I'm back ! This chapter gave me a lot of troubles as I am not so good to write combat scene.
Legomasterlord chapter 3
If you all are wondering what happened to me, then know that I started school on 8/14. So that means I will edit/write on Fridays, Staurdays, and Sundays. Sorry for the inconvenience, especially for Griffin.
So, what's are plans for the future look like for Chapter 4 Griffin?
It's about time I take some responsibilities ! This chapter will be proof read by myself ! (I'm about to fail miserably am I ?)
Guest chapter 3
I really really like this. Keep it up.
I am lol, I'm kinda done seeing weird fanfics about IzukuXKatsuki or Shoto ... or the worst of all OchacoXKatsuki (seriously how the f*ck does anyone manage to torture Ochaco with him ?)
Not that I dislike those stories or say that they are trash, I simply says that this is not what I'm looking for and thay maybe people could try something else ... (okay that's still not what I wanted to say)
TheHonestPotato chapter 3
#DadForOne
No, not this time, it's really just going to be a student/teacher relationship.
ShadowWolf Zero chapter 3
Really like the idea for this story. Variations have been done before, but I like this take best of all. Can't wait for your next chapter.
Here it is and it's a big one.
RayMayn chapter 3
This is one of the best AfO!Izuku AU I've read. Izuku's development will be hard because he will rely on his intellect. I'll wait for the next update and good luck!
Oh he will, but he will also receive some help from the smartest person in the world (after Eobard Thawne of course :) his plans have plans wtf)
Broken horn chapter 3
Love this story, cant wait for the next chapter
Thank you for your support !
SolSunFanfics chapter 3
This is seriously awesome! I love how All for One has a soft spot for our green bean!
Reminds him of a certain someone that's all ...
LitchKing chapter 3
Plz update and keep up the good work my dude WWWWRRRRRRYYYYYY
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
4gotin1 chapter 3
Really liking this story. Keep it up!
Again thank you guys for all the amazing support I'm getting for my ... uh ... 7th ? BNHA fic ? (I lost the count but it was necessary to get to this level ^^')
"Izuku hey ! Are you ready for-" When she spotted her friend ahead of her on the way to U.A. Ochaco was ready to give him a small tap on the back but he turned around and she ended up meeting with a small version of Aizawa "A-Are you okay ?!" She worried.
"Yes ! Absolutely ! I'm just a bit off today" Izuku was focusing so much to stay up in fact that he barely recognised Ochaco for a second.
"D-did you forget to sleep ?"
"Well ... I kinda ended up training all night hehehe" If he could te the truth he would say that the king of demons tortured him until he became an instrument of chaos and destruction ... though that also sounds cool in the end.
"You shouldn't have done that ! Beside, today we-Oh ! don't you know ?! All Might is a teacher ! Some students were talking about that when I was walking home yesterday ! THAT'S SO COOL, MY PARENTS WON'T BELIEVE ME" Beamed Ochaco as she randomly punched the air.
"Oh ... in fact I knew" Izuku genuinely admitted.
"YOU KNEW ?!"
"H-Hey ! I-It was a secret ! I couldn't just tell everyone ! And you would have know eventually"
"... sure ... what exactly did you do yesterday ?"
"Hum ... well I- ... I- ... hum, I wo-worked on my costume yes ! I was working on some upgrades and I ended up falling asleep on my desk" if only it was true ... Sensei didn't go easy on him at all, they tried a lot of different quirk so Izuku would be able to feel any quirk way faster than he did before.
According to Sensei each quirk had a special touch, it was harder with him because he had an almost infinite quantity but any other opponent would only have one quirk. The purpose of their training last night was to be able to identify and pull a quirk quickly without not pulling enough or too much ...
1-A classroom a few minutes later.
"Do you think All Might will be able to fit inside the room ? I heard he was massive !" Commented a student called Hanta Sero.
"Dude no way he is so tall" replied Denki Kaminari.
Each time he heard the voice of a student Izuku tried to replace their name in his head, as he never had any friend so far it was a great time to do so, also he might work with them later.
Apparently everyone was now aware that All Might was teaching at U.A. and class 1-A was supposed to start the day with him ... he was late, off to a great start ... but Aizawa was too after all so it didn't change much in the end.
Ochaco was playing with a pen until she noticed something coming out from Izuku's bag, his analysis notebook.
"Hey Izuku, have you ever done anything on All Might ?" She asked gesturing at his notebook for a second.
"Oh ? All Might ? I must have at least two entirely dedicated to him"
"Wow ! Tell me about it !"
"... w-well, where should I start ?" Izuku had to keep it simple, the last thing he wanted to do was to say weird things about quirks again in front of Ochaco "... his quirk is classified and he never speaks about it but we can put it as an emitter ... but- ... it's a strength enhancement quirk at the same time so-" Izuku was interrupted by a loud and booming voice coming from outside the classroom.
"I AM ..." everyone stared at the door, waiting for what was about to enter "COMING THROUGH LIKE A NORMAL PERSON !" Nobody would do it this way but everyone was too amazed to find this akward, All Might was here, in the class, both of his hand holding each sides of the door to prevent his body from falling down.
All Might put his fist in the air and stood behind the teachers desk "Yes ! As all of you must have heard I am indeed a teacher at U.A. this year ! And I'll be teaching hero basic training ! You will be trained in different ways in order to learn the basics of being a hero, so far that should be self explanatory !"
Each student seemed completely hypnotized by All Might, from Izuku's point of view it was becoming kinda scary.
"Let's not waste any more time !" All Might dramatically turned around and showed a small sign with "battle" written on it to the students "that's what we will be doing today ! Combat training !" Izuku suddenly felt that a certain someone became way more interested and enthusiastic about All Might's explanations.
"And to go with that ... This !" All Might pointed the left wall of the class room with a controller and a bunch of cases opened with numbers on them "Here ! costumes made based on your quirk registration and the requests you sent before school starts !"
Izuku stood up with the other students to get his case, he quickly opened it and found exactly what he asked for, everything was here, the new gloves, the suit, even the mask.
"After you change, gather in Ground Beta !" Instructed All Might before leaving the room.
Izuku kept looking at his costume for a moment, especially the helmet, Ochaco was here too, she was really curious about what kind of costume Izuku would wear since she believed he had no quirk.
"Can I see ?" She asked pointing at the helmet
"Yes of course !" Izuku handed it to her, she was surprised to discover that the helmet was shaped into a black skull.
"I-Izuku ... I'm not questioning your tastes B-but ... it's scary" she mumbled with blank eyes.
"Y-yeah ... I know, at first I wanted to be a hero just like All Might, a hero which always smiles but- ... smiling doesn't always help people ... someone made me realised that sometimes you have to do what has to be done, even if it means being the villain of the story. So that's my costume, I'm the good villain ..."
Ochaco stared again for a second at the skull shaped helmet ... she smiled "... I guess you are right, let's do our best !"
"Absolutely !"
Later, in Ground Beta.
"They say the clothes make the man young men and ladies" declared All Might as the students entered on Ground Beta "Be fully aware ! From now on, you are heroes !"
All Might took a general look at the costumes and smiled, proud of the new generation "That's great everyone, you all look-" then he notices that someone was a bit late and running throught the entrance tunnel.
He knew it was Izuku Midoriya, after all he took a lot of time to study each files of each student ... if only his pocket manual for teaching was enough.
Ochaco was behind the group, waiting to see Izuku in his costume, he looked really great ... however she was curious about where her friend was hiding his uncontrollable haircut under his helmet ... who knows ? Maybe they are very fluffy and he doesn't have that much hair.
"Izuku ! You look wonderful in your costume ! It's really down to earth" she noticed that Izuku was acting akwardly, probably because it was the first time he saw her in wearing her costume. "I really should have written what I wanted mine ended up being a skintight bodysuit, it's kinda embarrassing" she admitted.
"N-no you look great too really !" Commented Izuku, his voice sounded a bit different due to the helmet ... even if Ochaco was right in a way, she looked REALLY cute.
"Young man this costume will have to be changed" declared a booming voice, it was All Might "especially the helmet ..."
"B-but, it was approved right ?"
"Indeed it was, do not take this has a harsh review but in our world your costume is what's going to determine who you are and how people will look at you"
"Y-yes ..."
"Good ! Now let's start shall we ? it is time for combat training, this is a real battle and you won't be fighting robots this time ..." All might was about to explain everything but ended up flooded by questions, someone even asked about his cape on his costume or something about looking good or not.
In the end it was about a bomb scenario, two team, heroes and villian, each team could win if they neutralised their opponents, the hero team had to came in contact with the fake bomb and the villain team had to defend it. At least this time All Might decided to kept the scenario simple enough, no danger about the bomb exploding or the villains having hostages or something that would either come out from Aizawa's or Nezu's mind.
"You will be divided in team of two ! We will do this exercise once and then we will change the teams again" All might took out a tablet similar to Aizawa's one, after a few seconds he started giving the teams ... However ... Ochaco wasn't in any team ... and Izuku wasn't either.
"I-is this a bug ?" Ochaco asked akwardly.
"Well no, Izuku you won't be participating, I'm sorry I should have told you this back in class so you wouldn't have to even put on your-"
"Why ?!" Izuku asked angry.
"Why what ?" All Might replied somehow unaware of why Izuku was angry which only worsened his state of mind.
"Why am I not participating ?"
"It's because you are quirkless, I thought you would-"
"You thought what ?! I'm in the hero course ! What if I'm quirkless ?! It doesn't change anything !"
"Y-you could get hurt !" All Might was almost yelling at his turn but he refrained as he was talking to a student in front of the whole class, he had to maintain a certain appearance.
"Just like the other students ! How can you think that I took the hero course if it isn't to become a hero ?!" If Izuku wasn't so limited he would probably be punching All Might in the face until he bleeds.
Ochaco joined him "I agree ! That's unfair to judge him like this because he is quirkless !" No one else dared to reply at All Might himself but Izuku and Ochaco could see that some of the students were actually either feeling guilty of not being courageous enough to defend him or thinking the same for a moment.
"... Fine, Izuku and Ochaco you will be on the same team ..." All Might didn't agree of course, Izuku shouldn't be in the hero course, even less present for this kind of class ... but the looks on the faces of the other students was overwhelming.
"The first exercise ! ... Katsuki Bakugo and Tenya Lida as the villains ... against Ochaco Uraraka and Izuku Midoriya as the heroes"
A few minutes later in front of a fake building.
Izuku couldn't figure out if this was either made on purpose by All Might or if the universe simply hated him.
"S-so ... any plan ?" Asked Ochaco carefully, Izuku was in a bad mood and his blank stare at the building was ... inhuman.
"Hum ? W-well I don't want to act as a leader b-but if you need a suggestion ..." Izuku looked again a the building "I do not know exactly where is the bomb but it must be big enough to blow up the whole building so ... I would say either on the third floor or fifth one, now ... Tenya is fast but his quirk doesn't allow him to take complicated trajectory so if you use your quirk on him he might not be able to counter attack ... and when it comes to Katsuki ..."
Izuku rubbed his neck for more than fifteen seconds, Ochaco tried to get him out of his blank time by clapping her hands next to his head.
"W-WHAT-?"
"You weren't mumbling this time but you weren't talking either so I thought you needed help ... what's wrong ?"
"What's wrong ? ... All Might ... if even he looks down on quirkless ... it's just hard to digest"
"Then prove him wrong ? If you keep thinking about this it will only diminish our chance to win"
"... you are right ... so ... Katsuki, he won't listen to Tenya and will run around recklessly to find us ... well rather me, so ... Tenya could follow of course but that wouldn't work so he will be the one defending the bomb"
"And I'm my quirk is our best asset against him"
"Exactly ... I'll handle Katsuki, it's not like he would be smart enough to pursue you"
"How are you gonna deal with him ?"
"I told you on our way to U.A. you remember ? I trained like hell yesterday"
"You looked just like Aizawa in the end ... we still have two minutes ahead of us, any last suggestion in case something goes wrong ?"
"... yes, we don't have to enter by the door according to what All Might DIDN'T say" Izuku pointed the sky with his finger.
"... ohhhhhhh I see"
"K-katsuki wait ! If you-"
"SILENCE FOUR EYES ! I'M GONNA SHOW THIS STUPID DEKU WHERE IS HIS PLACE !"
Tenya was ... discouraged, he already expected that Izuku would take this exercise too seriously because of what All Might said but now there was another problem, his own teammate, he didn't know if it was a personal grudge or if Katsuki was just acting ... if it was indeed this situation he would act as a villain too but ... his teammate was simply too honest for that.
"You are going to make us lose ! ..." he received no answer ... so instead of trying to reason with him he decided to gain as much chance of winning as possible by guarding the bomb himself.
Meanwhile outside the building.
"Looks like you were right Izuku"
"I'm kinda grateful that Katsuki is still a complete violent and angry bastard ... sorry for swearing"
"No I agree ... the bomb isn't directly next to a window, I'm gonna have to find another way around"
"Okay, then I'll distract Katsuki and give you as much time as possible, if I manage to beat him I'll join you"
Ochaco nodded and used her quirk on herself to make her way inside the building directly st the fourth floor, the floor right above where the bomb was located so she wouldn't met with Katsuki.
At the same time Izuku ran directly inside by the main entrance, he was trying to keep some discretion, it's not like he wanted a face to face with Katsuki.
On the other hand Katsuki wasn't trying to hide, each of his footsteps could clearly be heard inside the whole building.
Izuku could feel that he was coming toward him ... he already had a plan in mind, he would hide around a corner and wait for Katsuki to get past him, then put his arms around his neck to get on good grip on his body and his quirk by the way.
Katsuki will be confused because his quirk won't activate and to finish him Izuku woumd just have to force him to surrender ... then no ... this last part was just simply impossible, Katsumi was to stubborn to give up.
"THERE YOU ARE !"
By reflexe Izuku ducked to avoid an incoming grenade gauntlet which managed to smash a part of the wall where he was hiding. He muttered again, Sensei was right definitely something he would have to get rid of.
He rolled away, using the momentum during which Katsuki was pulling his gauntlet away from the wall.
"DIE !"
Katsuki directly charged toward Izuku, his right arm extended toward Izuku and the left one preparing an explosion.
An opening, Izuku ran directly in front of him and grabbed Katsuki's right arm, his explosion wasn't ready yet and he wasn't fast or strong enough to counter Izuku.
He pulled Katsuki toward the ground and slammed his body against it, he saw Katsuki coughing some saliva for a moment ... but even if he was on the ground Izuku didn't have the advantage of the surprise now, the best option he had was to run away and figure out a better way to neutralise Katsuki.
Ochaco managed to find the bomb room, Tenya was guarding to bomb ... according to Izuku he wouldn't be able to fight back directly, so all she had to do was to grab the bomb.
Tenya was looking directly at the only entrance ... stealth wasn't an option then. Ochaco ran inside the room and used her quirk to jump over Tenya and grab the bomb !
Tanya was surprised but not out of option, he grabbed the fake bomb and brought it somewhere else in the room using his quirk.
"Nice try but I won't let you touch it !"
Izuku didn't foresee that ... Tenya could move the bomb and with his quirk it was literally impossible to get him ...
Ochaco used a communication device to contact Izuku "I'm inside the bomb room but we have a problem !"
"OH REALLY ?!" Izuku had to yell so Ochaco would hear him, Katsuki was using his explosions to get a some speed and catch up with him.
"You can't run forever !" No be couldn't but he was bringing him exactly where he wanted to, hopefully Ochaco would figure out what to do if Izuku's plan work ... now he just had to check one thing.
Izuku arrived at a dead end, the perfect place ... Katsuki arrived the next second.
"Trapped like a rat !" He raised his right arm toward Izuku ... he knew it, this couldn't simply be a detail.
"Katsuki stop you will-" Izuku quickly heard All Might's voice on the radio, obviously he was aware of what Katsuki was about to do but he however didn't cared much about the result !
"Burn !"
There was a big explosion, even bigger than the last ones, it was so powerful that for a brief instant Tenya was destabilized. Ochaco jumped on the occasion, this time she wasn't aiming for the bomb but directly for Tenya, and she managed to grab his leg, she quickly activated her quirk on him but Tenya didn't say his last word.
"Not yet !" He firmly grabbed Ochaco and used his quirk, even if Tenya knew that he wouldn't be able to control his direction, he had to stop Ochaco and get her as far as possible from the bomb.
"Damn it !" Ochaco really hoped that she would not get sick, Tenya was not aware of this weakness but he was still exploiting it right now.
3 years ago.
"... what are you scared of the most ?"
"The most ? ... I'm not scared of death so that minimize my field of answer ... I would say ... what I can't control"
"What you can't control ? Like ... the rain ?"
"Control is ... well, in a way I would call it freedom ... a slave has no control, it isn't free ... it lives and dies as a prisoner ... yes, I'm scared of what I can't control, I'm scared of what I can't see or can't change"
"But ... then death-"
"I'm not scared of death ... I'm a believer somehow you know ? I'm know where I'm going and I'm not scared because whatever happens I truly believe I made the right choices ... why did you asked this question Izuku ?"
"... what if- ... what if one day I don't have the choice ? What if one day I'm forced to do something ?"
"That's a complex question, beside there is no real context ... I can't answer that for you, if I did I would give you one choice, and you would assimilate this choice as the only possible one, there is never only one option, there is always at least two"
There was a lot of smoke, Katsuki was pushed back a bit, but he was satisfied, his costume worked and he completely destroyed Deku.
"Four eyes, I'm done with the quirkless trash, finish the pink bitch all rig-?" Suddenly out of nowhere a hand grabbed Katsuki's face and sent it straight at the wall.
The smoke was dissipating, Izuku was in the middle ... unharmed, not even a scratch.
"How-?! Y-YOU STUPID DEKU !" Katsuki threw a punch with his right arm, Izuku dodged on his left grabbing Katsuki's arm in the process ... and this time he was in direct contact with his skin.
Katsuki was about to use an explosion with his left arm ... but nothing came out, he was completely lost, something was wrong, very wrong, his quirk, he couldn't feel his quirk anymore, his mind went blank for a few seconds.
Izuku headbuted Katsuki with his helmet and took out the capture tape, he could really hurt Katsuki if he kept hitting his head like that but the result was here, Katsuki was losing all control.
"How does it feels ?" Izuku asked in a whisper as he brought Katsuki to his knees.
Katsuki kept struggling, maybe he was trying to create explosions ? It was useless, Izuku had a tight grip on his quirk and he wouldn't let go.
"To get so close from you ascencion ..." Izuku rolled up the capture tape around Katsuki's arms and squeezed it tightly until Katsuki grunted a little, just to be sure he wouldn't try anything stupid.
"And it all ends up on the ground ?" Katsuki now had his face against the ground, he tried to look at Izuku but all his saw was a black skull ... it was ... overwhelming, he ... lost ?
"K-Katsuki has been arrested !" Announced All Might on the radio, even he didn't sound like he actually believed Izuku had won.
"Ochaco can you hear me ?"
"Yes !" At the same time Izuku could imagine in what kind of situation Ochaco was with the noises through the communication device "Are you alri-?!"
"Yes ! We don't have much time, I need your position and the position of the bomb in the room !" If Izuku was right ...
Ochaco explained where she was, she managed to grab a pillar and she was trying to kick Tenya but he was worst than a mosquito.
Still ... she didn't understand Izuku's plan, he just told her to grab something and to not let go.
"Time is running out ! Even if you defeated Katsuki we will win HAHAHAHAHA"
"Tenya please just drop your villain act ... it's just alward now"
"O-oh ..."
Izuku grabbed one of Katsuki's gauntlets, it was part of his plan.
"Don't touch that !" Katsuki yelled, if he didn't have his arm tied or if he didn't have arms at all he would probably be trying to bite Izuku right now.
"Stop barking would you ?" It was very simple, he just had to pull the pin like a real grenade ...
The bomb was five meters in his left above him, and Ochaco was only 2 meters behind ... he pulled the pin and ...
The floor exploded, that's why Izuku told her to old tight, Tenya was losing his grip, Izuku had calculated everything ... Ochaco was really impressed, the bomb was too far away to get impacted by the explosion and at the same time Tenya wasn't holding her back anymore !
Using her quirk Ochaco propelled herself at the bomb and-!
"BOMB RETREIVED !" She Yelled out loud to expresses her joy !
"H-hero teams win !"
"Well ... I won ..." Izuku looked at the big hole he made in the ceiling, it almost reached the roof ...
"You-You-"
"Shut up would you ? It's about time you learn about losing and keeping it low, I'm done with all your trash talk about quirkless people ... in fact I'm done with everyone who thinks just like you and ohhh you aren't the only one no, far from that" Izuku leaned close to Katsuki's face "you are the worst one ..."
Katsuki struggle again but the way Izuku tied him up didn't let him stand up.
"I guess Tenya will grab you on his way out, I don't see any reason to help you, it's not like I would have any at this point"
Izuku left the building, the first person he saw once he was out was Ochaco, obviously she heard his little conversation with Katsuki.
"We made it !"
"Yeah ! Thanks to you, without your quirk I'm almost certain that the bomb would have been out of our reach"
"Don't try to spoil my ego hehehe, you did everything ! That was incredible, you defeated Katsuki ! ... but ... what happened ? There was a big explosion and then- ... it wo confusing, now did you avoid that ?"
"Well ... you see Katsuki's explosions are created via a substance that his body produces, mostly around his hands, this same substance is stocked inside the two grenade of his costume he was the one who created the first explosion ..."
A few minutes ago.
"Burn !"
Katsuki thought that he trapped me in a dead end, he was too focused on me to notice that the said dead end had a larger room at with a window at the end of it, I hid in a corner to avoid the explosion and used the window to evacuate the heat.
He look so satisfied ... he dropped his guard and all I had to do was to attack him, the best points to destabilize an opponent are either the throat or the head. My goal wasn't to hurt him so ... I aimed for the head.
The second explosion came from the other gauntlet ... I must admit, I was kinda ... improvising, at the moment.
"Improvising ? ... but then that's even cooler !"
"No it's not ... it was stupid, I was stupid, imagine that it was a real situation ? Here I knew my opponents, especially Katsuki. In a real situation I wouldn't, and I'm sure our goal wouldn't simply be to grab the bomb, we would have to put it in a safe place and then disarm it ... the real life is way more complex than this game ... today I didn't win anything, I just ended up acting like an idiot"
"I-Izuku don't say that ! It's not the ream life we- we aren't heroes yet" Ochaco tried to cheer up Izuku
"... then tell me ... why didn't we just rush inside the bomb room by one of the window while Katsuki was done ? We could have ended everything in about three minutes ..."
Izuku was ... right ? Ochaco didn't thought about this ... Izuku's plan seemed so perfect back then.
"Then why ? ... why did you chose to confront Katsuki ?"
"... A certain someone was looking at me" Izuku insisted on the word "certain" Ochaco knew of who Izuku was talking about.
"... Well, could you do me a favour then ? For putting me in danger ?"
Izuku turned around akwardly as if he had lost all his seriousness in the process "Y-yes ?"
"Cheer up ! We won !"
"S-sure sorry ..." Izuku was right, under the mask the individual was completely different.
In the observation room.
"Great, everyone is back, now can someone tell me who was the MVP of this exercise and why ?"
A girl with black hair and a red costume raised her hand ... Momo Yaoyorozu.
"Yes ?"
"Either Tenya or Izuku, both of them managed to exploit, as much as they could, the capacities and talents of their team. In the villain team Tenya didn't have much choice as Katsuki wasn't going to cooperate, this is part of why they lost, however Tenya managed to defend the bomb against Ochaco when he was clearly disadvantaged considering Ochaco's quirk"
All Might didn't interrupt her, not yet at least ... in fact he wasn't sure if he should because he didn't expect her to give so much detail.
"The hero team exploited the division in the villain team to recover the bomb, Izuku knew that Ochaco would have the advantage against Tenya and that he would not be able to fight back, so even if Ochaco couldn't reach the bomb she was putting so pressure on Tenya. Also, Izuku used Katsuki's behavior and his own quirk against the villain team to recover the bomb, at the same time he neutralised the biggest threat in the villain team and helped Ochaco to reach the bomb, in a real situation all they would have to do to finish would be to neutralise Tenya before disarming the bomb ..."
Everyone was speechless and most of the students in admiration toward Momo's cleverness.
"W-well ... you are right ! Good job ... does anyone have something to add ? No ? Good ... next teams will be-"
The day went on like this, teams after teams, result after result, it gave Izuku the occasion to see and analyse the quirks of his classmates, some of them even talked to him, most because they were impressed by his performance, the other because they noticed that he was writing on a notebook, a brand new one made for his years at U.A.
The last teams finished, All Might congratulated everyone and ran away like if there was a robbery right after he finished his speech.
"... maybe he had to go to the bathroom" suggested Ochaco
"He wasn't even trying to go fast at this point ... I would say that he was at around 2% of his maximum speed" added Izuku as he finished to write in his book.
As they walked to the exit of Ground Beta they saw the buildings which had been used during the exercise, it was a mess to be honest, especially the one they used and another one filled with ice bu a student called Shoto Todoroki.
"I-Izuku" Tenya called him on the way "I noticed that you were taking notes ... c-can I see them ?"
"Of course ! ... I can even give you a full copy of this one once I'm home"
"R-really ?! I mean ... if it doesn't bother you of course, it's your own work and I wouldn't like to steal it"
"No, everyone can use it, in fact I'm glad people find it interesting ... back into my old school the other students thought that I was some kind of creep ... well I don't blame them, I was writing it during the classes ... Someone even used their quirk on me to stop me from mumbling"
"Wow ! Did you get hurt ? What happened next ?"
"N-nothing to be honest ... It was only electricity"
"... nothing ? Like nothing for real ? Your teachers didn't react at all ?"
"No-no they-"
"Young Midoriya !" Izuku almost bumped into All Might while he was talking to Tenya.
"Y-yes ?"
"Could you give me a minute of your time ? We have to talk ..." Izuku didn't like how grave All Might voice sounded but he wasn't in a position in which he could say no ...
"Yes ... yes of course" he replied.
"Good !" He turned toward Tenya and slightly bowed "Sorry to interrupt your conversation"
"It's nothing sir, whatever you have to say to Midoriya it must be important !" Tenya was forcing himself to not salute in front of his teacher.
A few minutes later.
Izuku was brought into a small office, obviously it didn't belong to All Might, it was empty, a desk and two sofas separated by a small table.
"... I'm sorry for what I said" All Might proposed a soda but Izuku denied it "I- I misjudged you and-"
"If you are here to apologise I really don't care"
All Might smiled "Oh well, I'm glad you accept-"
"No you didn't understand what I said, I don't want any of your excuses, what you said earlier seemed were clear, according to you only those who have great and powerful quirks can be heros"
"I never said that I-"
"Oh but you suggested it ... I don't hate you, I do not see any reason to do so, I just want to tell you that you don't have to pretend"
"Pretend ? Why would I do that ?"
"Isn't that what everyone does ? On the first day as my teacher you managed to act exactly like mostly everyone toward a quirkless person"
All Might didn't smile anymore ... he wasn't answering either.
"Now if you will excuse me I must go I- " as Izuku was taking his bag All Might stood between him and the door.
"No, I can't let you leave like this ... please believe me, what I said earlier didn't reflect my thoughts I ... I'm sorry, I messed up yes, and as your teacher my duty is to fix this ... so please, give me another chance"
For a moment Izuku was actually considering the ... opportunity ... for once he found someone who seemed to sincerely want to be forgiven for what he said on quirkless people ... for once ... it was the first time at all someone was apologising.
"... Alright ... but be careful about what you say, not everyone is as lucky as me" Izuku walked toward the door, All Might moved away "... see you tomorrow I guess"
"You too young Midoriya !" He was already displaying his signature smile once again as if nothing happened ... that's why Izuku ended up forgetting the idea of a hero who always smile ... it's simply not a solution, Sensei had a few points about that ...
He was out but then a hand grabbed Izuku's shoulder "but before you go ... tell me, who taught you those moves ? The one you used during the exercise"
Izuku acted surprised for a moment, and then he casually answered "I mander them myself to be honest" he added a small smile to show his pride.
"Oh I see ... just wanted to know, you are free now" Izuku left ... and this time he made sure to walk fast enough so All Might would not have the idea to follow him or find yet another excuse to keep him here.
But All Might wouldn't ... and for a very long time, he clearly saw "Izuku's moves" somewhere, how could he forget after all ? His nemesis used the same ones.
