Izuku, Melissa and Momo stood before what could only be described as a junkyard, glancing a little further at the two silhouettes of a deflated Symbol of Peace and a very tired pro. The former waving his hands indicating that their presence had been acknowledged.
Izuku and Melissa caught Momo up with the plans they had for their training and the developments that took place once she had gone to her home. She was surprised to hear that Izuku had to let go of his newly acquired quirk due to the toll All for One was taking on his body, but was glad that her precious friend wasn't giving in to his desires when he gave the quirk to his father without a moment of hesitation. Looking at the uncanny resemblance between All Mights and Izuku's quirk's names, she suspected there were more to the backstory than All Might led them on but stayed quiet for the time being.
She was also quite baffled when Nedzu informed them that Izuku had to be taken out of the school due to the incident that had happened, if not, it could risk spilling the secret about Izuku's second quirk. Momo understood his reasoning for such action and once discussing it over with Melissa, both of them convinced Nedzu to take them out with Izuku as well. Her mother was at first against her decision, but with Nedzu's approval she relented. Nedzu took it upon himself to tutor the three individuals for the rest of their middle school education, which according to him was a 'one week task'.
And now here they were ready to embark upon their journey towards becoming 'Heroes-in- training'.
All Might buffed up and beamed at the teens, "GOOD MORNING! I hope you all are excited for today. There was a slight change in plans, rather than an extension, I thought the trash on this beach would have been enough to bring Young Melissa's as well as Young Izuku's body to the desired level, but it seems I have been wrong, incidentally I happen to have these three GYM PASSES!", he presented them with shiny cards with their names on it, "While our main goal is to clear this beach in 6 months, you 'three' will continue to work on your bodies using this gymnasium!"
Aizawa was already half regretting this, It was way too early to be this cheery. Still he pushed pass those feelings and confronted the teens, "Alright now, to begin with, Momo and Melissa we will work on your endurance and agility for the first couple of weeks, Melissa don't think just because you are doing both that I'll be going easy on you, as heroes you'll have to push past your limits. Now, as for you Izuku, since we can't just have you push trash all day, you'll be going to UA regularly to work on your quirk, find more useful ways to use your quirk, its versatility that provides you with more than you need at the moment, so think smart. And to all of you...-" he formed with the biggest shit eating grin, "-just hope you survive."
And so they began their training, it was downright brutal especially for Melissa who was cleaning the beach as well training with Aizawa-sensei.
One day when Izuku was cleaning alone with Toshinori to supervise him while Melissa and Momo were being tortured by Eraserhead. The deflated All Might had a couple of things on his mind, a bit troubling, so he decided to ask them head on.
"Young Izuku, can I ask you a couple of questions? It's something that's been bugging, me right from the start."
"Oh sure, go ahead All Might-sensei."
All Might basically cooed at that title.
"Hmm… Melissa told me that you don't like to talk about your past, but if it's not much trouble can you tell me a little bit about your parents and their quirks?"
Izuku looked saddened and small tears were forming themselves in his eyes.
All Might backpedaled, "Oh dear, it's alright Young Izuku you don't have to tell me, I am sorry..."
"No! You shared your deepest secret with me, I-It's the least I can d-do."
Toshinori knew if Aizawa found out he was the cause of this stuttering he might not return home today, but the kid was pushing himself so he encouraged him to continue.
"M-M-My f-father used to work abroad, I don't remember where and what he does, but he died in a car accident here in Japan when I was 2 years old, I-I have no memory of him just a couple of pictures, and the things mom used to tell me about him, h-his q-quirk was Fire Breath, which is pretty self explanatory," he took a deep breath and prepared himself for the next part, Izuku was weeping, Toshinori put a comforting hand on his shoulder and hummed.
"My m-m-m-mother, her quirk was 'Attraction', a weak telekinetic quirk, she could attract small objects to her hands, used to be a lawyer, but gave up her practice when I was born, she was the sweetest person, I may have little memories of her but I cherish every single one of them… and e-eight years back when my quirk came in," Izuku continued between sobbing, "I-I-I k-killed h-her."
Toshinori had heard about this incident from Aizawa, and deeply regretted his decision about asking such details from him. It still intrigued him as to how the kid ended up with All for One.
"I am sorry Young Izuku, but Aizawa told me about the incident and to be honest it seemed like an accident," he took a pause as Izuku didn't seem to acknowledge that statement "I know it could never make up for what you have been through but I have a favour to ask of you, I am going to tell you something that should not reach Melissa... not until she's ready..."
Izuku kept his composure intently focused and nodded.
"It's related to your quirk, you see at the dawn of quirks, there was utter chaos, the government was busy making laws with quirks in mind and people were succumbing to anarchy, using their quirks as they wanted. In such a time, power decides a person's place in society. Around that time, there were two brothers-"
- Hence accidentally All for One gave rise to One for All, ironic isn't it."
Izuku pinched the bridge of his nose as he comprehended the origin of his and All Might's quirk, already forming a headache "But why don't you want Melissa knowing this? She deserves to know how her soon-to-be quirk came to be?"
Toshinori sighed, "Well Young Izuku, All for One, the person, was the reason I got this scar" he lifted up his shirt and showed his distorted stomach, "I got this from fighting him 4 years ago, and I seemed to have killed him, as a result I have little time left as the Symbol of Peace, I don't want to burden her but there is a slight possibility he might have survived the battle, as we didn't found a body, we suspect that a follower might have taken to keep it as his shrine but we can't say for sure. And one day he might come after you and Melissa, you both have quirks he had longed for, and for that I want you to be by Melissa's side as I won't be able to. I am sorry Young Izuku for burden-" before he could finish the sentence Toshinori was tackled by a tight hug from a teary eyed Izuku.
"I will always be there for both of you, and if the time comes, I'll be fight and bring him down.. NO MATTER WHAT!"
All Might rustled Izuku's hair and let some tears fall from his side too. "I am so proud of you Young Izuku", 'I knew I won't regret trusting you Izuku. I am sure you have and will continue to make your mother proud'.
All Might wiped Izuku's face and buffed up, "NOW LET'S GO BEYOND TOGETHER.."
They both shouted in unison, "PLUS ULTRA!"
All Might wanted to ask about Izuku's reason for keeping his last name but he kept that to himself for the time being and got to training Young Midoriya. It was not lost to anybody that even while training, Izuku would keep his necklace on him, and only Aizawa was aware of its importance for the time being.
The hellish ten months were over and they had six months left to prepare for their UA entrance exam, at this point the beach was spotless and consequently, both Melissa's and Izuku's bodies were almost on the desired level.
Melissa was ready to accept her quirk, the tool that'll help reach her goal, the moment she'd been waiting for her whole life.
It was only her on the beach and was also done with the outer section, she climbed up the pile of junk and yet out a victory yell, she yelled out all her frustrations, all her doubts about herself and every other negative emotion she had bottled up inside.
All Might came out of his station wagon and made his way to the beach, 'WOAH there's not a speck of trash left, amazing! Young Izuku completed his section a while ago but his was much smaller not to mention the gym workouts were doing wonders for the kid, so Melissa had most of the beach to herself, but this is outstanding! She even cleared the outside area I told her to avoid, WOW!'
"She made it in time and exceeded my expectations, Holy stinking..." All Might buffed mid sentence and exclaimed "SUPER CRAP!"
He rush and caught the exhausted Melissa and placed her before him,
"Uncle Might..! we did it, I did it!"
Melissa skipped and tried to keep her balance, she took a minute to look at herself, she looked stunning, all the baby fat was gone, just pure toned muscle, she felt great!
All Might beamed with pride, "Excellent work Young Melissa! The path forward is ever-so-slightly clearer! But you are a true-blue vessel now!"
Melissa smiled as tears started flowing down her face, she looked down at her hand and sobbed, "Feels like I have cheated though, getting all this help from you, Aizawa-sensei, Izuku, and Momo. I have been blessed"
All Might just laughed, 'She's wrong, this is because of her own hard work'
"Seems like Young Izuku's habits are rubbing off you, now quit being a crybaby!"
Melissa chuckled awkwardly.
"Now for your Award Ceremony Young Melissa" All Might gracefully plucked a strand of hair from his golden locks and held it in front of him, "Someone told me once, there is a difference between being lucky and deserving, One is an accident, the other a reward, never get the two confused. Take this to heart kid, you have earned this gift with your own valiant efforts." All Might saw the pure conviction and determination in Melissa's eyes, he proudly continued, as he presented the aforementioned strand to her.
"EAT THIS!"
Melissa blanked as she stared at the golden strand of hair, "Say wha…?"
"For the transfer you gotta ingest some of my DNA, that's how it works, don't worry I shampooed them thoroughly before coming here, you like strawberries yes?"
Melissa awkwardly took and reluctantly swallowed the thing, it was oddly gross but tasteful at the same time… Gordon Ramsey does not approve.
"That was gross Uncle Might, but thanks for the flavouring?"
"Don't mention it."
"So... now what" she asked, inspecting that nothing felt different.
"We have to let your body process the hair first, then we can go for a test drive, it's good that we have six months before the entrance exam, we can practice plenty and get you accustomed to YOUR quirk!"
Melissa couldn't describe the feeling when she heard Toshinori saying the last part, but chirped happily.
A couple of hours had passed since the transfer and it seemed that Melissa was ready to try out her new quirk, she was escorted to UA along with Momo and Aizawa who arrived soon after the ceremony and did their routine exercises. Toshinori was already at UA discussing his upcoming tenure at the institution and Izuku was on his weekly testing with Recovery Girl. All of them except Izuku arrived at the field and began their first test drive with Melissa's new quirk.
Aizawa and Momo were watching from a distance and a buffed up Toshinori was helping Melissa activate One for All.
"Alright Young Melissa, you have to prepare yourself before using this quirk, so I want you to clench your buttcheeks and yell out SMASH!"
In the nurse's office, Recovery girl sighed, 'My idiot senses are tingling'
Melissa nodded and obeyed All Might's advice and imagined how he used this quirk, she clenched her fist and felt the unfamiliar power rushing through her arm, her arm glew with red veins forming all over, soon it was too much pressure to bear and she yelled out smash swinging a full power punched towards the empty field.
"AHHHHHHHH!"
Utter destruction, Izuku came out of the building to see the total demolition of his beloved field he had grown with and the person who had done it, Melissa was limping on All Might with a purple broken.. scratch that, destroyed arm, and descended into unconsciousness due to the severity of the pain.
In a couple of minutes she was in RG's office and Izuku was glaring at the deflated Toshinori.
"How?"
"Melissa was firing her first punch with her quirk and the power seemed to be too much for her body" Momo informed, but Izuku seemed unfazed by her explanation.
"How?"
Aizawa pinched the bridge of his nose, "Her body can't control the full extent of her quirk yet, but at least we know the transfer happened successfully."
"How?"
Taking his cue All Might began, "We were at the field when I asked her to clench her buttcheeks and fire off a smash, and her arm glew with these red veins and then-"
"Hold up, YOU WHAT!" Izuku and now Recovery Girl said in unison.
"All Might-sensei I respect and admire you too much to do this but she doesn't, care to take it away, Recovery Girl?"
*THWAP*, "Oww!"
Toshinori rubbed his now bruised temple,
Izuku nodded to Chiyo and continued, "How could you ask her to do that, do you think her body can handle the power as efficiently as a 45 year old Hunk of a man like you can!?"
All Might rubbed his fingers together due to the embarrassment, god he was dumb, if David were to hear this, he'll be dead, faster than he could say 'SMASH!'.
"Alright, I'll be taking over these sessions from now on, until at least we can find a safe way for her to use One for All."
Melissa had awoken due to all the commotion but was tired enough to not respond, she grew a blush when she saw Izuku scolding the Symbol of Peace, just because she got hurt.
The next day, they came back again to test out Melissa's new abilities, under the supervision of Izuku. *Wink wink.
Melissa, Toshinori and Izuku were standing at a distance from the others and seemed to be discussing something.
"Alright now, Melissa I want you to focus your power on your index finger, and then slowly reduce the percentage to the minimum you can reach."
Melissa nodded and complied, her index finger glew with red veins forming, then by focussing the veins slowly dissipated and slight yellow lightning crackled around her finger.
Toshinori took a leap of faith and said, "Now try flicking it!"
As she did, a small gust of air whipped out, "Wow, you did it Melissa, this is great!" Izuku beamed and quickly backpedaled when he saw a bruised finger that didn't sit well with him, so he concentrated on his thoughts and the information he could muster.
'He's so cute when he does that' Melissa thought, 'Wait WHA- he's just my friend!'. Oh Young Melissa, you can't escape it.
"I've got it!" he saw the perplexed gazes of the two pros and two teens, "It's quite simple really, remember All Might told us One for All reacts differently to every user, and as All Might calls it his 'Muscle Form' he's actually channeling the energy from the quirk, Throughout his body-"
Momo appeared beside them and picked up where he trailed off, "Yeah, the muscle's form on his entire body not just his arms, not to mention switching between them will make your reaction time much slower-"
Melissa continued excitedly as it all made sense, "And by distributing the power throughout my body I can reduce the backlash, I used about 5% before with my finger, now if I can use it like this-"
Melissa crouched down as she took a stance, One for All felt like a pool of near-infinite energy, she took the bare minimum and channeled it throughout her entire body, first the red veins formed then, she reduced the output.
All of them stared in awe as the girl got enveloped in golden lightning, which was crackling all around her body.
All Might was both ashamed and proud at the sight, he buffed up and asked cheerfully "Can you move while keeping this up Young Melissa?"
Melissa took a moment before she dashed off at super speed and then came back, "I think I can." soon the lightning dissipated "It's hard to keep this up, but I think I now understand how to use this power, I can only use 5% right now but I think with time I will be able to up my limit."
"Then from now on, we'll be training on your stamina and focus more on your quirk training" Aizawa stated flatly.
While she was getting praise from the adults a thought crossed Izuku's mind, 'oah, that was hot.. Wait WHA..?!'
The laughter of the Author and Editor rang throughout the multiverse.
A couple of months passed by, it was almost time for the entrance exam. Izuku was getting a much better grasp at his quirk and was searching for more creative ways to use it without harming himself. The cell deterioration was still persistent when he tried using All for One, he just wished he would be able to harness its power soon, 'cause truth be told, he was really curious about the said quirk and he couldn't wait to test out the multiple theories that he had written in his notes.
Momo was in much better shape, her stamina had greatly increased, she had learned multiple close-combat techniques from Eraserhead, and with the supply of weapons she had in her arsenal she was unstoppable. In addition to this Aizawa had Momo take lessons on using guns from Snipe, he introduced her to 'Pressure points' and advised her to use Rubber bullets rather than normal ones. From her early days when she used the tranquilizing dart to save a nice lady in the store, and now with the help of Snipe and some blueprints from Power Loader she was able to create a tranquilizer gun. But her greatest creation was to create a taser gun, it was admittedly difficult but she was able to achieve it.
Melissa was learning to use her new technique that Izuku had cleverly dubbed as "Full Cowl" she had been learning to master several of All Might's trademark moves as well as combining the power of One for All with Aizawa's close combat lessons, by this time she had a decent control over 5% of this power and the ability to momentarily draw 8%, but that came with a price of a nasty bruise and sore muscles, so she usually stayed to the available power that she had.
Nezu was sitting in his office, before him sat a very tired Aizawa and deflated All Might, they were deciding as to what they would do for the entrance exam for Izuku and Melissa.
"So Melissa wants to take the normal exam, huh?" Nedzu mused.
Toshinori nodded and explained, "She said that she had already received enough help from us, and to help preserve the secret of One for All it would benefit if she would be to take the standard exam."
Aizawa put a finger on his chin as he questioned, "But can't she just say that David Shield recommended her, Yaoyorozu is being recommended by her father and he's a CEO, not a hero."
Toshinori sighed, "I know, but she said that she wants to prove and earn a place in this school by herself."
Nedzu hummed, "That is very admirable of her, and to be frank, I think she would do great no matter which one she took, the one we have to worry about is Izuku, I suppose you are recommending him Aizawa?"
"Yes."
"Hmm, previously we were planning on a race including several obstacles that they'd have to overcome, but as of a couple of months Izuku will lose the majority of his physical capabilities, then what do you propose we should do?"
Aizawa perked up, "I have an idea that you'd quite enjoy…"
Not much more could be said, as Nedzu manically crackled as sound echoed throughout the halls of UA, scaring the poor students and teachers.
Toshinori shuddered, 'Good Luck Izuku...'
Notes:
Current Quirk List
Izuku Midoriya : Weather Manipulation + Unknown Quirk, All For One, Minor Cell Activation
Melissa Shield : One for All
Shouta Aizawa : Erasure, Metal Manipulation
Heyyaa Folks, gtm here
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Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, there is much to come and will be updated frequently.
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I wanted to make a separate chapter for the entrance exam, so I didn't included it in this one.
Next Time
UA ENTRANCE EXAM,
A Gift from Nedzu to Izuku.
