I am Here!

Midoriya Izuku was a hero nerd.

There was no other way to put it. He loved heroes. He worshipped them. He dedicated his life to them. His every waking moment was spent thinking about heroes, watching heroes, studying heroes, and accidentally getting in the way as heroes did their jobs.

Midoriya Izuku was a hero nerd.

There was one hero however that Izuku loved more than any other. It was All Might, the strongest hero of all. The hero known for his boundless strength, his heroic presence, his wide smile and his simple catchphrase 'I am Here!' said whenever he showed up on the scene to reassure any frightened civilians.

All Might was the hero Izuku wanted to be.

'Do you think… someone like…me, someone.. Without a .. without a quirk could be a… could be a …. Hero?' Izuku hesitantly asked his idol. Tears were in his eyes, he was shaking like a leaf, knees clattering so loud people thought there was a construction queue outside.

All Might, big, heroic, always smiling All Might turned towards Izuku. His smile spread wider, spread in joy and Izuku felt hope. 'Hell no!'

That hope crashed, shattered, burned, was turned into ash, used to make a pot, that was then shattered and all of the pieces shot out into space to never return again. 'Look kid, you don't need a quirk to be a hero, gods know I never needed one,' Wait what? All Might doesn't use a quirk? 'But what you do need is bravery, you're a coward, brat. A spineless little coward, no way you could be a hero bwahaha a little brat like you a hero!?' Oh look, the pieces of Izuku's hope are now passing Pluto, going towards a blak hole.

That's nice.

All Might laughed for a full minute, bent over, holding his stomach, wiping tears from his eyes, laughter. Eventually he grew tired of laughing at Izuku, 'a hero bwahaha,' were his last words as he walked off.

Izuku had his dream crushed ruthlessly by his idol, mocked in such a way that he would probably never recover but he got to meet his idol! He probably came out ahead if anything, and hey hopes and dreams weren't important anyway!

Kaachan had been attacked by a slime villain.

Izuku had rushed in like an idiot.

All Might had shown up and saved him again. Izuku's hopes were really being crushed down in that blackhole.

Izuku was walking home alone, not sure if today was a positive or negative. Looks like Kaachan was feeling nice to Izuku, the explosive boy only gave Izuku one death threat! So that was good. All Might probably thought he was an idiot as well as a coward. So that was bad. All Might actually knew who he was. So today is looking up!

'Hey brat!'

Izuku froze, it was All Might. Gods he was in so much trouble, he was going to be yelled at, maybe arrested, thrown in Tartarus. His mom would have to wear a paperbag over her head in public, lest everyone know that she is the mother of the boy who interfered with All Might's work!

A large, heavy hand clamped on Izuku's shoulder and turned the boy, forcing him to look up at All Might.

'Ah… ah… yes …All Might..?'

All Might looked down at Izuku, that ever present smile on his face. 'You're an idiot brat.' Yeah, that seemed about right to Izuku.

'You rushed into a situation you had no responsibility being in, if I wasn't there you would be dead, that explosive lil shit would be dead, Backdraft would have gotten paid time off due to watching you two kids die fucking Backdraft.' Ah there was Izuku's tears, he thought he had run out during the day, guess he was wrong!

'However you weren't a coward.'

….What?

'It took guts to run in like that brat, and I'd be a hypocrite if I gave anyone shit for being an idiot.'

…Was All Might being nice to him? Holy Heroes All Might was being nice to him!

'Anyway I think you can be a hero, and I'm gonna train you to be one!'

A blackhole in space exploded, sending Izuku's hopes flying across the universe, through the Milky Way, past Pluto all the way to Earth. 'All Might's going to train me to be a hero?' he asked in a daze.

All Might's grin widened, as he began to crack his knuckles. 'Damn right brat, now the first rule. Call me Jiisan' What happened next was only between Izuku and his numerous therapists in the future.

Midoriya Inko was not sure how to react to All Might spending so much time with her son. Though the two seemed to get on along quite well so she let it slide.

Izuku would even tell the cutest stories like how All Might took him to see tigers at the zoo, or went camping with him, took him on a balloon ride, went cave diving with him. Izuku was clearly having so much fun that whenever he remembered them he would shake with excitement.

It was a bit weird that All Might insisted on being a grandfather to Izuku, but she could tell that despite his somewhat rough demeanour he truly cared for her little boy and wanted to help him be a hero just like him.

She felt happy knowing that All Might was looking out for her little boy.

Tenya Iida didn't like the green haired boy. He was not taking the exam seriously, always looking around, muttering to himself clearly worried bout his grandfather based on the mutterings. Iida could respect that, love and worry to one's family was important. However now was not the time and place, this was the UA entrance exams!

The green haired boy was doing this hallowed institution a disservice by not giving it his complete attention. He kept his mumbling up throughout the test and instead of throwing the young man out the proctor just looked at the boy with sympathy and did nothing.

People were gathering for the practical test, keeping a wide berth around the green haired boy who was obviously unsettling everyone around him, despicable. The proctor said go and before anyone could react the green haired boy was gone in a flash, the sound of a robot exploding down the street the only indication of where he was.

The green haired boy was obviously keeping up a charade, throw everyone off with his anxious mannerisms and use that to give himself time to get an extra few points. Tenya felt his engines rev and rushed forward, he would not let this deceptive green haired boy do better than him. He was an Iida.

Aizawa had to admit he was worried about Midoriya.

Aizawa had announced his Quirk Apprehension Test, designed to test his students' quirks, their physical prowess and how they reacted to pressure using the threat of expulsion.

Midoriya apprantly does not take the threat of expulsion well. The young boy was muttering up a storm, pacing and sweating, the wild eyed look of a caged animal on his face. It was the look of someone who would do anything and everything within their morals to pass this test.

Aizawa couldn't blame him.

Nedzu had informed the teachers about how Midoriya was All Might's surrogate grandson and the number one hero, nicknamed amongst those who knew him as The Fist, and about how All Might had promised to make Midoriya the best hero there was.

All Might's training methods and refusal to take no for an answer is in fact the reason why the number one hero was banned from ever stepping foot on UA grounds. The man meant well, and his training was effective, it had also been made illegal in every country in the world. Though no one would enforce that rule because…well it's All Might.

Maybe Aizawa should have come up with a different threat, he couldn't change it now as the other students wouldn't believe him if he changed his threat. It would lose him all his credibility. Here's hoping that Midoriya was able to make it through the test without any issue.

Ochaco was not sure how to react to Izuku.

On one hand he was the nervous stuttering wreck she met outside the application exams, the boy who kept jumping at shadows and looked like he hadn't slept in days. Honestly Ochaco didn't think he'd be able to pass the exams. Then like a gallant green knight he was leaping through the air and breaking the Zero Pointer robot with a punch, all to protect her.

She had to admit, Izuku looked very attractive while saving her life, he even helped her out from under the rubble. But then that wild eyed desperation in his eyes was back and he rushed off to destroy more robots. She had to wonder, just what made the boy so desperate.

Well Ochaco found out at the quirk apprehension test, she heard him muttering to himself about how he needed to win, along with mutterings of Jiisan. It was honestly very cute that he would go to such great lengths for his grandfather, but he could still take it a bit easier. She was here so her parents wouldn't have to keep struggling doing back breaking work for ridiculous hours and she wasn't even as stressed as he was.

However when Izuku wasn't stressed, wasn't worried about failing out of the class, he was a lot calmer. During their first heroics class he was calm and sweet and worked together with her to make a plan against Iida and Bakugou. All of that stress, all of that muttering and pacing and anxious energy was gone. Even when Bakugou was screaming death threats and throwing explosions and bringing the building down around their ears Izuku was calm.

Izuku was more than calm, he had a smile on his face, he genuinely appeared to be enjoying the fight. He enjoyed being thrown around like a ragdoll, fighting Bakugou until they were both bruised and bloodied with broken ribs. It was somewhat cool if terrifying that Izuku never once flinched during all of that.

Nedzu wanted to scream or cry or laugh, probably all thr…no he just wanted to scream. Three days. Three days. Three gods damned days was how long it took for All Might to get bored. Despite the restraining order, despite all of the agreements and laws and everything barring All Might from ever stepping foot onto the school!

Despite all of that. All Might had announced to the public that he would be assisting the school with their training.

The worst part of all however, the part that truly rubbed Nedzu's fur the wrong way? He would give in. It's not like Nedzu actually had any say in the matter. If All Might wanted on school grounds then he would be on school grounds. If All Might wanted to train his surrogate grandson then All Might would train his surrogate grandson. All Might was an idiot, far far beneath Nedzu's intellectual capabilities but despite that, despite all of that there was nothing. Not a single thing Nedzu could do to stop the man who destroyed mountains as a warm up!

All Might was a hero, he was a great hero in fact. He was great with stopping villains, great with saving lives, great with the press, great with civilians and even a great team player. All Might however was a horrible, torturous instructor and he was going to teach at UA.

Nedzu finally buried the urge to scream, buried it deep, deep within his animal brain, fed it to his growing hatred of humans and considered once again the benefits of alcoholism.

After deciding that despite the mind numbing attraction he could not stomach the taste Nedzu came up with a plan. If All Might wanted to teach then he would teach, Nedzu would just try and steer him to less dangerous avenues. Rescue training would be a good start, it didn't require combat after all.

Nedzu updated the school roster, making sure that All Might's first class would be at the Unforseen Simulation Joint.

Izuku was excited.

He was going to the Unforseen Simulation Joint with his classmates, it would be a day of learning about rescue heroics, a role that Izuku wanted to excel in. Thirteen was there and it was nice seeing Ochaco geek out over the hero. It was going to be a nice, relaxing day.

Then some villains showed up, spouting about how they were here to kill All Might. Izuku almost laughed at that, you couldn't kill Jiisan it was impossible, Jiisan was too strong. However what was worrying was that they thought they could kill All Might and Jiisan was not there, probably stopped for some donuts.

What this meant was that there was an army of villains vs two pro heroes and a class of students. It was not a great situation, there was no way all of his classmates would be okay against all of those villains. There were too many, and the class wasn't even through their first week of lessons!

So Izuku did what he had to, he dashed forward with Soru like Jiisan taught him, closing the gap with the villains in the blink of an eye and aimed a fist right at the biggest guy there, some weird veiny guy with a beak and exposed brain. Take out the biggest guy, and maybe the other villains would hesitate a bit. Every second that Izuku bought was a second closer to Jiisan showing up.

Izuku's punch did nothing.

It was weird, like punching a pillow or a rubber ball. He hit with all of his might, yet their was barely any feeling of impact.

The beaked villain looked down at Izuku, the other villains laughed, Aizawa-sensei was screaming for him to run, Kaachan's explosions could be heard as the explosive boy tried to rush forward. The villain's fist hit Izuku in the stomach, lifting him up as it destroyed several of his ribs and sent him flying at least twenty metres back, impacting a stone wall and leaving an Izuku sized hole.

'That was dumb,' he gasped falling to his knees, blood coming out of his mouth.

Someone, Kirishima, rushed to Izuku's side to pull the green haired boy up and away but Izuku shrugged him off, taking a step forward.

Everyone was frozen staring at him, disbelief in their eyes that he was alive, let alone able to walk. 'That was dumb,' he said again, staring at the leader of the villains, a guy with hands everywhere. 'The big guy is how you're going to take Jiisan down? Shock absorption quirk i'm guessing, some strength enhancer and considering the fact he's still alive despite having an exposed brain… probably a regen or self healing quirk right?'

The hand vilain puffed himself up, 'yes. Nomu here is specifically specked out to be able to take down brute strength like All Might's. No matter how hard you hit him it does nothing, and he can punch just as hard as All Might can.'

Izuku couldn't help it, he laughed. 'Bwahaha owe it hurst to laugh, you think this guy can punch as strong as Jiisan? Jiisan can break mountains, this…this is nothing like him. Let me show you,' Izuku dashed forward again, sending another fist at Nomu. The intention wasn't to win, Izuku couldn't win. He couldn't hurt the thing and one hit from it would kill most of his classmates. The intent was to stall.

His fist and Nomu's fists hit, neither one giving to the other equally matched. Same with the next punch and the punch after that. The other villains started to target his classmates then, Izuku hoped they would be okay, hoped that Aizawa and Thirteen could keep them safe while he focussed on the big guy.

It was a losing fight from the start, Izuku couldn't hurt the big guy and Nomu had endless stamina causing Izuku to take a few hits here and there, a few more broken ribs, a shattered shoulder, a twisted ankle, at least two concussions but Izuku did not give up, he did not give in. He was going to protect his friends from this monster.

Even as his vision darkened, as his blood coated the floor Izuku did not give in. He remained fighting.

'Idiot grandson,' All Might whispered, appearing right in front of Izuku. He stood tall, and strong, a wide smile on his face.

Izuku had never questioned before why his grandfather's smile was so reassuring to civillians. If asked he might have said something like 'his smile says that no matter how bad things get they will get better,' it's cute. Idealistic. It's not wrong per say, but it's not right. Jiisan's, All Might's, smile is reassuring because it's a threat. It's a threat to the villains saying 'I don't need to be serious to beat you,' it's a threat that say's 'I am Here!'

Izuku knew upon seeing that smile that everything would be all right, his grandfather would beat up all the villains. With a smile of his own, Izuku fell backwards letting himself fall unconscious as his Jiisan destroyed Nomu with a single punch.

Hey guys, gods its been a long time since I wrote a fanfic.

Anyway for those who know me I like crossovers, some of my favourites i've done were Demon of Hogwarts, Ninja, Pirate, Clown, and Potters Pirate Pals.

As you may have noticed from all three of those I love reincarnation fics. Anyway there was one character I really wanted to write, Monkey D Garp from One Piece.

However he was hard to come up with an idea for, Garp isn't the character who starts at the bottom so he couldn't be Harry Potter or Naruto or Midoriya for instance because Garp IS strong, he's on top of the world (or close to it) and so it'd be wrong for him to be weak.

I also couldn't put him as say Jiraiya from Naruto because while strong and legendary, Jiraiya doesn't stand quite as high as Garp does and well most other people who are as strong as garp should be are villains.

Then I thought, why not All Might?

And here we are.

Anyway not sure if i'll continue this but hey its a possibility, read, review and be a hero or else All Might Garp will hit you with his Fist of Love.