Outskirts of Musutafu

The early sun shone down on a quiet neighbourhood filled with simple, humble housing.

"Morning... is here! Morning... is here!" An alarm clock rang out heroically. Its announcement carried on for a few more seconds, till a hand stuck out from the bedsheets like a serpent, striking the wide smiling bobblehead dead centre to silence it.

A young man crawled out from the bed groggily. He yawned as he did a few quick stretches before slowly dragging himself to the bathroom.

With the light on he could finally see the half-asleep face that belonged to him. Fluffy, messy dark green hair placed atop a freckled face with big, round, watery eyes.

"Mmm... Deku?" A woman's voice called out, "could you close the door? I still wanna lie in a few more minutes."

"Hm? Oh, sorry Ochaco" The man replied, closing it shut. He was Deku, or rather Izuku Midoriya, the No.1 hero. And he had a big day ahead of him! So he grabbed his toothbrush with his ringed hand, and got to freshening up.

Later

Deku had just finished putting on his hero costume, a green and black jumpsuit with a red utility belt and black gauntlets that went about halfway up his upper arm, along with a metal respirator, dangling from his neck.

He was sitting by the door, fixing his black iron soles to his red boot, when he heard footsteps making their way to the kitchen. They belonged to Ochaco Midoriya, a young woman smaller than Deku with bright brown eyes fixed on a round face with constantly blushing cheeks, with short brown hair bobbed and curved inwards near the end, with two long strands near the front that reached her shoulders.

"How come you're leaving so early?" She yawned, pouring herself a cup of coffee.

"The Principal contacted me" He replied, finished with attaching the soles. "He wants me to help with some of the arrangements for the upcoming Sports Festival."

"You must have a big day ahead of you then" Ochaco commented.

"Eh, I'll survive..." Izuku joked.

"One more thing..." Ochaco added.

Deku stood up and turned to face her, "what is i-" Mid-turn, Deku's felt a softness peck his cheek, instantly waking him up and added a faint tinge of red to his face.

Ochaco pulled her face away from her husband's. "Do your best out there, kay?" She said, giving a thumbs up with a padded thumb, and beaming a cheery smile Izuku knew all too well.

Deku smiled then nodded, "sure thing!" He answered, and left the house.

Ochaco yawned and took a quick sip of coffee, "now, where did I put my costume?"

'Alright, let's get going!' Izuku thought he closed the gate behind him. Suddenly he body began to glow as green lightning began surging across it, a small shockwave blasted out shaking the trees and fences around him a bit. 'One for All: Full Cowling!' And like a bullet, Deku sprinted right out of the neighbourhood.

Musutafu City

On the roofs he zipped from building to building, he could hear the sounds of the citizens on the ground...

"Hey! It's Deku!... It's the No.1!... why is he out so early?!"

Izuku couldn't help but smile awkwardly at the masses, it had been about 2 years since he claimed the No.1 position, but he still hadn't quite gotten used to it. But his nervousness quickly faded away once hearing a loud scream!

"Get back here! Thief!" A young woman wailed as she chased a large thug bolting away, bag in hand.

Deku stretched out his right hand, aiming at the unwary guy. "Wind Blaster" he stated. Green light lit up from the black gauntlets, as a section of it shifted forward, covering his entire right hand, but leave a small hole near the front. His arm tracked the thug's movement as he got closer and closer to passing Deku, his sight were locked on.

'Take this! Air Force!' Air suddenly jetted out of the gauntlet gun zipping like a bullet from the high up on the roof, straight into the neck of the villain, immediately knocking him out.

The victim looked up to her saviour, "thank you Deku!"

Deku gave a friendly wave, but another cry for help had caught his attention right in front of him! A truck zoomed down the road uncontrollably swerving left and right, it was complete chaos! Deku hopped down onto the road and gave chase, moving even faster than he did before. Eventually he reached the front of the truck, but before he could even see the one behind the wheel, the situation got even worst!

A little elderly man was slowly crossing the street, careless to what was darting towards him! In a few seconds, the fatal impact would take place.

'No, no, no!' Deku thought, gritting his teeth. "I've got no other choice..." he focused his breathing, and put all his power into his legs! "One for All, 100%" he shouted as he darted ahead of the truck in a single stride, stopping it dead in its tracks with one hand!

The elder had fallen to the floor trembling, finally realising the danger he was just in.

Deku turned away from the scene and put out a hand, "are you ok, old man?" Suddenly the old man jumped the hero, hitting Deku on the head with his walking cane, "ow ow OW! P-please calm down!" Deku begged.

"Youngster's these days... so rude..." the old man bickered, walking off to continue his day.

Deku breathed a sigh of relief, happy the civilian wasn't hurt. But he soured a bit when he looked back to the broken vehicle, where the driver laid slumped over his airbag. "Damn, I was trying to stop this without anyone getting hurt... guess I still have room to improve."

"Deku!" A police officer called out running towards the scene, "thanks for stopping him, we'll take it from here."

Deku nodded, and was about to leave, but was stopped with a question. "How come you're here anyway? Isn't your agency on the other side of the city?" The officer asked.

Izuku smiled, and looked up to the hill where the grand blue building was perched, "I just came to revisit some memories."

U.A High School

Deku smirked as he reentered the U.A barrier. U.A was a second home to him, filled with many good and bad memories gained over the three years he spent training to be a pro.

His trance was cut short as he noticed a small white creature waving at him near the building entrance. "Principal Nezu!" Izuku muttered as he ran over.

"Mr Midoriya" Nezu replied, "It's been a while hasn't it."

"Sure has, I'm already feeling nostalgic" Izuku joked.

Nezu laughed and opened the one of the large red doors into the building, "well we have lots to do today, so come in, come in!"

A few hours later

Deku walked out from the grand Sports Festival Stadium, together with Nezu. "You weren't lying at all Principal" Deku groaned exhaustedly.

Nezu snickered, "sorry about that. As the Number One, you probably have enough on your plate already."

"Not really..." Deku replied, "Nagu barely let's me do anything other than paperwork nowadays, I think I still got a bit of time to spare."

"Oh? If that's the case, why don't you look around campus for a bit?" Nezu suggested.

Deku's eyes lit up, "seriously?!"

Nezu nodded, and was immediately left in the dust by Izuku's Full Cowling. "Enjoy!" He yelled as he waved goodbye.

Campus Fields

"It's a Sunday, so all the students should be in their dorms" Deku mumbled as he wandered along the field path. "But since the Sports Festival is so soon, I'm sure they're all trai-"

Suddenly a huge gust of air flowed right past him as a figure zoomed over his head. Deku watched as the dark winged student flew like a fighter jet, "what a flight quirk..." he muttered, already taking air notes.

The kid landed, skidding to halt, he quickly pulled out his timer. "Tch, still too slow..." Damian cursed, resetting his timer. He swiftly got into a position to take off again. "No way am I gonna lose to them!" He blasted off away from the field, while Deku watched amazed.

Izuku noticed that they were two other girls sparring with each other on the field, one blue haired and the other pink.

Mai drew her right arm back as Lorie starting running towards her. "Gummy Gummy... Pistol!" She punched forward, and a bright pink jelly-like substance shot out, extending from her arm in the form of a fist towards Lorie!

'Woah! I've never seen a quirk like that before!' Deku thought as he looked at Lorie, wondering what her move would be.

Lorie jumped to the side to avoid it, but the pink punch curved! Connecting with Lorie's left arm. Instantly the arm exploded into water! She continued running forward, as the water droplets returned to missing limb, going back to a regular arm again.

"Hmm, Hydroform..." Deku wrote down mentally, "it's a simple quirk, but has a lot of potential."

The pink gummy fist retracted back into Mai's arm. This time she pulled both arms back, "Gummy Gummy... Gatling!" A barrage of pink fists approached Lorie, as Mai kept on punching and retracting her gummy attacks.

Lorie ducked and dodged, flowing around the attacks and slowly getting closer within the flurry of pink. She leapt over a fist, but another struck her dead centre, sending her barreling back to where she started.

Mai ended her assault quickly, afraid she might have gone overboard. "Lorie! Are you ok? Did I hurt you?! I'm sorry!"

Lorie slowly got back up, exhausted, "I'm fine... this won't stop me." She got back into her starting position, "if we stop now, there's no way anyone will notice us, let's do it again!"

Mai paused, but quickly returned to her hyper demeanour even more pumped up than before. "Alright!" She yelled, and got ready to continue.

Deku smiled warmly, "They seem like good friends." Once finished with his observations, he turned towards the main building, "Maybe I'll go check out what the Support Department is up to..."

BOOM!

A huge explosion blasted out the side of the structure! Deku's mouth hit the floor, as he watched smoke bellowed out his old school.

"TANSOOOO! KENTAAAA!" A deep coarse voice roared out from the hole.

"You know what? Never mind" Deku mumbled as he walked towards the training gyms.

Gym Beta

"Ack!" Taro shouted as his body slammed against the polished wooden floor. He recovered quickly, ready to continue his sparring.

"Oh? You still want more?" Bushido asked, getting into his own fighting stance.

Taro dashed up to him twisting his to deliver a spin kick to the side of Bushido's head. His right heel slammed right into the Bushido's forearm instead as the hero punched forward to counterattack, Taro easily ducked under it, using the moment to break away.

Deku watched the spar through the small door window. "Amazing. Even I'd have a tough time fighting Bushido without One for All, but he's avoiding each attack as if he can see it coming already" he mumbled incessantly, "perhaps he has a mind reading quirk? But to be able to use it in combat would require almost instant decision making and lightning reactions."

Taro ducked under Bushido's right hook, getting close enough to go in for a gut punch. But his heart sank once he saw Bushido's real plan, but by then it was too late. Bushido spun around, lowering himself to topple Taro with a back sweep kick.

"Again?" The boy groaned out in pain and frustration after hitting the floor once again, "your combat prowess is genius."

"Heh, you gave into impulse the moment you saw an opening" Bushido stated, "you don't have the speed or strength to protect yourself if you make those errors, you must rely on your mind Taro." He turned to the door, smiling wickedly, "isn't that right... Number One."

Deku slid down, pressing his back to the yellow door. 'No way! Did he hear me mumbling? Or did he just sense my presence?' Eventually he mustered the courage to bolt away, "I've gotta get outta here. He's scarier than Mr Aizawa!" He muttered.

Once Izuku felt he got far enough away to be safe, he continued checking out the campus, being stunning by awesome feats the students accomplished: multi psycho-blasts, illusionary armies, giant garden monsters! He loved it.

"Seems like this place hasn't gotten any less strange..." He sighed to himself, but something caught his attention. "What the?!"

Infirmary

Nurse Kenkou was cleaning up the room, happily humming a tune as she cleaned the counter tops.

"Recovery Gir-" Deku yelled as she stormed the room, scaring the poor medic. "Eh? You're not... never mind, I found this kid lying unconscious on the field."

"D-D-D-Deku?!" Kenkou wailed, surprised by the celebrity appearance. She looked down at the boy the hero was calling, "oh no, get him on the bed quickly!"

Deku rested him down, "is he gonna be alright? Miss..."

"Chisaki Kenkou. Recovery Girl retired a couple years ago" she stated, quickly searching her medicine cabinet, "he'll be alright. It's just his quirk. Whenever he uses it his body reacts quite badly."

Daigo was conscious again, but still in serious discomfort, groaning quietly as he attempted to rest.

"I tell him time and time again to ensure he has my supervision when wanting to use his quirk..." she sighed, "he'll be getting a piece of my mind once he's better alright."

Deku looked at the boy sympathetically, reminiscing over his early days at U.A, "he's just like how I was..." he whispered to himself.

Kenkou pulled the medicine out the cabinet, turning back to the hero and smiling sweetly as she administered it to Daigo, "don't worry, he'll recover. Thanks for bringing him to me."

Before he could reply, Deku's phone rang. He took it out and gasped, his entire screen was covered with missed call notifications, all from one person, Nagu. He left the room to call the name back, "h-hello..." Izuku said sheepishly.

"I'VE BEEN CALLING YOU ALL DAY!" The phone screeched, nearly blowing out Deku's eardrum.

Deku's voice fumbled, "S-sorry Nagu, I-I-I was ju-"

Nagu sighed, "I know I know, but you were supposed to be back before noon... it's almost 3!"

"I'll head over right now" Deku replied, and hung up. "I got way too caught up checking out all the first years quirks, I couldn't even say hi to Mr Aizawa" he sighed, running out the exit.

Deku Hero Agency

The foyer of the large building was busy filled with sidekicks leaving to go out on patrol, reporters wanting the latest scoop and even businessmen trying to get the Number One to sponsor their latest product.

Deku got in the elevator, going straight to the top of the building, to a much fancier room. where someone was waiting, and they appeared to have waited for a while from the sound of their irritated foot tapping, as they rested on a large oak desk displeased.

The women appeared to be a bit older than Izuku, she had blond hair tied up tight in a bun, and stared at him with tired dark green eyes behind her big round glasses. She was Nagu Kitai, Deku's secretary and coordinator. It was her job to make sure everything in the agency ran smoothly and according to schedule, and that included the hero himself.

Deku strolled into the room, "Look Nagu, I didn't mean..."

Nagu put her hand out, "save the apology, it just wastes more time." She pressed a button on the desk, and a hologram flashed up from the middle of the room showcasing some images of villains to the hero. "This is what I needed you to be here for. We've been getting reports of villains with strange red chips attached to their bodies, these one are much more dangerous compared to the common villain."

"Then I'll go out and investigate on patrol" Deku stated, walking back to the elevator.

"I don't think so!" Nagu yelled stopping the pro hero dead in his tracks, pulling a huge stack of papers out from under her desk, "you have tons of paperwork that needs to be done."

Izuku's face paled once he got a good look at the white tower, "really? Not even a few hours of patrol?"

Nagu opened her right hand, and a coloured schedule appeared spontaneously. She showed it Deku, "nope, by the time you're finished, we'll be closing" her face turned smug, "but maybe you would've been able to if you followed my schedule in the first place." Deku relinquished, taking the stack to another room.

Suddenly the phone went off. "Hello, this is Nagu..." her face turned shocked, "what? Our sidekicks are being overwhelmed by a single villain?.. uh huh... okay, I'll send out backup."

Deku stormed into the room still holding the papers, "where's the villain?" He asked.

"Kiyashi ward, near the shopping mall" Nagu replied.

"That isn't very far" Izuku replied dumping the papers back on her desk, and walking into the elevator.

"Wait! We have more than enough capable sidekicks to provide backup, you still need to finish all that paperwork!" She exclaimed.

"Oh, I already finished it all" Said Deku, closing the elevator doors and descending to the ground floor.

To Nagu's surprise, he wasn't lying. Her angry face softened up into a smile, as she checked over each document. "That man..." she chuckled.

Kiyashi Ward

Deku bolted down the street, getting closer and closer to the screams and shrieks.

"Dammit! Nothing's working!" A hero grumbled, as he and the other sidekicks kept the gigantic villain at bay. Some hit it from all sides with fire, ice, lightning and other emitter attacks, though it had no effect on the behemoth. Others sidekicks with less helpful quirks kept the public at a safe distance from the battle.

"Kill... must... kill!" The villain grumbled. Suddenly the monster made a deafening wail, as if something snapped in him. He cracked the ground with a single strike, the force of the tremor threw the heroes around him up into the air slamming them hard into the broken ground. Even Deku felt the quaking, making him dash even faster.

With his attackers down, the villain began to make his move. "Wha... what is he doing?!" A voice in the crowd trembled, as they watched the villain grab a truck, and turn to them all. His face had changed, it twisted into an evil glee as he threw the vehicle right at the crowd!

They screamed and panicked as it flew closer and closer to them. But then...

"SMASH!" Deku cried out as he punched the truck right back at the villain! Before it reached him, Deku noticed the villain place his left hand on the left of his neck, before placing its other hand out to stop it instantly.

Deku put on his biggest smile, as he turned to the public, "do not fear, I'm here to protect you all!"

"Eh? Doesn't he sound a bit like All Might?" The masses mumbled, "maybe the rumours about him being a huge All Might fan were true."

"Of course..." Deku sighed, slightly embarrassed. He returned his focus to the monster. He leapt up into the air, flipping forward as he descended towards the villain. "St. Louis Smash!" He yelled out as he smashed the back of his right heel into the head of the monster.

But the villain remained unfazed. He attempted to slap Deku away with a giant hand, but Deku hopped back, to divert the villain attention from his fallen sidekicks and to take a bit of time to analyse the situation.

"Looks like it isn't just an enlargement quirk" He mumbled, "he's also got some sort of damage absorption. So he has multiple quirks, just like a... Nomu." Izuku shuddered as he thought back to the first time he and the rest of his class had encountered the horrific creation at USJ.

"URRRAAAH!" The giant villain yelled, "I'LL KILL YOU ALLLL!" He bounded over to Deku, and began his barrage of punches. Each blow struck Deku's guard hard like a battering ram.

"Dammit, it hurts..." Deku groaned. "But, this isn't enough to beat me!"

5 years ago

U.A High School

Graduation day. Everyone was there with their families, celebrating happily and tearfully saying goodbyes to their friends and teachers.

"We did it Deku! We're finally Pro Heroes!" Ochaco wailed excitedly.

"T-that's right!" Deku couldn't decide whether to tear up or get flustered, "Mom can't stop crying, it's starting to get to me."

"So, what're you gonna do now?" Ochaco asked, "I think I'll continue working with Ryukyu for now. Who knows, maybe I'll form my own agency in a couple years!"

Izuku wiped his tears away, and smiled brightly, "I think... I'm gonna travel the world."

"Eh?! The world?" Ochaco replied stunned by his reply, "I couldn't even imagine leaving Japan, let alone go out of Asia."

"I know. Honestly, I'm a little bit scared" Deku replied, "but in order to become the Number One, I'll have to get even stronger, and there are somethings that I just can't learn here in Japan... so, that's my plan for now."

Ochaco laughed, "even after all you've been through: Shigaraki, the Final Battle... you still want to get stronger" her face blushed a bit, "I've always admired that about you..."

Deku's finally chose to get flustered, but soon another student's shouting disrupted their heartfelt conversation.

"Uraraka, Midoriya! Get over here! We can't have a class photo without the entire class!" Tenya Iida exclaimed dramatically.

2 years.

Izuku spent 2 years working as a Pro Hero around the globe. Defending the weak in the Brazilian Favelas, to fighting villains in the unrelenting heat of the Egyptian Sahara and even upgraded his gear with state-of-the-art hero equipment, Anjeon-Tech, in South Korea. And when he returned to Japan, with his newfound strength he claimed the top position within the year!

Present

Deku pushed the villain away with a small shockwave of power. "Time to go all out!" He announced. "Stun knuckle." The knuckles on his black gauntlets began to shine a bright yellow. Deku bolted in front of the villain, dishing out a flurry of punches to the monster's centre. A couple seconds later, small dots of yellow light shone bright all over the villain's chest, shocking him everywhere.

Izuku noticed a bright red light coming from exactly where the villain was covering up with his hand earlier. 'This must be what Nagu was talking about!' He thought.

Green lightning thundered across his body, as his messy hair perked up, and the shockwaves emitted grew larger. "One for All, 100%!"

Deku kicked the villain high up into the air with a backflip kick! He crouched down, preparing to jump. He blasted up into the air with the monster. "Tornado Shoot!" Air shot out from the bottom of Deku's iron soles. He used the extra force to spin himself faster and faster as he reached the villain! "Here's something I learnt back in the U.S!" Deku exclaimed.

"FLORIDA... SMAAAASH!" He yelled out as he slammed his right foot straight into the red chip of the villain! The kick blasted him right into the ground with the force of a tornado!

The masses watched on, as the 2 fell back down. One laid flat on the floor, his gargantuan body seized up on the floor.

The other, the hero - stood proud. Raising a fist victoriously to the roaring crowd.

Later

Midoriya Household

"Ochaco, I bought the mochi you wanted" Deku said, closing the door behind him, removing his soles and boots. He left the bag on the kitchen counter and slumped onto the sofa, "man, I'm pooped" he whined, pleased that he was finally able to relax. A thought popped into his head as he jolted up, "oh yeah, I can't forget!" He quickly walked over to his office.

The room was filled to the brim with All Might merchandise. Posters, figures even a few costumes were hung up on display on the walls. Deku sat down at his desk, picking up a photo. It was his final class photo, taken at graduation, just before he left Japan.

He stared at his younger self smiling back at him cheerfully with Ochaco and Tenya at his sides. He couldn't help but think back to the words that set him on his path straight from the mouth of one of the greatest heroes...

"You can be a hero."

"I want... to a Beacon of Hope to the next generation of heroes" Izuku mumbled as he pull out a drawer, "who knows, maybe I'll have to say those same words someday." He took out a light blue notebook from the drawer. On it was written:

'Hero Analysis for the Future No.21'

'I saw so many amazing people today...' he thought as he opened up the book, grinning excitedly as he took out one of his All Might pens.

"Let's start writing!"