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Chapter 11
It has been about three months since the fight between Sensei and Sorahiko happened in Izuku's apartment. It was clear to Izuku that both men hated each other with a deep passion, but they were working on trying to deal with one another.
Izuku was currently sitting in her room reading a book on ancient runes, trying to prepare for her N.E.W.T.S. test. While most witches and wizards considered the subject dull and dry, Izuku was enamored with it. Then again, she loved every subject of magic and found each field fascinating in there own way.
Potion making required extreme patience but had an elegance to it. If there is one thing Izuku learned about potion brewing from Professor Snape is never pride yourself on being a know-it-all, especially when it comes to potions. Last year Izuku corrected another student in the class on the different properties of grindle root, and Professor Snape made her clean every cauldron in his lab for a month. While Izuku hated the punishment, she understood that Snape meant well and was teaching her a lesson about correcting others openly.
Ancient runes are considered a theoretical course of study, but allowed for a deeper understanding of the origins of magic, and allowed for the translation of old texts. Charms is the art of adding properties or characteristics to an object or person. As for transfiguration… Izuku couldn't help, but shudder at the thought of the subject, while she found it interesting, she always found herself at the receiving end of being transformed into a bunny by her wand.
Looking up from her book towards the bookshelf she purchased two months ago. She began looking at all the different collections she had gathered. Besides her hero analysis books, which were tucked away on the shelf, the rest of it was littered with various books on magic. She had even had a rare and signed copy of 'Alchemy and Potion Brewing' by Nicholas Flamel, at Flourish and Blotts.
Walking over to her bookcase, she began analyzing her vast collection. "I should really get another bookcase, or maybe I could get my bag enchanted?" Glancing over to her backpack, Izuku knew she could put an expansion charm on it, but she would have to make a request with the Ministry of Magic. Any expansion charms not documented by the Ministry could get a person in serious trouble.
Now peering over at her desk, besides all the All Might merchandise, there was a small golden lantern with a glowing blue light in the center of it. After stopping the fight between Sensei and Sorahiko, she knew she couldn't take any more risks when it comes to the trace. While she was a special case when it comes to using magic, she was only permitted to use it during the UA entrance exam and at UA, if she gets in. Until then, she was like every other underage witch or wizard when it comes to underage magic. After scouring through the furthest reaches of Diagon Alley, she was able to find what she was looking for a Hinkypunk. These magical wispy creatures, while dangerous proved to be very useful, the area around them disrupted tracking charms, including the trace. Izuku knew if the Ministry ever found out about this, she would be in big trouble, but she hated how she was not allowed to use magic, just because she was underage.
Walking over to her desk, she grabbed the lantern. Thankfully the Hinkypunk she had purchased was tamed and choose to stay inside of its lantern. Strolling over to her backpack, Izuku pulled out her wand and looked back to the golden lantern in her left hand.
'Please don't throw a fireball at my face.' She thought while pointing her wand towards her bag. Clearing her mind, she thought of how she wanted the inside of her bag to look.
"Capacious extremis" Izuku recited the spell aloud. Instantly the inside of her bag started shining a white light. After a few seconds, the light stopped. Izuku looked at her bag with a blank look, before peeking her head around her room worried someone might have seen her. She placed both the lantern and her wand next to her and grabbed the backpack with both hands.
'Did it work?' Opening the bag a little bit more, trying to see the bottom. Leaning further, she stuck her head into the bag, unfortunately, being the clumsy girl that she was, lost her balance and fell into her bag. Izuku found herself falling inside of the now expansive backpack and landed onto the floor inside with a loud bang. She groaned at the pain of her body slamming into the hardwood floor. After forcing herself up, Izuku looked at her surroundings and was amazed at what was around her.
There was no furniture, but there was a very massive den area with a fireplace, and across from that were countless rows of empty bookshelves that needed to be restocked, as well as a second floor with more bookcases. The only light that was being produced in the bag came from the hole that was above her, everything else was reasonably dark.
Izuku started walking around the inside of her bag and couldn't stop the smile on her face. "I know I love quirks, but I love magic just as much." For the next few minutes, she looked around at the large sanctuary she had created inside of her backpack. "Well, I better get back up before… wait." Izuku stopped her statement and now realized a major problem. Looking up she saw the hole that leads to her bedroom, but there was one problem… she could not reach it.
Izuku's eyes became wide as she continued to stare at the hole high above her. "I FORGOT THE LADDER!?"
For the next few minutes, Izuku thought about how she could escape from her backpack. At first, she thought about conjuring a ladder but remembered how she left her wand outside next to the Hinkypunk. She also could not call anyone like Sensei to help because her phone was on her desk.
"Come on Izuku think, there has to be a way out of here." It was as if a lightbulb went off above Izuku's head. She then went to stand directly above the hole leading to her bedroom. "I know I'm not good at this, but it is my only option."
Izuku stretched her hand out in front of her and cleared her mind as she thought of the spell. "Wingardium leviosa" It was a simple spell, but it would have to do, given her current situation. Izuku's arm felt like it was burning, and her mind was splitting. She felt her feet lift off the ground as her body started to ascending upwards. Wandless magic is a difficult practice, most wizards can perform simple spells, but for Izuku whenever she used wandless magic her body felt as if it was breaking apart, this was something even her professors were confused by. Not being able to cast wandless magic is one thing, but for your body to tear itself apart was… unusual. Forcing her eyes open, she noticed she was almost to the exit, once reaching the edge of her bag, she grabbed onto it and pulled herself out.
Izuku tried to hold back her tears because of the pain coursing through her arm. As she laid there on the floor trying to recover from the agony, she raised her right arm in front of her face and started to become worried. Her entire arm was swollen, purple, and broken.
Izuku gritted her teeth because of the pain. 'H-How is this possible? It was a simple, levitation spell. If I don't learn how to control this by the entrance exam, I will never get into UA.' She then crawled her way towards her trunk and grabbed the potion she had given Sorahiko and Sensei a while back. While she could have used her own potion, it was pointless because her injury was not severe and 'Essence of Dittany' was an excellent substitute for repairing skin. Looking at her arm one more time, she started to administer the potion onto the wounded limb. This time she was unable to hold back the tears of pain as the potion worked on repairing her arm. As her arm started to heal itself, she glanced back at the now enchanted bag. 'Note to self. Get a ladder installed or at least a staircase.'
Izuku, finally having enough energy, got up from leaning against her trunk and walked back over to her wand. Reaching down and picked it up in her left hand before pointing it at her right arm. The end of her wand lit up, white bandages shot out of the tip of her wand and began wrapping up her right arm. After casting the spell on her arm, she began looking intently at her wand.
Over the years, Izuku had become fascinated with wands and wand law. The idea… no the fact that a wand can choose its owner was interesting.
'Why would you choose me? According to Ollivander, you never let people cast spells from you. You are made of Elder wood, one of the hardest woods to work with, yet I can feel that you don't want to leave me.' The wand in her hand started to become warm and vibrate a little. She smiled at her wand. 'Well if you don't want to leave me I'm fine with that, besides I don't think any other wand could replace you.'
Turning towards the bookcase, she pointed her wand at it then flicked her wrist. The vast collection of books began flying from there places on the bookshelf, going across the room and into her bag, to fill the empty shelves located inside. From her current location, she could hear the books sorting themselves onto one of the shelves down below. Satisfied with the results, Izuku walked over to her bag and closed the top, then looked back over to the now empty bookcase.
"Well at least now I have more room for some more All Might merchandise," she said aloud, ignoring that fact that pictures of the man were literally posted all around her room. Izuku found herself blushing. 'Oh if All Might ever saw my room I think I might die of embarrassment.'
(Next Day)
Izuku was currently sitting in her class at Aldera, listening to her teacher talk about quirk laws. Two seats in front of her was Katsuki, who was not even paying attention to the teacher opting to push the lead out of his mechanical pencil. He also had his feet propped up onto the desk. Since Kacchan had such a powerful quirk he had gained favorability with a lot of the teachers, most would turn a blind eye whenever he did something wrong or did not pay attention. Just last week, he had called her a quirkless loser in front of the entire class, and the teacher acted like nothing had happened. Some of the other students in the class said some sort of rude remark about her being quirkless or having no friends.
Out of everyone in the entire school, Izuku was probably the only person who did not have a single friend, mainly because everyone else did not want to be around someone who was quirkless.
Izuku glanced at Kacchan, who was still not paying attention. 'If he were to do that in Professor Snape's class, god have mercy.' She couldn't even imagine the type of punishment Snape would give him, expulsion? No, that would be too kind even for Snape. He would probably make him swim to the bottom of the Black Lake to grab a mermaids scale, without magic. Or make him clip the nails of a dragon by himself, while also holding a piece of meat. Professor Snape had very creative punishments, and for Izuku, the idea of being expelled was not the worst thing in the world… at least when it came to Snape's class.
Izuku looked around her classroom and notice almost nobody was paying attention, the guys were goofing off, and all the girls were staring at Kacchan acting like they drank a love potion.
"Miss Midoriya, please pay attention."
Looking back to the front of the classroom, Izuku noticed the teacher was staring at her, as well as the rest of the class, which was trying to suppress their laughter.
'I looked away for a second! The rest of the class isn't even paying attention. Kacchan even has his feet propped up, if I were to do that I would get detention.' She thought while looking back to the front. Izuku could feel her classmates staring at her, hoping she would get caught again for not paying attention. She noticed Kacchan giving her a dark glare before muttering what was probably an insult, under his breath.
Eventually, the final bell for the school day rang. Everyone began packing up and leaving the room, some students going to hang out at the local arcade, others going home. Izuku grabbed her bag and started to put her stuff inside while it started sucking each item up, but the size of it didn't change. Her supplies were also being sorted out inside of her bag. As she finished putting the last of her stuff away, Izuku failed to see the blonde hair boy in front of her.
"Well if it isn't the quirkless loser. What too busy during class, thinking about being a hero?" Izuku was about to respond but was interrupted by the blond who was now glaring at her. "Why don't you just accept that you will never be a damn hero. Hell, I don't even think you could make it as a cop at least they have quirks." Kacchan then turned away and started walking out of the room. Before he walked out of the room, he turned his head slightly towards Izuku with a grin on his face, "People like you are fucking worthless." With that final insult given he left the room.
Izuku was now alone inside of the large classroom, after hearing Kacchan's rude insult, she could feel her lips quivering, and her eyes beginning to water up. Letting out a shaken break and sniffing her nose as she forced herself to not cry. Without thinking, she grabbed her bag and left the classroom and began her journey home while also making sure to avoid Kacchan.
'Why is he always so mean to me? What did I ever do to him to be treated like this? Okay so what if I'm quirkless, I still have powers I just can't tell you… what am I saying you would still treat me like crap even if you did find out. Wouldn't you?' She thought while walking down the street to her apartment.
Izuku let out a deep breath as she closed the door to her apartment, relieved to be home and away from Kacchan. Luckly today was a Friday, so she wouldn't have to worry about him for another two days. Finding herself to be hungry from the long walk, she went towards the kitchen to fix herself some dinner. As Izuku fixed herself something to eat, she started to contemplate her relationship with Kacchan.
'He is such a jerk, he bullies me, and nobody cares. I mean I could tell Kuro-san, or Sensei, but I don't want them to fall under Kacchan's fan club.' Izuku had wanted to tell Kurogiri, Sensei, or even Nezu and Hiko-san about Katsuki and the way he treated her, but she was scared. Not because of them getting mad, but the possibility that they could be enamored with Katuski and his quirk, like the teachers at school. Thus losing the four people, she really cared about. She had tried convincing herself that this would never happen, that Sensei and the rest of them would never think like that, but a part of her couldn't help but believe that it was a possibility. Kacchan seems to have a way of getting what he wants because of his quirk.
It was times like this Izuku missed Hogwarts. There she had terrific friends like Melissa, Helena, and everyone else in Ravenclaw, She would even consider Professor Snape, her friend. Over the years Melissa and Izuku had become best friends and were practically inseparable at Hogwarts. The only form of communication the two had between each other was the monthly letters that they sent. Once Izuku told Melissa what was happening with her parents she had gotten a message the very next day, asking if she would like to spend next Christmas with her family at I-island since Izuku wouldn't be able to visit her parents. Seeing how she wouldn't be able to spend the holidays with her parents, she decided to accept Melissa's offer, besides this meant she would finally meet David Shield and could ask him questions about all of his inventions. Sadly it was April and Christmas was a few months away, but at least she had something to look forward to after she leaves Hogwarts at the end of this year.
It was strange to think that this would be Izuku's last year at Hogwarts. Over the years Izuku had unknowingly built quite a reputation in the wizarding world. Once her powerful healing potion was released publicly, she had been the center of attention for the daily prophet. Some had begun calling her the modern Nicholas Flemel, and the brightest witch of the age. Many different potion brewing businesses had offered her a high paying job after seeing how she got a perfect score on her O.W.L.S. Izuku could only imagine what will happen if she gets a good grade on the N.E.W.T.S. test. There was one thing Izuku did dislike about gaining all of this newfound fame and attention, Rita Skeeta. It didn't take much for her to tell that the woman was trouble, she was known for ruining careers of wizards and spreading lies. Whenever Izuku when to the Ministry, she would be followed by the blasted woman who demanded an interview. Eventually, Izuku became so annoyed by the woman, she had started placing protective enchantments around her house so no one from the daily prophet could find her, or dark wizards. That was another thing to worry about, Izuku also knew that this new found attention would probably cause dark wizards to seek her out, so it was best to be safe.
It had taken her some time, but she had placed enchanted runes around her home, so that nobody may enter unless they were a close friend, or given were her permission. Now thinking back to the jobs offered, there was one that stood out.
Strangely enough, Izuku had gotten a confidential black letter from the Ministry of Magic, with a powerful enchantment on the message, so only she could open it and read it. Because of her deep understanding of magic, she had been offered a highly classified job, but they wouldn't tell her what it was.
At first Izuku was going to decline it like all the other job offers, instead opting to go to UA as planned. Yet, in the letter the Ministry had sent, they asked if she would like to take the job part-time while she was going to UA. They would supply her with all the necessary materials, and the location in which she would work would be very close. Even with all this in mind, they still wouldn't tell her what the job was, and she would only know after she accepted the position. The only information given to her was that she would have the highest level of access at the Ministry of Magic, and would be compensated greatly for her work.
Izuku was curious about the job offer, and she knew that the Ministry would not just offer such a highly classified job to someone as young as her without reason. The question now was, will she take it? She might not get another chance like this in her entire life.
Looking over at the coffee table, she noticed the black letter that they had sent her. If she wanted to accept the job offer, all she had to do was sign her name on the golden line at the bottom of the paper. It took a few seconds, but Izuku had made up her mind, walking over to her bag she pulled out a writing quill and signed her name onto the line. After signing her name, the letter folded itself back up and slid itself under her front door, likely heading back to the Ministry.
'I wonder what the job is? I hope I made the right call.'
(Somewhere in Tokyo)
A man with blond hair was currently walking into his empty apartment.
"Damn I can barely hold my form for five hours." Toshinori then started coughing into his hand while blood covered it. Ever since All Might gained his injury, he had noticed that he was unable to spend as much time in his hero form. In fact, before his injury, there wasn't much of a difference between his two forms, only his hair would stand up when using One for All. Now though, he seemed to lose most of his body mass, making him look extremely skinny. It seems One for All recalled what he looked like before his injury, and it was only when he used his quirk did he transform back.
Walking himself over to his couch, Toshinori started to think about his current situation. "I need a successor, but… damn it! I work One for All too much. If I try to give somebody my quirk, their limbs will blow off, even if they were to train. And One for All is the only thing keeping me alive according to Recovery Girl, so even if I did find someone, I would die before the transfer was complete. Well, master looks like your pathetic excuse for a student has brought One for All to an end." After years of using One for All Toshinori had finally caused the quirk to reach a dangerous level. The possibility of having a successor was out of the question because nobody on the planet would physically prepared to take on such a powerful quirk, it was too unstable, and Toshinori was the only one able to control it.
"At least I finally brought that bastard to an end." he said while thinking about the man who murdered his master.
Toshinori now found himself inside his bathroom, looking at his disgusting scar. It was swollen red and purple with scars running along most of his torso. He brought his fingers up to the wound and lightly touched it, there was a numb feeling, with a slight pain to it. Toshi frowned as he looked at his injury. Thanks to this, it had taken his form, turning him into a gross skinny man that everyone looked down on. Though there was a bright side of becoming skinny, not only could he go out without being noticed, but now he actually was able to see the true nature in certain people. Most people, when they meet All Might act kindly to him because of his title as number one hero. But after becoming skinny he had met back up with certain people from his past that didn't recognize him, Toshinori was honestly surprised when he learned that a lot of the people he used to have a close connection to were so rude and mean towards others.
The only people Toshinori saw as his friends were Sorahiko, Recovery Girl, Nezu, Dave, and the girl he met three months ago… Izuku. He knows that he only talked to the girl once, and their interactions were concise, but she was the only person to treat him with such profound kindness. Toshinori couldn't help but blush when he thought about her luscious green hair, emerald eyes, and her bright smile. What he missed the most was having a conversation with the young girl, she was a breath of fresh air in this world of torment. During their conversation to the hospital, he had been so invested into everything she was saying, and all the questions she had about him that he hadn't even felt the pain of his missing organs.
Thinking about all of the people in his life, All Might thought about is old partner Sir Nighteye. Don't get him wrong he does care for his former partner, but he only took the man on as his sidekick because he wouldn't leave him alone. And whenever they had conversations, the man would just nitpick his fighting styles, or gawk at him. After getting his injury, Sir Nighteye was insistent on making sure Toshinori put an end to his hero work to save his life. He knew he couldn't do that. He could not sit idly by and let the world fall into chaos, the world still needed its symbol of peace.
"A PHONE CALL IS HERE! A PHONE CALL IS HERE!" The sudden sound of his phone spooked him, causing him to cough up more blood. Taking a quick look at the name, he answered his phone.
"Hello, Nezu Sir." Toshi could hear what sounded like shuffling on Nezu's end.
"Greeting Toshinori, It has been so long since we talked. How are things for our symbol of peace?"
Toshi let out a slight laugh, "It's been better, no thanks to my injury. I gotta say I never saw myself looking like a skeleton."
"Ahh yes, I am quite aware of the extent of your injury thanks to Recovery Girl. From what she told me you can no longer use the full extent of your quirk."
"I am guessing this is more than just a friendly checkup?" Toshinori was hoping he didn't have to hear anymore teaching philosophies from the man.
"Observant as ever, but it should be expected from All Might." Nezu was smiling on the other end of the phone. "I guess I shouldn't waste your time now, should I?"
"Well, I…" Toshinori began, not wanting to sound rude to Nezu, but he was interrupted by the small mouse man.
"I would like to offer you a job at U.A.!" That is not what Toshinori had been expecting when he picked up the phone.
"I'm sorry I think I misheard you."
"Well, seeing how your injury has limited your time for being a hero I believe if you taught at UA, it would be best for everyone."
"Umm I'm faltered by the offer sir, but how is this the best for everyone?"
"Since you are injured I believe that having you teach at UA would offer extra protection for our symbol of peace, and having our number one hero return to teach the next generation of heroes would be fantastic." At first, Toshinori felt a little disappointed that Nezu thought he needed protection, but he knew the man was right. No doubt villains will notice his injury, especially those who were close to All for One, so being around other pro heroes constantly was technically a good idea. As for teaching, Toshinori was unsure about it.
"I'm not really much of a teacher Sir. What would I even be teaching?"
Toshinori could hear Nezu laughing on the other end again. 'What is so funny?'
"Why you would teach the students the fundamentals of being a hero." He said as if the answer was well known among everyone, but him.
"I'm not so sure about this sir I mean that is a pretty big commitment."
"Well please take as much time as you need to decide, but please remember All Might if you want to continue saving others you should be careful about your own health." Without another word, Nezu had hung up, leaving Toshinori confused as he stared at his phone.
'Not much of a long conversation, but I mean I did kind of want him to get to the point so…'
Any sort of sleep that All Might had planned on that night was utterly ruined by Nezu's phone call.
All Might laid there in his massive bed that was custom made for his muscled form.
'Me being a teacher? I mean before I got One for All I'd wanted to do become one, but now… I don't know the first thing about teaching, and what about my job as a hero?' All Might's mind felt like it was splitting, he didn't know what to do. He wanted to continue being the symbol of peace, but being a teacher at U.A. would take whatever time he had in his muscle form. Yet, if he taught at UA, he would be around other pro heroes who would be able to help him because of his injury.
'If I weren't so weak, I wouldn't be in this position, but he did say to take as much time as I needed to decide.' Eventually, he found himself drifting to sleep, but even in his dreams, his mind was still fighting on what he should do.
Hey everyone, sorry for the wait, but I had so many different ideas with this chapter and was not sure which way I wanted to go with it, but I am finally happy with it. I hope to see you all in the next chapter!
Review Response:
Chocoholic202: Don't worry I will. Just keep your reviews coming they really help to motivate me.
Majestic-Pheonix0: Thanks again for your review that really means a lot. As you can see Izuku recognizes the needs for protecting herself. As for Aizawa's reaction to Izuku, let me just say I'm really looking forward to that part of the story.
VTXD: I was planning on making the scene longer, but at the same time I realized Izuku would not stand for her friends to fight, even for a second. And yes they really do care about their little witch.
gemava: I wouldn't say Sorahiko is allying with All for One, rather he is just forcing himself to try and not kill him for Izuku's sake.
healslut: Well they kind are at each others neck, especially when it comes to Izuku, but their working on it.
