Midoriya's POV

"I have been thinking about it the whole time, your quirk it's way too similar to Almight's quirk. I never imagined it was possible to pass down quirk, but after seeing what All For One is capable of…. After the sludge incident you changed. You got a quirk out of nowhere, just when Almight was in town and now he lost his power…..And your probably the only one who didn't seemed surprised when Almight turned skinny. From there its simple, I put one and one together…."

I choose to remain silent. I don't want to give him the benefit of the doubt. Speculate all you want I ain't telling you shit….

"speak up….did Almight give you his quirk or not?", he is not gonna let me of the hook huh?

"what if he did? Why do you care?", I replied, I don't understand what his problem is? Is this about that argument we had during license exam. I don't get it.

"if that's the truth, then I seriously doubt Almight's judgement to pass his quirk to someone like you, whose ideals are completely opposite to his….i wanna know what made Almight himself go that far for you….someone who don't even know what it means to be a hero"

I narrowed my eyes, "I never asked for your validation and I don't care about what you think either. At the end of it, Almight choose me"

His face had a furious expression, he gritted his teeth.

"tell me Izuku what it means to be a hero?"

"to always win that's what it means to be a hero", I replied instantly without any hesitation.

"no no…to be a hero is to save others"

I can't believe this.

Suddenly, he used his explosions to launch himself towards me, it caught me by surprise. I jumped back on reflex. He swings his right arm towards me.

I have seen this pattern before; it is a faint. He should stop his arm in mid air and shift to a round about kick. But I was wrong, he launched off an explosion. I tried to counter it with a right knee to his abdomen, but my timing was off. The explosion sent me back.

I closed my eyes for a minute, when I opened, I saw Katsuki approaching me even faster than before. I made a mistake in analyzing him. He is not thinking right now just running on his emotions.

That's his weakness, when he gets emotional, he stops thinking.

I waited for his wide swing and ducked under his arm and moved behind him. i saw little bit of fire glowing on his palms.

His he planning to attack again?

At the moment he turned around, I flipped backwards, kicking him in the jaw. I landed on the ground, I looked to see Katsuki on his butt.

His face had a furious expression. he gritted his teeth in frustration.

"I can't accept this…..

Why

Why

Why

"WHY….WHY DID I END UP CHASING AFTER SOMEONE LIKE YOU…SOMEONE WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HERO…YET YOU GOT RECOGNIZED BY ALMIGHT AND HE GAVE YOU HIS QUIRK….BUT….BUT….ALL I DID WAS END ALMIGHT…..IF ONLY I HAD BEEN STRONG…..IF I HADN'T BEEN KIDNAPED BY THE VILLAINS…..NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. I COULDN'T TELL ANYBODY ABOUT IT…EVEN IF I TRY TO FORGET ABOUT IT I CAN'T

IT'S LIKE IT IS PLAYING ON LOOP IN MY HEAD….

I HAVE NO IDEA, WHAT I SHOULD DO?"

Almight loosing his power became a burden to him. he was troubled by it. it has been on his mind this entire time, huh?

This fight maybe meaningless in the long run.

But I'm the only one in the entire world right now, who understands how he feels at the moment…

Frankly speaking, I don't care if your guilt kills you. because you took everything from me, but in return you gave me something….

THE DESIRE TO WIN…

"that's it I'm done holding back. Come at me with all you got", I said taking my stance. I'm ready for everything he throws at me.

He immediately launched himself towards me. I lifted my leg to kick him in the face, but he blocked it with his hand.

Because of my training I didn't notice how strong I have gotten. This raised my body's OFA limit to 10%.

My kick left a mark on his forearm.

I immediately turned around and launched myself towards him, he did the same with his explosions. We both barely missed each other. i realized that I have gotten faster than before. I turned and spun in midair, like a top, to land a kick directly on his head. but it barely missed. He at that instant fired off an explosion.

His timing of the attack was off, it pushed both of us away. He fell on his butt. But I managed to stand on my leg and shot myself at him again.

"is that all you got?", his eyes widened in shock, he probably realized just how fast I have gotten.

It's funny when you think about it. The sludge incident, for better or worse, changed both of us. It's almost like we swapped our ideals or something. Even though it is the same incident, our perception of it differs drastically.

Katsuki at that time probably realized that saving people is the true nature of hero.

I on the other hand, was given the taste of reality. I was naïve back then, thinking that ideals alone is enough to get results. But I was given a wake-up call. I don't think I'm a true hero, in fact I'm much less of a hero than I was before the sludge incident. Trying to become a hero like Almight was my goal then, but it started to change gradually as I live in this world with the quirk.

Since I was quirkless once and now I have a quirk, I'm able to see the flaws of this society. Initially I held a grudge against Katsuki, but I soon realized that he too is a victim of this society, not just him people I have mt up until now, all are in some way affected.

The heroes and villains alike…

I mean from my perspective I can't differentiate the line between a hero and villain….it is as though they are two sides of the same coin…

Katsuki probably realized this as well…

That is why he can't accept that I'm becoming a better hero than him. in his eyes I'm a false hero. But he is absolutely right. In this world it is really difficult to be a true hero. I realized this on that fateful day. But you decided to ignore the reality in front of you….

It's ironic , it's like our roles have reversed, now I'm giving him the taste of this cruel reality we live in….

I launched my self towards him in air.

"I have the upper hand in aerial combat", he boasted. I know that, but don't underestimate me. I'm not plan on losing, never to you…especially you….

Because losing to you now…means my ideals are wrong…..

I lost something to get here and I'm not planning on losing anything anymore…

I positioned myself to kick his face, he noticed it and put up his guard. My shoot style left a strong impression on him. he is too absorbed in the fight to think outside the box.

That shoot style is not the only way I fight…

That I could use my arms….

When I clenched my fists, his eyes widened, but he is too late, I punched him square in the face with a 10% Detroit smash.

That's right I'm not planning on losing…not to you….

Punch was soo strong, he screamed in pain. I smashed him on the ground. I placed my hand on his face, caught one of his arms with mine and the other with my leg.

"if you want me to accept your way of heroism then you gotta beat….", we both panted. The fight was exhausting both physically and mentally.

"that's enough", Almight came into view, "sorry but I overheard"

I moved away from him, he stood up beside me.

"I'm sorry I didn't notice….", Katsuki spoke up. I just glared at him, his face had no expression. He just stared at us.

"but it's too late now", Katsuki continued, "why him? it started with the sludge incident, right? Why this guy?", he still had that venom in his voice.

"he was powerless, but still he chose to save you, he was heroic than anyone else", Almight replied in a calm tone, "you're strong, you're someone who could already compete….i decided that he should also be able to stand the ring", Almight finished.

"I'm weak too you know. Because of me you ….you became like this", Katsuki gritted his teeth.

"no this is not your fault. Either way my limit was close, i was always going to end up like this. I focused too much on your strength and failed to see your emotions. I ended up making you bear the burden", Almight hugged him. after couple of seconds, Katsuki broke the hug.

"After being a hero for a long time. Wanting to save those in trouble, like you young Bakugo and being fixated on victory, like you young Midoriya. If either of those feelings is missing, a hero won't be able to carry out the justice he wants. Like how you young Bakugo fears Young Midoriya's strength and how you young Midoriya fears young Bakugo's heart.

Now that your feelings are out in the open. I think you both understand…

If you both recognize each other and focus on making each other stronger….

Then you can save people to win and win to save people…. becoming the greatest heroes", Almight finished. To be honest, I don't think it would suffice, the answer I'm seeking is not this….

We both didn't get the answer we were hoping for…

Both we can to an agreement I suppose…..

Katsuki let out an exhausted sigh, "so who knows other than me?"

"recovery girl, principle and some of my friends, in students, only you", Almight replied.

"you don't what this getting out, right? Don't worry your secret is safe with me", Katsuki answered in a concerned tone. It's surprising, soo if I had answered your question none of this would have happened? Oh, fuck me….

"now that it's come to this, I'm must explain everything to satisfy you. that's only reasonable", Almight chirped and started walking away. We both followed him on either side.

Almight told Katsuki everything…..

"Jeez, Damm Izuku you did a piss poor job of hiding your secret"

"huh? excuse me for not whooping your ass when you started to pry to much into my life", I barked.

"so, using all of my power was my choice, it was not your fault", Almight finished.

"In the end, nothing really changed. I'll become the no.1 hero who saves everyone with a smile", Katsuki replied while looking at his hand.

"you're right", Almight answered with a smile.

"Unlike me Izuku here watching everything around him and absorbing it to get stronger. Well guess what I can do the same. I'll become stronger and surpass even you the chosen one", Katsuki eyed me.

"says the guy who just got his ass handed to him", I folded my arms and closed my eyes.

"HUH? that was just a onetime thing…. I'll fucking destroy you the next time", he argued back.

"we'll see about that", I replied back.

He was right, things haven't changed. I didn't compromise on anything and so did he. What Almight ants Is a friendly rivalry between us.

I highly doubt it would happen. Our relationship is not that simple to change. It's complicated and I don't whether it would be possible to change…..

But, right now at least I can tolerate him a little bit more than before…I guess

Yaoyorozu's POV

When I heard that both Izuku and Bakugo fought, I was pissed. I mean….they are morons to do it and moreover they fought in ground gamma, which is clearly off limits. I don't know much about Bakugo…. but Izuku….

What was that idiot even thinking?

Fighting on the day he received his provincial license…argh I can't with this guy.

Right now, we are in class, the fight happened three days ago, both Midoriya and Bakugo came to class after their 3 days suspension. I looked over to Bakugo, he was fixated on taking notes, well…..that's new….fight with Izuku must have impacted him somehow I guess?

I turned to my side, on the other hand…..Izuku is still the same….sleeping on the desk while drooling.

This idiot…..

I chopped on his neck, it made him shot up in surprise. He turned to me and growled. The others heard this and giggled.

"you idiot, Mr. Aizawa said the big three would be addressing us, soo for the sake of god, stop sleeping in the class"

"stop nagging me, what are you my mom?", he replied back. I noticed he had bags under his eyes. What is he even doing at night?

"everyone listen up, now that the suspension of Midoriya and Bakugo has ended, let's talk about the work studies in detail", Aizawa turned towards the door, "please come in", upon his que, three people entered the room, "we got people who experienced it firsthand. so, listen carefully, these are the students that stand at top of U.A. they are third years."

These three are the big three huh? 2 guys and 1 girl. To be hones they don't seem like it. the entire class had a excited face, except my neighbor. He was staring at them fiercely.

"ok let's start with self-introduction, Amajiki your up first", he is the guy with messy hair. Suddenly his gaze intensified and he looked at us with such ferocity. Is he trying to intimidate us?

'"no…no Mirio, Hado I'm sorry, even if I try imagining them as potatoes, I can still see their bodies…I can't do this….my mind's blank….i wanna go home", he turned 180.

"EEEHHHHHHHHH?", the entire class was shocked.

"I can feel you, bro", I turned to see Izuku giving him a understanding look.

Oh…..I forgot he is an introvert too….

"he is like you I suppose?", I eyed Izuku.

"us fellow introverts got to stick together", he said with a proud face.

"really?", I gave him a questioning look.

"alright your up Hado", Aizawa passed it on to the cyan haired girl.

"hi everyone this is our lion with the heart of a kitten Amajiki and I'm Nejire Hado, we are asked to talk about work studies but…. wait", she rushed towards shoji and questioned him for what purpose he is wearing mask? Then to Todoroki and asked him about his scar.

Wait…is she distracted?

She then went over everyone she sees and asking then random question. Then she saw me..

"Oohh…you are Yaoyorozu, right? If you use your boobs for creating stuff, will their size be reduced", I blushed, I immediately covered my chest and glared at her. this girl is an air head.

Then she rushed to Izuku and grabbed both of his hands, he blushed like crazy, "hey your Midoriya, right? You explode every time you use your power, right? Will your penis explode to if you use your power there?"

"hey what the hell are you asking him you, lewd woman", I stood up in my seat and pointed my finger at her. she turned her head towards me.

"I'm just asking question what's the harm in that?"

"you are asking questions? it's sexual harassment", I protested, "also let go of his hands"

"aahhh…now I get it you don't want me to know about his quirk, because you wanna keep him all to yourself"

"what? That doesn't even make any sense", I protested.

A loud growl could be heard across the classroom, it was Aizawa, seems like he is nearing his limit.

"alright, alright", the cyan haired girl walked back, with her hands drooping in defeat.

"hello everyone I'm Mirio…..why are all soo gloomy….here is a joke, the future is gonna be?", he stopped mid-sentence and placed his hand over one of his ears and bent forward a little.

The entire class kept quiet….

"hmmmm…..you gotta say gloomy…..come isn't that funny my comedic timing was off?", he began to laugh.

The big three are weirdos….

"ahem", Aizawa interrupted him. he understood and faced us again

"how about you all fight me…it'll be way easier to make you understand than to tell you guys".

All of us fighting him, he better not underestimates us. We have stronger people too, I turned towards Izuku, he…?

He is sleeping again?

Scratch that, I stomped his leg soo hard, he jolted up and stood in his place in perfect attention.

"now that's the spirit, I like volunteerism", I smirked at him. he growled in return.

Oh, I love messing with him….

We reached the training ground in our sports uniform. We all stood on one side and he stood on the other side.

"come at me", he declared.

He started taking our stance, but in a flash, he punched almost everyone in the gut, except three. Izuku, Bakugo and Todoroki. We all are on the ground. we stood up in pain. he faces through objects that's his quirk?

That's soo OP….

But Mirio was surprised that three of them are left remaining.

"so, everyone who are all lost move aside, I just wanna fight these three now", he proclaimed. Most of them sighed in defeat. I walked to the side as well and leaned on the wall beside Hado and Amajiki.

"so, you lost huh?", Hado sighed without even looking at me. this girl…I just starred at her.

"my quirk is not best for direct attacks", I replied.

"stop giving excuses", she replied nonchalantly.

"are trying to pick a fight with me?", I'm getting irritated.

"most of your class got taken out, only three remain. At least I hope they are good", she said facing the three people.

"well….one thing I can say for sure is that those three are the best in our class", I answered her.

"oooohhhh…..well see about that", she said sarcastically.

Mirio started running towards them. Todoroki launched an ice wave. But Mirio faced through it and appeared near Todoroki and punched him in the gut. this happened soo fast, Todoroki had zero time to react.

The punch knocked him out…. he was holding back on us?

Fuck

Bakugo was next he blasted off several explosions, it created smoke around the area. It was a clever move, making it difficult for Mirio to see. Suddenly a loud scream could be heard, it was Bakugo's.

The smoke cleared up, Bakugo was laying on the floor holding his crotch. All the boys cringed in pain. Bakugo had tears in his eyes, god was it that painful?

A loud laughter could be heard across the hall.

It was Izuku, he was laughing his ass off at Bakugo. Bakugo growled at him in anger, he couldn't even speak through his pain.

"are you sure these three are the best your class has to offer?", Hado questioned me. I face palmed, these idiots are embarrassing us…

Especially Izuku….

That idiot I swear to god….

"hey stop laughing and focus, you idiot", I called out to him. he turned his head towards me and yelled, 'Okay Mom' out loud, I blushed hard…. that idiot.

Hado and rest of the class giggled at this.

Mirio started running towards him, including Izuku we all watched him closely. Suddenly he disappeared through the ground.

At that moment, he faced out of ground behind Izuku. But to everyone's surprise he turned around and launched a kick at him, he must have predicted his movements.

That's an analytical thinker for you…

"your Boyfriend is finished", Hado commented. I was too concerned about the ongoing fight to care about her teasing me.

Mirio faced his arm through his leg and reached for his eye. It must be to block his vision. Nice trick…

How are you gonna counter this Izuku?

Mirio used his other hand to punch him in the gut, like he did to us.

Then something weird happened, Mirio flew back few feet and landed on the ground, holding his wrist. Izuku too landed on the ground, but he kip-up immediately. He grinned like an idiot.

Mirio stood up slowly, "that was really surprising, Midoriya was it? care to explain what you did?", Mirio had a smile on his face.

Even Hado had a amused look, "I have to say I'm impressed".

"even though you face through and stuff, you land your hits directly. Your facing are really…hummm…..what's can I say?...predictable? once I predict your movements, rest became simple. You'll simply try to block my vision and punch me in the gut. So even though you blocked off my vision, I kept my arm ready once you reached near my gut, I punched you on your fist. Because you will keep it unfaced to punch me…hummm…yeah…. that's it", Izuku finished with one of his hand on his chin and other folded.

A clapping noise echoed the hall, it was Hado, her face had a bright smile.

Well…what can I say he is really impressive….

"good job Midoriya, but I'm still not done", Mirio took his stance again.

"nah…..I'm good , I don't wanna embraces myself. I'm 100% sure you'll kick my ass so I forfeit", he chirped and started walking towards us.

"chickening out?", Hado taunted him.

"yes", he replied with no hesitation, it threw her off, she had a scowl on her face.

"well…. you can never guess what's going on in that head of his", I finished with a smug look on my face.

After that Mirio gave us a really good speech, which earned him an applause.

And with that class came to an end. Most the class surrounded Izuku during lunch break and forced him to have his lunch with them.

I sat with Ocha and Kyouka on separate table. I looked at him, he was smiling, I just huffed my cheeks and began eating my lunch.

"there there", Ocha patted my back, I stopped in middle and looked at her questioningly with my mouth full.

"Man Midoriya is sure getting popular. I mean who would have thought he could hold his own against the best student of U.A.", Jirou commented eyeing Izuku as well.

I swallowed the food, "don't worry, he'll come back".

"come back?", Ocha enquired.

"I don't know girl, once a guy gets popular, it's hard convincing him, look at Kaminari", Kyouka replied nonchalantly.

"Come on, you gotta drop hints or else he is gonna be snatched away", I smirked.

"what? No….", Kyouka trailed off.

"whhhaaatt? Kyouka likes Kaminari?", Ocha questioned.

"Momo stop putting weird thoughts in her head and no I don't like him", Kyouka protested.

"so, you love him then?", Ocha shot right back at her. Kyouka clutched her head in embarrassment.

"fine I'll stop", Ocha puffed her cheeks playfully.

"hey guys look look, Izuku is up, he moving with his tray", I said looking at his direction.

"let's call him", Ocha waved at him, he nodded. He made is way to our table, he stood near it in awkward silence. I sighed and moved a little to let him sit. Kyouka smirked at me.

"soo…how is your popular phase going?", Ocha asked him in a teasing tone. He let out a heavy sigh.

"well….it lasted about 30 seconds and…..they lost interest in me", Kyouka and Ocha chuckled. He gave them a stoic expression. I just smiled at him.

I'm the only one who clearly understood what he meant. I caught his hand under the table and tightened my grip.

He looked at me questioningly, I just nodded. He smiled understandingly.

The school afternoon session went on as usual, then after school we all went to the dorms. The dorms life, I gotta say is quite exciting. Always having your friends around and hanging out 24/7 is really awesome.

We all had our evening snack; I made the cake and tea myself. Everyone praised me and even called me '5-star chef'. But only one thing is missing, rather one person…..

I know where he would be….

I rushed to the roof top; my hunch was right. He was sitting near the edge with his head facing upwards. I walked near him and sat beside him.

"what is it this time loner-kun?", I joked, he just smiled without looking at me.

"nothing much just contemplating whether to choose music as my hobby or not"

"music? you like music?", it's news to me.

"yeah", he reached for his pocket and took out his phone with earphones. He handed the earphones to me; I wear it in my ear. He played the song. The song is…. quite unique…..i guess.

"so what instrument are you planning on playing?"

"I thinking of picking up guitar, oh…do you playing any instruments?", he asked.

"hummm…..Violin and Piano, but I also know to play guitar, but just the basics", once I finished he looked at me with a scowl, "what?"

"no, it's just I hate seeing people with talents", I punched him in the arm playfully.

"I can teach you guitar if you want?"

"thanks"

"here have one", I handed him one of the earphones, he plugged it in his ear. We both looked at the sky, the song is really good. I turned towards him; he is humming the tone.

Now that I look closely, he is kinda cute.

I moved my hand and placed it over his, he didn't react, which is odd. According to my knowledge of romance novel, he should blush or at the very least look at me. I eyed his face; he had a strained expression on his face.

Ohhh…..this shit head is probably will not do anything even if I drop more hints…

I have had enough, I turned around and sat on his lap, facing him. he blushed hard, upon the sudden action.

"you not gonna make a move on me anytime soon, so I figured I would. Frankly I'm sick of waiting and I'm taking no for an answer", i said while I had my hands over his neck.

"but….i….are you okay with me", I looked in his eyes, it had tears held in them.

I lunged forward and kissed him full on lips, tears stroll down his cheek. I pushed him on the ground and made out with him.

I don't care anymore about what he thinks, I love him and he has feelings for me…soo…yeah…

I felt his hands groped my butt, I smiled through the kiss….pervert…now I know the reason for the bags under your eyes….

Midoriya's POV

OH MY GOD!SHE IS FRENCH KISSING ME!