After the call, Ochaco had been taken to U.A. where they conducted a large number of tests on the poor girl.
"Well, it seems she's telling the truth," Nezu said.
"What!?" All Might shouted. "How?! What?!"
"Yeah, could you explain please!" Ochaco said. "Because I would really like to know how he ended up...inside me."
"Me too," Izuku added.
"Well, her obtaining One for all would explain the sudden mutation in her quirk as well as the development of a second quirk," Nezu said. "And after observing her brain-waves we can definitely tell something is different."
"But One for all can only be transferred via ingesting a previous user's DNA." All Might said, "Not to mention that does not explain what happened to young Midoriya!"
"Well, I have a theory," Nezu said. "One for all grows more and more powerful as it gets passed down. However, it's possible that it was reaching a point where it had become too powerful for any inexperienced user to use without destroying their body. So One for all evolved, taking the mind of one of its users and converting it into a sort of sentience for the quirk. In other words Midoriya has become One for all as a way to keep future users from exploding."
"Exploding!" Ochaco yelped. "Y-you mean I could explode!"
"I'm assuming that's what Midoriya is there to prevent." Nezu reiterated.
"It looks like I can control how much power is used. It's like a lever. If I push it then I can increase the power but I also can measure how much damage it will do to your body."
"So you can make me explode?" Ochaco gulped.
"Maybe? I would never do something like that though! And I'm pretty sure that would kill me too!" Izuku pointed out.
"Oh. Right." Ochaco realized.
"Would you mind sharing?" Nezu asked.
"Oh. Um. He says that he can control how much power I use, and he can tell how much it'll hurt me." Ochaco explained.
"So Nezu's theory is right!?" All Might asked.
"This is not confirmation, but it does add evidence to my claim," Nezu said.
"So how do we get him out of me?" Ochaco asked. "I mean, I like having more power and all, but I don't like having someone else in my body and I don't think he likes being in there."
"I-I mean you're really nice and kind, but I would like to have my own body again and I want to go home," Izuku said.
"We have no idea," Nezu said. "This has never happened before so we have no methods to reverse it. Midoriya's body is also gone meaning that even if we managed to extract Midoriya, he wouldn't have a body."
"Oh," Izuku said sadly.
Ochaco felt a strong sense of despair, that was not her own.
This must be what Izuku is feeling. Ochaco thought sadly. I've been so concerned with how uncomfortable this makes me that I didn't even really think about how much it must suck for him.
"It's fine. You don't need to worry about me." Izuku said, alarming her.
Wait you can hear my thoughts! Ochaco thought alarmed by the fact that her private thoughts may not be so private.
"Sorry. I can't...not hear them. I've tried. N-not that your thoughts aren't nice I just wanted to respect your privacy but I'm really sorry I can't!" Izuku apologized frantically.
It's fine! Ochaco thought. If you can't help it then it's not your fault.
"Uraraka?" Nezu said getting the girl's attention. "I would suggest you pay attention."
"Sorry! Me and Midoriya were just talking." Ochaco explained. "Or thinking? He can hear my thoughts."
"Ah. I see. That should make communication between you two much easier." Nezu said.
"Although it does destroy whatever privacy the poor girl has." All Might pointed out.
"Small sacrifices," Nezu said nonchalantly. "Back to what I was saying. One for all probably can still be transferred the same way it usually is."
"So I can give it to someone else!" Ochaco exclaimed. "No offense but I would like my privacy back!"
"None taken. No one really wants me around anyway...um...ignore that last part." Izuku said.
Ok is there anything I can say that won't make him feel bad! Ochaco thought.
"It's ok I'm used to it. Like I said you don't need to worry about me!" Izuku reassured.
Damn it I forgot he can hear my thoughts! Ochaco thought.
"You can pass it to someone else but I wouldn't suggest that," Nezu said. "We don't know how much the quirk has changed. If you pass it on it could kill you, or kill Izuku and have you take his place in the new user's mind. Or something else entirely."
"So they are...stuck like this?" All Might asked dejectedly.
"Unfortunately yes," Nezu said.
Ochaco eyes went wide. "I'm just stuck with a boy in my head?!"
"Sorry." Izuku apologized again.
Stop apologizing! You have done nothing wrong! Ochaco told him.
"We will try our best to find a solution, but it's unlikely we will," Nezu said.
All Might got up and bowed to the two of them. "I'm sorry. This is all my fault! As the previous user of One for all you have my apologies to the both of you!"
There was a short pause before Ochaco sighed.
"It's not your fault. Neither of you are at fault. No one is." Ochaco said speaking to All Might and Izuku. "No one knew this was going to happen so we can't blame anyone right?"
"Uraraka," Izuku said with slight awe. "Thank you. And please tell All Might that I don't blame him either!"
"Midoriya agrees with me!" Ochaco said.
"Thank you for your forgiveness young Uraraka and you young Midoriya." All Might said shedding a tear.
"Well look on the bright side. I'm way more powerful and I'll always have a friend with me!" Ochaco said trying to be optimistic since no one else would be.
"F-friend!" Izuku said, his shock evident in his tone. "Y-you mean like, actual friends! Like real friends!"
I hope so. Ochaco thought. We're stuck together for who knows how long so it would suck if we didn't get along.
"I-I mean I guess that makes sense. It's been a long time since I had a friend." Izuku said with a mixture of excitement and sadness.
"For now we need to figure out how to handle this," Nezu said. "Obviously we can't simply tell everyone about One for All. But we can't keep this a complete secret either. Keeping Midoriya's existence a complete secret wouldn't be fair on him. And since Izuku is a male trapped inside of a female body, he would have to enter the female changing rooms, and it wouldn't be right to allow that without at least informing the female students."
"Yes, that would be rather immoral." All Might said.
"Right. So I would like to suggest that we inform the teachers and her class of Midoriya's existence, however, we will lie about the exact circumstances." Nezu said. "For now, we'll say that Izuku Midoriya accidentally activated a quirk he didn't know he had, and ended up stuck inside of the body of Ochaco Uraraka, and is unable to escape. Would that be alright with you Uraraka? Midoriya?"
"That's ok with me. It would be really unfair to keep this a secret." Ochaco said.
"It's ok with me. Just as long as mom knows I'm not dead." Izuku said.
"Midoriya says it's ok with him too," Ochaco said. "He just wants to make sure you tell his mom."
I can't even imagine how that poor woman must feel. Ochaco thought.
She felt Izuku's mood worsened and immediately remembered that he could hear her thoughts.
"Well, we will inform the teachers tomorrow morning," Nezu said. "I think that's all that needs to be currently addressed. You are free to go. If anything else happens, please inform us immediately."
"Of course. Thank you. I honestly didn't think you would believe me." Ochaco admitted.
"We are dealing with a transferable quirk that hundreds of years old." Nezu reminded. "At this point, almost anything is believable when regarding One for All."
"Well, when you put it that way," Ochaco said sheepishly.
"You should go home now Uraraka. You have school in the morning after all." Nezu said.
"Right," Ochaco said.
Later back at Ochaco's house.
Ochaco sat on her couch contemplating something that both her and Izuku were dreading.
Taking a shower.
"So um. Have you...s-seen me...naked?" Ochaco asked, her face was beat red.
"NO!" Izuku responded immediately. "No, no, no, no! I haven't I swear! Every time you start to remove your clothes I force myself to go to sleep! I've never seen you without clothes!"
Why is he freaking out about this more than me? Ochaco wondered.
"W-well because I don't want to look at your body without your permission! It would be really wrong to do that even in this situation!" Izuku said.
Darn it! I forgot you can hear my thoughts. Ochaco said.
"I'm sorry," Izuku said.
Honestly, Ochaco felt really bad for Izuku. It's not like he asked to be stuck inside her body, and unlike many other boys would in his situation, he wasn't even taking advantage of it.
"So uh. What do we do?" Ochaco asked. "It's not like I can avoid taking a shower forever. And what about locker rooms at school?"
"Well, I'll just go to sleep when that happens," Izuku says.
"I guess that works," Ochaco said a little unsure of that. "But can I still use One for all if you're asleep?"
"I-I don't know," Izuku admitted. "You might still be able to use it. But I don't think you'll be able to control it. You'll probably just make your body explode. Or your entire body will explode."
Ochaco gulped as she imagined that gruesome scene. "So I can't use One for all while you're asleep?"
"You shouldn't," Izuku said. "I seem to be here to control the power output of One for all. So if I'm not here, you either won't be able to use it all together, or you'll be able to use it, but not control it. It's kind of like turning off autopilot, but not knowing how to work the plane."
No matter how you say it, it sounds dangerous. Ochaco thought, before remembering that he could still hear her. "Are you sure you can't just look away when I get changed?"
"My senses seem to be connected to yours when I'm awake. So if I look away for too long, eventually I'll end up just looking through your eyes again. I can stop looking for an indefinite amount of time, but to do that I would have to make you blind." Izuku explained. "But even if your blind I can still feel what you feel."
Ochaco cringed slightly. "So when I changed back at the school. You felt that?"
"Yes," Izuku said, sounding ashamed of himself. "I'm sorry. It was really weird. The only reason I didn't force myself to sleep was that I was curious about the changes in your quirk and how it might be related to One for All. Sorry."
While part of her was disturbed that a boy had literally felt her body, another part of her was curious as to how exactly that felt.
She decided to curb her curiosity for now and get back to the main issue.
"But if we're changing in school then it's probably to do physical activities or hero training. And I might end up accidentally use One for all if you're asleep." Ochaco said with concern.
"You shouldn't be able to do that. Back when I had my own body, One for All was required you to activate it rather than it being able to go off on it's own." Izuku said. "Then again, I'm able to forcefully activate One for all, so given how the quirk's changed, you might be able to accidentally activate it if I'm sleeping."
There was a short pause before Ochaco gave off a groan of frustration. "I hate this! It feels like we don't know anything!"
"I know. It's really, really frustrating." Izuku admitted. "I'm sorry for getting you involved in all this."
"Stop apologizing!" Ochaco groaned. "You saved me! You were willing to die to help me! You didn't know this would happen and it's pretty obvious you didn't want it to happen. You've done everything you can to not invade my privacy more than you already are, and you even told me a really important secret. You're doing everything you can to try and make me feel less uncomfortable. You don't need to apologize. In fact, I should be thanking you."
"T-Thanking me?!" Izuku said, flustered by her response.
"Yup. Thank you Midoriya!" Ochaco said with a bright smile.
She could hear Izuku try and come up with a response, but all he could do was nervously mutter gibberish.
Ochaco laughed a little at this. "For now let's just say you'll go to sleep when I shower. We can work the rest out in the morning. For now, let's get to know each other a little."
"G-get to know each other," Izuku repeated nervously.
"Yeah! If we're gonna share a body, then we should probably get to know each other!" Ochaco said.
I can also figure out why you have such low self este- wait you can hear this! Ochaco figured it out too late.
"Low self-esteem," Izuku repeated in a sad tone. "Well...I'm not sure where to start. I guess you're right about getting to know each other. I'll start."
Ochaco prepared herself, she had a feeling this wouldn't be a happy story.
"When I was a kid, I always wanted to be a hero. I just...wanted to help people. I don't know why specifically, but I just wanted to. It felt like what I was meant to do. My favorite hero was All Might. I admired the way he always saved people with such a confident smile. I wanted to be just like him." Izuku explained. "But then I was diagnosed as quirkless."
Ochaco suddenly remembered when Izuku told her earlier. That it was his first time using his quirk. Or rather, it was his first time using a quirk, at all.
"After that thing went...poorly for me. No one believed in my dream. Not even my mom. My classmates would often pick on me because they knew I couldn't fight back." Izuku explained. "Even Kacchan turned his back on me."
"Kacchan. That's that spiky-haired blond guy in class!" Ochaco realized. "That's why he seemed so familiar!"
"Yeah. His name isn't actually Kacchan by the way. It's Katsuki Bakugo. Kacchan is a nickname I gave him when we were kids and I can't stop calling him that for some reason." Izuku explained.
"You two were friends...and he just turned his back on you because you were quirkless!?" Ochaco shouted, outraged at what she had been told. "That's so wrong! What kind of person does that!?
"To be fair, basically everyone either ignored me or picked on me after I was diagnosed," Izuku said. "And it was like that for a while."
"And the teachers didn't do anything?" Ochaco asked.
"Kacchan had a strong quirk. And if he got into U.A. it would boost the school's reputation. And he couldn't get into U.A. if he had bullying on his record. So they just ignored it." Izuku told her.
"That's not fair!" Ochaco said.
"It's like Aizawa sensei said, life isn't fair." Izuku reminded her. "But I like to think that's what heroes are there for. To right the wrongs and balance out the unbalanced nature of life. And that's kind of what happened when I met All Might."
"Oh yeah. All Might gave you his quirk! But how did you two meet in the first place?" Ochaco asked.
"Well one day I was walking home and I was attacked by a villain. All Might saved me and I asked him if a quirkless person could be a hero." Izuku summarized. "He um...he said no but-"
"Wait he said no!" Ochaco interrupted.
"Well yes but-" Izuku got cut off again.
"But he always said that anybody could become a hero!" Ochaco pointed out. "How could he just tell someone the exact opposite!?
"W-well you have to look at it logically. There have never been any quirkless heroes and the idea of fighting a villain without a quirk seems suicidal if you look at it logically." Izuku pointed out.
Ochaco pouted. He had a point, but that didn't mean she had to like it or agree. "I think you could have been a hero even without a quirk."
Ochaco felt her heart skip a beat, her face turned red, and she felt a sudden sense of elation.
"I uh, I'm um." Izuku didn't know what to say. He was touched. Only one other person had ever told him that he could be a hero. That he could achieve his dream. To hear it from another person made him happier than he'd been in a while.
Ochaco gave a small laugh. "I'm glad that made you happy."
"T-thank you. It means a lot to me." Izuku said, finally finding his words.
"Your welcome. Now finish the story." Ochaco said.
"Oh uh right. As it turns out the villain that attacked me ended up escaping because of me." Izuku said.
"Wait how did that happen?" Ochaco asked.
"Well. After saving me, All Might tried to jump away, but I grabbed his leg because I wanted to ask him if I could be a hero. The villain was made of sludge so All Might put him in bottles and kept them in his pockets. When I grabbed his leg, the bottle must have fallen out, and the villain escaped." Izuku explained.
"Ok. That was kinda reckless." Ochaco said.
"Yeah," Izuku admitted. "But anyway. The villain got loose and ended up attacking Kacchan. None of the heroes could do anything, so they tried to just wait until another hero arrived. But Kacchan was dying. I had to do something so I ran at him and threw my bookbag at his eyes. And tried to get Kacchan out of there but it wasn't working. Luckily All Might showed and saved us both. After that, All Might found me and told me that seeing a quirkless kid with no power try to save someone, inspired him to push past his limits, oh I forgot to mention this but All Might had just gone over his time limit and shouldn't have been able to transform again. But he said that my actions made me a hero and that I was worthy of his quirk. After that, I had to improve my body by working out, so I could handle the quirk's power without exploding. It was the toughest months of my life."
But even after all that training. His body still ended up exploding. Ochaco thought sadly.
She felt Izuku's mood worsen and she realized her mistake.
"Ugh! I'm never gonna yet used to my thoughts not being private." Ochaco said. "And before you apologize about it. Don't."
"Oh. Well um. That's the end of my story really. After that, I went to the entrance exam and you know what happened after that." Izuku finished. "So what about you. If you don't mind me asking...what's your story?"
"Well, it's nowhere near as complex as yours," Ochaco admitted. "My parents took good care of me, so I want to become a hero to make money and give back to them. I know being a hero for money isn't exactly a pure motive but-"
"What are you talking about!" Izuku cut her off. "There's nothing wrong with wanting to give back to your parents! Especially if you do that while saving people!"
"R-really?" Ochaco said, now blushing due to her own feelings. "Because I know being a hero for money is kind of looked down on."
"Well. At the end of the day. Whether or not it's for money, heroes still save people. And saving people is one of the coolest things you can do!" Izuku said.
Now Ochaco was blushing even more. Izuku could feel how flattered she was, and it made him embarrassed.
Wanting to break the cycle of embarrassment, Ochaco stood up and awkwardly said. "Well, I'm gonna take a shower! You should probably go to sleep!"
"Yeah, I guess I will," Izuku said, just as awkwardly. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight," Ochaco said.
After about a minute, she felt Izuku's presence fade.
Midoriya? Are you there? She thought, making sure he was asleep.
No response.
Ochaco sighed with relief. Now she could finally take that shower.
The next morning.
Izuku opened his eyes, and immediately there was something wrong.
Last night he had slept on the couch inside Ochaco's headspace, so why was he now in a bed.
He threw off the covers and realize exactly what was wrong.
He was controlling Ochaco's body.
Immediately Izuku jolted up and looked down, blinking repeatedly to make sure this was real.
He raised Ochaco's hand up to her face and moved it around.
Oh no. Izuku thought.
Things just got a lot more complicated.
A/N - Hey people, Nydelok here. I will eventually revise Kyodons chapters and make them better, but as for right now I am trying to just get everything out and write the new chapters. Once I feel comfortable having enough of my chapters written, I will revise and edit Kyodons. I hope you enjoy, and I so try to respond to everyone who reviewed by PM, so feel free to leave a review if you wish. Have a great day!