Flame Hero: Deku
Hello everyone hope you enjoyed my last chapter and enjoy this one just as much! I don't own MHA or any of its characters, themes, settings, or anything related to it as this is a work of fiction. All rights go to Kohei Horikoshi, please support his work. I only own the story plot line and my OCs. Hope you enjoy.
Chapter 6: Fun, Flare, New Quirks, and Hair.
Last Time
"YES SIR!", they all shouted in unison!
Now
Over the next several months much had drastically changed in Izuku's daily life. From first thing in the morning, right till the exact time when he fell asleep at night. Exercising, weight training, garbage hauling at the beach, high calorie intake and specialized meal plans, and above all-quirk training. All of this coinciding with his normal routine of school, school work, and hero research and analysis.
Many things had to be reduced or taken out all together in his normal life; like T.V, video games, junk food, late night videos on heros and such, and most of all-hanging out with Hikari and Ko after school and on the weekends. Which had been changed to all three of them working together on training as their hang out time. Though before all this happened many other things happened on the day after Izuku discovered his natural quirk. To make it short Inko nearly crushed her son to death in a bear hug, had a small celebratory party for him, got his quirk registered, took over a bazillion picture of him, fire proofed is room just in case, and received an entire new-fireproof-wardrobe courtesy of Hikaris mother.
Though back to our special flaming green boi, it was now a Saturday in summer and All Might had changed his workout regimen to include swimming as well. Mostly along the now somewhat cleaner Dagobah Beach. The day had mostly consisted like all others; move trash, perform exercises, move more trash, break, swimming, work on quirk, break, swimming, quirk training, and repeat. As of now the trio of boys were now at the break portion of their training after a round of swimming mixed with some quirk training.
The three boys sat along the sandy shore looking out over the sea with the sun beating over head, their bodies still glistening from just finishing their swim routine and their chests heaved rapidly from the intense workout in the rough waves. Each teen had a drink in hand as they relaxed; Ko was peacefully sipping out of a milk box, Hikari was greedily and noisily chugging down his seventh sports drink, and Izuku was half heartedly drinking from his water container filled with flavored water with a disappointed expression adorning his face. The other teens took notice of their friends current mood and silently agreed to find out what was up.
"What's wrong Izukun?", Ko inquired.
"Nothing.", Izuku relied half heartedly.
"Nothing doesn't make that expression.", Hikari put forth.
"I'm fine guys really, I'm just tired.", Izuku tried to re-enforce his statement.
Ko, not believing him, sighed and said, "Izuku, I've known you for years now and I certainly know the difference between tired and down. So what wrong."
"Nothing.", he replied more firmly as he tucked his knee into his chest and looked downwards.
Ko and Hikari looked at each other trying to figure out what to do, then a sly smile appeared on Hikaris face. The tall teen then hunched himself over and rested his chin on Izukus shoulder, the smaller teen looked up at him in question. Hikari then moved his chin up against Izuku's soft cheek.
"If you don't tell us what's eating you, then I'll have no choice but to scratch you up with my stubbles.", Hikiar stated playfully.
Izuku rolled his eyes and replied, "Then I'll just move out of the way."
Though before he could he suddenly felt something else with a scratchy surface press firmly against his other cheek, or rather someone. Izuku looked to his other side and saw Ko with the side of his head pinned against Izuku's face.
"If you don't sing, I'll help Zoomy by scratching you up with my hair stubbles.", he said playfully.
Izuku looked between the two of them and exclaimed, "You two wouldn't dare!"
The two teens smile evilly at their friend then both grabbed the green teen and began to mercilessly rub their stubbles onto Izuku's soft plump cheeks! Izuku struggled and squirmed with all his might to escape, yet no matter how hard he moved the other two teens held tightly with their combined strength. Izuku giggles and laughed furiously at the tickling sensation on both sides of his face! He laughed so hard his face went red and he could nearly breath from all his laughter!
"Ya gonna tell us now?!", Ko shouted over Izuku's laughter.
"Or should we keep going?!", Hikari added while digging his chin into Izuku's neck.
"AAAHAHAHAHAHA! YES YES YES! I GIVE I GIVE!", Izuku shouted defeat in his laughter!
Ko and Hikari let their friend go with satisfies looks on their faces and Izuku haunted over gasping for air while still letting out spurts of laughter! He coughed a few times and took a few breaths to steady himself, after he was done he looked to his friends who had an Well-I'm-waiting expression on their faces with their bodies more than ready to restart the tickle torture if he decided to not kiss-n-tell.
"Okay now tell us what's bugging you.", Ko stated firmly.
Seeing no way out of it Izuku finally caved and told his friends what was on his mind. "It's my quirk."
The two teens looked at one another with confused expressions on their faces. "What about it?", Ko inquiries further.
"Yeah, what's not to love about it! You can fly, set yourself on fire, control produce and manipulate fire! Better question, what's not to love about you quirk!", Hikari ranted on excitedly!
Izuku sighed while rubbing the back of his head as he replied, "It's not that, it's just the down side of it."
"Whadda mean?", Ko inquiries further.
"What I mean is, I can't find a way around my quirks natural weakness. If I get too cold or wet that's it, I'm out, no more fire, and then I'm useless.", Izuku says in a disappointed tone.
"But if that happens you'll still have One for All to fall back on.", Hikari added.
"Maybe, but from what All Might says One for All is really hard to master and I might hurt myself! What if were attacked by Villains while in hero training or I still don't have full control of One for All come graduation? I can't use a quirk I have no control over and end up doing more harm than good!", Izuku stressed out!
"Izukun! Calm down! You're overthinking this.", Ko stresses to his spiralling friend.
"You know I'm right Ko-san! Every quirk has a weakness and every hero has been able to overcome their weakness, even if only by a slim margin! If I can't find a loophole around mine then how can I become a hero?!", Izuku shot back! Izuku then flopped onto his back exasperated as he said, "I'm just...frustrated."
Ko tapped his chin while Hikari downed his next sports drink. "Well even if we all have emitter type quirks I'm afraid I can't help you with you're demila. My quirk works passively.", Ko put forth. Then a lightbulb went off in his head as he points out, "But maybe Hikari knows something's?"
Izuku turned his head to the fast teen who quickly gulped down the last of his drink and stated, "Welllllll...super speed and fire manipulation are two totally different animals, though if I knew how exactly how you use you're quirk then I might be able to give you some tips. So how do you activate it, what do you feel?"
Izuku thought it over for a moment then described it as best he could. "Well when I do activate my quirk I reach down deep inside of me, like in my stomach, and I pull from this power that almost feels like a flame. I then grab hold of this power and when I do, well...you've seen what happens.", Izuku explains.
Hikari rubs chin and then asks, "When you pull from this power, how much of it do you take?"
"All of it I guess.", Izuku shrugs. "But one I deactivated my quirk the fire returns inside of me. Though if I get wet or too cold it goes out and doesn't ignite until I dry off or warm up.", he explains further.
Hikari suddenly claps his hands, causing Izuku and Ko to jump, and exclaims, "Well there's your problem! You're using all you're power inefficiently! You can't just take every last bit and not leave any behind, that's why you're having trouble reigniting after getting doused!"
Izuku rubs the back of his head awkwardly as he says, "I don't follow."
"Me either.", Ko agrees with a cocked eyebrow.
Hikari quickly rubs his temples and then his hands before explaining, "Okay how do I explain this to you? When I use my super speed do you think it's all in my legs?"
Izuku thinks it over for a moment and replies, "I mean….yeah I guess. It's all in the name."
Hikari then flicks Izuku on the nose while exclaiming, "Wrong! I don't just use it in my legs but every part of me; my legs, my diaphragm and lungs, my arms, my throat and mouth, even my neck and eyes! Every part of my body plays a part in my quirks usage. If I were to use only my legs then I'd get tired waaaaaay quicker and run waaaaaay slower or get hurt waaaaaay easier!"
"So what are you saying?", Ko inquiries further.
"What I'm saying is you're using you're quirk all wrong. Next time when you pull from that fire in your stomach don't take all of it, just take enough and leave some behind.", Hikari explains excitedly.
Izuku rubs his thighs together nervously as he says, "I don't know if I can do that. I mean, I've only just learned how to activate this power recently. I don't know if I can't leave a little bit."
"You'll never know unless you try.", Hikari encourages him.
"Yeah, even if you only leave a little bit behind in you that'll be fine. Remember even the smallest embers can start a wildfire.", Ko encourages as well.
Izuku's looks at the ground for a time thinking things over and with a smile peaking on his face he stands up from and proud exclaiming, "Alright, sounds good to me. I'll give it a try!", Izuku declares as he raises a fist in the air! "Right after I dry off.", he follows up awkwardly.
"Leave that to me.", Hikari says quickly while grabbing hold of Izuku under his arms.
Then Hikari starts to shake or vibrate Izuku at a fast pace causing all the water to fly off his body in moments!
"WHOAH WHOAH WHOAH WHOAH WHOAH!", he squeaks out as he's shook rapidly.
Once it's over, as fast as it started, a very swirly eyed Izuku wobbles over to Hikari and says in an extremely dizzy voice, "Thanks."
Once Izuku regained his equalimeriam he stood on the beach in a meditation style stance with his eyes closed and taking deep breaths. With his body now dry and mostly warmed from the summer sun, his fire began to flicker in and out of him in short sectional burts.
"Good Izuku, good.", Haikari encourages him. "Now look into yourself and invision that flame."
Izuku did as he was told and looked into the center of his being, or well the center of his stomach. In his mind's eye he could see the center of his being, and it was dark and empty. However, inside of all the empty nothing he could see a small green light emanating from somewhere. He saw the green flame within him glowing brightly as he felt it and he was completed to take it all. He reached out his hand to grab the flame in all its glory and sent it through his body like he did so many times before.
Though before he could take every last spark he heard a voice call out to him from the outside. "Izuku.", the voice called out. "Don't take all of it! Just enough, even if that enough is nothing but an ember."
Izuku looked back at the flame he was now grasping in his hand, the flames power was so compelling that it made him want to take it all! But he had to be strong, strong as any other pro hero! He had to have resilience and self discipline, his power made him strong but it also made him vulnerable. He had to use his power wisely or let it use him. Izuku grabbed the fire and pulled it into himself, he looked back at the spot where the fire was and saw only a few embers sitting in its place. This was good, this is what he needed, so he exited his mind's eye and activated the fire he pulled from his being.
On the outside, Izuku's body immediately went up in green flames causing the ground to burn, his body to float, and his friends to stand back from the roaring flames! Izuku opened his eyes and looked around seeing that he was now flying again and covered in his green fire.
"So, how do ya feel?", Ko asked from the side.
Izuku shrugged as he said, "Not sure really, pretty much the same."
"Okay, how about internally? Do you still feel the fire in your stomach?", Hikari asked him.
Izuku rubbed his chin at the question and closed his eyes once more to look into his being. When he did he saw the that the embers he left from before had now turned into a roaring fire inside of him! Izuku shot his eyes opened with a huge smile as he nodded his head rapidly!
Hikari smiled back while shaking his first excitedly, Ko looked on with a smile but went straight into asking the big question.
"So, will this work?"
The other two stopped their excitement and looked between the golden haired teen and one another. Hikari tapped his chin as he stated, "Well, no better time to test it then now."
The speed teen rushed out knee deep into the ocean water and shouted out to the flying fire teen, "Are ya ready Izuku?!"
Izuku clenched his fitst at his sides and with a confident smile shouted back, "Bring it!"
Hikari then began to spin around like a top in the water until he become a living tornado that begins gushing out gallons of water, in which it completely extinguished Izuku's flame body. Izuku falls on the sand fireless and completely doused, Hikari stops spinning and zooms over to his friends.
"You still feel the flame?", he quickly asks.
Izuku take another moment to look into his being and still sees the fire glowing bright in his body! Izuku looks to his friend and grins happily while nodding his head!
"Well don't just sit their, see if you can still flame up!", Ko encourages him!
Izuku nods and stands back onto his feet as his friend take a few steps back. Izuku does what he did the last time and took only so much of the fire only to leave a bit behind. Almost immediately Izuku could feel warmth rising through his cold body and the water evaporates off him in seconds! In another moment Izuku is once again clothed in flames and the fire reignites back in his body!
Izuku looks at himself and his friends with the biggest smile he's made in a long time! He lets out a happy laugh as he exclaims, "I did it! Look look guys! I did it!"
"You did it!", Hikairs cheers!
"WHOO!", Ko cheers!
"WHOOOOOOOO!", Izuku cires out as he blasts off into the sky over the sea!
As he flies over the water he plunges his hand in and immediately feels the power dissipated and extinguish from his plunged limb. He pulls it out and almost immediately he sees it reignite, he smiles and blast off high in the sky where he does a flip and fall straight down into the ocean waters with a splash!
Back on land, Hikari and Ko were watching Izuku go absolutely nuts with excitement as he flew over the ocean like a living comet! That is until Izuku shot up in the air, pre formed a spiral move, and then plunged straight into the water! Hikari immediately freaked out with a girlish scream and prepare to rush out into the ocean assuming the worst happened to his friend! However he was quickly tripped by Ko, who was lucky enough to put his foot out at the right time.
"Hold on a second their Zoomy."
"But Izuku! And the water! His quirk, his fire!", Hikari freaked out as he vented to the golden teen.
Ko put his his hands to calm Hikari down and followed up saying, "I'm worried about him too. But their are gonna be times when we're not gonna be their to rescue him. So let's see how Izuku flies solo style."
Hikari stood up from the sand and looked out at the water waiting for Izuku to reappear. He wanted to go out and pull Izuku from the water, but Ko was right, they weren't always gonna be their to help him. So he had to let Izuku figure this one out on his own.
Back with Izuku, he was not speed down through the water like a torpedo until the momentum and density of the water caused him to stop. Izuku repositioned himself up wards and swam back to the surface as fast as he could muster!
As he did that, he looked inside himself and saw the fire burning away as powerful as ever, and he knew what he was gonna do with it! As soon as his head poked out of the water he caused his fire to evaporate the water on his face and ignite his body, while simutanically causing his body to fly upwards from the fires momentum. As his body continued to rise from the water he repeated the same process of evaporating the water and cloaking his body causing it to rise further and further. Until his entire body shot out of the water dried off, clothed in fire, and flying around just as he did when he plunged into the water!
Izuku let off a shout of joy as he rockets out of the water and take off into the air! Ko and Hiakir are also cheering Izuku at his newest and most impressive crowning achievement of his quirk! Izuku flew from the sea back to land where his friends were waiting for him! Izuku was so happy for Hikaris help that all he wanted to do was tackle the tall teen in a huge hug!
Though Hikari saw what Izuku was going to do, panicked and spun around like a top creating a mini tornado that pushed the excited teen back a bit. Izuku looked at his friend with a hurt and confused expression and he looked at him with a panicked expression!
"You're still on fire!", Hikari shouted in panic!
Izuku looked down at himself and in his excitement totally forgot that he was still on fire. Izuku extinguished himself and fell to his feet, once he did Hikari immediately calmed down and opened his arms for Izuku's hug. Izuku took off towards his friend and leaped into his huge muscular arms, wrapping his arms around his neck and his legs around his hips. Hikari wrapped his arms around Izuku's smaller frame and began to spin him around in circles as the two of them laughed up a storm!
Ko watched on in amusement and jealousy as his two friends spun around in the sand and cackle like Hyenas.
"Thank you thank you thank you so much Hikari-kun! I couldn't have done it without you!", Izuku thanked his friend over and over while hugging him even tighter!
Hikari lugged and replied, "I should thank you for not steering me and my good Speedo on fire."
"Yeah, the last thing anyone here wants to see is your charred junk sticking out for all to see.", Ko added in snarkily.
"You'd be amazed at how many people would want to see that.", Hikari shot back with a sly grin.
"Guys, please don't ruin the moment.", Izuku tried to say in a serious voice but was killed by his overwhelming emotional outbursts.
"Sorry Izuku.", the two of them said in unison.
"Yeah Goldy here is just feeling a bit jealous.", Hikari stated as he smiles evilly towards Ko.
Ko sees what the teen speed teen was up to and took a few steps back with hands raised in defense as he said, "No, No! Don't you dare!"
Hikari continued to smile, now with Izuku's evil smile, and he immediately zoomed over to the golden teen and garbed him in his arms as well. Ko screamed as he was grabbed and flung up into the air and landed on Hikaris shoulders! Hikari then began to spin around with his two friends as Izuku laughed with joy and Ko screaming like a panicked Goose! Hikari spun them for a while until the tall speed teen fell to the ground in a heap with his two friends laughing along side of him.
From the sidelines, All Might looked on at the three teens in his hero form wearing his one piece red and white sprites swim suit, and laughed at the sight reminding him of his youth and his time spent with Nana.
It was the mid evening and the sun was already begging to set, After another long and grueling day of practice and training for the three teens they all congregated on the sidewalk near the road to have a bit of small talk before All Might gave them another rousing round of his peep talks and send them off till tomorrow. They all waited on the concert dividers with their casual clothing on and training and swim suits in plastic bags. As they waited the topic of speed came up and Hikari took this opportunity to boast of his outstanding speed.
"Hump, well that all fine and dandy Izukun, but the real winner in any speed race would obviously be me.", the speed teen boasted with a prideful expression with steam coming from his nose. "Id let any hero run to the finish line and just before they crossed Id beaten in a instant!"
"Well all know you can beat anyone in a foot race Road Runner.", Ko droned out in aggravation.
"I don't think you'd be able to beat All Might though. He's been timed as one of the fastest heros in any known pole.", Izuku fanboyed a bit.
Hikari snorted at the idea and stated with an arrogant tone, "All Might? Beat me! Psh! Don't make me laugh Izuku. That old wind bag couldn't beat ground meat with his bare fists."
"Oh, is that a fact?", All Might asked as he magically appeared behind Hikari in hero form.
"All Might!", Izuku shouted in surprise!
"Yes, that is a fact. Old man.", Hikari shot back in a snarky tone.
All Might gave a hearty laugh as he replied, "Well, this man maybe old but he still has plenty of fire left in him!"
The two of them locked eyes intensely with one another and and squared off looking like they were ready to duke it out! Izuku started to flare up with worry at the state his friend was about to be turned into and Ko looked indifferent through the whole ordeal. Ko then gave off a loud sigh while rolling his eyes and hopped off his seat on the divider. He walked over to the All Might Hikari, still in a standoff, and came between the two pushing them apart like children!
"Alright, Alright ladies, we get the picture!", Ko exclaimed while trying his best to push them apart. "Before this turns into a cup size content, let's just get straight to business."
Ko then point out into a random direction of the city their right across from and he explains, "There's a Takoyaki stand 20 miles due West of here. First one there and back will be the fastest man alive. Do you both agree on this?", he stated in a you-better-agree tone of voice.
"20 miles?! Psh, child's play.", Hikari boasted.
"HA HA HA! 20 or 200, it doesn't make a difference to me!", All Might agreed hardly!
"Then take you're stances.", Ko said to them.
Hikari and All Might both got into sprinting stances at the imaginary line on the road with serious eyes glued on the out of sight objective.
Ko raised his hand as he said, "On your marks.", Hikari and All Mights legs muscles tensed up!
"Get set.", Hikari and All Might butt cheeks tightened at the same time!
Ko let out a soft but disgusted sigh before shouting, "GO!"
And just like that the tall electric green teen and the top hero were gone in a flash of twin smoke trails! The air current they created was so powerful that Ko had to grab onto a divider and Izuku flared up and flew to keep from blowing over! Once the air was normal again the two teens stood there and waited for the victor to zoom in.
Izuku took a moment to search up something on his phone and when he found what he wanted his eyes widened with shock as he looked over to the golden haired teen next to him!
"What?"
"Did you know there was a Takoyaki stand 20 miles from here?"
"No. Why do you ask?"
Izuku said nothing in return and simply showed his phones screen to Ko. On the device showed a nearby Takoyaki stand that was 20 miles due West of where they were!
Ko whistled with an unimpressed expression as he said, "Wow. My Lucky Shields is even bigger than last months."
'That is spooky!', Izuku said to himself.
Meanwhile the two racers were neck and neck with each other, with one only behind able to put speed the other by a hair! They both of them looked at one another giving competitive glares trying to throw the other off.
"I have to give you credit Old Might, for an aging wind bag you're really fast! No person has been able to keep pace with me, especially for this long!", Hikari shouts to his compedor!
"HA HA HA! FUNNY, I WAS GOING TO SAY THE SAME TO YOU YOUNG HIKARI!", All Might shouted back! "THOUGH I'M AFRAID I HAVE TO END THIS GAME OF OURS! SEE YOU AT THE FINISH LINE!", All Might shouted with a laugh as he jumped off into the air with a great bound!
Hikari smiles smugly at the now flying hero and scoffed when he was out of sight, "Oh All Might. This isn't even my final form!", Hikari said to himself as green lighting crossed around his body and he disappeared into nothing!
All Might was now making bounding jumps across the city until he finally made it to the Takoyaki Stand and came to a screeching halt! Just before he left with another bound he quickly waved a friendly hello at some stunts civilians and took off once more! After a dozen large leaps All Might finally arrived at the beach once more coming to yet another screeching halt!
Once he stopped he flexed his arms in the air with head held high as he bellowed out a great laugh while saying, "IT WAS A GOOD RACE YOUNG HIKARI, HOWEVER YOU MUST KNOW THAT AS A PRO I HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AHEAD OF YOU AND-!", Just before he could continue with his victory speech he heard a voice say to him.
"Oh hey All Might you're finally here."
All Might flicked his head over to the voice and saw Ko Izuku and Hikari all sitting comfortably on the concert divider while chewing down on some Takoyaki. All Might immediately lost his concentration and began spitting out blood while shifting back to his civilian form!
Once he cleared the blood from his mouth he shouted, "What in the-?! How in the-?!"
"If you're wondering, he's been here for a whole 20 seconds before you arrived.", Ko cut him off while stuffing his face with some Takoyaki.
All Might shook his head rapidly at what he told him and exclaimed, "When did you get that Takoyaki?! Did you wait in line?!"
Hikari waved off the question and replied, "Don't be ridiculous, I just went in their and took some. I do this all the time when I need a snack."
"You stole it!", All Might exclaimed in shock!
"Don't be so dramatic. After I grabbed what I wanted I left money on the counter. They get cash with exact change and I don't have to wait, everyone wins."
All Might rubbed the back of his neck and sighing he admits his defeat, "Well young Hikari I have to give credit where credit is due. You certainly out due me to speed in all regards. You truly are the fastest man alive."
"Told you so.", Hikari said proudly.
Ko laughed and cut in saying, "If you think he's fast you should see his older sister. Now that bitch can run!"
"Who is you're sister exactly?", All Might asked Hikari while ignoring the last part of Kos sentence.
"You probably never meet her, her name is Golden Lace.", Hikari quickly explains.
"Hmmmmm, Golden Lace. Golden Lace Golden Lace Golden Lace.", all Might repeat the name to himself. Just then he snapped his fingers and exclaimed, "Oh now I remember that name. I did actually work with her on one occasion, though we never got the chance to speak to one another. Shed always….vanish.", All Might said the last part like he realized something while his eye moved over to Hikari. "Hmp, now that answers some questions."
Hikari then stuffed his mouth with a few more Takoyaki before saying, "Since you did take you're failure like a good sport, and as a show of good sportsmanship, I'll share some of my Takoyaki with you."
All Might made a gesture to decline the offer but Ko piped up before the hero could, "Take it All Might. Hikari-chan never shares food with anyone he doesn't feel close to."
"Yeah All Might their really good! Its has dark chocolate and powdered sugar on them, try it!", Izuku exclaimes with mouth half full holding a piece of Takoyaki out on a toothpick.
All Might begrudgingly takes the piping hot Takoyaki and says a small, "Thanks for the food.", before blowing and eating the sweet treat. All Might smiled as he for once in a very long time he didn't taste copper mixed with his food and the fact he could actually taste it for once. It sent a brief wave of relief and happiness all over the hero's body.
Several more months had come and gone by like the wind and the three teens had drastically improved well….everything about them, in terms of training, fighting, and quirk usage. However it was still over 4 months away from the Entrance Exam at U.A to begin, so four more months of training to utilize to its fullest.
It was a crisp early morning with the air at a cool 60 degrees with the sun just starting to peek up over the horizon, All Might was walking down the street to the beach in a heavier jack due to the colder air. Like every single day All Might would get up early and make his way to the bus stop and then walk the rest of the way to the each. Like every single day All Might would come to a stop sign that just bordered the beach. And like every single day he would come to the sign take a breather and then have a very familiar green streak race by him.
He came to the stop sign and the their with his palm held up and open, fully well knowing of what was to come next. He stood there for a moment and looked down at his watch, watching the seconds tick by just like clock work.
Once the seconds hand hit the 58 second mark he counted down, "3-2-1."
Just then a green streak zoomed past All Might shouting a quick, "Hi All Might! By All Might!", and when it passed, in All Mights hand sat a carton with a small coffee and a bagel wrapped in tin foil.
It had become a sort of tradition for All Might to receive a light breakfast from Hikari as he zoomed by him every morning. It saved All Might some time on making or getting breakfast at a store and gave Hikari an excuse to run to the store for a snack run.
All Might made a content sigh as he took his coffee and proceeded to drink from it while he walked. As he did it wasn't too long before he accidentally bumped into Hikaris back. He stuttered and sputtered trying not to drop or spit his food and drink onto the teens back. All Might forcefully swallowed hard and took in a sharp breath. When regained his breath he was nearly ready to scold Hikari for for standing right in front of him, until he saw his posture and expression.
Hikari was stiff and silent with a shocked expression on his normally hyper face. Like he was entranced by some amazing sight, something he wasn't known for doing. The donut box he held in his hand had fallen down and were scattered all over the floor, and his coffee was dripping out of his gaping mouth.
All Might looked around him and also saw Ko standing their with a similar expression on his face with his lucky coin no longer in his hands and instead laying on the ground.
All Might was begging to get a bit worried for the two teens and whatever has shocked them so bad to pure paralysis! When he followed the direction of the teens gazes he saw something that nearly took his breath away!
'Oh my. Oh my goodness!', was the first thought that came through the blond hero's mind.
In front of him in the rising colors of the morning sun outstretched a completely cleaned Beach without so much as a speck of trash to be seen! And a huge pile of all that trash sitting on the sidewalk ready to be hauled away with a very familiar standing on top of it all!
Izuku Midoriya, standing on top of a pile of garbage shirtless and drenched in sweat from head to foot letting out a pure unfiltered war cry into the open air!
All Might was in complete shock of what he was looking at and the only thing that could escape his lips were, "Holy. Stinking. SUPER CRAP!", he shouted the last part while shifting into his hero form!
Izuku let our one more scream before his body tension released and he fell from the pile and falling straight towards the beach! All Might was quick to action as he jumped over the railing and caught Izuku mid air! Hikari finally snapped himself out of his shock and zoomed down after them with Ko jumping the railing towards the beach.
Once All Might set Izuku on his feet and the others teens caught up he looked at his protease with glittering pride! Their are not many movements in All Mights life where he's said that he was truly astonished, but this was certainly one of them!
"I did it All Might. I cleared the beach.", Izuku spat out weakly.
"INDEED YOU DID MY BOY, YOU DID THAT AND SO MUCH MORE! NOT ONLY DID YOU CLEAR THE WHOLE BEACH BUT YOU DID IT IN SUCH A SHORT TIME FRAME NO LESS! YOU HAVE TRULY GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL MY EXPECTATIONS OF YOU!", bellowed All Might!
"Well that and he had help from us.", Ko butted in. Only to revive a sharp elbow from Hikari to his ribs! "OOF! But yeah, it really was all you Izuku.", Ko follows up while trying to mask the pain.
Izuku's eyes began to water up with tears of joy as he said between shaking breath, "I feel so blessed, as If I cheated on this."
"NONSENSE MY BOY, JUST LOOK AT THIS!", All Might exclaimed while taking out his phone and pulling up a pic for Izuku to view. It was the same picture of Izuku from several months ago, him laying in the sand crying his eyes out as Hikari photobombed the pic with Ko. "IN SUCH A SHORT SPAN OF TIME YOU HAVE COMPLETELY MOLDED YOURSELF INTO A DIFFERENT PERSON FROM WHO YOU WERE! YOU SHOULD FEEL PROUD OF THAT!", All Might exclaimed while turning the picture back to himself.
He smiled at the before image of a crying wimpy Izuku crawling in the sand, and dropped to phone to not only see the after Izuku before him but also to see Hikari had put himself and Ko into a similar position when they photobomb the before image. All Might sweat dropped at this and clearing his throat finished off as strongly as he did before, "AND SO AM I YOUNG MIDORIYA! YOU ARE HERE BY TRULY READY TO INHERIT MY POWER!", All Might continues while plucking out a single strand of his hair.
Izuku looked on to his idol, face gushing with happiness and body swimming with pride! Whatever was to happen in the future, as long as he worked hard, he would be ready for it no matter what!
"NOW THEN!", All Might began. "EAT THIS!"
Izukus face immediately went slack at that sentence and he stared at his idol with a blank expression while asking, "What?"
All of a sudden both Ko and Hikari began to laugh uncontrollably at All Mights last sentence, with Ko doubled over clutching his sides and Hikari on the sand laughing his ass off!
"Stop laughing you two, you're not helping any more!", Izuku yelled at them!
"IN ORDER TO GAIN MY QUIRK YOU MUST INGEST MY DNA! NOW EAT, EAT, EAT!", All Might bellowed while trying to shove his hair down Izuku's throat with a hectically screaming Izuku!