"IZUKU!" Inko's worried voice cried out when the boy walked into their apartment, being assaulted by a tight hug from the woman. Gently he wrapped his arms around her as well, JJ walking in after him nervously. "Are you ok?! All I heard from Ectoplasm was there was a villain attack happening and I was so worried! You're not hurt are you? Was it the ones who attacked you before? What's-"
"Mom, give me a second." The greenette said, slowly parting from her Looking behind her he saw Ectoplasm standing guard behind her, ready to jump in. Midoriya sighed as he turned to face his new friend. "Before anything, I want you to meet JJ."
"Um…Hello, miss Midoriya." The Splixson said with a nervous wave,
"Oh, why hello there. I don't believe I've met you before." The woman said, crouching down to shake her hand.
"I'd be more surprised if you did, Mom. JJ isn't from earth so…"
"Wait what?!" Inko quickly bolted up at that, looking at her son. Then a knowing glint appeared in her eyes. "Then does that mean… your watch really does…"
"Yeah, All Might's theory was right." The Omnitrix bearer nodded, lifting up said watch. "Everything in here is part of different alien species. In fact, I got a few new ones today…"
"Does…. someone want to explain what you're all talking about?" Ectoplasm asked from the back, confused. Midoriya scratched the back of his head nervously as he started making his way to the kitchen.
"Yeah, but before that let's eat." The boy suggested as he did so, looking back to the alien girl behind him. "After all we need to find out what JJ can eat anyways."
"So what exactly is happening anyways with me?" She asked quietly, keeping close to the greenette. "I mean I know that Nezu person said I'd be welcome but…"
"I still have a spare bed in my room, so you can stay here for now. Is that okay, mom?"
"Huh? Well yes I suppose so but why exactly does she have to?" Inko inquired confused, only for Midoriya and JJ to share a look.
"It's….a bit of a long story."
Later than night, after Midoriya had gotten through the long process of explaining everything that had happened to his mother and dealt with the many fainting spells that came with that, he'd retired to his room with JJ.
The Splixson had been thankful when the Omnitrix bearer had let her go to bed pretty much as soon as they walked in, exhausted from the day's events.
Midoriya himself couldn't say he wasn't nervous as sat down at his desk, pulling out his notebook for his aliens and updating parts, as well as adding his new transformations.
As he did, his mind kept wandering to the fact he'd have to explain everything to his class. The whole truth about the Omnitrix. He was so not looking forward to that.
Eventually, he'd gone to try to sleep when his phone suddenly started vibrating. Picking it up he saw that it was a call from All Might. He answered it quick and before he could even ask what was the matter the blonde began talking.
"Come to the hospital wing immediately. It's about One for All."
He didn't need to be told twice.
The school had an almost eerie atmosphere during the night, with the quiet seemingly abandoned halls and few flickering lights. The relative silence exacerbating any noise that was made such as his footsteps.
It was like being in a horror movie. With a shudder he put that thought aside and quickly found the infirmary, one of the only places to have its lights and other electronics and such on. He opened the door to find All Might laid up in bed beside a man he didn't know and Recovery Girl examining some readings he couldn't really see.
"Ah, this your successor then, Toshinori?" The unfamiliar man questioned, noticing the boy and prompting the other two to look at him. The blonde nodded with a grin.
"Yeah. Young Midoriya, this man here is an old friend of mine from the police force, detective Tsukauchi. Tsukauchi, this is Midoriya." The skinny bandaged man introduced and Midoriya reached over the bed to shake the detective's hand. "Don't worry kid, he knows about One for All."
"Woah, really?" The teen questioned and the man nodded as je pulled his hand back. Midoriya tugged at his sleeve as turned to his mentor. "So, why exactly did you want me to come here?"
"Well two reasons actually, one Tsukauchi here will need your account on what happened at the USJ today for his investigation. I already prepared him for a lot of it so you don't need to try to ease into anything." The blonde said with a wave of his hand. Then his gaze turned more serious as he looked up to the greenette. "Secondly…. I wasn't expecting anything like this to happen. I thought we would have until your third year to finally get you ready but… With what's happened now, I don't think we should put it off any longer. Midoriya, it's time I gave you One for All."
"W-wait really?! But…my body…."
"It's….I won't lie kid you're not perfectly ready yet. Not to the point you can use the full power without damaging yourself but you are at the point you should be able to hold it at least." The blonde said yanking out a strand of his hair. "Before I do…I just want you to know that you earned this kid. You've proven to me time and time again now that no matter what powers you're given, if you are even given any that you are worthy of being called a hero. Think of this as the embodiment of all that you have accomplished so far. You're reward."
He held out his hand as Midoriya felt his heartbeat faster. He knew this moment would be coming one day. He knew he'd inherit his mentors power but he never expected it to be like this.
This was a tremendous occasion. He didn't think anything could ruin this moment.
"Eat this."
….He should have known better. "Eh?!"
"To get my power you have to ingest my DNA, that's how it works. Look this is the least disgusting and questionable way, you do not want to know how one of the previous holders got it. He-"
"NOPE DON'T WANT TO KNOW!" The boy interrupted quickly, yanking the hair out and just forcing it down to avoid whatever that story would be. He gagged a little as he did but eventually he managed to eat it. "Ok…It's in…What now?"
"Now you'll have to wait for it to digest. Still, aside from that everything should be fin-"
"DNA Alteration detected." A sudden robotic voice announced, causing everyone's eyes to go wide a Midoriya pulled his wrist up. The Omnitrix was now glowing. "Scanning…."
"Uh…Omnitrix?"
"Was this alteration intentional?" It asked in that odd robotic voice and the boy looked at the others, who seemed equally as confused.
"Uh, yes. Yes it was."
"No danger detected. Updating Human DNA Sample. EHUIWHUIDGwuhduiehsifgiagf\isruobsribhibvhbdrhbvrfhbvdrhbsrhbvsrhbh!"
Suddenly a few sparks flew off the watch and the boy quickly moved it away from the others so they wouldn't get zapped. "What the?!"
"Oh shit did we fry the thing?!" All Might questioned, getting lightly smacked by the nurse for swearing. "Wait it's glowing again!"
"Function rebooting…. Settings restored. Slow Playlist Unlocking activated. Translator Activated. New feature detected." The watch started rattling off different features, only serving to confuse everyone witnessing it. Then… "New features name, One for All."
"It…recognizes it?" Tsukauchi questioned shocked.
"Function: Increases users physical abilities via stored energy. Integrating function into Codon Stream."
"Wait what does that mean?" Midoriya questioned worried, really hoping he hadn't somehow just erased One for All's passing on ability or something. The watch actually seemed to understand his question, as it started to explain.
"One for All improves the user, partially through DNA. Using the Omni-matrix this can be preserved through all transformations. Current amount deemed to dangerous to use in human body. Relative split between power output in normal form and alien form is 3% in human form, 98% in alternative forms."
"So…I can't use a lot of One for All in human form then?" He questioned as he took a seat on the opposite bed, wishing this wasn't hurting his head as much as it did.
"Affirmative. For your safety, the Omni-matrix has locked away a majority of that potential away. Use newly generated code IZUMID22100 to re-evaluate your capability at any time. If it is deemed safe more power will be transferred to regular form."
"Well….that must be the oddest thing the watch has done so far…" All Might commented as he scratched the back of his head.
"Yeah…I wonder if-"
"Error. Splixson DNA is being heavily altered by One for All. Should we attempt to intervene? The results are unknown." The Omnitrix announced and really Midoriya was starting to get sick of all the stuff it suddenly was coming away with. 'I miss when I just pressed a button to turn into something else.'
"Is it dangerous?"
"Unknown. It is not able to be a threat to user's life but may still not be stable."
"….Leave it for now. I'll decide what to do later."
"Affirmative."
"My boy?" Toshinori cocked his head to the side. "You're leaving it? Why?"
"Curiosity to be honest." The greenette said, scratching his head and standing up again. "It only said Splixson, not all DNA. I want to know why. Though….all things considered I might have a theory…"
"Oh, and what is that?"
"Better to wait until we can actually test it. So…." He couldn't help the small grin that grew across his face as he looked up at his mentor. "I have One for All…"
"Yeah kid. Yeah you do." All Might said with his own grin.
Two days had passed since then, with dread slowly creeping up more and more on the boy until finally he was swarming with it in this moment.
He'd not gone immediately to class, instead going to the principal's office to talk about what they were going to reveal today. As well as how to cover up One for All. A part of him hated he'd still have to lie but he understood the importance of it, he knew he couldn't just ignore it either.
After what would normally be the end of homeroom the two had walked to the 1-A classroom. It was the first day back since the USJ and everyone has seemed a little tense. Understandable all things considered.
Now, all that stood before the boy and his class was the door. A gently shove in the leg by Nezu though grounded him a little and he took a deep breathe, before opening the door. 'They're your friends, they'll understand. If you can escape an alien abduction you can do this…'
He walked in and the entire room descended into silence as he did. Aizawa just nodded at them when they walked in.
"Hope our timing didn't interrupt anything, Aizawa." The principal said in his usual chipper voice, waving to the students as he walked in.
"I was just starting to tell the students about the sports festival, but it can wait." The gruff man said, taking a seat at his desk and looking up at his one missing student.
"So….Midoriya? Are you ok dude?" Kirishima spoke up with a hint of worry. "We heard something happened to you at the USJ but no one really knows what. You didn't get hurt to badly or something, did you?"
"Not….not exactly." The greenette waved away the concern, trying not to meet Kaminari's eye. "Ok, maybe it would be best to start from the top. Before anything else… I just want to say I'm sorry for lying to all of you."
"Wait what? What do you mean?!" Iida asked, concerned. "What lie? And why would you lie to us!?"
The Omnitrix bearer let out a sigh and went to explain but before he could…
"I'm afraid that last part is my fault, young Iida." A familiar booming voice said and the greenette looked up in surprise to see his mentor's muscle form walking in, wrapped in a few bandages.
"All Might?! What are you doing here, shouldn't you be resting?!" Uraraka called out with a hint of worry.
"Hahaha, not to fear young Uraraka, I got the all clear from Recovery girl. After all, I could hardly just let Midoriya fall into the deep end for something that wasn't his fault. Not to mention, seeing as I was there when this all happened it might help for me to also shed some light on a few things."
"Wait, you knew each other before U.A?!" Hagakure practically jumped out her chair as she shouted that question, before sitting back down when Aizawa glared at her.
"Yes, we did. I'd ask you keep any wild speculative rumors to yourself as well, miss Ashido." The blonde said with a serious gaze directed at the pink girl.
"hey, why are you picking on me?" She asked with a pout. Midoriya just shook his head.
"What's truly important is simply that I was already aware of young Midoriya when these events occurred, as I happened to be patrolling his home city a lot at the time." The blonde said with a shrug. "Now, all I know from my point of view, which I'll give you first is I knew young Midoriya was in the forest of said city. I then lost track of him, nothing particularly concerning until a meteor crashed into the ground and exploded. I rushed in to check on him to only find a massive dinosaur like creature and blood on the ground. Knowing Midoriya was quirkless, I could only assume this was a villain who had attacked him…"
"Wait but… If that dinosaur was…." Kirishima seemed to put the pieces together quickly, before he began to sweat. "Oh man…."
"Yes, it's time I let young Midoriya tell you the whole story."
With that, the greenette stepped forward and launched into the tale. He omitted the part where he had been camping with All Might and just got onto his walk through the forest.
He explained the many falls and scrapes and how the comet had nearly taken off his head, which had gotten a few shudders from the others in the room.
"So… at this point I'm obviously a little freaked out, because this thing has just fallen out the sky and nearly killed me. Normally I probably would of just left that spot and tried to go home but…Then I saw the comet was made of metal." He explained as he lifted his watch up for all to see. "I guess it was just instinct to reach towards it. It was too…perfect for it to be a natural formation. Then, it opened up and this thing decided to jump out at me."
"So…. You have no idea where the Omnitrix actually came from?" Yaoyorouzu asked with a frown, and he nodded. "Yet you kept a mysterious and potentially dangerous device anyways?"
"I didn't really have much choice. I tried everything I could think of to get it off, but it wouldn't budge. Eventually I accidentally brought up the selection wheel and I just thought pressing it back down would close it. Instead I turned into my first ever alien."
"Colossus, a 12 foot tall bipedal dinosaur." All Might finished for him, and looks of understanding dawned upon the class.
"Wait…. but wasn't All Might about to attack you? How did you talk him down?!" Tsuyu questioned next, placing a finger to her chin. Midoriya scratched the back of his head at that.
"I…didn't"
"Yes, I'm afraid I jumped to conclusions a little to quick and found myself deaf in my own anger. Something you should always try to avoid doing." The blonde said with a tone of shame. "Fortunately, as luck would have it that alien would turn out to be one of his strongest. Even with zero training young Midoriya put up a decent fight against me long enough to explain the situation and time out."
"Oh wow…. That's… That's really a terrifying first test for the very first time using your powers." Ojiro said, sweating slightly just imagining it. "Though, that still doesn't explain why you had to lie about it."
"Like I said before, that was my fault. You see, as we were unable to remove the watch we discussed the options available for it. We had no idea of it's origins however the following day…"
"A villain attacked me trying to get it. One of those USJ robots." The boy explained. "In a way I got incredibly lucky though. There wasn't any pro's around to save us, and…I don't know. I just saw this robot gunning for these two kids and I just reacted."
"What alien were you then?" Aizawa asked, though he had his suspicion.
"Blink. I never meant to get in an actual fight but seeing as he was coming for me, he was willing to kill other people and there were no pro's to distract it I couldn't really just run away. My mom ended up getting those kids away and I did the first thing I could think of, I used the wind kicked up by Blink's sheer speed to send the robot into orbit and smash it on the way down."
"You…really have some insane adventures cause of that thing, dude." Sero deadpanned.
"Yeah… anyways at this point we knew someone was after the watch, which is also how we found it's name, and we knew they were willing to kill people to get it. We could only assume it was the person who made the watch in the first place, which meant we definitely were not just going to give it back."
"Ah… yeah then the solution is simple…" Iida said, nodding his head as he started to understand. "You couldn't take it off anyways and it allowed you to deal with the fact you lack a quirk so I can only imagine you wouldn't have particularly wanted to part with it anyways."
"Yep. Everything just made it seem like the best option was to just keep the Omnitrix. All Might started to train me to use my aliens somewhat in case I was ever attacked again."
"Ah, so that's why you seemed a little closer than the average student and teacher." Satou said, snapping his fingers as if he just solved the world's hardest puzzle. "So then… The reason to lie about it…"
"Other than it not being technology as we have recently confirmed, we couldn't be sure who made it. Not that I suspect any student here of anything so dastardly, but we decided to keep it's alien origins a secret to avoid yet more attacks on young Midoriya. If a villain saw it but knew it was earth tech, they'd likely just try to get another person to make it, instead of trying to kidnap the only known version."
"So wait… not human technology…"
"Yeah… All Might called the aliens first as just a theory. It was just we knew it fell out the sky, turned me into species we'd never seen before and it even kind of looks alien. It was just a theory at the time, but at the USJ… Well, you all saw Vilgax right?"
"That creepy squid dude? Yeah he was just… Ugh, do not like him at all." Mina said, shuddering lightly.
"Well… You all saw me get dropped through that portal. Vilgax was on the other end. I think I put up a good fight for a while but he managed to start tampering with the Omnitrix somehow, so I timed out earlier than normal. When All Might arrived... Vilgax got his hands on me."
"Wait, he did… Dude, what happened?" Kirishima really was starting to freak out a little and Midoriya felt guilty, knowing the red head was probably even more worried than he let on.
"Well… No point sugar coating it. I was kidnapped and tortured."
"WHAT?!" The entire room suddenly shouted out the question, and despite the worry it caused them Midoriya couldn't help but feel a little happy they actually cared. A red eyed glare from Aizawa quickly got them to quieten down again.
"I get it might be hard to believe but I'm not kidding when I say he took me to a ship. He… He hooked me up to this thing and started blasting electric currents through me, when he knew it wouldn't do anything to get the watch off.
"That bastard!" Surprisingly Yaoyorouzu of all people was the one who exclaimed that before her face flushed crimson and she looked up away embarrassed. All Might just nodded with a growl of his own.
"Yes, yes he is."
"But… Eventually, he did take off the watch."
And so, Midoriya explained his entire adventure on the ship, not leaving out any detail regardless of what they were. They'd been horrified at his near outer space death, intrigued by his meeting with Roller and JJ, horrified yet invested in his recounting of his quirkless battle with Vilgax and finally understanding when he started to struggle, explaining the fight and Roller's ultimate demise.
"Well… That… Explains a lot about things up until this point." Aizawa said, as began to stand up. "Nezu, I was just explaining the importance of the festival when you came in, do you think you could continue for me? I'd like to talk to Midoriya outside."
"Of course! Now then students, what have you been told so far?"
Before Midoriya could hear their reply, her and Aizawa had left and closed the door, blocking out the noise. He looked up to his scruffy tired homeroom teacher, not quite sure what to expect when the man placed a hand on his shoulders.
"I already praised you once for this but… Seeing from what I heard in there you should know you did good kid. I don't completely agree with every action you took at the USJ today but on that ship, you performed better than anyone could ask of you." He sighed before standing back up. "I said once that you'd be useless without your once. Clearly I was wrong, you're capable of more than I gave you credit for."
"…Thank you sir…"
"Now, while we're here, I might as well start explaining the sports festival to you seeing as you missed the start…" The man said with a shrug, turning to face him. Midoriya smiled a little despite himself.
He never thought getting Aizawa's seal of approval on how he performed quirkless would be as gratifying as it was, but he was more than happy to hear that praise.