Izuku continued to cry. All Might, the Symbol of Peace, had told him that he could become a hero! He heard the voice of those who said it was impossible, from Muto the class bully... "HA! You could never become a hero!"
From the Quirk counselor from his school... "You have no Quirk, therefore you are worthless. Now stop holding Katsuki back".
To his teacher... "HAHAHAHAHA! Look everyone! Izuku applied for UA!"
All of those voices were now drowned out by a mere six words, spoken with complete certainty and sincerity: "Izuku, you can become a Hero!"
'Can anything more shocking happen? The hero who I look up to the most told me my dreams are not impossible!' And like that, the rarest of events happened: the universe decided to not fuck up Izuku. Instead, the laws of reality allowed him to be shocked in a better way. "You are worthy to inherit my power." All Might said, spreading his hands wide.
Izuku stopped crying. "Hgh?" he choked out, eyes wide in confusion. "Inherit… your power? Wha…?"
"Hahahahaha! Your face was ridiculous! But still," he raised a bony finger into the sky "YOU NEED TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT TO INHERIT MY POW-hackghflumph!" the last part of the word was drowned out by the blood pouring from his mouth. Neither one of them really cared at the moment. "When I say my power, I mean my Quirk. The papers and the tabloids both seem to think that it's a super-strength or boost quirk, but during interviews I always dodge the question. I made jokes to cover that up. This is because the Symbol of Peace had to be a natural-born hero. However, young man, I'll tell you the truth." he spread his arms out again, head pointed at the sky. "This power was gifted to me like a sacred torch!" Izuku gasped.
"I-it was passed onto you?" he asked.
"Yes, and now it's your turn," All Might told him.
"W-wait! It's true your Quirk has been hotly debated as one of the world's greatest mysteries. In fact, there's always someone online who's talking about it. However, I don't know what you mean by 'inheriting'. Sure Quirks grow from parent to child although there are some mutations, like mine but one person freely giving their Quirk to another I've never heard of that, and it's never even been considered-"
"And you may stop right there before you pass out." All Might deadpanned. His muttering was making him nervous. Why was it making him nervous? "I don't ever lie! You shouldn't either." Izuku flinched at the accusation, but he knew that All Might was right. "The Quirk is the ability to transfer power! It's called One For All!"
"'One For All?'" Izuku asked. The very words themselves held power.
"That's right. One person adds to the power before passing it on. Then the next holder adds to its power and passes it on again. The Quirk grows stronger with each generation!" he finished, clenching his fist.
"T-then why are you giving me this power?" Izuku asked. All Might chuckled.
"I've been looking for a successor for years now. Now, I think that you'd be the best successor. You, who were so afraid of your own Quirk that you'd lie immediately, used it to protect your friend without any hesitation. You were the most heroic back there!" He then paused. "Of course, this is your choice!"
'He told me his secret. He encouraged my dream. How can I say no?' "I'll do it!" he declared.
All Might laughed. "I'd thought you'd say that!"
"Umm, can I tell my parents? It's probably for the best." All Might shrugged.
"Of course. After all, it's important your parents know of this!"
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That night Izuku hurriedly called his father. "DAD! Guess what?!"
"Oh, what is it Izuku?" his father asked.
"I met All Might today!" He exclaimed.
"Oh?" his father asked.
"Get this! He told me his Quirk!"
There was a short pause. "That sounds interesting. What was it?" His father had been the one to get him interested in Quirks. He had said 'If you know a Quirk, you know it's weakness. If you know a weakness, you can defeat your enemies'.
"It's called One For All! It's a transferable Quirk as well!"
There was another pause. "That's… unique." His father said.
"And he told me he'd like to pass it on to me! And I said yes!" Silence. "Dad?"
"I-I'm proud of you Izuku," His father said, although it sounded forced. Izuku knew his dad didn't like All Might. He didn't know why though. He said that All Might was the only hero that actually lived up to the title, and therefore was the only hero worthy of any respect.
"Well, I told Mom, and she said she's proud of me to! Have a good night!" Izuku excitedly said.
"Good night son", his father replied, before Izuku hung up.
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All For One carefully set the phone down before sighing. He quickly activated a Quirk that made himself silent. And then he opened his mouth. "ALL MIGHT YOU MOTHERFUCKING BASTARD! OUT OF ALL OF THE POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS YOU CHOSE MY SON?! Granted I'm happy that the Quirk will be back in the family," He finished, calming down. He cancelled the Quirk and turned around. The sludge villain, now minus his Quirk (It had been given to a Quirkless boy who was about 5 years younger then his son.) whimpered as All For One turned to him. "Now then, what to do with you? I've already dug out your nails, chopped off your fingers and toes, made you eat them, and-" he started to mutter under his breath.
His doctor knocked on the door. "Sir? We figured out how to do it!"
"Oh really?" he called back.
"Yes! We just need a test subject!"
All For One grinned under his mask. "We already have one."
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And thus, two days later, Izuku was staring at the trash of Dagobah Beach Park. "Ummm, why are we here?" he asked.
All Might (In his muscled form) laughed. "MY QUIRK, ONE FOR ALL, IS THE COMBINED PHYSICAL PROWESS OF MULTIPLE PEOPLE. IF YOU WERE TO CLAIM IT NOW, IN AN UNPREPARED BODY, YOUR LIMBS WOULD TEAR THEMSELVES FROM YOUR BODY AND EXPLODE!"
"E-explode?" Izuku murmured.
"HENCE THE TRAINING! AND THERE'S ANOTHER REASON." All Might grabbed an old fridge and crushed it flat. "HEROES TODAY ARE AFTER THE FLASHY THINGS. IT'S ALL ABOUT POPULARITY FOR THEM. HOWEVER, BEING A HERO ALSO INVOLVES VOLUNTEER WORK LIKE THIS! THIS IS YOUR FIRST STEP YOUNG MIDORIYA! YOU ARE TO RESTORE THE HORIZON TO THIS BEACH BY CLEARING IT BEFORE YOU LEAVE FOR UA IN TEN MONTHS!"
"All of this?!" he hysterically questioned.
"IT'S THE SAD TRUTH OF REALITY THAT TO GET INTO THE UA HERO COURSE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A QUIRK, AND WHILE YOU DO HAVE ONE, YOU'RE RELUCTANT TO USE IT. THEREFORE YOU HAVE TO TRAIN YOUR BODY."
"I see!" he immediately ran over to grab a washing machine to carry it.
"ERR, YOU MIGHT WANT TO START SMALLER," All Might grimaced. Izuku was too caught up in the rush of trying to please his favorite hero. It came as a surprise to both of them that he could pick it up!
"W-wha?" was all Izuku could say.
"YOUNG MIDORIYA? YOUR ARMS ARE FLASHING BLACK AND RED. IS THAT… NORMAL FOR YOU?" Izuku looked at his arms and sure enough, they were pulsing red and black. Just like the tendrils… 'Is this part of my Quirk?' he thought to himself. He proceeded to try to throw it, and it went about 15 feet! "THAT SHOULD SPEED THINGS UP A BIT!" All Might laughed.
"I-I guess." Izuku muttered.
All Might then pulled out a pile of papers. "WELL, THIS IS WORTHLESS NOW!" he proceeded to rip it up. "I WROTE THAT LAST NIGHT AS YOUR TRAINING REGIMEN! HOWEVER, SEEING YOUR QUIRK ADDS A STRENGTH FACTOR, I'LL HAVE TO RE-WRITE IT! NOW THEN, I WANT YOU TO USE YOUR QUIRK TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITIES FOR THE DAY SO I CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND YOUR CURRENT STRENGTH!"
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And so began the ten months of hell for Izuku. The rest of the day was spent applying his Quirk to enhance his muscles. He found that he could carry around ten times as much when his Quirk was activated then when it wasn't activated. Of course, this meant that when his strength went up, the amount he could carry when his Quirk was in use went up as well. this led to All Might encouraging him to not use his quirk. "If you strengthen your body now, you'll be able to use your Quirk even more!" he had said. On the second day, All Might saw the tendrils in action in the fullest…
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All Might had run out of time for the day, so he was just watching Izuku. He was currently carrying a ten pound tire. "All right! It's getting to be about noon, so let's break for lunch!" he shouted.
"Yes sir!" Izuku panted out. And then a rustling was heard.
"Alright, this is a good place to store the loot. No one's around."
Izuku froze. 'All Might's out of time, so there's no way to fight back! I'll have to be careful!'
"Hey Izuku! You alright?"
'SHIT!'
"Well well well, what have we here?"
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"Izuku?" Toshinori called.
"Hey! No sudden moves!" All Might froze at that. A robber, one that managed to escape from the bank robbery that he managed to stop (mostly) had a gun to his heir's head! "Now then, you're going to stay right there." The man said.
"MMPH!" Izuku shouted into his gag.
'I'm out of time today. Damn it!' He thought to himself. He raised a hand. "Hey, can you just let us go?" he politely asked.
"NO SUDDEN MOVES! Now get down on the ground!" the robber shouted. Toshinori began to lower himself when he began to cough up blood. "Well then, since you're dying already, I have no use for you." He then pointed the gun at his head.
"MMMMMMMPPPPHHHH!" Izuku began to struggle.
"Hey stop struggling brat!" the man shouted. He then fired his gun into Izuku's head, blowing his brains out.
Toshinori's blood ran cold, and tears began to form in his eyes. He had failed to stop the death of an innocent child. "Now then, there can't be any witnesses." the murderer stated. However, before he could shoot, they both saw… something coming out of Izuku's head. It was a mass of black tendrils. The brain matter around him shriveled up while the tendrils started to turn into recognizable human body parts. Soon, Izuku's head was back to normal! "What?!" the murderer shouted. And then with a sickening crack, Izuku's back split open. He was on the ground at the time, face first, so his back was to the sky. Toshinori saw the tendrils pop out and then they impaled the killer! Then, before he had time to scream, he began to dissolve into goo which the tendrils absorbed with horrifying sucking sounds. And then, Izuku's hands twitched. He brought his arms up to his head, and a hissing sound of pain was heard. After a few seconds, Izuku pushed himself up.
"What. The hell. Was that?" Toshinori choked out.
"That was my Quirk," Izuku stated without emotion.
"I see. So that's what you meant. At least you're alive," Yagi said.
"That part isn't new to me." Izuku replied. "One of the bullies at school, a kid named Muto, stabbed me in the gut and ran. When I pulled the knife out I saw myself heal." The fact Izuku said this without a negative reaction was quite horrifying.
"Someone tried to kill you?" Toshinori was stuck on that. "Why didn't you report it?"
Izuku shrugged. "I did. The principal dismissed the claim as he thought, along with almost everyone else, that I was Quirkless. According to the medical records, I have the extra toe joint." Toshinori growled at that. "It gets worse. My Quirk, that is," Izuku said. "I know everything he knew. I know his body count. This wasn't his first time. He works for a gang. They use the money to buy sex slaves. He preferred them young."
"Oh my God" Toshinori gasped. "That's INCREDIBLE!"
That statement was not something Izuku was expecting. "W-what?" Izuku stuttered, shocked out of his emotionless state.
"You can survive a lethal wound! Do you know what that means?! You're unstoppable!" he started laughing. "Don't fear your Quirk, my boy! After all, now we know that you can survive that, you could survive probably anything! No villain would be able to rest easy during the night! And if they knew your ability then they'd be unable to use canon fodder to hide, as the fodder would know! Now then, do you want lunch?" he asked.
Izuku shook his head. "No. I just ate."
"What do you- oh." He said. Izuku sighed. And then they heard another person.
"Hey! Usateo! You done?!" They both paled. And then, Izuku's body was covered in the tendrils! With a whoosh of wind, the robber was in his place. Toshinori was shocked! And then Izuku spoke with the robber's voice!
"Yeah, I'm done! I'll see you tonight!" They heard footsteps leaving. And then Izuku's form shifted back to his true form. "That was… surprising." was all Izuku said.
"Y-you can take the form of those you… what did you call it? Consume? Yes, consume. And you know what they knew! You, my friend, are the PERFECT infiltrator!" Izuku was shocked by the praise from his hero. He was still shocked by how easy it was to disguise himself like that! And now his hero was telling him that it could be useful! Sure it would involve killing, but Izuku knew that villains had died under All Might's fists before. Those were usually the ones that bragged about raping people.
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The rest of the months soon passed along. Izuku focused hard in school and All Might had given him an updated 'Aim to pass, American Dream Plan' that involved his Quirk. Of course, it still came as a shock to Izuku when he found that he didn't need to sleep like normal people! He only needed about four hours of rest, and that was when he was working so hard! He used the extra hours to do homework and some other exercises. This led to the beach getting cleared up even quicker! However, some things never change…
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It was the morning of the entrance exam. Toshinori had decided to see how his successor was doing on the beach. He knew that there was still a lot to be done, but Izuku had met expectations. His body should be ready- especially since the fact that he could come back from lethal injuries showed itself ten months ago. And then he heard it.
"EEEHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Shocked, he looked up and saw Izuku atop a giant pile of trash!
'H-he did it!? He finished up on the final night?!' and then he looked around. 'The beach is SPOTLESS! Not a single dust speck remains! He even got the parts I explicitly told him he didn't have to get!' "Oh. My." Toshinori became All Might out of sheer shock. "GOODNESS!" Izuku then wobbled from the tower of junk and fell. But before he could hit the ground All Might caught him. To his surprise, Izuku was still able to talk.
"All Might… I did it!" he whispered out.
"INDEED YOU DID, YOUNG MIDORIYA!" He then pulled out a phone. "LOOK! I TOOK PICTURES FOR YOU!" He showed his pupil the picture labeled 'before'. "HOW DO YOU FEEL?"
"I feel… really tired… and hungry," Izuku managed to pant out.
"FEAR NOT!" All Might shouted. He quickly ran back to his van where he had a few rabbits. "EAT UP!" he shouted, tossing them into the air. The feeding tendrils shot out and speared them midair. "I SEE YOUR TIMING IS IMPROVING AS WELL! AND YOUR CLAWS?" He had started to train Izuku to use his claws a month ago. His pupil concentrated for a moment before his hands became giant claws, far larger than his head! Each talon was as sharp as a sword and had the size to match! Izuku kept up to the tower and sliced a tire into clean pieces. All Might then picked up a steel car and threw it. Izuku then jumped up and sliced at it as well. When it came down, the average gouge in the steel was four inches deep! "I THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH A LOT OF STEEL SOON!" All Might said. Izuku nodded. "YOU ARE CLEARLY READY TO GAIN ONE FOR ALL!" Izuku nodded again.
"Thank you!" he shouted. All Might then reached to the back of his head and plucked out a hair.
"REMEMBER, THIS IS A POWER YOU EARNED. NOW, EAT THIS!" he shouted. That brought Izuku to a stop.
"Huh?"
"YOU NEED A BIT OF DNA TO GAIN IT! ANYTHING'S FI-" And then the tendrils stood straight up and rushed his hand! 'Shit' was what All Might thought. Even now, the mere idea of those getting into him frightened him. One gently wrapped itself around the hair and pulled back a bit before consuming it. "THAT WAS QUITE RISKY!" All Might breathed out.
Izuku shrugged. "I knew that the tendrils wouldn't harm you, as you're not registering as prey. Therefore I decided to test how controllable they are. And now, I know I can use them to grab things!"
All Might sighed. "WHATEVER! NOW COME ON! YOU DON'T WANT TO BE LATE!"