All Might found himself with many questions as the exam finished up. There was no doubt that he was proud of his student, saving the girl and defeating the villain even when it cost him. He had proven again he had chosen the right person as his successor.

However he found himself concerned, and not because of the boys destroyed limbs. Not that he was happy about them either. As the new teacher at U.A. he was allowed to watch the exam with the other staff members.

When he'd seen his pupil preparing to use his quirk he was excited to see how he did but he only really saw the aftermath. Midoriya was fast, faster than he should've been. He had shot off faster than any of the cameras could track and these cameras could track the blonde himself at the best of times.

By the time the camera's had properly focused on the villain and the boy he saw definitive proof something other than One for All had to be at play. The punch had the classic telltale signs of a Detroit smash but the force behind it, even from the boost the boy would have being the 9th user he still had generated more force than should have been possible.

The blonde turned and saw the principal of the school, Nezu looking at him. "He seems to be quite a surprise, even with what we know."

"That was more force than anyone should be able to generate." The blonde said quietly. The principal's ears could pick up on it but the other teachers could not.

"Here, All Might." Nezu said, handing him an earpiece. "Recovery girl will be going to that center first. She's wearing a microphone. Maybe we can get some clue what just happened. You'll know better than I what might have happened."

The blonde took the earpiece without objection as the camera's focused on the heroine the principal mentioned. A short elderly lady with an amazing healing quirk. At least Young Midoriya would be ok. He could hear some of the students around her talking.

"Did you see that dudes attacks?! How does someone move like that?! I didn't think he had that kind of power…."

"Me either. Looked like some reinforcement type quirk but….there was something else."

"I wonder how he managed to redirect in the air when he overshot though? He was to high up to see what he did."

All Might almost choked on his blood when he heard that. 'HE OVERSHOT?!'

"Best guess he managed to do something with air pressure but still…that's insane."

"If he has such an amazing quirk how come he didn't snag any points all day?"

"Maybe he was trying to trick all of us?"

"Jokes on him! There's no way he's passing with a zero score like that."

"True….but you gotta admit, those were some freakin' impressive moves."

'just what did you do out there, young Midoriya?' All Might had to wonder. They said moves. Plural. He had done multiple things before he broke himself? That was a relief in a way.

"Good job! Nice work all around! Your heroes in my eyes, every one of you!" came the voice of the lady who the microphone was attached to. All Might watched as she gave some people gummies before she wandered over to his student.

"That mademoiselle, she's the heart of U.A." One student with a French accent said.

"Oh my goodness, you were hurt this badly but your own quirk sonny?" The heroine asked. All Might sweat dropped as he felt a tiny bit of fear. He hadn't told recovery girl yet like he had planned. She was going to have his hind over this. The nurse's lips pursed up and she kissed the top of Midoriya's head

"Uhh….Whats she doing?"

"You're watching a school nurse in action. The Youthful heroine, recovery girl. Her quirk is an awesome boost of healing power." Midoriya's body started to glow green as his limbs twisted back into place. All Might had suffered many injuries himself but it still made him cringe watching his students limbs do full 180's back into position. "She's the reason they can even afford to hold these reckless tests. Look, she's saving him months of recovery time."

"Alright, he'll be fine now. Anyone else injured?" The nurse asked, wandering off away from the blonde's successor.

The blonde gave the earpiece back to the principal and shook his head. He couldn't deny the fact he was worried now. With the exception of protecting the secret of One for All, Midoriya wasn't a liar. All those months ago, when he said he was quirkless he meant it, which left the blonde with a mystery on his hands.

Initially he had intended to leave the greenette alone until he learned whether or not he was accepted but now he's have to go see the boy sooner.

The staff around him where discussing the students scores but he was distracted. One of his and the greenette's first encounters played through his mind.

"No reluctance, that's exactly how I thought you would answer!" The skinny blonde laughed. "Considering I've distracted you a lot today I can at least do you a favour and walk you home"

"Thank you so much sir! You don't have to but I'd be immensely grateful." The boy exclaimed. He sure did have a lot energy.

"No problem, it's the least I can do." The blonde assured them as they started to walk. "Besides, I actually have a few questions for you I've been wondering."

"Huh?" The boy looked up confused.

"For one, you said you were quirkless but when that fight was going on, how fast you ran and the fact you almost got that boy out. You sure you don't have some small hidden quirk?" The blonde asked mostly jokingly but the greenette rushed to assure he hadn't lied about being quirkless. "Relax kid, you were being way to sincere earlier for me to think you were lying."

"Thank you sir. What about your other question?" The boy asked.

"What's with that tattoo on the back of your hand? Isn't it illegal for you to get any ink on until you're at least 16?" To the blonde's surprised, a look of worry crossed the boy's face but no over what he expected.

"I…I don't know where this came from." Answered the boy, causing the blonde to stop in his tracks. "I didn't even know it was there until just a couple minutes before you showed up just now. I was going to go to the hospital tomorrow to see if they had any explanation. I definitely didn't have it until after school ended today."

"That's…..odd." Was all the blonde could think to say. A Mysterious mark that the boy only just found out about? "Well it's probably worth noting, you've had it since I saved you from the sludge villain the first time at least. It was one of the first things I noticed about you…I certainly agree you should go to the doctor as soon as you get the chance."

The boy nodded, looking off into the distance. "Right! I just hope it isn't some lasting mark from that villain or something. Though Kacchan didn't have one so that wouldn't make much sense."

"Maybe it's a late quirk developing?" The blonde joked before he realized that it probably wasn't in good taste. "Oh, sh-sorry young Midoriya. I should of thought before I spoke."

"No, its ok All-"

The blonde stood up abruptly in the present day, drawing the attention if those around him. Many quirked eyebrows.

"Sorry." He quickly apologized embarrassed before turning to leave the room. "I'll be back in a moment."

Once the blonde was out the room, he went to the nearest bathroom. It was a paranoid way doing things but One for All required the strictest precautions to keep safe. Once he was in a stall he opened up his contacts and found who he was looking for.

'Midoriya, my boy.'

"Young Midoriya. We must talk ASAP regarding your quirk. Usual location, 7PM."

With that done, all the blonde could do was return to the room and help his new colleagues. He wasn't sure if he wanted to be right or wrong about his new theory regarding his student.

"All Might!" The blonde heard his successor calling after him. He turned to see the boy running to him. He stopped just as he arrived, almost doubling other as he caught his breathe. He had a bandage wrapped around the arm he had broken earlier. "Y-you…..needed to….talk?"

"Kid did you run all the way here?" The skinny man asked in surprise before remembering himself. "Oh and when im like this don't go shouting out my name like that!"

"RIght, sorry!" The boy said before his gaze wandered down the ground. "and sorry about everything else. You trusted me with your power, trained me for months which would have eaten into your own free time and I made it all pointless by failing the exam so badly. You said you wanted to talk about One for All. I assume you want me to give it to someone else?"

All Might cursed himself, realizing what his sudden text right after the exam would have looked like to his pupil. He wasn't allowed to reveal his pupils results so he'd have to be careful how he said this "No, no, no! Don't think like that. I picked you before I ever knew you wanted to go to U.A! Whether you failed the exam or not, your still my student and my successor. I'd train you myself personally if it was required!"

The greenette looked up in shock, before the telltale signs appeared that he was going to cry. The blonde almost groaned. "Seriously kid, you sure there's nothing wrong with your eyes? Wipe em away."

The bot listened, trying to dry his eyes. "If you still want me to have it then what do we need to talk about?"

All Might looked off into the distance. He wondered how Midoriya would take this news. "You're too powerful."

"Eh?!"

"I was watching the exam, which you already know. When you took on that zero pointer, I was quite proud. You harnessed one for all successfully and saved that girl. That's what any good hero would do! But…..the speed at which you moved at and the strength you possessed…..it's much greater than it ever should have been!" The blonde exclaimed, causing the greenette to almost fall over in shock,

"Seriously!? Didn't you say it gets stronger from user to user though? Is it not just that?" The boy asked. The blonde could already see the boys analytic mind spring into action in his eyes.

"Do you remember when we were walking to your home together on the day we first met, what I said about your mark?"

"That it was odd?"

"No, just after that."

"Oh!" The boy exclaimed. "You made a joke about it being a late quirk!" The blonde nodded. "But what's that got to…..oh….oh!" The boy caught up quickly.

"Midoriya, my boy. I need you to tell me everything that happened in that exam once you tried to save that girl. Leave no detail untold."

And so the blonde spent the next five minutes listening to all the boy had to say. About the tendrils, the voice, the way the mark glowed up. Due to the pain and the worry about losing the exam the boy had ended up shoving it all to the back of his mind.

By the end neither of them had any doubts. The mark had to be some type of quirk based on how it works.

"That would also explain when you ran into that fight with the sludge villain." All might said causing the greenette to look up confused. "Remember I said you moved pretty fast and did pretty well getting the boy out until he started struggling against you as well. I had brushed it off as just pure adrenaline but now I see I was being ignorant. You had the mark at the time so…."

"I….." The boy had no idea how to respond. "What does this mean for One for All?"

"Whatever those tendrils are that you mentioned, One for All will make them powerful than they originally would have been and they're only going to get stronger. Tendrils plus physical enhancements. What an odd quirk."

"Im still no one hundred percent on that." Said Midoriya, drawing in All Might's attention. "My mum Is a telekinetic type and my dad apparently had a fire-breathe quirk. None of my immediate family had physical enhancements OR tendrils as quirks."

"It certainly is odd. I do believe you should have a long talk with your mother about it. Did you tell her about you 'developing a power in the middle of the exam' like we discussed?"

"Not yet. Probably for the best, If the mark has physical enhancements of its own then I can hide One for All by saying the power came from the mark."

"Good idea, young Midoriya."

The student and mentor talked a little more about the fine details of the events to see if they could gleam anymore clues but no avenue bore any more fruit for thought.

Finally, Midoriya had to make his way home. The blonde couldn't help feeling guilty when he saw the sulk in his successor as he walked away. He knew he couldn't tell him the actual results of the exam but that didn't make letting him continue to believe he'd failed easy at all.

He would find out the truth soon enough though. Young Midoriya was going to U.A. like he always wanted.