Chapter 7

Izuku was silent as he made his way into his home. The events of the day had drained him emotionally. Having seen what his power could really do and having nonstop praise from his classmates was all too much for him to handle. After eating dinner with his mother, he made his way to bed and pondered over what had happened and began thinking of new ways he could use his power now that he knew what it was capable of. It wasn't long before he drifted off to sleep.

Izuku was startled to find himself standing in a pure white landscape filled with nothingness. He immediately knew he was dreaming and began to pinch himself. He stopped when he heard what sounded like large footsteps from behind him. He turned slowly to face what appeared to be a giant. The man stood at least twenty feet tall and had and extremely large torso, especially compared to his short legs. What instantly stood out to Izuku was that the man was wearing his favorite black shirt with the large white crosshair on it. The man continued walking towards Izuku until he was directly in front of him. Izuku had half a mind to start running in the opposite direction, but he stood his ground and stared up at the man's blank eyes.

The man then silently sat cross-legged in front of the boy and rested his arms on his knees. They simply stared at each other for a few moments before Izuku decided to speak up first.

"Who are you? Where are we?"

The man tilted his head slightly before speaking, "Bartholomew Kuma." Kuma's voice was very calm and somewhat deep as he spoke. "As for your second question, I can only assume that we are in your mind."

Izuku nodded, confirming that this was a dream. He then turned back to Kuma and spoke again, "Well, what are you doing in my dream Mr. Bartholomew. I'm pretty sure I never met you in the real world."

"Nor will you ever meet me there. I died some time ago."

Izuku was taken aback at that. "So, are you a ghost?"

"I do not know. I simply came here to see who inherited my power."

"Inherited power? Are you talking about my Repelling Pads? Was that your quirk when you were alive?"

"Quirk? Is that what they call abilities in your world?"

"My world?" Izuku was becoming more confused by the second. He was wishing he would just wake up from this dream already.

Kuma nodded, "I am from a different world. A place made up of large oceans and scattered islands. The ability that you have now was called a devil fruit ability; more specifically the Paw-Paw Fruit."

Izuku's eyes were spinning as he took in all the information. Other worlds? Devil fruits? None of this was making sense.

Kuma spoke up once more, "You can choose not to believe this if that would be easier for you."

Izuku raised a hand, wanting Kuma to pause for a moment. He needed time to process everything.

"Okay so let's say I believe that you're from another world. How does this affect me?"

"It shouldn't. I believe my power adjusted itself to fit with this world's rules. You can swim, can't you?"

Izuku was caught off guard by the question but nodded his head.

"If you had the powers of a devil fruit you would lose your strength in water. So that just confirms that the power has somehow transformed into a quirk. Although the question still remains as to why the power suddenly moved to this world. As far as I know my body still lives and with it, my power."

"I thought you said you died?"

Kuma sighed, "It is a rather long story, but basically my mind is dead but my body still lives on as a robot."

Izuku chose to not ask anymore about the subject. He already had enough to process.

"So how has my power adjusted to this world. Is it still a force to be reckoned with?"

"I think I'm managing it fairly well I just have trouble adjusting its strength."

"That will come with experience. You'll need to learn how to control it, just as I did. Now there was one more thing I came to discuss with you."

"Yes?" For some reason Izuku felt nervous at what Kuma was about to say.

"Just as my power passed over to this world others might have as well; and not just powers other things and even people might cross over."

"Is that a bad thing?"

"It can be. If the wrong person or power crosses over it can cause much chaos in your world. There were people in my world capable of easily destroying countries. So, it is best to hope that someone like that doesn't cross over."

Izuku was nervously jittering now. His thoughts filled with the destruction that people like that could cause to Japan or the rest of the world.

"Why would you tell me this?"

"So that you know what could be at stake. If you want to protect your world you must master your abilities and help others master theirs. Now I must go. This may be the only time we meet." Kuma began to sit up and walk away.

Izuku shouted at him, "Wait! Before you go, in your world were you a villain or a hero?"

Kuma turned his head slightly to look at him before speaking, "To some I was a hero, to others I was a villain. Things are never as black and white as they seem, Midoriya Izuku. You would do well to remember that." Kuma began walking again and faded into nothingness.

Izuku jerked awake, breathing heavily. His dream was still fresh in his mind. He just needed to decide if it was just a dream or if it was really a warning.

Izuku's head was still processing all the information from his dream. He hardly noticed his friends speaking as they made their way to school. That is until Mina poked his cheek. Izuku was jolted out of his stupor and noticed his friends staring at him worriedly.

Mina spoke up, "What's wrong dude. You've been quiet the entire trip."

Izuku quickly waved his hands to assuage their fears, "It's nothing. I was just thinking about a weird dream I had last night."

Mina smirked at this and said in a sultry tone, "Oh, were you dreaming about me?"

Izuku blushed heavily, waving his hands in a way that he seemed to be trying wave the conversation away. Mina laughed at her friend's embarrassment before pulling his head into a lock with her arm.

"C'mon Izuku. You can tell us we're your friends."

Fumikage spoke up, "She's right. It would be best to tell us and get it off your chest or else you'll allow it to cloud your mind during school."

Katsuki huffed, "If you're gonna let some stupid-ass dream bother you I won't be able to beat you at 100%. So, you better tell us or else."

Izuku sighed and began to tell about his dream with Kuma. Their faces became confused as Izuku told the dream of the giant man and where his power supposedly came from.

Fumikage spoke first, "That is a rather odd dream to have. Even more so that you remember it in such detail."

Mina was still trying to process everything but Katsuki had his head in his palm.

"You, dumbass! You let yourself get worried over a stupid dream like that. That's all it was, it was a dream. Now get your head out of your ass and let's go before we're late."

Izuku sighed but agreed with Kacchan. He needed to focus on school and not some weird dream. He, Mina and Fumikage all ran after Katsuki as they made their way to school once again."

During the afternoon, the class that Izuku was most excited for was here. Hero Basic Training. As they were sitting in their desks the door suddenly slammed open and large figure stepped into the doorway.

"I am… coming through the door like a normal person!"

A wave of excitement went through the class as the number one hero All Might entered.

"I can't believe All Might's teaching here."

"Is that his Silver Age Costume?"

All Might spoke up above the buzz of the class, "Alright, no time to waste. On to the main event!" He held up a card with the words BATTLE written in all capital letters. "It's time for battle training! And to go with the training are these!" He pointed towards the wall where several slots suddenly ejected each with a number corresponding to a seat in the classroom. "These are your costumes!"

The class was practically shaking with excitement as they all got up and made their way to the costumes.

"Once you have your costumes on meet me on Ground Beta."

As the students made their way to Ground Beta, they all began showing off their costumes to one another. The last one to step out onto the grounds was Izuku. He was wearing his favorite black shirt with white crosshairs although the neck of this one had a long collar that completely covered his mouth while he wore simple tanned pants with black dots covering them. To cover his feet, he had large black combat boots. Izuku was slightly disturbed to see that his costume almost completely mirrored what Kuma was wearing. He was brought out of his thinking when All Might began to speak.

"All right, zygotes, this will be indoor training where one team will be playing the roles of villains and the other, heroes. You will be split into teams of two where the heroes must either capture the villains or capture the nuclear weapon the villains are protecting. And your teams will be decided by lots. So, let's get started!"

After drawing lots Izuku ended up on a team with Mina as heroes and was up against the villain team of Katsuki and Jirou. They were also the first ones up to the training. As the group made their way to the testing building Katsuki walked next to Izuku.

"You better not hold back against me, Izuku! You can, sure as hell, bet I'm not going to hold back against you!"

Mina bumped into the conversation before Izuku could respond. "We're both going to give it our all! Isn't that right Izuku?"

Izuku smiled and nodded at his partner as they made their way to the front of the building and the villain team went inside. After five minutes of reading the layout of the building and coming up with a strategy the timer was up and All Might announced the beginning of the training.

A/N

Sorry if this was a boring chapter. Hopefully the next one will have enough action for everyone.