All night sighed, today had been the first day of school and he was already exhausted. He hadn't done much in terms of teaching, but he had been going through all of his student's profiles. He wanted to know each of them by tomorrow, as he would officially start his duties as a teacher.

Stretching out his thin arms, he got back to work, only a few more left before he could leave.

Opening the file, he was greeted by a shy looking green-haired boy with freckles dotting his face. His green eyes were almost hidden behind his curly bangs with his head titled down shyly. The name at the top read Izuku Midoriya.

All might grinned at this file, he remembered this boy. He was the one who saved that girl with the gravity quirk. Pride swelled in his chest, it was good to see that his students had what it took to be real heroes.

Almost without his consent, his mind wandered to one for all. He would need to find a successor, and soon. Mirio had been a good pick, an excellent one at that, but something just wouldn't allow him to pass it on to him. Call it a gut feeling, call it hesitation, whatever you want, but he just, couldn't.

His gaze wandered back to the profile staring up at him.

Maybe...

He shook his head, no, he didn't know a thing about this boy. The kid showed promise, but All Might couldn't just give one for all to just anyone. He'd consider it once he knew the kid better, but for now he would keep searching.

And with that, he read what little information was on the profile. It was one of the more empty files, having just the bare basics.

All might sighed again, just more of a reason that he couldn't just give him one for all. No matter how much he wanted to.

He closed the file and put it to the side.

His feet hit the ground hard, splashing in the puddles on the street. Behind him he could hear people shouting his name, calling out threats to make him come back. This only made him run faster, his small legs moving as fast as they could.

He was about to turn the corner to a building when he ran into something hard. His body went flying backwards, but before he could hit the ground a hand reached out and grabbed his shoulder.

"Woah there kid! You should be more careful! The concrete isn't very nice to land on." A kind voice said.

Izuku looked up, eyes filled with fear as he cowered away from the stranger. The man was muscular but not overly so, and he wore a costume of some sort. "Hey, it's alright, I'm a hero. You can trust me."

He felt his eyes widen at that, "R-really?" Izuku glanced behind him in fear, "D-do you think you c-can scare away the b-bad g-guys?"

He felt the hand on his shoulder tighten, "What bad guys?" The hero asked.

Izuku opened his mouth to respond but a voice behind him cut him off, "oh Midoriya~" he shivered, "You know it's not very nice to run away like that. Now come here before anyone gets hurt."

Izuku forced himself to turn around and look at Shigaraki. Shigaraki was around mid or early teens, but he still gave off a very threatening aura. He could also see how Shigaraki was physically struggling to act nice around the hero.

He almost stepped forward, if only to protect the other, but the hero stopped him, "And who are you?"

Shigaraki paused at that, before a sneer overtook his face, "What does it matter to you?"

The hero looked Shigaraki up and down, "Well, you clearly aren't part of his family, nor do you seem like his friend, so I think it's fair of me to question you."

Shigaraki growled at that, the sound alone making Izuku want the hero to just let him go and save himself. He didn't know what Shigaraki was capable of. But he just felt the hand on his shoulder give a gentle squeeze.

"Well, if you won't come Midoriya, I guess I'll just have to punish your friend here." Shigaraki said.

Izuku's eyes widen and he forced himself forward despite the hand on his shoulder trying to stop him, "N-no! Shigaraki-San, please don't hurt him! I'll come with you, just please don't hurt him."

Shigaraki paused and looked at Izuku, "Oh but Midoriya, it's already too late for that."

Time seemed to slow as suddenly Shigaraki stepped forward, pulling off his gloves as he prepared to use his quirk. Izuku felt his face pale. This hero was going to die, and it was going to be all his fault.

His body completely froze and he could only watch helplessly as Shigaraki passed by him and reached the hero. By now, the hero had gathered that something was off, but he still had no idea what Shigaraki's quirk or why Izuku had been so afraid of Shigaraki. He planted his feet into the ground and activated his quirk, his eyes glowing with crackling energy. But before he could do anything with it Shigaraki's hand shot out and landed on his face. The hero screamed and quickly pulled away, his face cracking and dusting. But Shigaraki wasn't done yet.

His hand reached out and clamped onto his arm, further disintegrating the hero while also keeping him from pulling away. The hero screamed again, senses all in a disarray and unable to stop the pain. His arm eventually crumbled away into nothing, everything from his shoulder out just gone. Still screaming, the hero fell into the ground, writhing in pain.

Shigaraki suddenly looked back at Izuku, "The next time you try to run away, I'll do worse."

Izuku could only watch in horror as the mans head disintegrated before his very eyes. He had seen a lot of horrifying things, but this had to top the list.

Shigaraki stood back up before dusting himself off. He then turned back around and grabbed Izuku by his arm, keeping one finger raised. "Come on, Midoriya. You don't want to keep Sensei waiting any longer, now do you?"

Izuku slowly shook his head, unable to tear his eyes away from the body. He kept staring until long after they turned the corner of a building and disappeared back into the shadows.

He didn't try to escape again.

Hey guys! It's me, the author! I know i dont talk a lot on here, but I needed to tell all of you that i will be posting the next chapter early and it will be longer than usual as well! Thats why this chapter is so short, so im sorry! it was a necessary evil!