Chapter 1: Roaring Muscles and The Fairy Tail Announcement
Young man, you too can become a hero.
"It was the one thing that was repeating in my head at the moment, because all my life people told me that I could never become a hero without a quirk." Izuku Midoriya (our protagonist) said, monologuing himself as he was telling the story of how quirkless boy became the world's greatest hero.
"I deem you worthy of my power. My quirk is yours to inherit." Said a very scrawny blonde haired man with black eyes with green dimples as he raised his arm to the sky. Izuku, on the other hand, lifted his head up after tearing up at the first time someone told him he can be a hero, was now in complete confusion.
"Huh, what do you mean by 'inherit?'" He questioned as the man was now laughing with a little bit of blood coming out of his mouth.
"You should see the look on your face! Don't worry, I'm not gonna force this on you." The man said as he raised his right arm to the sky in a pointed fashion. "Listen up young man, this is your choice. Do you wanna accept my awesome power or not?" He questioned as blood came out of his mouth again. Izuku was still confused.
'What the heck is he talking about?' Izuku thought as the guy was starting to explain himself.
"Let me explain. Most people guess my quirk is simply super strength or some kind of invincibility. Whenever I'm asked about it in interviews I just make some sort of joke and dodge the question." The guy explained as he continued. "The world needs to think that their symbol of peace is a natural born hero like everyone else. The truth is, there's nothing natural about my abilities. It's a sacred torch that was passed to me by someone else!" While explaining, he had his arms in a position similar to that of a performer. Izuku looked like his whole world was crashing down.
"Someone… gave you this power? No way." Izuku said as the man kept his gaze at Izuku.
"Yes way. And you're next, I can give you my power." He said as Izuku started to panic a little.
"Wait! Hold on, this is a lot to take in all at once!" He said as he was confused and a little surprised that his idol, All Might, had his strength given to him. "While there is a lot of debate on what your quirk really is, no one's ever been able to figure it out. It's one of the world's greatest mysteries. There are endless online debates about it." He soon entered his trademark 'mutter mode.' All Might was a little dumbfounded about this.
"Uh.. I think you're taking this whole 'inherit thing a little too seriously." All Might said as he soon had enough of 'mutter mode.' "STOP NERDING OUT!" Shouting that, Izuku snapped out of his 'mutter mode.' "You just have to accept this new truth. I can transfer my quirk to you. And that's just one asset of my ability." He soon held out his hand as it shined a bright light.
"The true name of my power is One For All."
"One. For. All." He stuttered as he was very confused, and yet so intrigued.
"Yes. One person improves the power, then hands it off to another. And it continues to grow as it's passed along. It is this cultivated power that allows me to save those in need of a hero. The truth behind my strength." All Might said as he clenched my hand.
"But why me?" Izuku asked as All Might started to explain why he chose him.
"I was on a long hunt for a worthy successor, and when I watched you jump into action as the rest of us stood idly by. I can't think of anyone else more worthy of One For All better than you." All Might said as Izuku was holding back his tears. He soon burst out laughing. "Geez kid, if you really want to inherit my power, you gotta learn to hold in the water works."
'He told me that I can become a hero, he even told me the secret of his power. How can i say 'no.'' Izuku thought as he soon stood up on his feet. "I accept, yes." His eyes were teary, but full of passion and determination.
No reluctance, good." All Might said in approval. "That's what I want to see."
"But it wasn't easy. Receiving All Might's quirk was no easy task. But it was the start of a long journey to achieve my dream." Izuku, once again, monologuing.
Location Change: Dagoba Municipal Beach/Timeskip: 5 AM
Izuku's training began, and it started with him pulling All Might (who was in his buff form), who was on an old refrigerator. Though, he was struggling to even make it move.
"Hey, nice view from up here, people move these things everyday, and most don't have super strength." All Might said as Izuku slipped to the ground.
"Well they don't have to deal with the extra 800 pounds on top." Izuku said as All Might laughed a little.
"Nah, I lost weight. I'm usually 560 in this form." All Might stated as Izuku was a little confused.
"So, why am I dragging trash on the beach anyway?" He asked as All Might held his phone.
"Look at yourself." All Might said as he started to take photos of Izuku. "You can't handle my power!"
"WHAT?!" Izuku shouted as he was in shock. "BUT YOU SAID I WAS WORTHY!" Water was shooting out of his eyes as All Might kept moving towards him while taking more photos.
"I mean your weak body. The backlash of One For All is very severe for an untrained body, your arms and legs will shoot right off from the power of the predecessors before you combined." All Might said as Izuku was in utter shock.
"ARE YOU SERIOUS!?" He shouted as he soon shook his head back and forth. "Okay, so this is supposed to be some hardcore workout, and you're my trainer." All Might then nodded.
"Very observant, but there is another reason. While I was planning this out yesterday I did some research on this beach. It actually used to be beautiful, but for the last few years it's a complete dump." All Might said explaining his reasoning for this location for Izuku's training.
"Oh yeah. Because of the ocean currents, things dumped into the water wash up here. People use that so they can illegally dump their trash. Now the locals avoid this place." Izuku said as he knew what happened to the beach.
"Heroes these days are all about stopping flashy villains and showing off. Before quirks, helping people meant giving back to the community and serving it!" All Might said as he soon crushed the fridge he was just on. Him crushing it was strong enough that both of them could see the coastline. "Heroes were all about simple service, regardless if it was boring or not. You will restore this part of the coastline. That is the first step on your path to being a hero and inheriting One For All." Saying that, Izuku looked all around him and came to a logical conclusion…
"Clean all this up… THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" He shouted as All Might just kept his smile.
"Young Midoriya, you said you wanted to go to U.A right?" All Might asked as Izuku smiled.
"Yeah, it's where you went after all. It's the best school in the country." Izuku said with a smile on his face as he placed his hand on his heart. "It's a long shot, but I'm gonna shoot for the moon."
"You've got a lot of spirit fanboy. But, what I said before wasn't wrong. Being a hero without a quirk is very hard. It's unfair but it's the truth. And U.A is the hardest hero school to get into." All Might said as Izuku knew he was right and was ready for whatever came at him.
"Which means I need to build up my body for your quirk fast! U.A's entrance exam is in10 months." Izuku said as All Might brought out his plan.
"Not to worry! I have everything planned out." All Might said as he gestured to the pages in his hands. "Behold! With the help of my 'Aim to Pass' American Dream Plan! Just follow this to the letter and the beach will be cleaned in no time." After saying that, he gave the paper to Izuku. "I also detailed every other aspect of your life."
"Even my sleep is scheduled." Izuku said as he started to shake a bit.
"If I'm being honest, this is gonna be super hard. Think you're up for it?" All Might questioned as Izuku tightened his grip on the papers.
"S-sure I am… I-I have to work harder than anyone else if I want to get in. So what choice do I have?" He asked as he soon got to work.
"And just like that, I began ten months of absolute hell." Izuku said, monologuing again.
Timeskip: Six Months Later/Location Change: Trail Path
After six months, Izuku was close to finishing the entire beach. But, in order to achieve his dream, he changed the schedule in order to be done faster so he could work with One For All. Although, it didn't come without one major drawback. As Izuku was jogging beside Toshinori (All Might's real name), who was on a segway, Izuku soon fell from exhaustion. Toshinori saw this and stopped to turned around to see him.
"Hey! Hey! What're you doing kid? You just gonna give up after six months of work? You wanna take it easy?" Toshinori asked sarcastically as he soon got a better look at his successor. "You're overworked. The 'Aim to Pass' American Dream Plan was created with your body in mind. So that means, you haven't been sticking to it." After saying that, Izuku struggled to get back up on his feet. Though, they weren't alone to see it, a girl with long blue hair, brown eyes, in a green text-style dress with white at the bottom of it and wearing sandals saw the whole thing.
"I… want to be a great hero that saves people with a smile." Izuku grunted as he kept trying. The girl was a little worried about Midoriya, but the question was, 'why?' "I have to work harder than everyone else there. I don't just want to get into U.A, I want to excel and be like you!" He shouted as tears started to form in his eyes, Toshinori and the girl could feel a wave of emotion that came from him and Toshinori soon puffed back into his 'hero' form, All Might and picked up Izuku by the collar of his jacket. The girl kept quiet, but was in shock to see that the very skinny man was secretly All Might.
"That's the kind of spirit I like fanboy! Yes, I get your struggle, but we have to take things one step at a time, we can't rush anything. But worry not, leave it to this old man to adjust your plan and get you back on track." All Might said as Izuku was still tired, but heard everything.
"You're… not an old man… All Might." Izuku said as All Might just laughed. Soon, the blue haired finally screeched in surprise and shock. They soon turned to see her. "W-wendy?" Stuttering that, All Might then turned his head to Izuku, then back to Wendy.
"Young lady, how long have you been standing there?" All Might asked as Wendy soon snapped out of her shocked state.
"Long enough to know that you're training my cousin for six months now." Wendy said as All Might was in complete shock, while Izuku was shocked but happy to see his cousin again. "May I have a look at him?" She asked as All Might was still in shock, but also a little confused about what she would do, but he complied and placed Izuku on the ground. Wendy had her hands over Midoriya as a cyan aura emerged from her hands as Izuku started to feel some energy return to him. She soon finished as Izuku jumped back onto his feet and soon wrapped his arms around his cousin and she did the same.
"Thanks Wendy. It's been too long." Izuku said as Wendy smiled.
"Yeah, it's been like four years." Wendy said as she moved back. "Can you tell me why All Might is training you?" All Might soon moved to Izuku and both of them started to whisper among themselves.
"What should we do?" Izuku asked in a little fear.
"Do you think we can even trust her with this big secret?" All Might asked as they soon found a shock.
"You know I can hear you and All Might, right Izuku?" She said as they both shivered as they quickly turned to her.
"Curse that dragon hearing of yours." Izuku said as he turned to All Might. He soon nodded to him, signaling that he could trust her. "Wendy, me and All Might are about to tell you something, but you have to promise not to tell anyone please?" He asked with his hands together, as if he was praying to her. Wendy soon smiled.
"Of course. You could always tell me anything Izuku." Wendy said as they smiled as they filled Wendy in about One For All. "So Izuku is your choice to be your successor All Might?" All Might nodded with his signature smile. "Don't worry, I'll keep this between the three of us." After saying that, Izuku and Toshinori finally had a sigh of relief. "So Izuku, are you planning on taking the entrance exam for U.A?" She asked as Izuku nodded.
"Yeah, that's why I wanted to work even harder so I could get a feel for One For All as soon as possible." Izuku said as Wendy smiled.
"Well, I guess the next time you're gonna see me is at the exam." She said as both men were in complete shock. Toshinori was in so much shock, he deflated back.
"Aren't you a little too young to be taking the entrance exam?" Toshinori asked as Wendy nodded.
"Well Principal Makarov was an old friend of Principal Nezu and he recommended me to him. He was impressed for someone of my age. So, he agreed to allow me to take the test early." She said as Izuku was really happy.
"Well, I hope we get into the same class. That is if I get in, I mean, you're guaranteed to get in." Izuku said as Wendy smiled.
"Thanks Izuku." She said as she looked at the time. "Well, I better get going. See ya soon Izuku, Toshinori." Saying that, she went back on her jogging path.
Timeskip: Two Months Later/Location Change: Dagoba Municipal Beach
Toshinori soon got out of his truck, only to hear a powerful yell. He looked up to see Izuku, all sweaty with his eyes closed and shirtless, on top of a hill of garbage.
"Hey, hey. Holy crap, kid." Toshinori said as he saw that Izuku had cleaned the entire beach. Not a single can or box was left on the ground. "You even cleaned outside the area I told you to. Seriously, there's not a spec of trash on the beach. You exceeded my expectations with only two months." He soon was very proud and shocked by this. "Holy… stinking… SUPER CRAP!" He soon inflated into his hero form. Izuku soon stopped yelling and fell backwards off the pile, thankfully All Might caught his successor. "Excellent work."
"I… f-finished everything… All Might… I did it." Izuku stuttered exhaustingly as All Might was happy.
"You did good, kid. I gotta say, I'm impressed." All Might said as he placed Izuku on his feet. He soon held his phone out to Izuku.
"What's this?" He asked as he saw it was a photo of him, crying.
"It's you, eight months ago. And now look at the result." All Might said as he saw that his successor was now rocking a six pack and some well grown muscles. All Might soon saw that Izuku had tears and a smile on his face as he stared at his hands.
"Do I really deserve this? Are you sure?" He asked as All Might was a little confused. "You put so much time and energy into helping me. How did I end up so lucky?"
"Be proud Young Midoriya. You've accomplished so much for this reason. Now, for your reward, Izuku Midoriya." All Might said as Izuku wiped most of the tears away.
"Yes sir." Izuku said as All Might soon plucked out one of his strands of hair.
"Someone once told me this. There's a difference between being lucky and deserving. One's an accident, the other, a reward. Never get the two confused. Take this to heart, young man. This gift, you earned it with your own valiant efforts." All Might said as Izuku was determined.
"And so, I held out my weak, quirkless hands… and grabbed the future." Izuku said as he monologues the big start of his second stage of his training.
"Eat this." All Might said as he held the strand of hair to his successor, whom had a very confused expression on his face.
"Uh?" He spat the word out as All Might soon explained.
"To inherit my power, you gotta swallow some of my DNA. That's how it works." All Might explained as Izuku didn't imagine that this would be the way to achieve his dream.
"T-this isn't how I was imagining it." Izuku said as All Might grew a little impatient.
"Oh come now. I have a schedule for you to keep for you to get a grasp for One For All before the exam. Now eat! EAT!" All Might shouted as Midoriya screamed and finally swallowed the hair, he saw him with a disgusted expression on his face. "Good. You swallowed it."
"Y-yeah, but I don't feel anything different." Izuku struggled as he looked at his hands.
"HA HA HA HA! Well, of course not. Your body has to process the hair first." All Might said as he looked at the nearby clock to see that it was 6:15 am. "It should kick in after 2, maybe 3 hours. Oh, that does remind me." Saying that, he handed Izuku a card as the boy grabbed it.
"U-uh, what is it?" He asked, examining the card as All Might explained.
"It's a special entry permission ID card so you can enter U.A without getting stopped by the gate." All Might said as Izuku quickly became ecstatic.
"W-wait, does that m-mean…?" He asked as All Might nodded.
"Yes, the next phase is at U.A High. But, I must warn you, you might break a few bones training. " All Might said as Izuku grew excited, while also very concerned for his body. They soon made their way to Toshinori's truck and drove off to U.A.
Timeskip: Four Hours/Location Change: U.A High
The time had come for Izuku Midoriya to begin the second phase of his training to learn how to use One For All. He was told by All Might to head for Training Gym Gamma. When he entered the gym, he saw All Might, an old lady with a needle for a hairpin and a blue visor over her eyes (Recovery Girl), an old man in yellow, with a mask (Gran Turino) and an anthropomorphic mouse dressed in a formal suit with a scar on his right eye (Principal Nezu) standing there, waiting for him.
"Welcome Young Midoriya, these three are here to help in case something goes awry." All Might said as Izuku nodded.
"Now, let's begin with a robot to practice with." Nezu said as he pressed a nearby button which brought up a military green colored robot on one wheel with a number one on it's side. "Don't worry, it won't attack." Izuku than calmed down as he thought he was gonna be chased by the bot.
"Now try to focus your energy into your fist." All Might said as Izuku readied his fist and concentrated his new found power into his fist. "Now clench your butt cheeks kid. And yell this from the de-Owww!" He didn't finish as he was smacked with cane by Recovery Girl.
"You maybe a great hero, but you are a terrible teacher." Recovery Girl said as Gran Turino nodded.
"Yep, Recovery Girl is right, but at least swing your fist at the robot." He said as Izuku nodded as red lines appeared on his right arm as he started to swing his arm.
"SMAAAAAAAASH!" He yelled as his punch made contact with the robot, destroying it in one shot. Though, it didn't come without a flaw. They were surprised by the result, All Might was about Midoriya how it felt, but… "AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" A blood curdling scream filled the gym as they saw Izuku on the ground with his right arm now colored purple from the recoil of his punch.
"Oh dear." Recovery Girl said as she soon kissed his arm which activated her quirk, it saved him months of healing. The purple turned back to peach. Though it did drained his stamina a bit.
"Wow, it's f-fixed." Izuku said in relief, but quickly got a little drowsy. "But, why do I feel so tired?" Asking that Recovery Girl moved a little closer.
"Well, it's how my quirk works. It speeds up the bodies healing process. However, healing takes energy and stamina so if used too much, you'll end up getting drained of all your energy and die instead of heal." She said as Izuku turned white and shivered.
"THIS COULD KILL ME!?" He yelled as Gran Turino kicked him square in the face, it did calm him down a bit. "Oww. Why'd you do that?"
"That was all I could think about to calm you down. But, she's right. But, there is a way to control One For All." He said as he turned to Toshinori, who nodded.
"Here is a good summary of what you're currently experiencing. Think of your body as a glass and One For All is the liquid inside the glass. Although, you molded your body into a suitable vessel, but you did it in a hurry, so now you're overflowing with power, leaving the glass to crack." All Might said as Izuku understood what he meant.
"So, what you're saying is that my power output is all or nothing right now." Izulu said as they all nodded. "All I need is control. So, what do I do?" Asking that, they thought for a good minute, but came up with no conclusive answer.
"Well, for now I think you should head home so you can be ready for the real training tomorrow." Nezu said as Izuku nodded.
"Thank you guys for taking the time to help me with my training." Izuku said as they nodded and he left for his home.
Location Change: Fairy Tail Academy
Here at the Fairy Tail Academy, the most physical and intellectual could move onward to greater things like U.A's hero course, or a position in a police station. It's principal, Makarov, was on center stage about to announce his choices for the students he recommended to U.A and the students that were taking the entrance exam.
"In accordance with the time honored tradition, I will now announce the four of our students who got into U.A via recommendation, along with the students who will be taking the entrance exam!" Makarov said as the whole school was cheering for the announcement. "I have witnessed so much growth from all of my children, and have chosen these four students…" It then showed a boy with pink, spiky hair. "Natsu Dragneel."
"Thank you sir." Natsu said as he raised his right arm in the air.
"Mirajane Strauss." Makarov said as he looked at a young lady with white hair.
"Thank you very much master." She said with a bright smile on her face.
"Laxus Dreyar." Makarov said as he looked at his grandson, a man with a lightning bolt scar over his right blue eyes and blonde hair.
"Well, that was obvious." Laxus said as he stayed neutral.
"And Erza Scarlet." Makarov said as he looked at a young woman with red hair wearing armor.
"It's an honor to be chosen master." Erza said as she bowed.
"And now, the students for the entrance exam… Gray Fullbuster!" Now looking at a boy with black hair. "Lucy Heartfillia!" A girl with blonde hair in pigtails. "Juvia Lockser!" A woman with long light blue hair. "Gajeel Redfox!" A man with spickyblack hair and red eyes. "Levy McGarden!" A woman with blue hair with a yellow hairband. "Elfman and Lisanna Strauss!" A man with white hair and a scar under his right eye and a white haired woman with short white hair in pigtails. "And thanks to me recommending her to Principal Nezu, Wendy Marvell!" All of the students cheered for the ones chosen for the chance to make it into U.A High.
To Be Continued