Hey. Sorry for the delay. A lot of things, bad things happened. I was forced to leave my work, and my family almost has to leave our house. And even more shit.
I had this made almost four months ago, but, after everything, I lost the progress, and it had to be remade.
SophiaAlyssaLuceroMa, thanks for the Cover, and sorry for being so late to show my appreciation.
I want to clarify that I had this planned before Endeavour showed how he fights.
Alright! No more dilation! Let's get going!
~CDS~
Legends are born at the most common of days. And they don't know that they'll become one! They don't wake up one day saying "What a wonderful day! Today I'll become a legend who'll be remembered for ages!". It's fate who plays it's cards to create the opportunities for these people.
Today had been one of those days. An average day for everyone. That's why Midoriya was still trying to wrap his head around the fact that he was now All Might's unofficial successor. He was now in his bed, at night, recalling the events that had taken place earlier that day. Trying to figure when fate had given him some sort of signal to what would happen to him eventually. Shaking his head, he put those thoughts aside, focusing on the talk he had that afternoon with the Pro Hero, about his mysterious and powerful Quirk, One for All. While he had told him about the mechanism of said power, and also said that he would inherit it (something that he still couldn't fully understand), All Might had told him that he had to meet him tomorrow morning at Dagoba Municipal Beach, mentioning something about shaping up.
'I'll worry about that tomorrow.' He thought. 'Me overthinking it won't help me to relax.'
And with that, he closed his eyes and finally fell asleep.
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Sunrise found Izuku at the junkyard that was supposed to be the beach, dragging with some effort an extremely heavy refrigerator, with an even heavier All Might on top of it, who was taking him some pictures with this cellphone.
"All Might," Izuku said, while dragging what had to be at least 10 times his own weight, "not that I mind the extra training, but, would you please explain me why am I doing this? I don't see how this relates in any way to how to inherit your Quirk."
"Well, Young Midoriya, this is completely necessary, you know," the older of the two said as he came down from where he was. "As you now know, my Quirk, One for All, it's a power stockpile, so, in order to acquire it, the vessel must be an appropriate one. Right now, you're not a good vessel," he said, pointing at the younger's body, "so we need to train that lanky body of yours, or else, your limbs would most likely explode."
At this explanation, Izuku raised an eyebrow, confused. "Lanky...?" He wondered what the Pro meant, so he looked down at his body, but saw nothing bad with it, just his clothes..."Oh.." His eyes widened when he realized what the older one meant, and that elicited a chuckle from Midoriya, much to the other's confusion.
"So that's what you meant... hehe, I understand your confusion, All Might. You see, I'm not lanky; it's my clothing." He was wearing a loose pair of jogging pants, a long sleeved t-shirt, and his trademark red sneakers. "I found fitting clothing too uncomfortable, you know? So I always wear," he said as he removed his shirt, "clothes that are a size bigger. They are more comfy."
All Might wasn't expecting this. The supposed lanky boy was, for a lack of better terms, ripped. He wasn't bulky, but compact. He had a very well developed eight pack, and appeared to be in better shape than most pro's that he knew of. 'This kid, he's already an appropriate vessel!' All Might though. "Ok, boy, I'll admit that you have surprised me. Still, I would like you to clean this beach as some extra training, seeing that most heroes today forget about this small favors to society. Also, I'd like to measure your current strength level, and the time you take to clean here would be a nice stepping stone."
He then proceeded to crush the refrigerator he was on, creating a decently-sized shockwave. He then grabbed another piece of junk of similar characteristics and placed it next to where the previous was. "Come here, Midoriya. I want you," he said, "to attack this," he signaled the piece of thrash, "with all your power, but without your Quirk. It'll give me an estimate of your base strength."
At this, Izuku's face shone with excitement. "Ok, All Might!".
He stepped back a couple meters, and then he threw himself up in the air with his Quirk. Once he was high enough, he stretched his leg and started spinning while falling directly above the junk, delivering a powerful axe-kick.
"Concasse!!"
The attack was so powerful, that when it connected, it crushed the furniture, leaving it in a similar state to the one All Might had so effortlessly crushed. The Pro Hero was astounded, both marveled and scared of the raw power display. 'Such strength, and at such a young age! Just what kind of childhood did this kid went through? That was at least 12% of OfA power gauge, and he replicated it so easily...' He shook himself out of his pondering, and clapped at the younger's demonstration. "Excellent, Young Midoriya, excellent! Now, we'll proceed to clean the rest of the place!"
And so, it began. What All Might had estimated would take the broccoli head to clean the beach, had been the exact time range until the Entrance Exam, ten months. So big was his surprise when, with a creative use of the younger's Quirk, it only took a little over three, and that included the fire kid's unusual appetite, that made his stomach growl like a caged beast every couple hours. He was remembering a conversation they were having during one of those lunch breaks during the first month of training, regarding said quirk.
Flashback
"So, Young Midoriya," All Might began to say, sitted against some trash, "what exactly is your Quirk? You never actually told me about it. All I know is that is fire related..."
Midoriya, who was happily munching on some bone meat, his fourth one more precisely, only answered, "Ish cwalled- whait." He swallowed the food, and continued. "I call it 'Flame Being'. It allows me to create and control an almost infinite amount of fire, as well as giving me a semi-passive permeability, allowing me to become the element as long as I am conscious." He continued talking unaware of the older's gaping face. "It has a nasty drawback, though." He said, frowning. "In the moment my body gets in water, I'll become useless."
"Really?" All Might wondered. "How's that?"
"Well, it's weird, honestly. It's just that when I get into some water body, I lose all my energy, I'm incapable of moving, like a hammer. But rain and that kind of water is fine, though. That doesn't affect me." His frown then deepened. "It's annoying. It's up to today that I can't get into the bathtub without some risk of drowning..."
The trash can that hitted All Might in the head for laughing at that?
Totally worth it.
End Flashback
By the second week of the fourth month, Dagoba Municipal Beach had been completely restored to it's previous glory, but it was closed to the public for the time being. The thing was, Toshinori had used his contacts in the force to temporarily enclose the place, because the next part of Midoriya's training was about to start, and it would require more privacy. There were they, standing in front of each other, about to begin the sparring session. Before he could get OfA, Yagi wanted to use the remaining time before the Exam to review and polish Midoriya's fighting abilities, as well as increasing his already high base power. All Might then put some distance between them, and got into his bulky form.
"Whenever you're ready, Young Midoriya. Come, and attack me."
So Midoriya got into his own fighting stance, and started running towards the One for All user at a very impressive speed.
'He's fast!'
In under two seconds, Midoriya had covered the whole distance, and then he launched a left kick to the Hero's face, who stopped it, grabbing the younger's leg with his right hand. Gritting his teeth, Izuku then launched a right punch, who was also stopped. All Might had forbidden him to use his Quirk, and that also included his intangibility(?).
Izuku was there, holded up in the air as he where noting, while All Might was unfazed, at least in the outside. The Pro Hero then tossed Midoriya back to where he was, and in the moment he touched ground, the fire kid once again launched a right kick to the Hero's head, who instead of grabbing the attack, he just blocked it with his arm. While he looked ok, he was ranting in his head. 'Mggghh... that hurt!' It took all his willpower not to grab and sooth the pain in his throbbing arm. But the fight was far from over. Izuku continued the attack with a flurry of punches, none of the which connected, then he did a backflip, jumped, and ended with a Concasse, that All Might stopped crossing his arms above his head.
They went on like that for a while longer, until All Might called it a day. Izuku was tired, but he never pushed back. For the next months, it became a routine to meet every morning to spar, building up Izuku's natural resistance, as well as throwing one or two special Quirk trainings once in a while. It was during this last ones that All Might could see the true power behind Flame Being.
Flashback
One afternoon well within the seventh month, Toshinori had decided that he wanted to witness the ingenuity of his protegee regarding his Quirk, so he collected a mountain of trash that had been once again flowing into the beach.
He had disposed several pieces of trash with different sizes, and planned on using them in several different ways.
"Ok, Young Midoriya, here's how we'll do this: I will attack you with this trash, and I want you to use whatever technique you have with your Quirk to defend yourself, ok?"
"Yes, All Might!"
The training began with something relatively easy: an old, broken TV. All Might tossed the element at Midoriya, who just raised his hand and aimed his palm at the projectile.
"Kagero!!"
A fire stream shoot from the palm, hitting dead on the TV, obliterating it. But the onslaught didn't stop. Right behind the TV, several pieces of debris flew straight to the fire kid, who, while surprised, wasn't deterred, and swiftly countered the attack, putting his hands in a pistol form, adopting a cowboy stance.
"Higan!!"
From his fingertips, Izuku fired little fire bullet-like projectiles that destroyed the incoming debris. Just like before, a new attack came after, this time being two relatively large couches. And while prepared, Izuku was a little weirded out. 'Talk about unorthodox teaching methods.' While thinking this, he had already prepared his next counter, fire emanating from his hands.
"Shinka: Shiranui!!"
He launched a fire arrow from each hand, hitting one couch each, killing their momentum.
All Might was amazed. The kid had an excellent control over his actions, using only the necessary amount of force to retaliate. 'Time to kick it up a notch, then!!' With that, he launched his next projectile, that actually managed to surprise the soon-to-be-hero.
'FROM WHERE DID HE PULL OUT A TRUCK'S CARGO TRAILER OF ALL THINGS!? I DIDN'T SEE THAT AMONGST THE TRASH!!!' The thing was coming from above him, so he had to pull out one of his strongest attacks. "Enkai!" He shouted, waving his hand around him, surrounding himself in fire, much to the surprise of the One for All user. Izuku then putted his hands in the floor and shouted.
"HIBASHIRA!!"
Just like the name indicated, a huge fire pillar erupted from around Izuku's body, destroying the trailer as if it were nothing.
"I believe that's enough, Young Midoriya. I am truly surprised with how well you control your Quirk. Anyone else wouldn't have so much control over such a destructive force, yet I saw that you never used more power than the necessary!"
While truly touched by the praise, Izuku could only flash a sad smile. "Thanks All Might, I appreciate it. I'll admit that it wasn't easy to polish my abilities to this point. There are... some unpleasant memories related to that..." The sadness was palpable.
What Izuku didn't expect was to receive a hug, of all things... he couldn't hold the tears anymore.
"It's ok, whatever happened, it's in the past." Yagi's tone was gentle. "When you think you're ready, you can tell me what happened. I won't force you. Just think about where you are now."
Their bond definitely got stronger that day.
End Flashback
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It was the day of the Entrance Exam. Toshinori, in his skeletal from, was approaching the beach first time in the morning. When he looked up, he encountered an unexpected sight.
Izuku Midoriya was there, his expression unreadable, staring at the sunrise. Apparently, he felt his mentor's presence, because he turned around, a small smile in his face. "Hey, All Might. Sorry I came here sooner than we agreed to. I needed to think, and this place was the only one that came to my head."
"I found it poetic, actually," he continued. "I can't help to relate to this place. A new beginning..."
'Young man, why are you like this now?' Just as he was about to voice his thoughts, Izuku returned to his usual happy-go-lucky self. 'Probably he's just nervous...' "Today's the day, Midoriya. Are you ready? It's finally time."
At this, Izuku really perked up. "Yeah! I can't wait!"
"Ok, now. Izuku Midoriya." All Might began, bulking up. "Someone once told me that there's a difference between being lucky, and being deserving." He then raised his hand, "The first one is a coincidence, the second, a reward." And plucked a hair out of his head. "Are you ready, to receive my Quirk?"
Izuku was practically glowing. "Yes, All Might!"
"Eat this." He said, showing the fresh hair.
'Come again?' "Uhh... All Might..?" Izuku's face was pure comedy. Some elaboration was required, it read.
"Ah... You see, you need to ingest my DNA in order to absorb the power..."
'Sounds familiar...'
'Who said that!?' Midoriya though.
"Young Midoriya?"
"Huh? Ah, so-sorry!" The kid apologized, a little red from embarrassment. "I thought I heard something... Probably nothing." He then remembered what he had to do, an got a little green. 'Ah, well, I've eaten worse before...'
"All Might, does it have to be like that?" At the oldest confused face, Izuku elaborated. "I mean, just the hair. Can't I put it in something? I've got a sandwich here..."
"I... believe it's the same, as long as you consume the DNA..."
That said, Izuku grabbed the hair, putted it in his pork sandwich and down it in one go. He didn't even chew!
"I... I don't feel any different..."
"Well, obviously! It should take a couple hours until your stomach digests the hair... even with your super digestive system! Anyway, there are a couple things that I need to clarify regarding One for All. First of all, to activate it, do as I say: clench your buttocks, and shout from the bottom of your heart: SMASH!" He ended that releasing a "small" punch, that covered Izuku from head to toe in sand. "Um... sorry about that. Second..." He now got serious. "Now, about the power boost. As you know, One for All, as a power stockpile quirk, will grant you with super strength, speed and resistance, but that's only physically speaking. I don't know how it will interact with your Flame Being. What you can expect is a sudden increase in power regarding to your Quirk."
"Really!? Awesome!!" Izuku's eyes were sparkling. No, really, they had stars on them. It was kinda freaky, actually.
'This kid surely is something else.' All Might though with a smile on his face, and sweat in the back of his head. "Well, Young Midoriya, I believe that you now have an exam to attend?"
"Oh, yeah, it's in a couple hours!! I need to go home, shower, prepare my spare clothes, all in three hours! Gotta go! See ya, All Might!" He left in a flash, leaving, an astounded Toshinori behind.
"Hehe, good luck, My boy..."
While running home, one thought crossed trough Izuku's mind.
'Who's was that voice I heard earlier?'
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On the way towards U.A, Izuku met with Katsuki, who asked him what had he been doing this past months, that he seemed more introverted than usual. Izuku just told him that he had some personal training, deciding to clean the nearby beach as such, leaving every All Might related details aside. Better to keep some things to one self.
After a few minutes of walking, they were finally at U.A's massive entrance. Izuku was marveled, so much that he didn't noticed that he was no longer walking.
"Hey, nerd." Katsuki's voice awoke him from his daydreaming. "You coming, or what? Are ya chickening out on becoming a Hero?" He said this with a challenging smirk on his face.
"So-sorry, Kacchan! I'm coming" Izuku responded with a smile. 'Here it is. My first step in my journey to become the greatest hero!' And he proceeded to walk forward...
...just to trip over his own foot. 'And my first trip, too. Really fate, I thought you were in my favor...' But the pain never came. Actually, he had unintentionally began a staring contest with the floor tiles. Bakugo, who had tried to stop his friend from giving the pavement his first kiss, could only watch with a raised brow as Deku hovered in the air, immobile.
"Oi, Deku. Is that a new aspect of your Quirk that you discovered or something?"
"U-uh, no... wait." The green haired boy's eyes widened. "WAAAAHH I'M FLOATING!! WHY AM I FLOATING!?"
"YOU'VE JUST REALIZED THAT, BROCCOLI HEAD!?" Bakugo screamed at him with shark teeth, as it happened every time that his childhood friend reacted quite slowly, or stupidly. Seriously, for someone as smart as Deku, he could really be a pain sometimes...
"Umm... Excuse me?" A shy voice said next to them, and when they turned to see (a little hard for Deku, given his current position) there was a girl standing there, with chestnut hair and some blush on her cheeks. "That's actually my Quirk..." she explained, pointing at the floating teen. "I'm sorry I used it without permission, but it would be a bad omen if you fell on your first day, right?" She asked with a kind smile.
"Heh, thanks for that, Round Face." Bakugo said to the girl, who was a little outputted by the nickname. 'Round Face?' She thought. "Deku here" he went on, pointing with his foot, "can be a bit of a klutz sometimes. Seriously, Deku. Tripping at the gate?"
"Hehe, I know, I know. But, um, excuse me, miss..."
"Ah. Uraraka Ochako! That's my name."
"Well, Uraraka-san, could you please put me down? I'm starting to feel a little lightheaded, and I'm beginning to see red, you know..." He was at a 60 degree angle, upside down. Luckily he wasn't a pervert, because he could easily peep under her skirt if he wanted to.
"Oh, yeah, here. Release!" She pressed her fingers together, effectively canceling her power, but Uraraka had forgotten the unfortunate position her floating acquaintance was in. Midoriya dropped to the floor, yeah, but he did it face first. He was there, in a perfect scorpion position, an involuntary twitch on his leg.
Bakugo, who had attempted to point out about his friend's position, could only facepalm. 'Seriously!?'
"O-Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!" Uraraka apologized. "I should have realized that you were in a bad position!!"
"Ish ogkay..." Izuku's muffled voice assured. Ochako noticed that his shoulders where shaking, as well as his companions'. Were they mad at her? 'Nice job, Ochako. Not even the first day of class, and you already managed to make not one, but TWO people angry.'
"Pfff..."/"Nghh"
"Huh?" Were they laughing? The green haired boy -Deku, was it?- had fell forwards, and now that he was looking up, she could clearly see the face-splitting smile he had, as well as the smirk that the blonde wasn't trying to hide under his hand.
"Pfffhahahaha!!"/"Hehehehe!!"
"Get up, shitnerd! Or are you just gonna let yourself get manhandled by destiny like that? Hehehe..."
"Of course not!" Izuku responded, jumping to a standing position. "Relax, Uraraka-san, this is nothing!" The fire kid said to his new friend, because yes, from his point of view, Uraraka was already his friend. "If I trip, doesn't mean that I'll fall!" His words were full of something that Uraraka couldn't put her finger on, but clearly filled her with a new found confidence, and something else. "And if I fall, well..." he said walking past them. "If I fall, I'll just get up! I'm not gonna let something like that stop me."
"Hell yeah! If life turns it's back on you..."
"You just have to kick it's ass!!" Both guys finished together, with sends fists pumping in the air.
'These guys...' Uraraka thought, with a newfound respect towards both, the pointy blonde, and the bushy greenete.
"KACCHAN!!" Izuku suddenly yelled. "URARAKA-SAN!!" Both teens, a little surprised by the sudden outburst, turned to their friend, who was now looking at them, portraying a shit-eating grin on his face. "This right here, it's the start of our story!"
"It's shaping up to be one hell of an adventure." Bakugo added, with his own smirk.
'Mom, Dad, I can, no, I WILL do it. Just wait!' Uraraka also was feeling pumped up.
"Guys, let's do it!" Izuku said, and then he jumped and threw his arms to the air, smiling. "Let's become Heroes!"
"Yeah!" The other two said in unison.
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"That was quite the speech back there, nerd." Bakugo said to his friend. Once inside, they had to separate from Uraraka, who had a different sit. They were now in some conference room, and the Pro Hero Present Mic was trying fruitlessly to pump up his audience.
"Yeah, I don't know what came over me. Gosh, I can't believe I did that in front of a complete stranger! Now she must probably think I'm some weirdo, but there's also the fact the she came along with us after, so once again I'm probably..." Izuku went on a Muttering Rampage, much to Bakugo's amusement. 'There he goes again. Every time he goes like this, the same thing happens. Luckily, I'm prepared. Let's see, three, two, one...' In cue, Izuku's stomach growled slightly, shutting up the greenete, and causing Bakugo to chuckle. From his backpack, the explosive blonde got a piece of meat, to appease his friend's appetite.
"Here you go, nerd. This should do the trick."
"Th-thanks, Kacchan." Izuku responded, a little red from embarrassment. It happened every time he went "muttery". Bakugo had said once that "Deku literally thinks with his stomach", trying to explain that weird habit of getting hungry while muttering.
"AND YOU!" A stern voice suddenly called. Both friends turned to see a tall guy, with blue, tidy hair, red eyes, and glasses. He was too stiff. "Yes, you, the kid with the green hair and the food. If you are not here with serious intentions, I suggest you to leave! Look at you, eating without a care, how disrespectful!"
"Shut up, glasses!" Bakugo intervened. He wasn't going to let anyone badmouth his friend. Only he knew him enough to do it! "He's nervous! Ya'now what that is? That's something us humans feel! Not everyone has to be preprogrammed like you, robot!" Everyone began laughing at that. Defeated, and probably a little embarrassed, Glasses took seat. And Present Mic took the word, explaining the function of the Zero Pointer, an obstacle that Glasses had pointed out before ranting, and about the different areas the applicants were going to be split into.
"Thanks for that, Kacchan." Izuku said between munches. And then he realized. "I've been thanking you a lot, today..."
"Think nothing of it, Deku. In which area are you, by the way? I'm in area A, according to this thing." He waved the card in his hand.
"I'm in area B. So that means we'll be separated."
"Don't you say, Sherlock." Bakugo retorted, rolling his eyes. "They're probably doing it so people like us, who've known each other for too long, won't be able to cooperate."
"Damn it," Izuku pouted, "I was looking forward to a Lord of the Rings style of competition."
"Maybe some other time, Deku." Bakugo comforted Izuku, patting him in the shoulder. "Maybe some other time."
"And remember, everyone!" The two friends looked back at Present Mic. Apparently, they got to hear the last part of his speech. "In the words of Napoleon Bonaparte, A true hero is someone who overcomes life's misfortunes. Now let's go to the main event. Plus Ultra!"
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"Whoa..." Izuku was now in front of the stupidly big Training Area B. 'This place is huge! Just how big are U.A's campus?' He was having a snack, when he spotted his new friend. 'Uraraka-san got assigned here, too? Perhaps we can work together...'
Just as he was going to approach her, a firm hand on his shoulder stopped him. It was Glasses. "What are you doing? Can't you see she's trying to relax? Are you trying to sabotage her?"
Izuku's was going to take a page out of Katsuki's book and tell this guy to fuck off when someone else grabbed him by the shoulder, again. 'Oh my god, now what?'
"I knew it was you, man! Ha! Now she owns me!!"
It was a teen with black hair, a red jogging outfit, and pointy teeth. 'Huh, just like Kacchan's when he's angry. Cool... wait.' "M-Me? Have we met before?"
"No, we haven't, by I know of you! You're the Suckerpuncher!"
'What?' "What? What do you mean with that?"
"The Suckerpuncher! You're the kid from the sludge villain incident a few months back, aren't ya? That bush on your head is unmistakable! I saw you on YouTube! The way you jumped into action to save that blonde dude, it was manly!"
'I didn't noticed people recording...'
"Go!!"
Everyone looked up at Present Mic, who was screaming at all the areas at the same time from an incredibly tall tower. "What are you waiting for? There's no countdown in real life! Go!"
As soon as he said this, Izuku turned to run at the gates, where everyone else was. 'Oh hell no. I'm not getting behind!!'
Much to everyone's surprise (and panic for some people) there was fire going between them, moving like some sort of snake, and it was getting ahead of them. All that fire then took the form of a kid, at least from the waist up, who turned back to look at everyone and pulled down his eyelid -oh hell no.
"Woohooo! They're pissed!!" It's not like they would target him anyway. 'Was that rude? Yeah.' Izuku was having a blast. 'Do I regret it? Nope.' "Hahahaha!!" And with that, he blasted forwards.
Not even ten seconds passed when the first enemy appeared, blasting trough a wall. 'One pointer!. It's fast, but physically weak!' "You're nothing! Shinka: Shiranui!"
The piercing attack destroyed the robot almost instantly. Izuku didn't even stopped to attack, jumping over the scraps. Around the corner, a group of bots was awaiting him. 'Two Two pointers, three One pointers and one Three pointer. A big group, but a small challenge nonetheless!' He pointed both of his hands towards the group as he approached them. "Hotarubi." His palms began glowing green, and he released small, green fireballs that resembled fireflies, while he passed quickly between them. Once on the other side, his palms turned orange, heating up the fire. "Hidaruma!!" All the "fireflies" that were surrounding the robots, exploded, engulfing them, and leaving nothing but scorched scraps. "That's ten more points in just a few seconds! If this is the exam, then I've got it in the bag! It's nothing compared to that!"
While running around, he collected twenty more points and managed to see how a Three pointer managed to lurk behind a boy with a laser on his stomach, that he swiftly ended with a well placed Hiken. The sparkly -were those actual sparkles around him?- blonde thanked him with a bow and a "Merci." After that, he just ran off. "Well, that was something. Now where else..."
"That's 32 points!"
'I recognize that voice!' Right behind him, was the guy who had recognized him before, slashing a Two pointer with his arms. He was quickly getting surrounded, and he wasn't going to get away of that easily. "Not on my watch!" Izuku screamed, and bolted towards the unfair situation, bodyslamming a robot to bits to make himself an opening and standing back to back with the black haired attendant. "Manly Man." He greeted.
"Suckerpuncher, hey. Way to make an entrance, man. Care to lend me a hand?" The guy asked with a toothy grin, as he slashed another robot.
"That's why I'm here. No one gets hurt on my sight!" Izuku assured, as he dodged a Two pointer's strike, and Kagero'd it's head off. With that said, between the two of them, clearing the place was a walk in the park. "That's a cool Quirk! What is it? It's a branch of the CutSlash aspect?"
"Hah! I wish. My Quirk is called Hardening! No more data needed, I guess." Shark Teeth said. Another bot down. "Not as flashy and versatile as yours, though. I've seen some things you've done. I'm envious, man!"
"Of what? From what I've seen, yours is definitely a Pro's Quirk! Jujika!" With his fingers in a cross pattern, Izuku blasted a fire cross that decimated three enemies at the same time. He then raised a flaming fist up, towards his still back to back friend. "Midoriya Izuku, by the way."
"Eijiro Kirishima, the manliest guy around! Besides you, I guess." He responded, pumping a hardened fist against the fire one. "Man, thanks for that. Not everyone here was kind enough to help others! Besides you and me, I've seen only counted cases, but they weren't doing it from the kindness of their hearts!"
"AHHH" Someone shouted not too far away from them, and they turned to see a girl getting cornered by a Three pointer. Or at least that's what they assumed by the voice, seeing only floating clothes. 'Passive invisibility. Not a fighter tipe. She's in trouble!'
"Midoriya! How strong are you?"
"Uhh, very, I'd like to think, why?"
Kirishima then hardened his entire upper half. "Toss me!"
Izuku instantly understood. "Ok. Good luck!" He then grabbed Kirishima's clothes, and aimed at the robot. "Akahi..." he announced, and launched his "projectile" at the enemy, who shouted in unison with him, "Piercing Shot!!" Effectively, he went towards, and through the Three pointer. And once Kirishima made sure the girl was ok, he raised a thumbs up, signaling Izuku that everything was fine. At that moment, everything started to tremble. 'What is this! An earthquake?'
He wishes it was an earthquake. From behind the buildings, a goddamn behemoth came out.
'THAT'S THE ZERO POINTER? THE OBSTACLE? FORGET THE CAMPUS!! FROM WHERE DOES U.A GETS FOUNDS, LET ALONE GREEN LIGHT TO MAKE THESE THINGS?!' The monster was taller than the buildings around, and apparently, was programmed to kill, as it punched the street mercilessly. 'Still, it's really cool.' He went starry eyed again.
"...riya. Midoriya! Midoriya!!" Kirishima shook his friend, bringing him back to the land of the living. "C'mon, shake a leg!"
"R-Right, thanks!" Now wasn't the time to get excited. "Time to run! Hahaha!"
"It hurts!"
Both teens stopped in their tracks, faces full of dread. They made eye contact, and turned to see someone trapped under some rubble. 'Uraraka-san...'
['It would be a bad omen if you fell on your first day, right?']
He didn't even though.
"Midoriya, wait!!" Kirishima's shout went either unheard, or ignored. Izuku no longer could be seen amongst the thick layer of dust around him. And from said cloud of dust, something, or rather someone was tossed out, whom Kirishima catched. It was the girl. "Hey, hey! You ok?"
"Yeah, well, almost. My ankle..." It was twisted. "Wait, what about the one who helped me? Where is he?"
"Don't you dare..." Midoriya's voice came from the bottom of the Zero Pointer. "TO HURT MY FRIENDS!! ANTI-MANNER KICK COURSE!!!" Directly after said declaration, the metal beast went flying up and backwards, and the wind created cleared all the dust, showing Izuku, who had his left leg up, in a perfect 180 degrees angle. Though the leg itself didn't seem in a good shape. It was bending unnaturally, thing that Izuku was ignoring totally. And as he was putting down said extremity, he turned his bottom half in fire and flew towards the behemoth. Everyone, meanwhile was having a collective mental breakdown. 'HE KICKED THAT THING? JUST HOW STRONG IS HE?'
'Why am I doing this?' Midoriya wondered. Everything seemed to go in slow motion as he approached the beast. 'I helped other attendants. Yet with none I felt like this. But I do remember when I felt this way.'
Flashback
As he made eye contact, Izuku saw an expression he considered impossible in the blond. Despair. 'Help me!'
End Flashback
'It's just like Kacchan. Not thinking. Just reacting.' He cocked his fist, who was glowing and getting hotter, and hotter, and his entire arm turned into a fire that was white-hot. 'This is it. I can feel it. One for All...'
['Oh my, Izu! I'm so happy! You'll make a great hero someday!']
'One for All, it's not just a power. It's a legacy.'
['C'mon, Deku! Get up! The world will crush you with that attitude, and I ain't plannin' on getting to the top alone, ya hear?']
'I... I can do it.'
['Midoriya is so strong!
There's no doubt about his future!
He'll be the best!']
'I can be...' His face broke into a smile. 'THE HERO EVERYBODY WANTS ME TO BE!'
And he punched. "NOVA SMAAAAAASH!!"
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An explosion was heard, felt and witnessed from all the Training Areas. But there was someone in Training Area A that knew exactly what had caused it.
'That's Deku's work. No doubt. I couldn't feel anyone that came near our level, at least not close enough to cause that.' Bakugo reasoned, while blasting another "useless piece of trash" that was pestering a short kid with purple balls for hair. "Hey, pipsqueak." He said at the terrified kid. "Scram. And be careful, dipshit. Not everyone will jump to help." The shorty only managed to nod quickly and run. 'He'll be fine. But I wonder what made Deku cause such a ruckus. Ah, well. He'll spit it later, for sure. Now, I've got points to make.' "DIE!!" He shouted, jumping towards another unfortunate robot.
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Back at Training Area B, Izuku was hovering down slowly, admiring the sheer power he had now. 'Damn! All Might had said my Quirk would boost, but this? I managed to reach a temperature range I've only researched about! And the physical strength as a plus! Awesome!!'
Of the Zero Pointer, nothing was left. The blast had evaporated it, and the heatwave had decimated the smithereens as well. The punch had created an four pointed star-shaped explosion, with the blast resembling a beacon, and the remnants of the white-hot fire blast were still shining in the sky, looking like a star.
Now in ground, Izuku tried to land standing, only to fall as he felt a pain in his left leg at the moment he touched land. "Ugh, it hurts! Why?" He then noticed the state his leg, as well as his right arm, was. "Broken? I guess I'm not ready to handle the full percentage of One for All. Bummer. That means I'll have to get stronger, then!"
"Midoriya!"/"Deku-kun!"
'Huh, someone's calling me... wait. Only Kacchan calls me Deku. Then who...?' He attempted to get up, and managed to see Kirishima approach him, with a limping Ochako on his shoulder. 'Right. Never told her my name, and was there when Kacchan talked to me.' "Hey guys. Uraraka-san, how are you?"
"Dumbass!!" She screamed, bumping Izuku in the head, leaving a small smoking lump on it. The poor guy could only hold back the pain because he was, well, in a bigger pain right now. The shock though, was a whole other story. 'Did she just punched me!? How!? I'm supposed to be intangible!!' Massaging the lump with his good hand, Izuku looked at the brunette, who was teary eyed. "We're supposed to ask you that! Look at yerself! Why! Why'd ya did it?" She asked, a little accent slipping.
"Yeah man! That was suicidal! Manly, yeah, but suicidal nonetheless!! Are you nuts?" Kirishima was shivering. Wether from excitement, or fear, Izuku couldn't tell. Probably both.
"You're my friend, Uraraka-san." Izuku responded honestly, shrugging his shoulders, action he automatically regretted because of his arm's way to announce it wasn't something he should do. "And I protect my friends. That's it. But man..." He slumped back. "Never expected to cause that much destruction."
"The time IS OUT!" Present Mic's voice announced.
"Uh... I guess I lost all those extra points then..." Izuku muttered, and looked at Uraraka. "Worth it, though. Friends and family before everything."
Not too long after that, an old lady that the sparkling French introduced as Recovery Girl came giving gummy bears, and stopped in front of Izuku and company. "Oh, dear. Look at yourself. Did your Quirk did that to you?" She asked the greenete.
"I believe so... That, or I don't know my own strength! Hahaha!" Izuku joked, which earned him another lump. 'Seriously, how does Uraraka-san manage to surpass my Quirk's permeability? Ouch...'
"Now, now honey. Do not aggravate his state. Let me take care. Kiss!!" Recovery Girl's lips stretched, kissing Izuku in the forehead, and he instantly began to glow green in his injuries. He was as good as new, but... "Waaahhhgg, sooo tired... I feel like I've just gotten myself waist-deep into water!"
"Of course, sonny. My Quirk accelerates your natural healing process, and healing takes energy. Now is your turn, little lady." She repeated the process in Uraraka.
"So, I only have to recover energy? Easy!" Izuku then pulled a protein bar from his pocket. "I'll just eat, then."
"Oi, Midoriya." Kirishima said. "While that idea might work, you'll probably need more food than that... and some appropriate rest."
"Nah. This'll work! I got this personalized protein bars that equals to 3 and a half kilograms worth of food. Plus, my body is weird when it comes to digestion. Not that I complain about that, though." He explained patting his stomach. Then, he tossed the bar straight to his mouth, and downed it in one go, again. He flexed his hands, and when he felt himself burst with energy, he threw them in the air, fire coursing through his body. "Now I'm back! Uraraka-san, are you feeling ok?"
"Yeah, my injury wasn't nowhere near as bad as yours were, so I'm just a little dizzy... plus, I was almost at my Quirk's limit..." She was a little green. 'Got to analyze more her Quirk.'
"Kirishima-kun, how about you?"
"I'm fine, man just a few scratches. Nothing worse than a papercut!" He flexed his arm, as to prove he was ok.
"Good! I don't like to see my friends in a bad state!" Midoriya flashed them a toothy smile. "Now we split, but I'm sure we'll see each other again, at U.A! You guys undoubtedly passed, I know!" He extended his fist. "So, this is not goodbye, just a see you later!"
The other two shared a look, and when between them they were nothing but acquaintances, they could easily see themselves in the same group of friends, if Midoriya was there, too. So, smiling, the three bumped their fists together. "Yeah!"
Unbeknownst to them, there was someone witnessing this entire exchange, a contemplative look in his eyes. 'So apparently, not only had he been the best man being the one who discovered the secret behind the exam, I misjudged him at a personal level. He is a good person. I must apologize at the brevity.' A little smile appeared on Tenya Iida's lips.
Once the exchange and promise was made, everyone left, and outside, Izuku met Bakugo back, who obviously asked about the kickass explosion. Izuku told him about the Zero Pointer, and Uraraka, as well as the word exchange, and the promise made between them. "So that's what happened, huh? Now I want to go back and blast that beast, so we'd be even!" Bakugo growled, sparks on his palms. "I mean, I could've done it if I wanted to, but points were more important. And I didn't had a damsel in distress, like you, Deku."
"Ha ha. Very funny, Kacchan. Anyway, teasing aside," Izuku got serious, as it was a topic they wanted to approach carefully, "what do you think about the recruits? Are they good enough?"
"They are. Round Face had a strong aura, top B, Lower A, probably. And from what you told me about Shark Teeth, he definitely has potential. A, no doubt. Even Glasses' aura felt familiar. Also A." And then, Bakugo smirked. "And even if they weren't, you already recruited them into our group, so it wouldn't matter. You always get what you want, one way or another..."
"Haha, yeah, right?" Izuku sheepishly admitted, scratching his neck.
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It's been a week since the Entrance Exam, and Izuku was having a staring contest with his fish.
"Izu, honey, are you feeling ok?" His mother, Inko, asked his son, who came down from Cloud 9. "Are you worried about your exam? If that's it, I'm sure you passed!" The woman hadn't change much, gaining only a little extra weight, due to her never blaming herself for her son's problems, so the stress never impacted on her.
"I-it's fine Mom, I'm okay!" He assured her, finishing his twelfth bowl of katsudon. Perhaps all that extra cooking worked as extra exercise to the older Midoriya... 'She's not entirely wrong, tough.' He was thinking about the exam, yeah, but about someone else entirely.
[A kind smile. A pointy grin. A confident smirk.]
Feeling himself burst, Izuku took deep breaths, and got into a lotus position. Earlier in his life, whenever a situation represented too much for him, Izuku would spontaneously combust, so he came to the conclusion that he needed a way to control himself. Meditation seemed like the correct answer, as it helped him whenever his Quirk began to consume every aspect of him.
'They'll be fine.' Breath. 'They passed.' Breath. 'We made a promise.' Breath.
A fire ring spun around him, shooting fire bursts up, caging Izuku in a spinning fire cage. The "bars" would open, cross, and twist all around, but they never touched another bar. It was quite the display. It was a reflection of Izuku's mind state during his meditation.
"Izuku!!" His mother's voice brought him out of his trance, and his mental cage dissolved into nothing. She was carrying a small envelope. "It's here!"
Inko was left outside his son's bedroom, awaiting the results. Inside, Izuku was analyzing the envelope, as it was slightly heavier than a regular envelope. Against his lightened palm, it was revealed that it wasn't a letter, it was a little round object. So he carefully burned the paper, letting the small device fall on his desk, from where an hologram appeared.
"Hello? Testing, 1,2,3..."
Izuku's eyes widened. 'Wait a second, isn't that's...'
"AM I ON SCREEN?" All Might's projection shouted. "I'm sorry young Midoriya, that we couldn't get... what? What do you say citizen, carry on? But I was having... It will be mailed?"
Izuku's amusement over his mentor's antiques overrode his shock of seeing him in an official U.A mail. 'Why is he delivering the message?'
"Ah, well. Young Midoriya, we might see more of each other again, seeing as I have decided to teach at U.A!"
"WHAT!?" Izuku screamed, so surprised that some fire sparks came from his hair. He had to assure his mother that everything was fine, as he heard her stumble against something due to his outburst. 'So All Might will be teaching at U.A?'
"As you might assume, you aced the written exam, and managed to get 47 Villain Points in the practical exam! That alone is enough to assure your entrance!"
"Yeah... it's happening..." He felt himself burst again, but he had to control himself, as the message wasn't over yet.
"But, I would like you to see the next recording."
[A screen shows an image. It shows a wrecked city. It was Training Area B. Several scenes pass. They show a common theme. A green haired kid, helping. And influencing the people around him, with three people in particular standing out.]
'Uraraka-san! Kirishima-kun! And the straight bespectacled guy!' All of them had helped someone after witnessing Izuku saving another person. 'Why is U.A. showing me this?'
[The scene changes. It shows the Zero Pointer Incident, and it's aftermath. A different angle of the Promise shows the bespectacled guy as a witness of the exchange. There's a hint of approval in his eyes.]
"How can we let pass these kind of selfless actions? For you see, Young Midoriya, there was a second type of Points! Rescue Points! Given by a staff according to the heroic deeds demonstrated in the Exam!"
"Kirishima Eijiro: 42 Rescue Points!" [It showed an image of Kirishima acting as a human shield, his hardened arms in a x-pattern, blocking a Two Pointer's punch that had another student as an objective.]
"Uraraka Ochako: 33 Rescue Points!" [It showed Uraraka stopping with her Quirk a big piece of rubble that threatened to crush someone.]
"Tenya Iida: 27 Rescue Points!" [There was an image of Iida with an injured attendant on his back, running away of the destruction of the Zero Pointer.]
"And finally, the boy, no, the HERO who inspired all of these people actions, the one who inadvertently told everyone that there was something more important that defeating Villains. Sacrificing oneself for the sake of other's wellbeing! The main core of being a Hero! Midoriya Izuku: 60 Rescue Points!" [This time, two images overlapped: in one, Izuku was shown punching the Zero Pointer, the explosion in front of him. In the other, he was shown once recovered, his arms in the air, smiling and surrounded by his friends, who were also smiling.]
"Everyone in the panel of judges were touched by your performance, as well as your friends'. All of you, have passed with flying colors! So come, Young Midoriya..."
Izuku could feel the lump in his throat, but he didn't care. The tears were flowing freely down his face. And he was damn proud of them. 'I... I did it... guys. My promise... I can finally fulfill it!!'
"To Your Hero Academia!!"
"YEAAAAAAAAH!!!"
Izuku's cry of joy could be heard kilometers all around.
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That night, Izuku slept peacefully. But deep within him, something wasn't resting. Only a grin was visible. 'This definitely got interesting. Midoriya 'Deku' Izuku. Heh. Midoriya 'D.' Izuku. Another carrier of the Will... Hehehe.'
'There's a storm coming.'
~CDS~
The mysteries begin! There's hints about something planned for the future of this story, as well as hints towards some iconic animanga scenes. Kudos to those who figure them out!
The next Chapter: First day of class! Potential Measurement.
I can't promise it'll be as long as this one, but if there's a good response for this chapter, I'll make a small Omake telling how a previous version of this story went by: BNHA: Gomu-Gomu no Trouble!
Remember that I'm having problems irl, so I won't make any promises of when the next chapter will come out. So please, be patient.
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