"ALL MIGHT?!"

Toshinori Yagi yelped as he heard the voice, his head whipping around to the boy standing in the entry to the alleyway, staring at his weakened form. Swearing under his breath, he stood up.

The boy followed him with his eyes, which widened as he reached his full 7-foot tall height. Toshinori looked down at the boy, feeling like he knew him from somewhere… wait a second!

"Uh hello there! You wouldn't happen to be Izuku Midoriya, would you? I think I remember Endeavour talking about you! And I remember seeing you at UA's recommendation exam!"

This apparently, was not the right way to approach the boy, who took a step back and stared at the man in shock. "You… you can't be All Might… All Might is a mountain of a man with muscles bigger than anyone else's…"

All Might was starting to worry now, seeing the boy panic like this. He couldn't have him going out there and spreading his secret, accidentally or not. "Mr Midoriya!"

This seemed to snap the boy out of it. His head snapped back up to Toshinori's face, concern written all over it. "A… All Might? Is that really you?"

Toshinori smiled sadly, placing a hand on the boy's shoulder. "Yes, young Midoriya. It is. I must ask you to keep this a secret though, alright? You have to keep this between you and me."

Izuku hummed, taking a deep breath to steady himself. After a moment, he nodded to the man. "Of course, Mr. All Might. I wouldn't share someone's secret like that, especially not something as big as this."

All Might let the panic he was feeling leave his chest at that. Someone who was recommended for UA would definitely keep their promise for something like this, All Might was sure of that.

Izuku then spoke up again. "But… could you explain this all to me? I just… I want to understand. I know you don't owe me an explanation, this is your secret, I shouldn't be barging in on it… I'm sorry."

All Might shook his head. "No, my boy, it's fine. I can explain if you want, just so there is less confusion. Wouldn't want you saying the wrong thing accidentally."

All Might tapped on his wrist, and Izuku gasped as his Hero Costume changed colours in front of Izuku's eyes, turning into what looked like a tight blue shirt and some black pants. There was a sucking noise as the suit then compressed, becoming tighter around All Might's lanky frame.

Izuku just watched in awe at the sight. He had known that All Might's suit was cool, but he had thought that it had been a fairly simple thing, just meant to be sturdy. He respected David Shield a whole lot more now.

All Might motioned for Izuku to follow him, and started walking towards a cafe nearby. Izuku started walking beside him, his mind in overdrive. He wanted to know what was going on, why All Might was so emaciated.

He wanted to know if he could help him.

Fuyumi looked up at the intricate maze of ice in front of her.

She had come home a few minutes ago and heard Shoko in the backyard, the noise of ice being created both loud and frequent. She had moved through the house towards the backyard, shock growing on her face as she saw Shoko.

The girl was crouched on a pillar of ice, around 10 metres in the air, with branches of ice flowing out of it like branches from a tree, even smaller pillars flowing from them, a much deeper blue, like the ice had been compressed.

Fuyumi gasped at the amazing display of control, looking up at her little sister. Her gasp caught Shoko's attention, who whipped around quickly, before seemingly calming once she saw Fuyumi.

Fuyumi watched in awe as Shoko's left side started to steam, the ends of the massive ice tree's branches turning to water in a near-instant. Everything except the pillar she was standing on, which melted slowly, lowering Shoko to the ground.

Shoko stepped onto the ground and squeezed the bottom of her workout shirt, some leftover moisture falling from it and becoming steam underneath her heated hand. She then turned to her older sister. "Hello, Fuyumi. I'm sorry if my training was bothering you. I will be stopping now."

Fuyumi shook her head. "No no! It's ok! I was just surprised at the size of it! You're really getting good with your Ice, Shoko! You don't have to stop if you want to keep going! That tree was really beautiful."

Shoko smiled softly, bowing a bit to Fuyumi. "Thank you. I'm glad you think so. I've been working on it for a while now."

Fuyumi smiled. "I can certainly tell! You looking to impress someone with this? Cause it's working."

She looked over and smirked internally when she saw Shoko blushing, even if her face stayed as impassive as ever. "I… no, Fuyumi. I just wished to get ever greater control of my Quirk."

Fuyumi nodded slowly, not believing that for a second. "Alright then! How about you come inside and I whip us up some Soba for dinner tonight! With all this training you've been doing, you've gotta be really hungry!"

Shoko's eyes lit up, and the girl nodded quickly. Fuyumi laughed softly at that, walking back into the house to make Soba, Shoko following along like a baby duckling. The meal didn't take too long to make, and soon both of the girls were sitting at the table, slurping down the cold Soba.

After a few minutes of this, Shoko spoke up. "Fuyumi, I wish to ask you something."

Fuyumi finished slurping down one of the longer noodles, before raising her head and nodding. "What's up, Shoko?"

Shoko put down her fork, instantly making Fuyumi aware that this was important to the girl. Shoko was quiet for a moment, before speaking. "Recently I have been having an issue with Izuku. I wish to rectify it."

Fuyumi nodded. "Anything I can do to help Shoko! What's the problem with Izuku? You two seem to be getting along fine to me."

And that was the truth. Fuyumi had to admit, it seemed that everyone but Shoko and Izuku themselves were aware that the two were majorly in love with each other, and had been for years now.

Shoko hummed, shaking her head. "We are getting along wonderfully, as usual. That is not the issue. I have merely been experiencing warmth all over my body whenever I make contact with him. I wanted to know if you had experienced anything similar."

Fuyumi had to stop herself from laughing out loud at that. She looked Shoko in the eye, checking to see if there was anything that would suggest that Shoko was less than 100% serious with her question.

There was not.

Fuyumi nodded. "I have actually before. I had the same thing happen to me when I first started getting to know Rumi."

Shoko hummed again, sitting up in her chair. "Is it something to do with our Quirks? I know your's is different to mine but it does also affect temperature."

Fuyumi smiled and shook her head. "Nope! It's got nothing to do with our Quirks, and everything to do with love."

Shoko's eyebrows raised, the blush on her face a little more prominent. "What do you mean by that?"

Fuyumi smiled, thinking about the early days of when she met Rumi. "For me, being near Rumi was like coming home to a warm fireplace and snuggling up in a blanket. Everything was better, warmer, nicer."

"The first time she gave me a hug I almost gave her frostbite because of how my Quirk reacted. She ended up being fine, but she teases me about it to this day. Shoko, what I'm saying is, -

"-I think you love Izuku."

Shoko blinked. And then she blinked again, the blush on her face growing even as it stayed as stoic as ever. She let out a cough and stood up, bowing to Fuyumi. "I...uh...I see, thank you, Fuyumi. I'll take my leave now, I wish to sleep."

Fuyumi let her leave the room in silence, giggling to herself as she saw the small bit of ice coating the girl's shoulder. She only lost control of her Quirk like that when incredibly distracted, or apparently, flustered.

Seems like Shoko had some stuff to think about. Fuyumi was happy to leave her to her thoughts, as she moved around the kitchen, cleaning up the pots and pans she had used. A few minutes later, her phone rang.

She picked up the phone and moved it away from her ear quickly as she heard the yell from the other side. "HEYYA SNOWFLAKE! How about you and me get all dressed up and go grab some drinks! I kicked this big guy's ass today so I'm all pumped up!"

Fuyumi smiled at her phone. "Sure thing, Bun Bun. I'll see you in ten?"

"See you in ten! And stop calling me Bun Bun!"

Izuku took a deep breath to steady himself.

After seeing the injury on All Might's chest, and hearing about the true extent of it, he was terrified. Honestly, truly terrified. Izuku was a smart kid. If All Might was this hurt, then that meant that there was a villain out there who was either incredibly lucky, or just as powerful as All Might himself.

Maybe even more so.

"All Might… are you ok? I've been studying under Endeavour for a long while now, and you're one of my most analysed heroes. Your patrol times have been steadily decreasing for almost 5 years now."

"I didn't know about your injury before, so I just assumed that it was just because you were getting older… How much longer do you think you have left?"

All Might's head drooped as he shrugged. "I'm not sure, Young Midoriya. From my current estimates, I would say around a year if no major battles happen in that time."

Izuku nodded shakily, before standing up and walking away for a bit. All Might was surprised to see him go so quickly, and even more surprised when the boy came back with a bird in his hand.

"Young Midoriya… what are you doing?"

Izuku sat back down next to All Might, frowning. "I refuse to stand by and let you suffer like this All Might. I'm assuming you've seen my Quirk, Swap, in action before?"

All Might nodded, eyes widening as he saw what Izuku was talking about. "You wish to… give me my organs back by swapping them with a bird? Is that even possible?"

Izuku took a moment, and then shrugged. "To be honest, sir, I have no idea. But I want to help you in any way possible! I know you would do it for me or anyone else if you could."

All Might smiled, nodding to the boy. He didn't know if what Izuku wanted to do was going to work, but he would allow the boy to try. "Go ahead, Young Midoriya."

Izuku hummed to himself, reaching out slowly and placing his free hand onto All Might's palm. He closed his eyes and focused as the feeling of the almost infinite list of attributes flowing through his mind.

He focused and found the attributes that made up All Might's lack of a lung, and paired them up with the attributes of the bird in his hand that made it have lungs. He felt kind of bad for doing this to a living creature, but All Might needed it.

He activated his Quirk and was shocked when neither of the attributes budged at all.

He had the connection. Both attributes were there and ready to be swapped with each other. So why wasn't his Quirk activating? Why did it feel like some exotic energy was blocking him from taking the injury from All Might?

Just what had that villain done to him?

A bit of an abrupt end to the chapter, sorry about that! Brain was being grumpy and I didn't want this chapter to take any longer than it already has to write.

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