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"I wonder if I should recommend Young Midoriya to share her hero analysis with other heroes? It might be good for her Not only to show her Great potential in analysis skills to others and give her a confidence boost but also be able to help each of the pros so that they'd be able to work more efficiently on the job?" Toshinori thought as He was browsing through one of her hero analysis notebooks (with her permission) as he watched his chosen successor work hard as usual cleaning up the beach which she is made pretty huge headway of it and was almost done, in just a few short months The beach will be completely cleared though he briefly wondered if his successor will have any time be able to learn how to use the quirk before the entrance exam because he started to wonder if he probably might be cutting it just a little close but he was hoping to allow his successor to be able to have at least a little bit of time to be able to learn control of it so that she will have a chance at being able to use it in the exam without hurting herself.
Looking back at his own experiences, while he was able to use his quirk almost right on the fly without issue, the problem he had was the control of strength, he remembered he ended up accidentally causing too much damage during his own entrance exam years back sometime after he received the quirk itself, and believe me when I say it did take him a good long time before he figured out how to regulate the percentage of how much strength he uses in each of his punches let alone how much he may need to apply depending on what type of enemy he's facing off against.
And knowing that One for All increases in strength with each user it is passed on to, he wanted to make sure that she wouldn't end up making the same mistakes that he did, If not around the surrounding area then both that and on herself as he too also recalled a few times he went overboard and hurt himself (thankfully not enough to incapacitate him indefinitely but definitely enough to really hurt a lot) though he briefly wondered frightfully just how much damage his own successor might face once that comes.
He honestly could not help but sigh sadly, he may be a great hero and he may be good at helping in physical training, and now that he thought about it he really should start incorporating some martial arts lessons into her schedule so that she'll be able to learn how to throw a proper punch let alone be able to throw proper moves in battle later on, but that didn't change the fact that... he in all honesty didn't feel like he was competent enough to be able to teach her how to use the quirk itself.
Sure he could give her a few pointers of how it feels like, but that doesn't always exactly transition to proper instructions on how to use a quirk, this will especially be a little difficult as for his successor there's a difference between learning how other people's quirks can be used and learning how to use your own quirk in general.
It didn't help either that Nana died before she could properly teach him how to teach later when the time came for him to choose a successor in the future as she died when he was 18 during his final year at UA, the only sort of training he got was from his other master Gran Torino and even then it mostly consistent of him beating the stuffing out of him to the point that he could still feel the phantom pain from all the beating he endured way back then.
He still fears that man to this day, he may be an old man now but that didn't change the fact that he could still wipe the floor with him if he wasn't careful.
A lesson he learned the hard way that you should never underestimate somebody no matter what their age is.
He had been contemplating this for days now, trying to weigh his options to see what would be the best course of action for his successor.
As much as he wanted to be the one teaching her mainly as he's grown fond of her to the point that he sees her as the daughter he never had (But was not brave enough to say it out loud), he's willing to admit that he needs help, being the number one hero doesn't mean that he's completely invincible as he does need help sometimes as he's learned from all the experience he has received over the years as All Might.
And he knows that she will need all the help she's going to get ... especially as, looking back at his own past mistreatment, she probably may need to see a therapist, if she wasn't seeing one already (as far as he was aware) as he was well aware that the quirkless go through a lot of trauma (he was already dreading what he'll find out about what the quirkless truly go through these days compared to decades ago once he gets down to doing research on it, He would have done it sooner but he was very focused on the training, hero work and getting a lot of paperwork done so he would be ready for his first tenon at UA, though in hindsight he really should actually try to make time to get down to it soon).
He didn't want to pry but he knew he had to ask her eventually.
Weighing his options and still contemplating whether or not he should either ask for help at UA or ask his old master, or Nighteye, both those two of which he dreads Just as much but not so as the former knowing that a certain principle would absolutely take his student under his wing to cultivate and nurture her analysis skills.
One Nezu is bad enough, he honestly didn't think the world was ready for another like him, forget the fact that the two of them were different species as well as different genders, but the very thought of it terrified him to the point that he was almost afraid to sleep at night with the potential threat of nightmares ensuing from it.
Though really, he honestly wanted to be able to help her in more than just her physical training alone (and wondering if he should disregard his own fears and just go for it).
He was not naive of her brilliant analysis skills, for he highly believed that if any certified quirk analyzing professionals were to get a glimpse of her notebooks, she could very well get an early scholarship to the best university and could potentially earn her license early.
Even though that was a long ways away as she still had to finish the rest of her schooling before she could even think about attending college If she chose to do that rather than start her pro hero profession immediately after graduating high school, the skills which she had here that she had been nurturing and growing for years was not something to scoff at by any means.
Because for heroes you not only need a strong body and skills on how to fight (as well as a quirk that can be incorporated into a battle in some manner), you also need to use your brain too, for knowledge is power and it would serve one well when applied to hero work.
After all hero work isn't about pure muscle alone let alone being so heavily reliant on your quirk to the point that it becomes a crutch should you be unable to use it for some reason or another, And it was most certainly more than just fighting bad guys in general.
Looking at her now, he could see that both of them shared so many qualities and traits, he could see it in her eyes that she cares about saving and helping people more than she would fighting but that won't change the fact that she would fight with all her might to defeat the villains to save people.
Even if some of those people would claim that they didn't need saving, doing good for the sake of good was what mattered at the end (so long as it doesn't cost you gravely in return).
And those who claim that they didn't need saving, they usually would be ones that needed to be saved the most whether they were even aware of it or not.
He briefly wondered if this is how Nana felt when she was training him, he may have been a little younger than her when he first started training but that didn't change the fact that he too had worked his fingers to the bone to achieve his goal so that he would be able to wheel One for All without badly hurting his body or getting himself killed, he could only hope that he'll be able to do just as good as his mentor had for him.
"Mr. Yagi."
The voice of his successor was what brought him out of his thoughts as he turned the face her as she wore a simple white sweatshirt and grey gym pants, And her hair was down as he could see that she had taken her hair out of the ponytail and put the hair tie around her wrist to free her hair of some of the tension from being in that position for so long as she wiped the sweat off her forehead.
"Is everything all right? You've been staring off into space for the better part of an hour, is something wrong?" She asked in concern.
He smiled at her reassuringly as he told her, "I'm fine young Midoriya, I was just contemplating on how to change things up it in your training, because it hit me that as much as you need to build muscle in your body, you also need to learn how to properly fight when the time comes for you to fight against a villain."
She believed it was a little more than that but she didn't want to worry him so she nodded and replied, "I understand that, I mean I have tried to teach myself how to fight at home but I'm honestly not sure if I'm doing it right."
He nodded and said, "it's often like that with beginners who are unable to afford proper training at a gym for some reason or another, for your case we both know that the very reason why you're not able to go to a proper gym for that is because...well..." The last part he said hesitantly.
She sat down next to him on the bench as she placed a hand on his shoulder as she nodded, silently telling him that she understood as she knew from experience that the quirkless were unfairly treated like they were nothing but garbage.
And people didn't care if they were going to lose a potential customer because they were too biased to their own belief that the quirkless were worthless.
No matter how much it stung they both knew it was the truth.
But that didn't change the fact that she was grateful to have what she had now, someone who believed that she could become a hero and was willing to train her, who's willing to give her the chance that she needed to prove that she could become a hero despite what everybody said, to prove that she wasn't worthless.
She had both him and her mother on her side to support her, even with only just two people she honestly felt like she could achieve anything with them right behind her helping her to push forward.
The two of them smiled at the other giving their own silent conversation that no matter what they were going to overcome the trials ahead of them.
It was right then that the young greenettes stomach decided to make its presence known as a Loud grumbling came in to tell her that she needed to eat.
This made her blush brightly as she got annoyed that her stomach ruined The moment so rudely, Her mentor on the other hand was laughing, though thankfully not hard enough that it would cause him to cough up blood again.
"I guess this would be the perfect time for us to take a lunch break." He told her, "You have been working pretty hard all morning, and seeing that it's almost noon It would be a good time to stop and get a bite to eat before getting back to work."
She nodded as her blush started to fade, grateful that her mentor was more considerate than most people she had met in her life.
Were it anyone else they would have mocked her for being hungry and quirkless, But that was not the case whatsoever here. And for that she was glad.
As the two got off the bench, Toshinori gave Izuku back her notebook which she put in her backpack before they made their way to the stairs so that they could get into the truck, but it was then that Izuku spotted something in the sky.
It seemed to be a white cluster of 7 bright lights That were culminating around the other until eventually they all merged into one singular ball of light and it seemed to be falling from the sky, looking at the direction of where it was going to hit She realized in horror that the light was about to hit her mentor!
Just like with the Sledge villain she ran before she could think.
"LOOK OUT!!" She shouted as she leapt towards the man who she saw as more than just a mentor but as a father that she didn't have (but was hesitant to say it out loud) as she covered his body with her own as a shield as the light struck her at that very moment.
There was a bright flash of light immediately after that as Toshinori had to cover his eyes so that he wouldn't go blind as he shouted for the girl in fear.
It seemed to last for very long seconds but really to the number one hero it felt like an eternity as his mind was running in a worry tangent over his successor hoping that she wasn't hurt and really hating the fact that the light was so bright that he couldn't see a thing and that he was helpless to help her.
Thankfully the light finally dissipated as he immediately looked at the girl and was about to ask her if she was okay and check to see if she was hurt, only to be met with something rather... shocking.
He rubbed his eyes in disbelief before looking back, seeing that he wasn't imagining it.
Izuku's clothes and hairstyle had changed. She now wore a hot pink skin tight (but not in a showy way) sleeveless suit that has the legging part stop in the middle of her thines and it came with a skirt That stopped there too and black lining at the end of it along with black lining around the collar area of said suit, a light pink fest with a white lining with a hot pink stripe in the middle around the end of the vest (which was unbuttoned) and around the collar area along with hot pink buttons And the cuffed sleeves were of the same color And on her vest was a yellow "P" with a white outline to it on the left side right where her heart was, A black choker with the same initial at the center that was white, White Pearl earrings, black fingerless gloves with the cuffs of them being kind of rounded and were white with a pink stripe in the middle (much like the collar and ending of her vest), on her middle finger on her left hand was a simple ring with a hot pink gem that had the same initial like on the choker and vest only the "P" was light pink like her vest, She wore hot pink and white shoes with the cuff like socks of the shoes being just like the cuffs on her gloves, around her waist was a white belt that seemed to have a compact-like buckle at the center as said center had three different colors to it which were pink, blue and green with a white "P" at the very center of it And on the belt itself there seem to be two golden buttons on each side around the buckle compact area And on the right side there were three circles that had the same colors as that on the compact, And lastly on her head was a big red bow which held up her hair which was once down and around her shoulder blades up in a high ponytail.
And lastly, now that he got a good look at her face, he saw that her eyes which were once emerald green like her hair was now the same color of hot pink as her new theme color attire.
The two of them blinked as both did an examination on this.
Toshinori being confused as all get out while Izuku was shocked in trying to contemplate what on earth just happened.
It was just too weird, even for their world as it was when it came to it this day of age especially when it came to quirks as generally anything was possible at that point but this was just ridiculous.
And that was saying something.
"What .. just...?!" She tried to say as she was so shocked she almost felt like she was floating, not knowing that she literally was until Toshinori had to grab her by the ankle to keep her from getting too far off the ground Which made her look down and yelped in disbelief.
"I'm just as confused as you are but I think it would be in our best interest if we calm down and help you get your feet back on the ground first before we try to contemplate anything." He told her in gentle urging, trying to stay as calm as possible as he too was just as freaked out, it honestly was hard trying to keep from coughing up blood from all this.
After taking a few deep breaths, Izuku was able to calm down and guided herself back down on the ground safely as her mentor let go of her, surprised that she was able to do it so easily as if she had done this her whole life.
"I really do not know what to say about this." Izuku told him.
"That makes two of us, But still I have to ask, are you all right?" Toshinori asked her in concern.
"I'm all right, actually more than that, I feel... stronger than I ever had before, I feel really great actually like I can easily lift a truck up over my head and toss it like it were a volleyball without even trying." She explained, feeling a little giddy though still kind of cautious.
"I'm glad that you are well, but still how did this happen? Was it somebody's quirk?" Toshinori asked as he looked around the area trying to see if there was anybody close by that could have potentially caused it, but there wasn't.
"No I don't think so, for some reason I could tell that this isn't a quirk nor was it caused by someone else's quirk." She explained to him as she looked down at her hands in contemplation, "It feels like this came from somewhere else, like... almost like.. It came from another world altogether, but I can't explain why I feel like that's the case."
"It looks like we're going to need some help in this." Toshinori said as Right then an idea struck him, he was already thinking about this anyway so he might as well say it, "I think we should both head to UA and see what we can figure out there. If anyone can help us then it's the principal himself and the staff there."
Not able to think of any other solutions she agreed with her mentor believing that was the right course of action.
With that said and done they both headed to his truck as Toshinori soon started the engine and they made their way to UA.
Izuku then remembered to text her mother telling her that she might be out for a little longer than intended (but not elaborating why) and she'll text her when she would be back, The last thing she wanted was her mother to have a heart attack from forgetting to text her.
Whatever had happened to her she can only hope that it wasn't anything bad And she would soon understand why she understood that it wasn't.
Done!! I do hope I got the description of the uniform down correctly. (for Blossom at least)
And yes I did add a little bit to the costume for the sake of decency for me (and to save Izuku from feeling a bit self-conscious about it).
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and be sure to tune in to the next one coming up!
Until next time, TTFN!!