attacked Bakugou.
Back at the top of the building where All Might dropped of Izuku
"Y-you're deflated!" Izuku shouted. In front of him was a skinny and fragile looking man standing where All Might was once standing. Even though that man was All Might, Izuku was in a massive state of denial. There was no way that Japan's No. 1 is someone who looks so ill and skinny. "N-no, you must be a fake."
"I am the real All Might," All Might said with a less boisterous tone. Blood began to spray out of his mouth which caused Izuku to panic.
"No way!" Izuku screamed.
"You know those guys who constantly flex and pose by the pool? It's like that," All- Might said. Izuku's eyes turned white. He was shocked to see his and idol turn into a normal looking person. Izuku knew that this was something that wasn't made public.
"I-it can't be... All Might always saves people with a fearless smile. He's the greatest..." Izuku muttered.
"A fearless smile, huh?" All Might sighed. He sat on the ground with his elbows resting on his knees. "Young man, now that you've seen me like this make sure you don't say this stuff online, even accidentally."
All Might pulled up his shirt and showed Izuku an injury on his chest. It looked like a projectile pierced through it and punctured a hole. Izuku silently gasped and covered his mouth.
"I got this injury from a fight five years ago..." All Might explained, "Half of my respiratory system was destroyed and I lost my stomach. I've become emaciated from repeated surgeries and the aftereffects."
"Right now, I can only be a Hero for three hours," All Might sighed. Izuku tried to remember any significant fight All Might had five years ago. He remembered one fight with a villain named Toxic Chainsaw but it never went public for some odd reason. He only heard about it through rumors on the internet.
"Five years ago... It was that fight with Toxic Chainsaw that did this to you," Izuku said.
"You're well-informed," All-Might said with his head nodding. He gripped his own hand and said, "But a punk like that couldn't defeat me. I asked the fight not be made public."
"I will continue to save people with a smile. The Symbol of Peace cannot be daunted by evil!" All Might said, "I smile to show the pressure of Heroes and trick the fear inside of me. Heroes continue to risk their lives everyday. I cannot say 'you can become a even without powers'."
Izuku whimpered quietly and tried to hold back his tears. To hear your idol say that you cannot achieve your dreams can devastate anyone. "I-I see..." Izuku muttered.
All Might stood up and started walking towards the door that leads downstairs. "If you want to help others, you become a police officer. They get teased because they get villains delivered to their doorstep but it's a fine job."
All Might opened the door but before he left, he decided to tell Izuku one last thing. "It's not bad to dream, but you also have to consider what's realistic, young man."
All Might left Izuku alone on the rooftop to recollect his thoughts. Trying to tell Izuku that he can't achieve his dream was hard for the Symbol of Peace to do. As All-Might walked down the stairs he remembered that he had the Sludge Villain to take care of. He thought that he should head to the police station and drop this guy off. He tried to grab the bottle within in his pockets but found it empty.
"Wait, where did it-" All-Might's words were interrupted from an explosion a few blocks away, "Oh no..."
"All-Might probably didn't land too far," Josuke groaned as he was walking down the street with Okuyasu.
"What if he fell off All Might when he was in the air?" Okuyasu asked.
"I'm sure a like All Might wouldn't let that happen. Besides, if he did we would've heard ambulances in the distances arriving on the spot Izuku landed," Josuke dryly joked. An explosion in the distance was heard, which caught the attention of the two Stand users.
"Oi, Josuke, did you hear that?" Okuyasu asked.
"Yeah, I did. Either Bakugou finally snapped or some villain is starting a fight," Josuke remarked. Josuke and Okuyasu looked up to the skies and saw smoke fuming into the air. The source of the explosion was only a few blocks away.
"If it's a villain fight, that means Heroes will show up."
"And if Heroes show up, Izuku will be a nerd and make notes on the fight," Okuyasu joked.
The two Stand users quickly made their way to the scene of the explosion. The explosion occurred in the Tatooin Shopping District. A crowd formed at the edge of the district; they were huddled up behind a police barricade. Smoked continued to fume into the air as the villain rampaged through district. Josuke and Okuyasu made their way to the center of the crowd and started looking for Izuku. Since Josuke and Okuyasu were tall for a bunch of middle school students it was easy for them to survey the crowd.
"I don't see him anywhere," Okuyasu said.
"If he isn't here, he'll eventually come," Josuke said. Several Heroes have arrived on scene One of those Heroes includes Death Arms, a with a strength enhancing Quirk. Two sidekicks were alongside Death Arms as he approached the villain causing the mayhem.
"Hell yeah! Death Arms arrived!" Josuke shouted.
"J-Josuke, that villain..." Okuyasu pointed his finger at the villain. Even though the fire and smoke made the villain hard to appear visible, Okuyasu recognize the silhouette of the villain attacking the district. Josuke glanced at the direction Okuyasu was pointing at and quietly gasped as the villain responsible for the attack was the Sludge Villain from earlier.
"The Hell?! I thought All Might had this guy capped in a bottle!" Josuke shouted.
"A child was taken hostage!" one of Death Arm's sidekicks shouted. The Sludge Villain managed to grab a hold on Bakugou of all people.
"No way, he grabbed Bakugou!" Okuyasu yelled.
"This is bad. If he gets a hold of Bakugou's Quirk he's going to destroy the entire block with it," Josuke pointed out.
"I wouldn't worry about that bastard taking over Bakugou's body. These Heroes can kick his ass!" Okuyasu claimed.
The Sludge Villain kept his distance from the Heroes and police. Death Arms saw a small opening to attack and charged at the Sludge Villain. He tried punching the villain but his fist was only absorbed into the Sludge Villain's arm. The Sludge Villain used on of his tendrils to knock Death Arms against a wall. The impact left a large crack on the wall. The two sidekicks watched as their mentor got swapped aside like a bug.
"Death Arms!" one of the sidekicks shouted. The Sludge Villain unleashed a relentless attack on the sidekicks.
"Watch out!" the other sidekick quickly pulled his partner aside right before he was attacked by one of Sludge Villain's tendrils.
"Don't come any closer!" the Sludge Villain warned. Bakugou tried to break free from the Sludge Villain by using his explosive Quirk to get him off. Unfortunately his escape attempt only caused more damage. The Sludge Villain remained unharmed from any of Bakugou's explosions. "Hehehe, looks like I've hit the jackpot."
"Looks like Death Arms isn't cut out to fight him..." Josuke muttered.
"Oi, Josuke, here comes Mount Lady!" Okuyasu shouted. Mount Lady sprinted down the street. With her giant size, each step shook the ground. "With her size, she can easily pick Bakugou with her fingers like a coin on the floor!"
The giant Hero stared at the shopping district nervously. She tried to stick her foot in but her giant size made it impossible to fit her entire body in. "W-wait a minute, I can't fit inside here! I work in two-lane streets! This area doesn't fit my Quirk, literally!" Mount Lady shouted.
"It looks like she can't decide how big she grows," Josuke sighed.
Kamui Woods quickly swept into the fiery scene and grabbed Bakugou's two friends and two other civilian with his Quirk. "Same here! I can't work in an area with a bunch of fire! Someone else needs to deal with this menace!" Kamui Woods yelled. The only other Pro-Hero in the area was Backdraft, who was dealing with the fires in the surrounding area.
"I have my hands full with the fire. We need to minimize the damage of the area before any reinforcements arrive," Backdraft explained.
"Right," Kamui Woods said as he lets go of the civilians safely on the ground.
"How are things looking over there!?" Backdraft yelled.
"He's sticky and hard to grab. Plus that kid with a strong Quirk is turning this shopping district into a minefield," Death Arms explained. The Sludge Villain began to consume Bakugou into his body and the Heroes had to stay on the sidelines and watched. The Sludge Villain began to attack Death Arms and his sidekicks to get them away from him and Bakugou as possible.
"It's no use!" one of the sidekicks shouted.
"The kid has to bear the pain longer until a Hero with a proper Quirk arrives," the other sidekick said.
Death Arms groaned frustratingly and muttered, "If only I had the strength to blow him away."
All Might arrived on scene after sprinting down several blocks to get here. He grabbed onto a pole to support himself and he looked at the fiery disaster inside the shopping district.
"It's that guy from before..." All Might muttered, "I can't believe I made such a careless mistake after lecturing that fan."
Izuku walked slowly on the sidewalk, reminiscing of the times he's been shut down. The words of All Might echoed in his head.
It's not bad to dream, but you also have to consider what's realistic, young man...
"Even All Might said it..." Izuku whimpered. Tears began to pour down his eyes but quickly wiped them away. "Dammit, don't cry..."
Izuku was suddenly distracted by the sound of fire and explosions in the distance. He quickly looked up and saw smoke coming out of the shopping district. He wondered if that was the source of the explosion and if he walked here out of pure instinct. Izuku crossed the street and immediately gasped at the sight of Sludge Villain.
Wait a second! I thought All Might caught this guy! Did he drop it... Izuku remembered that he grabbed onto All Might's leg. All Might must've dropped the bottle when he was pushing Izuku out of his leg. "If he dropped it... then it's my fault."
"Hey, why aren't the Heroes doing anything?" a civilian asked.
The civilian next to him replied by saying, "They can't. None of their Quirks are suitable at the moment. Apparently, the villain caught a middle school student."
"He caught someone," Izuku gulped. He looked at the villain, hoping that it wasn't Okuyasu or Josuke that was caught. He silently whimpered as he saw Bakugou being absorbed by the villain.
"Kacchan!" Izuku cried out.
"Wasn't that the guy that All Might chased after?" a women asked.
"Yeah, where the heck is he?" a man asked.
"All Might would easily beat this guy," a man remarked.
"I saw him earlier, so he shouldn't be far," a woman said. All Might listened to the comments on the side. He continued to think about how pathetic he is since he can't save a victim because of his time limit.
Izuku tried to calm himself down by telling himself that another Hero will come in save the day. He watched in horror as Bakugou was trying to free himself from the Sludge Villain. Bakugou to pull his entire body out of the Sludge Villain. Bakugou quickly realized that there's no point in struggling. He stared at the crowd in fear. Izuku watched Bakugou stare directly at him with fears in his eyes. This is the first time Izuku saw Bakugou scared. He couldn't help but feel an urge to help; none of the Heroes here can do so. Izuku quickly made his way to the front of the crowd and caught the attention of Josuke.
"Izuku!" Josuke shouted. Izuku ignored his friend as he ran out of the crowd and past the Heroes. He started heading towards the Sludge Villain. Izuku shocked everyone om the crowd, including All Might.
"Idiot! Stop! Stop!" Death Arms yelled.
"What's Izuku doin'!?" Okuyasu shouted in confusion. Josuke quickly made his way through the crowd and tried to chase after Izuku. Kamui Woods quickly stopped him by using the wood on his arms to block Josuke's path.
"I can't let anymore reckless teenagers throw away their lives," Kamui Woods said. Josuke groaned silently as sweat began to go down his forehead.
"Dammit, Izuku..." Josuke muttered.
Izuku began to sprint towards Bakugou and the Sludge Villain wondered what Izuku was planning to do. Izuku made it this far, but he had no idea what to do next. As the Sludge Villain prepared to attack, Izuku remembered that Josuke attacked one of the Sludge Villain's eyes and it caused him to flinch and feel pain. Izuku threw his backpack at the villain's face, with all of his belongings inside pour out of it. The notebook that Izuku uses to catalog Hero's Quirks struck the villain's eye. He flinched and it gave Izuku an opening to approach Bakugou and try to free him.
"Josuke!" Okuyasu shouted as he made his way through the crowd. "What is he doing?"
"He's trying to save Bakugou..." Josuke muttered, "It's goddamn pointless!"
Josuke clenched his fist, mad at Izuku for recklessly risking his life. Izuku desperately began to claw the sludge out of Bakugou in hopes of freeing him.
"Deku... What are you doing here!" Bakugou shouted.
"I-I don't know! My legs moved on my own!" Izuku cried out. Izuku began to tear up and he looked at Bakugou, "I-it looked like you were asking for help..."
"Pathetic..." All Might muttered to himself. He began to slowly transform as smoke began to come out of his body. The Quirkless kid he scolded earlier is out in the field doing what no other Hero is doing; risking their lives. This gave All Might the push he need to transform into his heroic self.. "Pathetic..."
"Just a little longer," the Sludge Villain chuckled. He quickly raised one of his tendrils at Izuku. Several Heroes began to charge towards Izuku in an attempt to save his life.
"Is he suicidal?!" Death Arms shouted. As the villain tried to strike Izuku, All Might quickly stepped in the way and blocked the attack before it hits Izuku.
"I really am pathetic," All Might said. Izuku watched in awe as All Might easily blocked the villain's attack.
"Even though I scolded you earlier, I am not putting what I said in practice," All Might proclaimed with blood splattering out of his mouth. "Pros always risk their lives!"
All Might began to charge up a powerful punch and the Sludge Villain reacted by trying to attack All Might from a different angle.
"Detroit Smash!" All Might shouted as he released pressurized wind towards the villain and blew him into pieces. Mount Lady quickly shielded everyone from the blast of wind. The wind pressure was so strong that it blew out the fires surrounding the area and created a small tornado inside the shopping district. Once the wind died out, the crowd watched in awe as All Might continued to smile after the fight. Rain began to pour from the skies and everyone looked up to see clouds in the skies.
"Did All Might just created clouds from his fists?" Okuyasu asked.
"Pretty much..." Josuke muttered.
"That's badass..." Okuyasu whispered. All Might slightly lost his balanced but quickly regained his footing. He raised his fist in the air triumphantly as the crowd cheered on. Afterwards, the Sludge Villain was safely apprehended and delivered to the police. Izuku sat on the ground as Death Arms and Kamui Woods scold the young teen for his reckless behavior.
"You have no reason to risk your life like an idiot!" Death Arms shouted.
"That reckless behavior would've gotten you killed!" Kamui Woods added. No too far from Izuku was Bakugou, who was being interviewed and praised by the sidekick next to him.
"Amazing! With a Quirk like that, why don't you join my agency once you're pro!" the sidekick praised. As Izuku and Bakugou were getting all the attention, Josuke and Okuyasu stood in the sidelines and watched.
"Y'know what, I could've saved Bakugou's life with The Hand. But I'm glad I didn't because I would've gotten scolded and embarrassed by the Pros," Okuyasu said. "It would look pretty bad on my record and made it harder for me to become one."
Okuyasu said, "And why would Izuku try to save Bakugou? That guy gives him a hard time!"
"He and Bakugou go way back," Josuke said. Once the interviews were done and everyone left the scene, Izuku, Okuyasu and Josuke decided to head home. Josuke could lecture Izuku that what he did was stupid, given that he has no Quirk, but Josuke thinks that Izuku has his fair share of lecturing today.
"I want to apologize to All Might about earlier, but he was being interviewed," Izuku said.
"Don't worry about it, Izuku. You can send a letter to him, right?" Josuke said.
"I guess so..." Izuku sighed.
"Man, Koichi was really lucky to have avoided this whole situation," Okuyasu said.
"Deku!" Bakugou shouted. Josuke, Okuyasu and Izuku turned around to see Bakugou trying to catch up with them. He took a moment to catch his breath and glared at him.
"I didn't ask for your help!" Bakugou exclaimed.
"Here we go..." Josuke sighed, rolling his eyes.
"And you didn't help me! I was doing fine on my own! You're just a useless and Quirkless nerd! You think you can just look down on me like that?!" Bakugou shouted. He turned around and screamed, "Damn nerd!"
As Bakugou walked away, Josuke couldn't help but face palm at his classmate.
"I would rather die than to be stuck with him for another school year..." Josuke muttered.
"Josuke..." Izuku said.
"Hm, what is it Izuku?" Josuke asked.
"Your Quirk... there's more to it, isn't there? It's not just restoration. I remember weeks ago there was some kind of force that blew air at Bakugou's face, and just a few hours ago bits of the wall flew off without you touching it," Izuku said, "It's not just a Quirk. You have something else."
Josuke scratched the back of his head and sighed. "Look, today was an exhausting day. I'll explain you everything tomorrow," Josuke said.
"Wait, you're going to tell him about our abilities?" Okuyasu asked, "I thought it was suppose to be between me and you."
"I know Jotaro told us not tell anyone about it. But Izuku has been exposed to it; we might as well explain it to him."
Josuke and Okuyasu turned on an intersection as Josuke's and Okuyasu's homes are in separate directions to Izuku.
"See you later, Izuku," Josuke said.
"Stay safe," Okuyasu said. Once Josuke and Okuyasu started crossing the street, Izuku began walking towards his apartment.
"Just what is Josuke and Okuyasu hiding? Is Koichi related to this too?" Izuku muttered.
All Might quickly slid in front of Izuku and shouted, "I am here!"
"All Might!" Izuku blurted. "Why are you here? Weren't you surrounded by reporters?"
"That's right. But I escaped," All Might remarked,. He began to flex and yell, "It's easy because I am All Mi-"
All Might suddenly transformed into his sickly self and spat blood out of his mouth like a fountain. He wiped the blood out of his mouth and began to talk in his more serious and less boisterous tone. "Young man, I came here to tell you a thanks, a correction and a suggestion."
"If you hadn't been there... if you hadn't told me about your life... I would've been a guy in a bodysuit who was all talk. Thank you," All Might said.
"N-no, it was my fault in the first place. I was in the way of your work..." Izuku said, "... and I even said all those impertinent things even though I was Quirkless."
Izuku avoided giving any eye contact to All Might since he still feels guilty about the incident. Izuku looked at the floor while twiddling with his thumbs.
"That's right. It was because of it was none other than the timid, Quirkless you at the scene that I was able to act."
Izuku slowly raised his head to look at All Might.
"Top Heroes have stories about them in their school days. Most of their stories have one thing common. Their bodies moved before they had a chance to think."
For some odd reason, Izuku remembered the words that his mother told him years ago.
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
Izuku began to tear up as those words echoed in his head,
"That was true for you, wasn't it?" All Might asked.
"Yeah!" Izuku teared up.
The words that Izuku's mother didn't say years ago were finally being said by the one he idolizes. Those words were:
"You can be a Hero," All Might proudly said as Izuku bawls his eyes out. After years of being out down by others, Izuku finally heard the words he'd yearned for. This was the beginning of Izuku's bizarre adventure to become one of the greatest Heroes in the world.
Important: I am starting to upload on Ao3. So if you prefer that format, I'm posting there. It will be updated shortly after I upload this chapter. Chapters 1 and 2 have also been fixed up and changed a bit. I'll fix chapter 3 within the week. I paid extra attention this time, so there should be less mistakes. Also if there are any spelling/grammar mistakes, just DM if you have an account or leave a review if you're a guest.
I felt like the last few chapters were heavily JoJo focused with almost no connections to My Hero Academia, especially the last two. The last two chapters had to be JoJo heavy since it focused on Okuyasu's and Koichi's arc. Hopefully the upcoming chapters will have a good balance of JoJo and MHA elements with characters from each series interacting more. I also decided to have Josuke and Okuyasu fight off the Sludge Villain to give Izuku an idea that there's way more to their abilities than what's actually being seen. Even with their Stands, Josuke and Okuyasu would've still lost to the sludge villain because of the tight area they were in and that he could easily overwhelm them. Plus Okuyasu isn't that bright, he wouldn't think of an easy solution other than playing defensively and thinking what his brother would've done in this situation. Now time for the one part that confused everyone in the last chapter.
There was a lot of confusion in the last bit of the chapter where Crazy Diamond got his fist stuck inside the Sludge Villain. Yes, we're calling him that because there's no official name. Here's the rule with Stands: They're still bound by to the physical unless the ability relates to it. So when Crazy Diamond punches the Sludge Villain, he would only get stuck in it. Think of it like the Empress arc in Part 3 when Joseph traps the Empress Stand with a bunch of tar. While the tar may not be a Stand or come from a Stand, it still effects the Empress Stand by halting the Stand's movement. In Josuke's case, the Sludge Villain's slime halted Crazy Diamond's movement and when Crazy Diamond was pulled into the slime villain, so was Josuke since his Stand can't be far from his body.
Anyways, back to the actual notes. I hate how many spelling mistakes I made in the last few chapters and described things in ways that are either weird, not deep enough or nonsensical. I will continue to fix these chapters in the future if there are any, but I'm just one guy. I would like if there are any volunteers to become a beta reader.
Also, Izuku is in Jump Force but no JoJo character's?
Please review/comment if you have any constructive criticism. I'm trying to improve myself as writer.
Coming up: Training to be Number One