AUTHORS NOTE(1): Thank you all so much for the support and reviews! I greatly appreciate it. Now, in one of the reviews, Yuu igdrasil asked "Will Izuku become overpowered?" and the answer to that is... kind of? You see Izuku's magic, Spirit Dragon Slaying, is powered by emotions. It's effectively the power of friendship with an explanation. That is to say, Izuku won't win every single battle or ace every single fight. Emotions will have different effects on him and will make him use different strategies, even if they are not logical. But, Izuku's magic is already pretty powerful, and considering it isn't a quirk, it won't be subjected to quirk-affecting quirks (Like Aizawa's). But if it's already strong, going to UA will make it become waaaaayyyy stronger.
Summary: He'll end up as Goku[Super Saiyan 1] strong and not Solo Levelling Strong.
5 years later...
10 months before the Entrance Exams
1 day before the Slime Villain
It had only been 5 years since the fateful encounter. Animar had been busy teaching Izuku as much as he could. About magic, the world before and Acnologia. And Izuku had managed, though with much struggle, balanced his training with his school and home life. It helped that he and Bakugo would both stay away from each other as best they could. As for his mother, he told her that he would be doing work-out club.
Technically, it wasn't a lie. After all, Izuku had changed a lot, not accounting for puberty of course. He was taller than most others of his peers, and slightly more buff. Most of his training had gone towards stamina and application of his powers, so he did strength training in his spare time, if he had any. Izuku's jaw was a bit more defined but it was probably due to aging. The most noticeable feature of the young boy was his long jade hair, which was wrapped up in a ponytail the reached to the bottom of his head. The reason for this hair style wasn't due Izuku's choice of hair styles or as his mother puts it "a phase", it was due to him not having much time for going to the hairdressers.
"Well done, Izuku" Animar, the last dragon praised, "In only 5 years, you have learnt all I could teach you about Spirit Dragon Slaying Magic. And though you are far from mastering it, I know that I can now pass on knowing my legacy shall remain."
"Thank you... Wait? Pass on?!" Izuku shouted in shock. The dragon in front of him had looked after him for so long, why was he going to leave Izuku?
"I... am so sorry, Izuku" Animar whispered, with a sad expression on his face, "As you know, the Spirit Dragon and the Spirit Dragon Slayer feeds and gains power from emotions. Of course, we don't steal the emotions, we just use them to power us, like a fuel."
"Yeah, so what does that have to do with you dying!" Izuku shouted. His attitude had changed from when he was a timid, weak child. Now he was confident, brazen and full of life. Though he still retained much of his previous self, such as his habit of muttering or his addiction to calling Bakugo, "Kacchan".
"During the final years of Earthland, when it was being razed by Acnologia, there were no people happy. Everyone was in pain, fear, dying or depressed. I haven't told you this, but a constant onslaught of negative emotions on a Spirit Magic user, can cause insanity or in most cases, a degradation of magic."
"...And Spirit dragons are creatures made up of magic due to their... ethereal form. Oh shit." Izuku swore, realizing implications.
"Now, now, what have I told you about swearing?" Animar chided, "You have to realise Izuku, I have been alive for thousands of years, I have upset the natural balance too much, thus I must pass on".
"B-but..." Izuku stuttered, finally in tears, "I d-don't want you to leave me! Not like my dad!" He rushed to Animar's ethereal leg, hugging it, "Please! Don't go!"
"I must Izuku" The last dragon comforted, rubbing the young boys head with his claws, "Everything must pass on in the end."
"But why do you have to go now?" Izuku whimpered.
"If not now... Then when? I have already passed on everything I know to you. I must join my kind in the beyond. But... I'll truly miss you, Izuku"
The two sat with each other for hours, hugging one another as the sun set and the moon rosed.
"It is time..." The once vibrant and illuminating dragon was now pale and dim. Already now, his tail was not visible anymore.
"I'll miss you..." Izuku cried softly. Now all that was left was the dragon's head, "...Dad".
"And I shall miss you, my son" The old dragons said as a tear dropped down his face, and soon Izuku was all alone.
The Next Day...
"Yeah, mom, I was in Kacchans house. Sorry for not calling you, I was a too worn out from the club" Izuku said, placating his mother over the phone.
"If you say so Izuku... And why does your voice sound so raspy? Have you been drinking water?" Inko worried over him. Her parents had died in a plane crash and her husband left her, thus making Izuku her only family, of course that meant she would overreact every time Izuku did something. Nevertheless, Izuku knew he was lucky to have a mother like her.
"Oh yeah, don't worry about that mom, me and Kacchan got heated over a game" In truth, Izuku had been crying and screaming last night, the impact of Animar's death had wounded him. In fact, if you look closely, you could see the red marks under his eyes.
After the call finished, Izuku ran to school, normally it would take a quirkless human around half an hour of constant running at a fast sprint to get from Izuku's training spot to his school, but due to Izuku's training for the last year he was able to cut that time by half without using his quirk, though that depended on the weather since it would be harder to traverse a forest during the rain.
"Right on time Midoriya." The teacher said with a raised eyebrow, as the school bell rung.
"Sorry sensei! I slept late last night." Izuku excused, "It won't happen again!"
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"Ok! So, you're all in third grade now! And that means it's time to think about your future!" The teacher shouted to the class. He grabs a pile of paper and shows it to the class, "I would hand out these future career forms, but I ASSUME YOU ALL WANT TO BE HEROES!" He throws the paper into the air, causing the class to cheer and use their quirks, with an exception of two students.
"I can't believe I used respect this guy" Izuku thinks to himself "Like does he not give a shit about our futures. Like, only two of us have a potential to be heroes. And one of them has anger issues and the other wants to be a doctor! Well, there's me, but he doesn't even know I don't have a 'quirk', well... for now at least"
"Ha! As if any of you extras could compare to me!" The self-proclaimed leader of the class shouted, "I'll be in UA and then replace All Might at the top!" The rest of the class gasped in shock, as UA was the most prestigious school in the east, and maybe the entirety of Japan.
"Oh, Midoriya, you're going to UA as well, aren't you?" The teacher asked.
"Yes, I am sir, but I'd appreciate if you didn't mention my life choices in class" At least the teacher had the decency to look abashed. The rest of the class were simply shocked, either from the fact that Izuku was going to UA or the fact that he talked back to the teacher.
"Are you serious Deku!" Bakugo shouted, charging up his hands, "A quirkless nobody like you could never make it into UA!" Bakugo directed his fist into Izuku's table. But before he could reach it, Izuku's eyes grew bright, and he grabbed Katsuki's arm leaving it in place. Izuku stood up, unfazed whilst Bakugo was confused.
Izuku stood up from his seat, fully aware his class was confused, put his other hand on Bakugo's side, and used his magic on Bakugo. Immediately Bakugo felt... calmer, looser and less angry. A first for him. And then Izuku flipped him over.
The whole class gasped. No one could ever topple Bakugo before.
"DAMMIT DEKU! I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!" Katsuki screamed charging at Izuku.
"How can you do that when you can't even land a hit, Kacchan" Izuku smirked as he dodged the attack.
"Bakugo, Midoriya, return to your seats" The teacher ordered. And with that, the very one-sided fight ended.
Several hours later
On his way back from school, Izuku opened his hero analysis notes. Though Katsuki had made fun of him for it, which caused Izuku to stop for a while, the young broccoli haired boy learnt that it was a large part of the second-year curriculum in most hero schools, so he took up the habit again.
"Huh, I never realised so many transformation quirk users had suits made from their own hair. I thought Mountain Lady did that for sex appeal or something."
Behind the young teen a murky green creature rose from a sewer cap. Its teeth were stained and yellow, and it had bulging eyes popping from it.
"Hmmm... Too tall for my liking, but I'll have to make do" The grotesque villain said, before leaping towards Izuku.
"Oh god, there's a shit ton of malice behind me!" Izuku leaped into the air narrowly escaping the attacker. "What do you want from me!?" He shouted, trying to buy time.
"Nothing personal kid, but your body's my property now!" It claimed before lunging again. And just before Izuku was about to use his magic, a loud smash was heard next to him.
"NEVER FEAR! FOR I AM HERE!" In landed the hulking figure, the Symbol of Peace, the God of Heroes, The Smiling Wonder, The Economy Increaser, The Second Coming of Christ, why, it was none other than ALL MIGHT!
"Stay away from that child, Villain!" All Might shouted, running to the villain with his fist pulled back, "DETROIT SMAAAASSHHHHH!" And with the power of a thousand men, All Might splattered the villain.
"I apologise for you getting caught in my villain hunt!" All Might shouted, "But thanks to you, I've caught the villain!"
"Oh my god, it's All Might" Izuku thought to himself, "What do I do? What do I do?"
"Can I get a selfie?" The young dragon slayer blurted out. "Oh crap! Why did I ask that? He's a hero! He's super busy".
"Of course!" All Might says. Izuku gives the hero his phone and gives a nervous smile, "SAY PLUS ULTRA!" After the camera flashed, All Might gave the teen his phone back, "Also might I say, that was an excellent move when you dodged that attack from the villain! I do hope you're going to do the UA Entrance Exams! Anyway, I must go!" And with the slime villain captured in a bottle, the number one hero leapt up into the air.
"OH SHIIIIIIIIIITTTTTT!" Izuku Midoriya screamed, in the air. Though he was used to flying with Animar, at least the old dragon had wings, and wasn't using gravity to land/
"YOUNG MAN! I ENJOY ENTHUSIASM BUT THIS TOO FAR!" All Might shouted, worried that Izuku would fall.
"MY SLEEVE CAUGHT ONTO TO YOUR BEEELLLTTT!" How unfortunate.
During this predicament, the bottle containing the villain had been dropped, falling onto 3 unsuspecting boys. One of them with a rather explosive quirk.
Now landed, and with no sleeve stuck onto a belt, the Symbol of Peace and the Spirit Dragon Slayer both recovered from the experience.
"Oh my god, I feel like I'm gonna be sick!" Izuku moaned, "I don't know how you deal with it!"
"You get it used to it"
"Wait... why does he sound so weird?" Izuku looked up and screamed, "AAH! Holy shit! Meth really did a number on you All Might!" The once hulking piece of meat was now replaced by a skinny shadow of his former self
"Wait what- Oohh. No, this isn't from meth." Responded the walking horror story, "It's like when you hold your gut in a swimming pool to make yourself to look less fat".
"Bullshit" Izuku called out, "You look like the guy that moms point at when they tell their children what happens if they don't do their homework."
"Ouch, right in the demographic" All Might winced, "But I the reason I'm like this is due to a villain I fought 5 years ago" The hero lifts up his shirt, "My respiratory is nearly destroyed and my stomach is in the same condition as an 18-year-old SUV in the countryside".
"Wait... 5 years ago?" Izuku thought out loud, "The toughest villain you fought that year was Toxic Chainsaw... Don't tell me that loser managed to inflict some real damage on you!"
"Who? Oh yeah, that punk" All Might remembered, "No, this injury was caused by someone far, far more evil and powerful. So much so, in fact, I, with the help of the government, censored all information of him".
"Huh, scary." Izuku commented.
"Yeah, I guess so, someone powerful enough to wound the-"
"No, I was talking about the fact that the government could remove information from millions of people on the whim of a hero."
"You're... a strange one, aren't you?"
"You could say that. I've heard it before."
"I'm not surprised. What's your name, kid?"
"Izuku Midoriya, don't wear it out"
"Hope not." All Might responded. At this point, the two were just having standard banter.
"Hey, All Might, one quick question." Izuku stated, "If a quirkless kid asked you if there was any way he could be a hero, what would you say?"
"Hmm..." All Might pondered, "I'd tell them no. A hero must always be willing to sacrifice their life. And without a power? It'd be meaningless. I'd advise them to be realistic, become a policeman or a detective. They get a lot of flak, but they have my respect. It's harsh, I know. But so too is reality."
"Interesting." Izuku said coldly, though All Might didn't notice
"And that's my time to leave" All Might said, walking into the rooftop door, "Good luck on getting into UA!"
"You too!" Izuku said back, "Oh my god, why on earth did I say you too? I'm such an idiot."
BOOM!
"Oh, an explosion. I wonder which heroes going to be on the scene."
15 Minutes Later
"Oh, my good god" Izuku gaped in horror, "Why the fuck aren't these heroes doing anything!?" Standing in front of crowd, Izuku stared at his ex-childhood friend as he slowly gets consumed by the familiar slime villain, as explosions are created through the force used of the quirk. The heroes merely stood and prevented the crowd from drawing any closer.
"Somebody's gonna save him. Right?" Izuku told himself. Then he saw Bakugo's face. Terror. So much terror. The emotions around him filled up his magic. Fear, terror, sadness, pity, disgust, worry... hope.
"God dammit! How can I be a hero if I can't help him!" Izuku shouted, throwing his bag to the ground and running full speed to the villain.
"Hey kid, stay ba-" The hero known as Death Arms said before pausing as Izuku jumped high over them, "What the hell!"
"DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT!" Izuku thought to himself, landing. He dashed forward, his eyes gaining vibrancy by the second, "LET HIM THE FUCK GO!"
Now in front of the villain, Izuku realised how large it was. Daunting as it may be, though, he had to save Bakugo. Izuku took a deep breath, absorbing the abundant emotions around him, and attacked.
"SPIRIT DRAGON ROAR!" A green beam shot out of Izuku's mouth, contain the emotions of the surrounding area. The Spirit Dragon Roar was one of the most basic attacks the slayer can know, but it really packs one hell of a punch.
"ARGH!" The slime villain screamed in pain. During this Izuku ran next to the villain and pulled Katsuki out of it.
"DAMMIT, LET ME GO DEKU!" Bakugo demanded, hitting Izuku on the back.
"Let me think about it... THOUGHT ABOUT IT, FUCK NO!" Izuku shouted back, "That slime villain is fast as hell so it's better if I just carry you!"
"Bullshit! And since when did you have a quirk almost as cool as mine!"
"Aww geez, you think my quirk is cool? That's the nice thing you've ever said" Izuku sarcastically replied.
"I AM GOING TO FUCKING MUTILATE YOUR PUNK ASS BODIES, BRATS!" The Slime villain proclaimed, before lunging at them.
"I DON'T THINK SO! DETROIT SMASH!" The Symbol of Peace shouted before blowing the Slime Villain into smithereens, "I must thank you, Young Midoriya, your actions reminded me that a hero must be able to sacrifice themselves. It would've been hypocritical of me to stay on the side-lines!"
"Holy shit! All Might knows your fucking name?!" Bakugo whispered.
"Yes, now shut up, your face is making me look bad!" Izuku whispered back.
Afterwards, a clean up crew arrived whilst the police questioned the two boys, and were shocked that the Slime Villain escaped All Mights grasp, but chalked it up to be the bottle company's fault for not making slime villain proof bottles. And the pro heroes seemed impressed that Izuku had trusted his gut and went after to save Bakugo with his "quirk".
On his way home, Izuku saw Small Might behind him.
"Young Midoriya," The crippled man said, "I was impressed with your performance on scene. Therefore, I wish to make a proposal".
"Um... I'm a bit too young and you're way too old..."
"OH GOD NO!" All Might rejected, "No, you see my quirk is different from all others. Many speculate that it's an overpowered strength quirk, or a shockwave quirk. But you see, my quirk is one that can be passed down from person to person, gaining strength and power every time! And that is why I want you to become my successor!"
At this point, Izuku was muttering to himself about the newfound information. "Aquirkpasseddownfrompersontopersonsoundsamazing!Thenmaybeit'spossibleforthepersonalityofthequirkholdertobertransferedaswellorifanalreadybornquirkusergotit,thenmaybetheirquirkscouldgettransferred!Coulddiseasesbetransfered..."
"Um... Young Midoriya?"
"Huh? Yeah what?" Izuku asked, not remembering All Mights declaration.
"Do... you want my quirk? Carry on my legacy? Become the next symbol of peace!"
"Huh, dramatic." Izuku commented, "But, uh no thanks."
"Well, this is... awkward."
"Yeah, I guess. Why not give it to a quirkless kid? Maybe give them the power so that their sacrifice would have meaning." Izuku advised, referring to what All Might had said on the rooftop.
"Ah. Mayhaps you're right. You've given me a lot to think about."
"Yeah, well see ya' All Sprite" Izuku said, walking off.
"All Sprite? Is that a joke about my size!?" All Might said shouting at Izuku who was running away, "Hey! I'm not finished talking to you, Young Midoriya!"
All Right! That's Chapter 2 Done, Did, Finished! Remember to leave a review and to vote on the poll deciding who Young Broccoli Boy shall be shipped with! So far Nejire is winning! Of course, I have separate alternative storylines that'll be created by each ship, so don't worry about the ships being empty or boring. Have a nice day OwO