All Might walked down the outdoor pathways of UA, watching the sunset as the orange warm light of spring encased the grass and trees of the schoolyard. He couldn't help but feel the ominous feeling of All for One looming over the current state of society, as if he were watching at every turn. Shigaraki, his teacher's grandson, kept flowing into the eighth user's mind. The idea of having to take down a lost soul...
"All Might!" a voice called out from behind. All Might sighed, shoving the thought into the back of his mind. Now wasn't the time with bigger stakes at hand. The older man turned to see the forest haired boy dashing towards him.
"Young Midoriya! Good to see your legs are still working," All Might chuckled as Izuku stopped in front of him. Izuku scratched the back of his head while he returned the quiet laugh.
"Well, more or less. My legs feel like jelly..." Izuku said, stretching his legs out a bit. "I will never let Eri run ahead again..."
"Maybe that would be for the best," All Might said with a smile, however his eyes grew serious only moments later. "How are you holding up, m'boy?"
Izuku gave All Might a confused look, raising an eyebrow as he stood up straight.
"What do you-" Izuku began, however All Might raised a hand to stop the boy.
"Young Midoriya, there's only so many punching bags you can go through before the teachers are informed. You're stressing over this mission aren't you?"
Izuku's face fell before the student looked towards the pavement.
"I can feel it All Might. All for One, or at least his quirk. It's growing stronger inside of Shigaraki, I think I know where it is too. The only thing is... I'm worried I'm being led, maybe guided being a better term. I'm just not sure if it's by One for All... or All for One." Izuku said, looking down at the green sparks now coming out from his fingertips. "I just... I wish I had a bit more knowledge on it. I feel kinda alone with it."
All Might put his hands behind his back as his shadowy blue eyes dimmed. Those words were crushing to the older teacher. This was all so new, the idea of One for All having its own consciousness. The quirk had taken over before, during Izuku's personal missions and even once during the Sports Festival, usually anytime when Izuku's will had been ironclad. None of this had ever happened to All Might during his almost forty years of wielding One for All, and all the old user could give was his support. However, something didn't add up.
"Young Midoriya, weren't you able to communicate with the previous users?" All Might asked curiously. "Wasn't it called the One for All Realm?"
"Yeah, but I still can't properly get in..." Izuku said, now balling up his fist as he stared down at the scars etched into his hands. "It's like... it's like One for All is waiting. Seeing how things play out. It feels more like the quirk has more control over itself than I do. If it needs to talk to me, then it will. Or I guess, they will. At least that's what it feels like."
"How much of One for All can you control power wise?" All Might asked. Izuku stayed silent as he stared down at his hand before amazing amounts of green energy began coursing around the boy. Izuku jumped into the air, punching upwards towards the clouds . An explosion of air pressure blew from the scar covered fist into the sky, a pillar of wind circling into the air, creating a hole in the orange clouds above.
All Might watched as Izuku landed, a black coiling substance around his arm. Izuku winced as his feet slammed onto the ground, his arms shaking a bit. The previous number one hero couldn't help but admire the boy's mind. He had wrapped Black Whip around his arms to brace for impact...
Izuku gasped for air as Black Whip disappeared as his hands now rested on his knees.
"I'd say that was around 50%," Izuku said, wiping sweat from his brow. "I can only do it if I wrap Black Whip around my arms. If I had my gloves, used Black Whip, and I really pushed myself, I could hit about 75% for only a bit. I can't use Black Whip for very long and I'm sure my body would give out for a bit if I used it too much."
"I see. That's quite a jump, Young Midoriya... I'm really proud of you, m'boy," All Might said with a smile. "I wish what had happened on that mountain hadn't happened, and it hurts to know many of the students were injured on other missions... But it did make you strong. You never cease to amaze me."
Izuku's eyes grew wide with surprise at the sudden praise from All Might, tears beginning to form in his eyes. However, before they could fall Izuku wiped the tears away as he gave All Might a confident smile.
"Thank you, All Might," Izuku said with a bow. "I couldn't have gotten this far without you. I mean it."
No, I couldn't have gotten this far without you, Young Midoriya, All Might thought.
"Go rest up. And stop worrying so much. You will know what to do when the time comes. For now, enjoy the bit of rest time you have with Young Uraraka. You guys will be very busy in the upcoming weeks. There won't be much time for dates..."
"Date..." Izuku muttered. The boy's jade eyes turned towards the school dorms, up to Izuku's dorm window. "I haven't really been thinking about dates and stuff... But All Might, is a date safe to go on with what's going on?"
"You don't need to leave and go somewhere to have a date you know," All Might said, beginning to walk off. "There's things such as home dates. Have a good night Young Midoriya."
Izuku waved half heartedly as All Might walked off, his mind now trying to understand what All Might was hinting at.
"A date... here? What like... an at home date? But, what would we do here? And what about the others? People will bother us won't they? Especially if they're trying to learn about One for All..." Izuku began to mutter as he turned back towards the dorms. What could he and Ochaco do as a home date?
...
The moment Izuku opened the door to his dorm, a pair of arms wrapped around him. Izuku blinked a few times before wrapping his own arms around the slim waist of the girl hugging him.
"Ochaco, I thought you were asleep..." Izuku said, now staring into the tired, yet clearly awakened eyes of Ochaco. The girl sighed as she rested her head in his neck.
"I heard that whirlwind you created out there you know. Wasn't too quiet. I thought something had happened to you again," Ochaco responded in a tired voice. Izuku couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt. At this point, anything would worry the girl after everything they had been through.
"Hey, Ocha..." Izuku began to say as he rubbed the girls back. "How would you feel about going on a date? We haven't had one in a while..."
"Is it safe? Where would we go?" Ochaco asked, pulling her head back to look into the green eyes of Izuku. He shrugged, though a nervous smile appeared on his face.
"I was thinking maybe... a home date?" Izuku said. Ochaco blinked a few times with a raised eyebrow.
"A home date? Like here in the dorm?" Ochaco asked curiously. Izuku nodded.
"Yea, like in the dorm..." Izuku repeated. Ochaco stared at Izuku with a blank face before her eyes lit up with joy.
"Izu, that sounds wonderful! We haven't been on a date in so long! We can have a whole day together!" Ochaco said, now floating in excitement. "We can watch a movie, or we could cook something! Oh, remember that day we made mochi! We could do that again!"
Ochaco began running off a list of things they could do, now upside down as she paced the roof of Izuku's dorm. Izuku couldn't help but laugh as he watched the girl mumble away.
"Hey, Ocha," Izuku called out. Ochaco turned, looking at her boyfriend as she remained upside down. "You really did pick up on my mumbling quirk, you know that?"
"Was I mumbling? Ugh, I blame you for doing that to me-" Ochaco began, however before she could finish her sentence, Izuku walked forward as he placed his lips on the upside down lips of her own.
"I didn't say it was a bad thing," Izuku said after the warm kiss. Izuku watched as the girl began to burn a light red color, fanning herself as she continued to pace on the roof.
"I'm pretty sure you took that idea from some old movie..." Ochaco said quietly. Izuku laughed.
"I think in that one, the guy was the one that was upside down. I also think it was raining... It's amazing how old that movie is. It was a superhero movie from a time when no one had quirks. Heroes were only things of fiction. Isn't that weird? You know-"
Ochaco couldn't help but smile as Izuku began ranting about old superhero movies from generations ago. She shook her head as she released, flopping onto the bed as she listened to Izuku rant. She really loved that boy.
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