(11 years later: Aldera Junior High)
"So…as third year students, it's time to start thinking seriously about your futures and what you want to do with your lives." The homeroom teacher spoke with a serious tone, staring around the room at each and every student. "I could pass out some career aptitude tests but-" With a smile, he grabbed onto the papers. "-why bother?"
Some students began using their quirks in excitement. One had their hair grow longer, one had their fingers grow longer, one began covering his fist in rock, and so on and so forth. Izuku didn't do that however, he decided to continue writing in his journal.
"I know you all want to go to the hero track!" He laughed, throwing the papers into the air as the students began cheering, each showing off their different quirks.
One shot flames into the air, another a wind vortex, one stretched his neck allowing his head to float into the air, etc.
"Yes, yes, you all have some very impressive quirks, but no power usage allowed in school!" He informed sternly. "Get ahold of yourselves!"
"Hey teach! Don't lump me in with this bunch of losers." Bakugo ordered smugly. "I'm the real deal, but these guys would be lucky to end up as sidekicks to some busted D lister." He chuckled.
"You think you're better than us Katsuki?!" Most of the class shouted in anger and rage. Some, like the rock fist, began showing off their quirk to try and intimidate him.
"Let's go! I'll take you all on!" He laughed, ready for a fight. "Sides, there's only one other person in here who may make it and become some B listers sidekick." He laughed, grabbing onto his metal pen and chucking it into the sea of students.
It flew through the air at a fast speed, before suddenly freezing right before it could hit Izuku in the head. The greenette had lifted his hand that wasn't writing and had green energy surge into his fingertips, stopping the object in its track. Looking up from his journal, Izuku smirked.
"Love you too, Kacchan. Throw this again and I'll shove where the sun doesn't shine." Izuku threatened, before sending the pen back flying and into Bakugo's hand.
An 'ooo' rang throughout the classroom, and Bakugo's response was to chuckle.
"You can try, Deku."
It's been 11 years since Izuku had developed his quirk; Magnet was a simple name for a not so simple quirk. In those 11 years Izuku has trained with countless trainers and specialists to perfect his quirk and his body. He had muscles on top of muscles after training with heroes such as Gunhead and Crimson Riot. And his quirk has gotten a lot of improvement. Like the doctor said he was able to magnify other parts such as his arms and stomach, he was able to send metal objects away from his body (just like now with Bakugo's pen), and now he was able to change the course and direction of a current moving object. The heaviest object he could move, at the moment, was one ton.
His and Bakugo's friendship had stayed strong and grown, the two were practically brothers at this point with each looking out for the other (Izuku would say they were equal, but Bakugo would always say Izuku was his 'little brother'). Kacchan was a nickname Izuku had for Bakugo since they were little, and Deku was Bakugo's nickname for Izuku since they were about eight. Some bullies were picking on Izuku until Bakugo came to the rescue, and one of them had called Izuku that. Bakugo, much to Izuku's horror, said he liked the ring of it and decided that would be his nickname for Izuku (and it was good revenge for him calling Bakugo, 'Kacchan').
And of course, the two have gotten a lot more competitive with age. Their current win/loss record was 50 for Izuku and 49 for Bakugo.
Mei, well…neither of them had seen her for about two years. She and her family had moved to a different part of Japan for their work. But in the nine years of her being with them, she and Bakugo had become like siblings. Her and Izuku's relationship was a bit more…complicated.
"Eh, you do have some impressive test results Bakugo, maybe you will get into UA High." The teacher stated, causing many to murmur to themselves, asking one another if he was going to try for such a prestigious school. As they murmured, the teacher smirked, ready to fuel the fire. "But, it appears your friend has slightly better scores than you do. Perhaps it'll be Izuku who gets in their first."
"Like hell he will!" Bakugo shouted, slamming his desk in anger and setting off an explosion. He turned and pointed at Izuku. "Listen here Deku! I'm gonna get accepted into UA first! Try to beat me and I'll kick your ass!"
"You can try, but we all know I'd kick your ass if we weren't using quirks."
"Why you little?! I'll-"
"That's enough for now you two, you can fight after school on your own time. Now, get out your books and turn to page 101."
(Hours later, after school)
The front doors of the school burst open as the students ran out, eager to get home and do what they normally did after school. Some, Izuku, decided to take it slow and let everyone else rush out in order to avoid getting stampeded on.
Izuku smiled as he walked down the stairs and out the front gate of the school. The weather was warm, the sun was high in the high, and there was a cool breeze. Nothing could ruin his mood.
"Oi, nerd!"
Ok, there was one thing that could ruin his mood.
He felt an arm wrap around his throat, and as knuckles grinded furiously against his head.
"Those were some real funny jokes you were spitting out in class today." Bakugo growled, continuing his noogie as they walked.
"Learn the difference between a joke and a fact." Izuku growled, slipping through and breaking free of Bakugo's hold. He sighed when the blond placed an arm around his shoulders, to keep him from running.
"You're not getting away from me that easily! Auntie invited me over for dinner, meaning you're gonna be stuck with me tonight."
"Fantastic." Izuku rolled his eyes.
"Oh shut up! You know you love me!"
"I love you as much as villains love All Might."
"Oi, dickhead!"
A laugh escaped Izuku as they continued to walk, continuing down the same street they usually took while cracking jokes. They would continue this route for another 10 minutes before Bakugo remembered he had to go to town to get something for his mom. He groaned and complained about not wanting to, that the old hag could get it herself. But eventually Izuku was able to convenience him to go, so now the greenette found himself alone walking home.
He whistled as he walked, flipping through his notebook and fixing and adding some stuff he had on Mt. Lady. Right now he was going through a tunnel, alone, with no one around.
He shivered and felt like he was being watched. Stopping in his tracks, he began looking around to see if there was anyone near him. Maybe it was just some alley cat?
"You'll make a perfect skin-suit for me to hide in kid." A rough and gritty voice spoke from behind. Freezing, he turned around, and watched as slime began coming from the sewer. It twisted and turned, its height nearing the ceiling of the tunnel.
"A villain." He swallowed thickly, thinking of what he should do. There were countless possibilities, but only one seemed to make sense in this situation.
Run.
Doing a 180, Izuku attempted to run away from the villain, to try and get help to take the villain down. But it was of no use; the slime villain pounced on him, covering his whole body with the disgusting substance. The book was knocked out of his hand as slime started being forced into his mouth.
"Don't worry, I'm just taking over your body! It'll be easier for both of us if you don't fight back. It'll only hurt for a minute; you'll feel better soon!" It cackled, trying to force more of itself into Izuku's mouth and nose.
'Can't…breath!' Izuku thought as he tried fighting back, using one hand to try and dig away at the slime while trying to find some kind of metal to help him out. He couldn't tell if it was because there was no metal around or because his hand was covered in slime, but nothing was coming his way.
Nothing could save him.
"Grab all you want, my bodies made of fluid! Thanks for the help, you're a real hero to me, kid." The villain mocked. "I didn't know he was in the city, I gotta get out of the city fast before he tracks me down."
The hand that was clawing at the slim was no longer able to continue; instead now it hung loosely at his side.
'Body…getting weak. Can't die…promised mom, and Kacchan, and Mei…somebody, save me!' He begged, tears forming in the corner of his eyes as he felt himself dying from the slime. Memories from the past began flashing in his mind, reminding him of the good times, and mocking him of the promises he was no longer able to keep. 'I-I'm sorry you guys!'
The manhole cover behind them suddenly flew into the air and clanged against the ground. Eyes widening, the slime villain stopped his killing of Izuku and turned around.
"Have no fear, for you are safe." All Might informed, right foot slamming into the concrete below. "Now that I am here!"
Beginning to panic, the slime villain formed a hand and shot it towards All Might, who ducked under it with ease. Forming another, he sent it flying towards the hero as well.
Smirking, All Might rushed the villain, before stomping his foot into the ground yet again and raising his fist; wind surrounded it as it moved.
"Texas Smash!" He shouted, punching his fist forward and whipping up wind, sending a vortex towards the villain at an incredible speed. The slime villain was literally blown away from Izuku, its liquid body scattered throughout the tunnel like paint.
Izuku felt himself falling now, no longer in his liquid prison. Opening his eyes, the last thing he saw was All Might in his Texas Smash pose, before he finally fell to the ground, unconscious.
It could've seconds before he came to, or minutes, or house, maybe even days, he didn't know. All he knew was that someone was gently smacking his cheek in order to get him awake. Opening his eyes, he nearly had a stroke when the first thing he saw was All Might's smiling face.
"Glad to see you're finally awake! I had thought I lost you there!" He smiled.
A scream escaped Izuku as he crawled back from the number one pro hero, countless questions and thoughts running through as his mind as the number one hero All Might stared at him with his famous smile.
What happened to the villain? Was he safe? Had he died and gone to heaven? Where was his notebook because he needed an autograph!
"Don't worry, I have apprehended the villain!" All Might spoke as if he just read Izuku's mind, and held up two plastic bottles to show that yes, he had indeed captured the slime villain. "Sorry about that! I didn't mean to get you caught up in my justicing, usually I pay more attention to keeping bystanders safe, but it turns out this cities sewer system is pretty difficult to navigate!" He laughed loudly. When he saw Izuku just stare at him, he continued.
"As an apology I gave you an autograph and placed it on the back pages of that journal you had with it. I apologize for not asking first but you were kind of unconscious when I did so."
All Might was apologizing to him?! Wait until he told Kacchan!
Wait, autograph?!
Grabbing onto his journal and opening it up to the last pages, he screamed again when he saw that, yes, All Might had used two pages to give him one giant autograph. Izuku could now die happily.
"T-Thank you! Thank you so much!" Izuku began bowing like his life depended on it, going on and on about how it would be passed down to generation and generation as an heirloom.
All Might just gave a thumbs up.
"Glad to make your dreams come true! Now if you'll excuse me, I gotta get this villain to the police as soon as possible and then continue my route! Evil never stops, and neither do I!" He laughed, before he started doing some stretches to prepare himself for takeoff.
He…had to go? No! Izuku had so many personal and professional questions to ask! He couldn't just go, not now!
Izuku watched his squat and stretch, and made up his mind, before All Might could jump and get away.
He'd hitch a ride!
(Civil War was the correct answer!)