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Chapter 37

"An interview?" I asked Nezu.

I was sitting in front of the principal with All Might sitting next to me. It was 6 days till the Provisional licence exam.

Nezu nodded, I frowned then it dawned on me.

"...The Public Safety Commission asked you to do this, didn't they?" I deadpanned. Nezu simply responded with another nod. "They want you to make a statement as All Might's successor." Nezu responded

"... This is because people are desperately searching for a new symbol to rally behind." All Might deduced making me sigh, leaning back on my chair.

"Correct." Nezu. "People have been asking questions and have… well camping outside of UA to catch a glimpse of you." Nezu commented as he took a sip of his tea.

I groaned, "I really don't need this… when did they want this interview to happen?" I asked the principal.

"In 2 days time, they already scheduled an interview with a well known talk show."

I felt my left eye twitch in annoyance, holding back another groan, I rubbed my face. All Might gave me a sympathetic look.

"Don't worry Young Midoriya, I'll be with you during the interview." All Might patted my back.

"At least I won't be alone." I grumbled.

I didn't even want to go to this interview.

"Is there anything I need to know?" I asked my mentor. "In interviews, you need to be careful of what you say, people can twist your words or take them too seriously." All Might tugged on his collar.

"The media are vultures.. I can agree with Aizawa on that." The number one hero remembered times when reporters mistook his words for something else and he had a bit of backlash.

I chewed on my lip. "I mean, I normally speak my mind and that worked out for me so far."

Nezu smiled. "While it is refreshing, please refrain from insulting anyone."

"No promises." I grinned mischievously. All Might looked at me in worry. "Please don't anger anyone.." He begged.

"AN INTERVIEW?!" My classmates asked in shock as I told them the news after another day of Ultimate moves training.

"Yeah, people want to know more about me and now they push me into an interview, Sato got any sweets?" I asked the sugar boy who just took out a tray of muffins from the oven, I swiped one with Blackwhip. "HEY!"

"Need my sweet quota and yours are the best in this dorm!" I sat down on the couch with Mina jumping to sit next to me.

"Why is it you getting all these interviews and all the attention?!" Mina pouted, wearing her UA jogging pants and a blue shirt.

"Jealous?" I asked with a smirk as I took a bite of my muffin. "Don't worry Pinky." I teasingly patted her head. "You'll get a chance." I couldn't see the purple hue on her cheeks as I went back to eating my muffin.

"I agree with Mina, totally jealous but also somewhat understandable." Camie sat on the chair wearing shorts and a tank top, I did my best to not stare at her legs.

"Yeah, Midoriya is All Might's successor." Kaminari commented as he had a phone charger in his mouth with Jiro sitting next to him with her phone connected to said charger. "And he's taken down Stain." The electric user continued.

"I had help." I interjected. "And your little speech." Shoto walked up next to the couch. "Crime rate went down a bit after the video went viral."

I looked up at the fire and ice user in surprise. "It did?"

"It's true." Momo took out her phone and showed me a graph. I stared at the numbers, after the video of me taking down Stain was released, the crime rate did go down in Japan, just a small percentage.

"Huh." I blinked. "So it is true.."

"How do you not know that?!" Sero demanded. "It was your speech that caused it!"

"Sero, there are more important things than following your own social statues." Funny, in my old life, I would be following my social media and tags like a hawk.

"Says the person who's little sister has merchandise of her big brother." Bakugo walked by with a mug in hand.

Blushing, I remembered when Eri came running into the dorms in a homemade Dekiru costume that mom made, she was going around with a fake shield and was trying to fight us as if we were villains. It was so cute when she said "I AM DEKIRU!"

"Oh that was sooooo cute!" Uraraka squirmed on her place on the couch. Toru squeals a bit. "I have that video saved!"

I chuckled a bit at the memory. "Yeah, I know, mom showed it to me at least 4 times yesterday."

"So what are you gonna say in the interview?" Tsu asked, her face blank as ever.

Biting my lip, that was something I wasn't sure of yet. "Not really sure, I just need to answer some questions that the people want to ask me." I responded.

Iida made his usual arm chopping motions. "You are representing UA and All Might, you must prepare!"

"Iida is right, you're becoming quite the icon." Momo spoke up.

Finishing my muffin, I looked up at the ceiling, thinking of the words of my classmates.

"So where are you gonna do this interview?" Kirishima asked as he was drinking a protein shake.

"Oh Hero Watch." I told them. Mina shot up, "HERO WATCH!? THAT'S A VERY POPULAR PROGRAM!" She shook me. "You can't take that lightly!"

I stopped her before I let out my recently eaten muffin. "It's just an interview." I mumbled.

"WRONG! It's a statement! People all over the world will be watching!" Mina grabbed my face. "You gotta be the best you can be!"

"Don't mind Ashido." Kirishima pulled the pinkette off. "She's just a huge fan of Sakura Fuminake."

"How can I not?" Mina retorted. "She always looks for the truth and takes no shit from anyone!"

Camie grinned. "I think Mina found her spirit animal."

Jiro looked up from her phone. "From the looks of their channel, Hero Watch always gets the first interview with the newest heroes, just a week after Mt. Lady's debut, she was on the show." Jiro hummed.

I frowned. "Guess I need to prepare.." I got up and walked out before anyone said anything else.

Today was the day of the interview.

Putting on a suit and being taken by Tsukauchi via car to Hero Watch studio with All Might sitting in the passenger seat and Kaina sitting next to me in the back, acting as a bodyguard, she wore her Lady Nagant costume. "I'm not letting you get targeted by anyone else." She told me when I asked why she was tagging along. She was really protective over me.

I looked out the window as we went through the city. "So why does it have to be so early in the morning?" I asked.

Kaina yawned. "I agree with the kid." She leans her head against the window. "And can we stop for coffee?"

Tsukauchi sighed. "The interview is scheduled for 9 AM, best way to do this is for us to go early." The detective was staring at the road, his hands clutching the steering wheel tightly.

"... Tsukauchi.." The man looked at me from the rearview mirror. "If you're still processing all of… what I told you… Sorry." I apologized with a frown on my face.

All Might looked at his friend, who sighed and gave a small smile. "I'll admit… I thought a lot about it after you told me and I still can't believe it… But my quirk doesn't lie." He took a moment to look back at me.

"I'm glad you're here to change things." I couldn't help but smile back.

"Anything to help… Any sightings of Kurogiri yet?" I asked, my tone changing to one of seriousness.

"No… we haven't gotten anything yet." Tsukauchi stared at the road.

"What happens if Tsukauchi finds him?" All Might asks. "In the original timeline, Gran Torino and Tsukauchi find Kurogiri, Gigantomachia arrives and you guys barely escaped." I sighed.

"That's why I need to be there." I told them.

"What! NO!" All Might denied instantly. "You will not be going anywhere with Tsukauchi!" I narrowed my eyes on my mentor.

"Name someone who can use super strength, has unbreakable tendrils and a power amplifier in case things go south." I crossed my arms.

"If Gigantomachia is as strong as you described, you won't be fighting him!" All Might argued.

"I may be the only one who's CAPABLE of fighting him!" I countered. "If Shigaraki gains control of that beast, all is lost!"

All Might sighed and palmed his face. "Tsukauchi, back me up here." He begged his friend.

"... I hate to say it.. He has a point Toshi." All Might snapped to stare at his friend in disbelief. "WHAT!"

"We don't have any heroes who can take on Gigantomachia… at least able to go toe to toe with him long enough for us to sedate him…" Tsukauchi sighed. "We might not be able to do it without him.."

"ANY OTHER HEROES ARE AVAILABLE!" All Might screamed. "Sensei." My mentor turned to me.

"I'll be fine." I gave him a smile.

All Might's stare softened. "... I'm not happy about it…" "Oh I know, but I have a plan on how to restrain him." I smirked as I looked at Kaina who was silent. I sweat dropped as I saw her sleeping with her face pressed against the window.

We finally arrived at Hero Watch Studio.

I walked through the hall with All Might walking next to me, Kaina and Tsukauchi behind us, Kaina had a cup of coffee in hand, slowly waking up.

Looking around, I thought back to Izuku's memories, he would watch this program a lot to get the latest scoop on new heroes.

Never thought I would be the hero in this interview.

I stopped as I saw a woman with pink hair and green eyes walking towards us. "Izuku Midoriya! Sakura Fuminake." The woman offered a hand for me to shake, which I did.

She looked exactly like Sakura Haruno… even had the forehead mark on her forehead!

"And All Might, nice to see you again!" Sakura turned to the retired hero who smiled. "Same to you, I remember coming here years ago, business has been booming?" He asked.

"Yeah, new hero? We're there to get the first scoop" Sakura smirked at me. "And I can't wait to dig into your past."

"... I need an adult." I said blankly. Sakura smirked wider. "Ara Ara… I am an adult, go to the changing room, our makeup artists will work on you." Sakura walked past us.

"... What happened?" I asked my mentor, All Might sighed. "Sakura Fuminake… She's a fiery one, always looking for the truth."

"... I don't like her." Kaina glared at where Sakura left. Tsukauchi checked his watch. "I'll be back after the interview ends, I need to get back to the office and get some work done." The detective left.

I was about to say something until I was pulled away by people who I could only assume were the make up crew.

"Don't resist Young Midoriya, just let it happen." All Might followed after me with Kaina behind him.

After having some makeup put on my face to make sure I looked more presentable and 5 minutes of hairdressers patting my fluffy green hair with content looks on their faces… Was it that fluffy?

I was finally ready and was sitting on a couch in the middle of a talk show set, Sakura was sitting on her own armchair.

All Might was next to me, he gave me a comforting pat on the shoulder. "It'll be fine." He assured me.

Turning to the camera I felt my nervousness grow inside me. I took a deep breath to calm myself. I saw Kaina standing by the camera crew with her arms crossed.

"We'll be starting in 3 minutes!" One of the people behind the cameras called out. Sakura put the water on the side table. "Ready?" She asked me.

I looked at All Might who smiled, I looked at Sakura. "Ready as I'll ever be." I answered.

"We're going live in 3... 2… 1!" The director counted down and when he reached one, Sakura spoke in a cheery tone.

"Good Morning Japan, Welcome to a very special episode of Hero Watch! Today, we're talking to two special guests!"

I was tapping my finger on my leg out of anxiety. "We're here with All Might and his successor Izuku Midoriya, also known as The Viridian Hero: Dekiru." Sakura introduced us.

"I am here!" All Might waved with a smile to the camera. "Hello, nice to be here." I gave a small smile as I gave a wave of my own.

"Now if you want to join in on the fun, ask your questions on our Twitter account with the hashtag. #AMSuccessor."

Sakura looked at me. "Now I'll start us off with a question that I'm sure everyone's been thinking about. How did you and All Might meet?"

Smiling, I answered. "I met my mentor almost a year before I took the exam to get into UA." I recalled the day, from both Izuku's perspective and from my memories of the show.

"I was just walking through the streets, heading home, as I walked under a bridge, I walked under the bridge and was attacked by the Sludge Villain." Sakura tilted her head.

"You were the kid who got attacked in the news?" She asked me. "No, that was my friend and rival, Bakugo Katsuki." I corrected her. "I was the first victim." I revealed. "But thankfully, I was saved by All Might, I was fanboying so hard, I mean who wouldn't?" I joked.

All Might snickered. "I seem to remember that you said that the autograph would be a family heirloom." He teased, I flushed red and elbowed him. "Shush, that information is not needed." I hissed.

Sakura giggled. "Oh don't be embarrassed, I think I can speak for some people that they would act like that."

My blush receding, I continued. "Well, I saw that he had the villain trapped in a water bottle, we exchanged some words and he left."

"Then how did he escape?" Sakura asked. All Might rubbed the back of his head. "It kinda fell out of my pocket…" I patted my mentor's back. "We're only human All Might." I assured him.

"After he left, I continued to make my way home, then I saw explosions from down the road and found the incident where Bakugo was being held hostage… The moment I saw him in that villain's grasp, my body moved on it's own and I ran in to save him." I leaned back on the sofa.

"When I arrived, I saw the boy running into danger to save his friend when others just stood in the sidelines. I was in awe at the action, so I moved to help the boy." All Might took over and grinned. "When it was all over, I took the boy in as my successor, I knew that he had the potential to do great things."

Sakura smirked. "So basically, you found a boy who ran into danger and said, "I want that one."?" She asked.

I snorted as I looked at my mentor. "Well… was it?" I asked All Might who blushed a bit. "Maybe." He chuckled.

The hostess laughed as she brushed her hair. "So, next question… Why Dekiru?" She asked.

"Well… When I turned 4, I didn't get my quirk, I was thought to be quirkless through my entire life because my quirk needed time to build up energy, it's a stockpiling quirk, once I built up enough muscles, I could use some of its power, it finally activated on the day of the UA entrance exam." I smiled.

Sakura's eyes widened. "So you were going into the exam after only gaining your quirk that day?" She asked in wonder.

"Yup! While others were running towards their goals, I was learning how to crawl, but I was determined to get it right… back on topic, I was called Deku because of my quirkless status." I explained. "It stuck with me and when the day came where I had to pick a hero name, I knew I wanted to make that name something special and a friend told me that it sounded like Dekiru… So I went with that." I closed my eyes imagining Uraraka telling me those words.

Sakura saw the look and smirked. "Ohhh~ and who is this friend?" She asked.

I opened my eyes and blushed lightly. "Ummm a classmate." I responded.

"Mhmmm~" Sakura smirked wider as she knew that there was more, but decided not to point it out right now.

"Okay, so next question." Sakura took out a tablet. "This is from a user named, flare43ver. Dekiru, who is your favourite hero besides All Might and Miruko." She asked.

I blinked. "Well there goes my answers… Well… I like Hawks, he's so cool and fast." I grinned.

"Interesting, is that why you have goggles as part of your costume?" She asked. "No, those were for practical use." I responded.

"Let's go to the next one then… Ah, here's an interesting one. From nitorokya333, Dekiru, why did you want to become a hero?"

"I always wanted to be a hero to save people, seeing All Might's debut videos as a kid inspired me to become that kind hero." I grinned.

"Well I can imagine a cute green haired boy watching it." Sakura then blinked and put a finger on her chin then stared at me.

"You know, I bet you were an adorable kid."

I blushed in embarrassment, "I can vouch." All Might grinned. "His mom showed me pictures."

"All Might!" I blushed harder. "Oh I can see it now." Sakura laughed. I tried my best to not pout, I was on live television, I wasn't going to pout.

Sakura controlled her laughing. "Okay, okay, I actually have a question for All Might, that victory pose, it was exactly like Dekiru in the first year sports festival, was that something you both agreed to or was that a heat of the moment kind of thing?" Sakura asked, the TV behind us showed a side by side image of me and All Might doing the same pose.

"That was actually in the heat of the moment." I answered. "I won the sports festival and felt very accomplished." I grinned.

"And I felt the same, taking down the villain who was controlling things in the darkness, coming out on top gave me the same feeling." All Might patted my shoulder.

"So you took inspiration from your student." Sakura smiled. "That's very nice."

I continued to answer Sakura's questions that were either from the fans or her own questions.

Why did I use a shield? "Well I wanted to be a protector and I thought it would be better to have something like the shield."

"How was training with Mirko?" "... No comment." I responded with a blank face.

"Do you have a girlfriend?" "No comment." I answered immediately not wanting to open that can of worms.

"What's your relationship between Katsuki Bakugo and you?" "He's my best friend and rival, even if he doesn't admit it."

"Are you All Might's son?" "No! Why does everyone think that?" I exclaimed in exasperation while All Might denied it as well, though I don't think we convinced anyone.

"Okay… I'm gonna be real, we're all here to have a question that has been in everyone's mind since Kamino." She gave me a serious look. "Are you really going to take over as the next symbol of peace?" I could feel the eyes of thousands… No, millions of people on me.

I closed my eyes. "... No." I answered.

"No?" Sakura asked, confused.

"No." I confirmed. "I'm not going to be the next symbol of peace, why would I want to take a mantle that is already taken?" I asked.

"I don't want to be an imitation of my mentor… I want to be my own symbol." I looked at All Might. "I admire you… You are my idol… Someone I strive to surpass and I'm gonna do that."

All Might smiled and patted my shoulder. "I expect you to, my boy."

Sakura leans in. "And what symbol do you strive to be?" She asked me.

I looked at her and smiled. "Hope." The answer was short but there was weight to it. "I want people to look at me and know that everything will be alright, to know that things will be better. All Might did that with his smile, but I aim to do that with my presence." I said with conviction in my tone.

"What a goal, surpassing the symbol of peace and our pillar of support." The pink haired woman hummed.

"I can take the challenge of surpassing my mentor… But I won't be the one supporting our society." I crossed my arms. "I'm not trying to offend you All Might." I looked at him. "But… It's time for other heroes to take the spotlight." I looked at the camera.

"We're past the era of All Might, it's time for other heroes to help keep our society afloat… instead of one strong pillar, we need hundreds of pillars to hold up this world." I explained.

"Especially the top ten heroes. They're symbols in their own rights!" I exclaimed. "We've just been so blinded by All Might's light that we can't see them, but now it's time for them to step into the spotlight."

Sakura stared at me with an inspired expression, she cleared her throat. "And who are these symbols that we haven't seen?" She asked.

All Might looked at me, his smile couldn't be wider, he was inspiring others already, he felt so proud and felt more at ease with knowing that he left the world in capable hands.

I grinned. "Let's start with my other teacher, Mirko." I leaned forward. "To me, she's a symbol of strength." I gave a smirk. "She taught me a lot, I'm grateful to have learned under her."

"Next, we have Hawks, a symbol of speed." I chuckled. "I mean, come on… Tell me a hero who can beat him in that department."

All Might hummed. "Some old ones but right now, I can't think of any." He commented.

Sakura put a finger on her cheek. "What about Best Jeanist?"

I looked right into the camera with a straight face. "He's the Symbol Jeans." I answered blankly.

Sakura stared at me before she started to snicker, All Might covered his mouth to hide a laugh.

I couldn't help it as I burst into laughter. "Sorry! Sorry! I couldn't help it, I didn't mean any disrespect but I think he's an amazing hero, honestly I see him as a symbol of Charisma." I answered truthfully this time.

"Then there's Edgeshot, he's a symbol of Preservation, with his quirk, he weaves the thread that helps keep society together." I grinned.

"That's… An interesting way to look at it." Sakura blinked. "What about the others?"

"Crust… a symbol of defense but I like to think of him as more of a wall, a barricade that keeps villains from breaking down our walls so to speak." I leaned back.

"Wash… He does so much for our society in his own way, he cleans up crime and can be very charismatic but I believe he's more of a Symbol of Nurturing." I explained, All Might nodded next to me agreeing with my words.

"Yoroi Musha and Ryuko aren't symbols, Ryuko is a Fierce Guardian and Yori Musha is a Fierce Warrior."

Sakura hummed as she nodded. "What about Endeavor?"

I bit my lip "Him… He's the Symbol of Power." I thought back to his fight against the High End Nomu. "Unlike All Might, his actions do the talking, he works hard to keep us safe by putting away villains and showing that nothing phases him, he enforces justice by showing his power." I crossed my arms.

"I'm not saying the other heroes are slouches.. I'm saying that since All Might is now retired, heroes need to step up to protect our society from the threats." I finished.

"Well, this really opens my eyes.. But I believe that's our time for today, thank you for joining us you two!" Sakura smiled at us.

"Thank you for having us." I gave a small bow of my head. "It was good to be back on here." All Might smiled.

"Thank you for tuning in to this special edition of Hero Watch!"

It was finally over, I took a sip of my mango smoothie that All Might got for me as we walked through the hall to the garage.

"Tsukauchi should be arriving soon." All Might said as he tapped something on his phone, probably texting the detective."

"Good, we can go home." Kaina mumbled as she stayed next to me.

I hummed with a nod as we entered the garage.

Something was off and I could feel danger sense tingling.

I looked around, the garage was quiet, a little too quiet. I scanned the garage then caught a glimpse of a black SUV passing by in the far end of the garage with it's back window down and saw a woman with a hood, somewhat hiding her green hair… wait.

Nagant noticed and immediately shifted her arm to her rifle form and took some hair creating a bullet, just in time too, as she took her shot, she was able to hit the arrow that was aimed towards me.

The SUV sped off and made its way to the exit, I put my drink down and was about to take chase unti All Might put a hand on my shoulder. "No! You don't have your licence yet." I clicked my teeth in annoyance.

"... Who was that?" I mumbled as I leaned down and picked up my smoothie.

"I don't know.. I didn't think you would be targeted this soon." All Might dialed Tsukauchi's number. "Yeah.. Need you here soon, someone just tried to kill young Midoirya."

Kaina shifted her arm back to normal and looked at me. "You recognized her." I gazed at her.

"I did… but from where I'm still trying to figure out.." I was trying to remember where I had seen her before.

She frowned and walked over to where the arrow and bullet met, she knelt down and picked it up. "... Who uses a bow and arrow anymore?" She asked.

"Trust me, lots of people do." I rolled my eyes as I came up next to her and took a good look at the arrow, no signature, no trace.

"Nothing." Kaina got up with a scowl and sighed as Tsukauchi's car came in through the entrance at an alarming speed and stopped with a loud screech that made me flinch.

The detective got out and looked at the arrow in Kiana's hand. "Did you get a good look at her?" He asked.

"Greenish hair and a hood and mask, besides that, nothing." Kaina answered. "I didn't even get to see the license plate." She gritted her teeth.

All Might came over. "All For One?" He asked. I shook my head.

"No… I think we have a new player on the board.." I sighed at the implication, I don't know what's gonna happen next… That worries me the most.

"So he recognized you." Flect Turn asked as he sat behind his desk in his office. His skin glowing it's luminescent light blue as he looked at the screen showing his bow wielding agent.

"Yes… I could see it in his eyes." Beros responded as she was still in the SUV.

"... Return to base, stay hidden until you're given further instructions." Flect ended the call and to the side, a man standing in front of a window wearing a suit with black hair which has been combed.

"Why did you have me send Beros?" Flect asked the man.

"Because I had my suspicions about Izuku Midoriya." The man answered in a smooth tone, he turned to face Flect, showing his stern looking face and brown eyes. "And this confirms my suspicions." He walked over. "He is like me…"

"Like you?" Flect raised an eyebrow.

"Not relevant to you, how is the procurement of the schematics?" The man asked, sitting in front of Flect.

"... Delays because of I-island's security but we will get them." Flect responds while narrowing his eyes at the man in front of him.

"That is because you have more people on your little terrorist plot." The man commented. "You could have gotten the schematics by now if you had everyone working on it."

Flect glared. "Need I remind you that I am the leader?" He got up. "I am the leader of Humarise. Our goal is to cure humanity of the disease known as quirks, you won't even share your goal! You-" But his skin turns from blue to a pale white as the man grabbed Flect's throat and choked him.

"My goal is not relevant to you, not to the other humarise agents.. No one but me." He glared at Flect. "I let you keep your role as leader to stick to the shadows, I only wish to complete my goals and your cult is a way for me to complete it." He squeezed hard, making Flect grasp the man's arm in an attempt to use his quirk but it was useless.

"Remember your place Flect Turn, if you think of betraying me… I will not hesitate to drop you and take over if needed." He let go and Flect's quirk returned. "Do. I Make. Myself. Clear."

Flect rubbed his throat and glared at the man. "... Yes… Null." The man, Null growled. "I hate that name." He walked and opened the door, leaving the room. "Keep me posted." The man left the room

The man walked through the hall and looked at his hand. "Someone like me is here… I need to talk to them… We can go home together.. Leave this nightmare." He clenched his fist.