Chapter 21

Izuku wanted to stay sleeping, but that annoying beeping sound was getting on his nerves, he tried opening his eyes but his body refused to obey

"Okay don't freak out, you're experiencing sleeping paralysis, what does the post on that blog said? Try moving your toes first" he then tried to move his toes and he jolted at the sudden spike of pain "All right maybe I'm not in a sleeping paralysis!" Using all his strength Izuku managed to open his eyes slowly toward a blinding white light

After his eyes got accustomed to it, he was received by a white ceiling and bright lights, he turned towards his right slowly and watched the medical equipment that was making the noise with narrowed eyes. "Ah hospital beeping machine I hate you-" his train of thought was cut when everything that happened crashed into him like a sledgehammer

Izuku quickly jumped off the bed and fell to the floor his body failing him. He tried to get up quickly only to fall on his left side "Wha-" the sharp pain that exploded on his left arm made him cry in agony, he heard steps running in his direction

"Wha- Hokage sir what happened!" a nurse screeched, and then she reached towards a button beside Izuku's bed "You shouldn't be moving right now sir! Your injuries are still healing!"

Izuku had two questions in his head "Did she just call me Sir?" and "What injuries?" He knew that he should be focusing on the latter, but after a few momentshe felt the nurse's lifting him toward the bed

"Hokage Sir please don't move let me check your bandages please" Izuku saw her hands move towards his left arm and he froze. He started trembling at the sight of his arm… or where it should have been, the bloody bandage wrapped just below his elbow

The next minutes passed quickly with Izuku in a state of shock, he could hear people around him but his ears felt as if were stuffed with cotton "I lost an arm… well half of my left arm? Or more like a third of my arm? Can… I keep going like this? Of course, I can! But making seals is practically impossible now! No! I can do a few seals with one hand… but the more complex techniques are now just impossible, what would I do? How would I-" Izuku's mind was spiraling into despair when he felt a pair of hands shaking him softly by his shoulders and another smaller set of arms wrapping around his waist

"Izuku baby, please breath," Inko said softly with tears threatening to slip from her eyes, Izuku's sight focused on his mom, and then he looked down at Eri who was hugging his waist tightly. Even in the state, he was in, Izuku couldn't stop the soft smile that appeared on his face from watching the small girl

"Hey mom," he said softly and the dam broke, Izuku prepared himself to receive Midoriya Inko's special hug but was surprised by the soft and tender touch of his mother, Izuku let himself get hugged and used his right arm to pat Eri's head

"Thank god you're awake" Izuku nodded into her embrace holding his tears "I know is a dumb question but how do you feel?"

"Like if a dived straight into a wood shredder and then a bus ran over what came off the machine" Inko couldn't help but snort a little "My body hurts mom, but I'll get better in no time" then he looked at his left arm "Mostly" Izuku saw that his mom wanted to say some serious words to him and decided to change the subject quickly

"You haven't said anything Eri, what are you thinking?" The small girl looked up with teary eyes

"I thought I wouldn't see you again" Izuku's heart broke when he heard her wobbly voice

"Ah, so you thought that you could escape from my hugs!" Izuku then hugged Eri, his right arm wrapping around the small child easily, he saw Eri stare at his left arm with sadness in her eyes "Don't worry Eri I got you covered" two Izukus appeared in front of them and threw themselves at Eri who smiled softly at being hugged by so many of her hero

Izuku's eyes focused on his left arm again and sighed sadly, he then made his clones disappear and hugged the small girl tightly

"They couldn't re-attach your arm" Inko's voice was barely a whisper "When that… man cut it, your arm… it landed close to a building that collapsed" Izuku nodded, his eyes widened in fear and alarm

"Stain?!" Izuku's blood turned into ice when his mother just shook her head, he felt a grip in his heart but kept asking "What about the heroes and Tenya?"

"The fly is in ICU… his future is uncertain, the other heroes are still in a delicate state but the doctors managed to stabilize them," Inko said

"Do you know anything about Tenya?" Izuku pressured his mom who shook her head

"UA has only made a statement saying that he's recovering" Izuku smiled and nodded

"I managed to save them… I'm glad" Izuku's eyes watered "I guess this is it… my last act as a hero," Izuku said softly, using all the strength he had in him to not cry over Eri's head

"Oh, why would you think that, Young Midoriya?" Izuku's head snapped up when he heard All Might's voice "Everything it's fine now, why? Because I'm here!"

"And I'm also here!" Nezu was perched on All Might's shoulder

"They've been here since yesterday; you didn't tell me that you knew All Might!" Inko whispered the last part, Izuku chuckled a little and just shrugged, his eyes widened suddenly

"Yesterday!? How much I was sleep!"

"Just a couple of days don't worry about it, you seriously can't stop getting in trouble young man," Nezu said chuckling, and Izuku smiled softly at his senseis

"I've been told that meddling where you don't have to… is the essence of a hero," Izuku said smiling

"You're very wise young Midoriya," All Might said nodding

"Sensei how is Iida?" Izuku asked. Nezu sighed and scratched his head a little

"Iida's health is stable and recovering, the knife thankfully didn't pierce his heart, but his involvement in the fight made his… situation at the school complicated, we're working on that" Izuku nodded, with mixed feelings, happy for Iida getting better but worried about his future as hero student. He took a deep breath and decided to ask the big question

"So… what are my charges?" The mood in the room got somber

"We've managed to keep most of the heat off you, Izuku," Nezu said "After all, you managed to not only save 5 pro heroes and one hero student, but you also defeated an S-tier villain" Izuku was about to say something but stopped when he felt Eri move a little on his waist, he turned to his mom and signaled her to take Eri, Inko nodded

"Eri, can you and mom bring me something to drink for one of the machines outside please I'm really thirsty? Can you be my hero Eri?" Eri nodded quickly and took Inko's hand, practically dragging her out

"Izuku needs something to drink! Let's go!" Izuku smiled softly at the scene for a moment, and then his body slumped down

"I didn't defeat an S-tier villain… I killed Stain" Izuku whispered "I'm supposed to be a hero! My job is to protect lives!" Izuku put his head on his right hand, the tears finally rolling down his cheeks

"You're not wrong young Midoriya, we are protectors… but sometimes the only way that we heroes have to protect life… is by taking the life of the one that is threatening them" Izuku looked at All Might with a pained expression "I'm not saying that you should feel proud of it… it's the last resource we have after all. But don't think for a moment that we would think less of you for making that choice"

"I have taken that option a couple of times in the past… when the villain was such a threat to the people that they left me no other option. The one that made the hole in my left side was one of them" Izuku nodded slowly still crying

"Izuku, Stain was using chakra right?" Izuku turned to Nezu "He was also using a variant of your sage mode if I'm not mistaken"

"Yes… yes, he was a sage too" Izuku's right hand turned into a fist "He… He managed to master a power that requires so much will, self-control, and training! and he decided to use it to kill people!"

"Yeah, to be honest, I'm glad that he is gone" Izuku turned to Nezu with widened eyes, then turned to All Might who shrugged "I know it sounds awful… but we saw what he was capable of, and what he said about we not having means to keep him incarcerated was true, our quirk suppressant cells meant nothing to a chakra user"

"That doesn't make what I did right" Izuku narrowed his eyes for a second "Wait… what he said? But how did you know-?" Izuku's eyes widened "The reporter" he whispered

"Indeed" Nezu sighed exhausted "Most of your battle was broadcasted live, making it impossible to keep your involvement in secret, the good news is that the public is mostly on your side, the bad news is that the HPSC is going to need your declaration"

"Is that too bad?"

"Normally I would say that he is exaggerating, but you being given your Hero permit by him and myself put you in a complicated spot," All Might said "Nezu doesn't have the best relationship with the commission and they don't like me a lot because I don't let them rule my actions"

"So the commission will surely revoke my Hero permit," Izuku said sadly

"I don't think they would, the public will eat them alive," Nezu said smirking "They'll probably try to intimidate you or convince you to transfer to their hero programs. I know you're smart enough to avoid both scenarios" Izuku smiled at the trust Nezu had in him

"They still can put a lot of obstacles for me getting my full hero license" Izuku sighed but All Might smiled

"That's why I'm here!" Izuku raised an eyebrow "In case they try anything I'll just need to tell the world that I'm one of the two heroes sponsoring you!" Izuku's eyes widened "The public will surely blow a fuse if they know about the commission putting obstacles in the young hero sponsored by the number one hero"

"All Might you can't do that!" Izuku blurted "You've never sponsored anyone, after the fiasco with Stain people will start doubting you! That if we don't mention the few of your haters that will have a field day with this situation!" All Might again just laughed

"My boy, I don't care about that. When Nezu told me about the idea to give you your hero permit, he explained to me what could happen. I gladly accepted every possible scenario. The only thing that worries me is the target I could put in your back" All Might sighed "To be honest with you neither Nezu nor myself considered that we'll need to say something to the public about us sponsoring you… at least not so soon" he chuckled

"I'm sorry… but don't worry about me being a target… after all this may be my last act as a hero," Izuku said sadly

"Ah right… you said that earlier… why would you think that my boy?"

"I lost an arm All Might," Izuku said whispering

"Don't worry about that Izuku, as we're talking right now the support department is working on a high-tech prosthetic for you!" Nezu chirped, Izuku smiled but shook his head

"It'll be of incredible help, but most of my techniques require hand seals, even with a prosthetic it won't have chakra conduits, which means that I wouldn't be able to use them" Izuku's head dropped to his hand again

"My boy" All Might sat beside him "Believe me when I say that I can understand the feeling of losing a part of you" All Might touched his left side, and Izuku frowned

"He got his stomach and lung ripped out and kept moving forward, and I'm here feeling bad for losing half of my arm"

"But I see a lot of myself in you young Midoriya, I see the drive and frankly my stubbornness. Is normal to feel like you can't keep going after what went through, and believe me no one will fault you if you decided that you don't want to continue, but answer me honestly… Will you be able to stay seated while people need your help?" Izuku was quiet for a few moments

"No… I wouldn't be able to" Izuku meant that even if he didn't sound sure

"Izuku, we know that you'll be able to succeed, this is a rough patch and you're entitled to feel awful, but Yagi and I know that you're going to get back from this situation stronger" Nezu smiled softly

"I will try" Nezu and All Might looked at each other and decided that it was too early for Izuku to accept and move past his new situation, suddenly Nezu's phone dinged and his eyes narrowed

"The HPSC commissioner is here, I'll send a message to Mrs. Midoriya to wait for a little before coming back this is going to be quick" Nezu's voice sounded cold

"Worry not young Midoriya, we're on your corner, and you don't have to answer anything you feel uncomfortable with" Izuku nodded at All Might and took a deep breath. A few moments later the door was opened by a man in a suit, who quickly looked at Izuku and then turned to Nezu who was beside him

"Good morning, my name is Shimoda Arata. I'm from the Hero Commission and I'm here to take the statement of Midoriya Izuku about Stain's case, could you please leave the room" Izuku could hear the authority in the voice of the man

"I don't think that's possible," Nezu said, the ice in his voice made Izuku's hair on the back of his neck raise "I'm Principal Nezu one of the people that authorized Midoriya's Hero permit so I'm allowed here" The commissioner narrowed his eyes "of course the other Hero is also here" Nezu smirked and looked towards All Might who was on the corner of the room with his arms crossed watching silently. Commissioner Shimoda's eyes widened, not believing how he could have missed the massive figure of the number-one hero

"I…I see I'm- I'm glad that you both are here" The authority in his voice was crumbling at the sight of the symbol of peace "This is just a routine process, you shouldn't have bothered being here"

"Is not a bother to come and see the young man I'm sponsoring right?" All Might asked and the commissioner quickly shook his head

"No, no of course" he cleared his throat and turned towards Izuku "The commission just has a few questions for you young man" Izuku nodded

"First, can you tell me please, why were you in Hosu?" Izuku took another deep breath "Straight to business I see"

"I was watching the TV, then the program cut to the news that talked about the situation in Hosu, then the image changed again apparently to a reporter tailing Stain, but all that the camera showed was a… severed arm" Izuku sighed

"One of my best friends was there, I got worried and since I have a Hero Permit I decided to go and help as much as I could, so I teleported there" The commissioner nodded and looked through the notebook he had on his hand

"It says here that you use a "seal" to use that ability of you" Izuku again nodded "Why did you have a seal on Hosu?"

"Oh, I have seals on my friends… WITH THEIR PERMISSION OF COURSE! We use them to practice in class and in case of emergency" Izuku scratched the back of his head

"I see… and this was really an emergency… now that we're talking about that can you explain to me how your teleportation technique actually works-?" Before Izuku could answer Nezu interfered

"I don't think that's relevant, don't you think that All Might?"

"I think you're right. How young Midoriya uses his techniques is irrelevant, we should be simply glad that he has that technique, after all, that's the reason he saved all those heroes don't you think?" The commissioner heard what All Might was implying and nodded slowly

"They're right, sorry I was just really intrigued. Now we have seen what you can do from the sports festival, you can teleport, and is safe to assume that you can teleport other people" Izuku nodded

"Then why did you decide to engage when you could teleport them away?"

"Stain was fast" Shimoda raised an eyebrow "I need time to teleport people, the more people or a longer distance meant more time. Stain's speed… was something honestly terrifying; he could match my close-range teleportation with just speed. I just didn't have enough time to do that"

"I see," Shimoda said while writing in his notebook "Last question, why did you decide to kill Stain?" The room suddenly felt cold

"How dare you?" All Might hissed "You more than anyone knows why he HAD to do that, he doesn't just decide to do it" Izuku felt the room vibrate even if All Might wasn't shouting

"We have an idea, but we need to hear his reasoning, after all, took the life of a criminal. Even if he was an S-tier villain" All Might took a step towards the man but Izuku raised his right hand stopping him. They looked at each other for a while and finally, All Might sighed. Izuku turned toward the commissioner

"Did you see the fight on the TV?" Shimoda nodded "Did you hear what he said?"

"Part of the audio was lost due to the damage to the camera, but we got your last conversation"

"Conversation" Izuku huffed "Well if you heard the conversation, he said the reason why I decided to put an end to it"

"I could have left him to leave, yes, and he will let me go in return… but he wouldn't stay down for long, How many heroes would fall before we could have another chance to end it?"

"I hate… with all my being that I had to kill him… you have no idea how much I hate myself for that. That I wasn't strong enough to apprehend him, that I couldn't put him in the deepest dungeon of Tartarus" Izuku's eyes filled with tears

"I didn't want to do it, but I knew that if I let him go… I would be at least partially responsible for all the lives he would have taken" Again the commissioner just wrote in the notebook

"How are you so sure he wouldn't stay down for long?" Nezu who had been silent hissed

"You're not a field agent right?" Shimoda raised an eyebrow and shook his head "Yeah, I can see that if you were one, you should know that a villain with the conviction, will, and strength he had wouldn't let his injuries stop him for long. Midoriya answered all your questions I think that would be all"

Shimoda looked at Nezu and then turned to All Might who was just looking at him with a raised eyebrow. He coughed into his hand and stood up

"I have everything that I need for the moment then, thank you for your cooperation" he took some papers from his notebook "Before I leave, let me gift you these pamphlets" Izuku took the papers confused

"Feel free to call us if you decide that your current hero training is lacking" Shimoda looked at Nezu from the corner of his eye "And please forgive me for the questioning, but this is the procedure" then Shimoda bowed lightly "Thank you for taking care of the villain, the pay for your success will be sent to your account shortly" Shimoda didn't even acknowledge Nezu or All Might and left the room

"Did… did he say pay?" Izuku asked baffled and All Might laughed loudly at his expression

"My boy, of course, you'll get paid. It wasn't a small feat what you did" Izuku nodded slowly "On the bright side they don't look too inclined to try and put a dent in your career"

"You would have paid for your encounter with Overhaul too, but you didn't have your permit at the moment so you'll have to make do with Stain's reward," Nezu said smirking, Izuku shook his head in disbelief "Now sorry for my curiosity but what are those papers?" Izuku read the pamphlets and sighed handing them to Nezu

"Ah, those snakes don't lose any opportunity to try and snatch young heroes" Nezu growled at the "Specialized hero training by the HPSC" pamphlets but returned the papers to Izuku who just put them on the side table "Now young man you must rest, you need to recover"

"Thank you" Izuku smiled softly at his senseis

"Now I know you won't like it but… it'll be necessary for you to talk to make a statement for the media along with Yagi and me" Izuku's eyes widened "The people know about you, being the winner of the sports festival put a spotlight on you, and when the fight with Stain was aired people knew who was the young hero fighting him... People know it was you… your name is all on the media"

"Nope All Might please hit me in the head" He turned towards the number one hero "Don't miss the spot right between the eye and the ear"

"You're exaggerating young Midoriya," All Might said while ruffling his hair "Don't worry it can be made in those new internet social thingies, most of the questions will be for us as your sponsors, but you need to answer at least a couple of questions" Izuku chocked with his spit

"Internet social thingies?!" for the first time since he woke up, he laughed freely, Nezu chuckled while All Might face turned scarlet. He laughed hard for a while and then sighed happily "You'll be there with me, right?"

"Of course," was the answer of both his teachers, he couldn't help but feel relieved

"We must leave now Izuku, take a rest, we'll be waiting for you in UA" Nezu smiled and patted Izuku's leg "We must go, Yagi, we need to prepare the Internet Social thingy, it was a great idea" All Might sighed loudly and lift the small principal towards his shoulder before his teachers left the room Izuku asked again

"So you're still going to say that you gave me my hero permit?" Izuku whispered

"My boy as the symbol of peace I'm proud of a few of my accomplishments, giving you a hand on becoming the best hero you can be is ranked pretty high on that list"

"I'm on the same boat, giving you your permit was one of the best decisions I've made," Nezu said smiling. Izuku felt the pride his mentor and his idol felt for him and couldn't help but feel guilty about still having doubts

"Also I would like for you to meet the next holder soon" Izuku's eyes widened "Togata Mirio decided to take the mantle"

"I'm really happy that you found your successor All Might!" Izuku said with sincerity "Oh man I can't wait to meet him!"

"Yeah, he took his time to accept, but I know he'll be an amazing successor" All Might smiled softly at Izuku "And I have to admit that signing your hero permit is my own way to make you my successor too. You may not have my quirk but I also choose you!"

Izuku's chest almost exploded with pride after that. His senseis left the room and Inko and Eri entered immediately, he spent a good chunk of the day talking with his mom and Eri, when he noticed something

"Wait where is Gamabu?" Izuku finally noticed the missing small frog

"Actually, I don't know, when we got here, she just jumped away from Eri made some signs, and left quickly" Izuku raised an eyebrow "That's definitely suspicious"

"Hopefully is nothing" Izuku then felt Eri's arms around his mid stomach, she was sleeping happily at his side, he then turned his head towards his mom and he could see the bags under her eyes "Mom you need to sleep, I promise I won't go anywhere" Inko shook his head but he insisted

"Mom, I bet you haven't slept since you got here, and that was two days ago, please take a nap on the other bed, I'll be fine" It took a little more but he finally convinced her to take a power nap, when he heard his mom snoring softly, he finally let himself sag completely on his bed, being careful to not wake up Eri

For a while he stood there watching the ceiling, thinking of his uncertain future "This is taking me nowhere I need a distraction" He reached towards the left side table only to sigh in frustration "Of course… no left hand" He made a shadow clone to pass him his cellphone he couldn't move a lot after all with Eri hugging him "Huh mom must have turned it off" Izuku quickly understood why his mom did that

As soon as the phone booted it started vibrating like crazy, Izuku almost dropped it but was happy that he had it in vibration mode almost all the time or it would have wakened up his mom and Eri

"Okay I'm avoiding social media for now," Izuku said looking at the +999 notification on all his social media apps, then he opened the messages and he couldn't stop the smile from appearing on his face he had a lot of messages from his classmates

"Okay, so I have more than 1000 messages between Kirishima, Ashido, Tsuyu, and Ochako… I need to contact them soon" he saw messages from almost everyone in the class, and he couldn't help to raise an eyebrow at the single message from Bakugo

Bakugo: You better not give up after losing an arm nerd, or I swear to God that I'll rip out your other arm and then kill you. You can't give up before I kick your ass

Izuku was really confused about how Bakugo knew about his internal turmoil "How did he know that… and is he giving me encouraging words or just being an asshole?" Izuku shook his head and decided to not open that can of worms right now

Then he noticed another single message but this time from Todoroki

Todoroki: Midoriya I hope you're all right now :). Sorry I couldn't be there to help you. There were complications in the middle of the city, I will tell you about it when we see each other again. Be safe

Izuku couldn't decide if the all-right comment was a joke or not, he just send him a message saying that he is better now and he'll see him in school

Pistachio, Strawberry with a cherry on top

Pistachio added Uraraka Ochako and Asui Tsuyu to the group

Pistachio: Hey guys I added Ochako and Tsuyu to our group. I guess it's faster than sending each of you a message.

Strawberry: Midori!

Cherry: Midoribro! Thank God I was about to go to Hosu and search for you in every hospital!

Strawberry: Aizawa just told us that you were fine but nothing else!

Uraraka Ochako: Izuku! How are you, do you need something? I can take a train to Hosu right now!

Asui Tsuyu: Aren't you like 800km away from where Izuku is kero? I'm happy to hear from you Izuku, sorry if this is a dumb question but how are you?

Pistachio: That's not a dumb question Tsuyu… I'm recovering. My energy is still low and my body hurts but I'll get better soon

Uraraka Ochako: I'll float the 800km right now if he needs me! I'm glad that you're okay, the fight on the news looked terrible

Cherry: You were really manly Midoribro!

Strawberry: Kirishima broke his cellphone watching the news, I'm pretty sure that I would have melted mine too but I was in the living room

Cherry: She just melted her father's couch

Strawberry: No one asked you that!

Asui Tsuyu: I'm happy that you're recovering Kero, I didn't destroy anything I have a lot of control over my strength

Izuku could feel how everyone was trying to avoid the three-legged elephant in the room so he decided to break it to them

Pistachio: Btw I need your help. I don't know if Todoroki was joking or not

Izuku sent the screenshot of Todoroki's message and it devolved into a discussion of what he meant for a while; he couldn't help but laugh at his friends' antics

Uraraka Ochako: Now that you brought that up… how are you feeling about your new situation, I'm sorry if I'm being insensitive but I don't know how to phrase it!

Asui Tsuyu: And they call me blunt kero

Uraraka Ochako: I'm sorry!

Pistachio: No, is all right… I'm… I'm fine mostly, I'm not going to lie and tell you that it's not shocking… but I hope I'll get better

Cherry: You'll be man, nothing will stop you from moving forward!

Izuku felt the guilt gripping his heart, he didn't have it in him to tell his friend that he is questioning everything at the moment, his turmoil was stopped by his phone vibrating. It was a call from Ochako

"Hey… I'm really sorry if I was insensitive" Izuku chuckled

"Don't worry about it, you weren't. It's difficult, to be honest with you… but I'll handle it" Ochako was silent for a few moments

"You don't sound so sure about that" Izuku grimaced and chuckled sadly

"You noticed that huh" he sighed sadly "I just… don't know. This put a massive obstacle on my road to be a hero. I know I can but it will be an uphill battle"

"But the support department is making you a prosthetic already! Principal Nezu told us!"

"Yes, he told me that and I'm grateful, but with the way my… power works… it'll still be difficult you know" Izuku sighed again, he couldn't explain that the prosthetic wouldn't work with his chakra, at least not over a phone call

"You can do it" Izuku raised an eyebrow at her earnest tone "We may know each other for little time, but I know in my heart that if someone can overcome something like this… is you"

"But what if I can't?" He could feel the pout of Ochako from the phone

"Nope, you can. You're going to be the best hero ever no matter what!" Izuku chuckled softly

"I don't think I can top All Might, Ochako"

"You can do it! So, get up! I believe in you" Izuku's smile widened

"I don't know if I can right now. Wait" Izuku took a picture of Eri hugging him and sent it to Ochako "I have a unicorn latched on my side"

"Oh! She is precious! Is she your little sister?!" Izuku then flinched knowing he messed up. Nobody knew about his fight with Overhaul

"Yeah, something like that" Izuku whispered

"What do you mean?" Izuku then told her everything, about how he came across her and his fight against Overhaul and his men, the problems he had with the police, and his hero permit.

"So, you went to investigate a small drug circle, then followed them and found out they were making deals with the Yakuza, who were using the precious girl at your side to create quirk-erasing bullets so you decided to beat them all up, and save her, and then you got a special hero permit and adopted her, all that in your first mission?"

"I mean you probably skipped a few steps but yeah that summed it up pretty well" Ochako was silent for a good minute, Izuku even checked that the call wasn't cut

"Did you beat the ever-living shit of those bastards?" Izuku's eyes widened at her language

"I… yeah I did"

"Good… now give me a moment while I freak out" Again Izuku had to wait for a few minutes while hearing Ochako lose her mind on the other side of the line "I'm back. You're really something else you know that Izuku?"

"I've been told" Izuku chuckled, his tone turned grave again "Ochako… do you know anything about Tenya?" He heard her sigh

"He is still in the medical wing, all we know is that he is recovering quickly but... he is kind of detained" Izuku raised an eyebrow, and Ochako took his silence as a sign to give more information "He went to attack Stain without permission and it was televised. Aizawa told us he is on the verge of being expelled. The only thing that is saving him is that the media and most people understand his motives, after all, Ingenium is a really loved hero"

Izuku took a deep breath, Iida was in a really serious mess, more than he thought before

"I hope he can stay with us," Izuku said

"I hope that too… he messed up but I like to think everyone deserves a second chance" Izuku couldn't agree more. They kept talking for a while, Ochako talked about everything but his immediate situation and he was happy for the distraction.

When they finally broke up after Izuku's hundred promises of seeing her soon, he stood again watching the ceiling immersed in his thoughts when a voice brought him back

"Can you tell me what are you doing there lying on a bed?" Izuku's head snapped towards the window a smile blossoming on his face

"Fukusa sensei" He whispered

"Well, why are you not answering my question Izuku?"

"I'm recovering?" Izuku said confused

"No, you're being lazy, boy. Why haven't you changed into sage mode to heal the rest of your injuries?" Izuku raised an eyebrow

"I… the doctor said I needed to rest"

"Of course, he would say that, but he is neither a shinobi nor a sage right?" Fukusa sensei raised an eyebrow "So please tell me why are you there lying on your bed feeling sorry for yourself?" Izuku sighed and raised his left arm, again Fukusa sensei only looked at him questioningly

"I lost an arm sensei; I like to think I deserve a little rest" Izuku whisper-shouted

"Of course, you would deserve a rest if you were just doing that, but you're not just resting you're drowning yourself in sorrow" Fukusa's tone turned softer "Izuku, I know you since you were a small child, I know that even with all your gifts you're prone to doubt yourself when you encounter a big wall to climb. Do you remember when you couldn't even feel natural energy?"

Izuku did remember, those three months left him frustrated and insecure of himself, he almost dropped sage training altogether

"You're better now, after all, you've overcome mountains to get where you're, and the small walls you've encountered since mastering your powers weren't that much of a challenge… until now" Izuku just stared at his stump angry "Gamabu went to get me from Mt. Myōbokuzan and explained to me what happened"

"Izuku, you fought another sage. That simple feat is something extraordinary, but not only that you won that fight. Izuku, son, if that fight would've occurred in the age of the shinobi it would have turned you into a legend. I know you feel bad about how it ended… but it was a necessity, I don't think anyone short of All Might or Endeavor could have stopped him"

"Yes, you lost an arm, honestly after a fight against another sage I call it a good outcome" Izuku chuckled bitterly

"I didn't just lose an arm sensei, I lost most of my techniques" Izuku felt actually insulted when Fukusa sensei blew a raspberry at him

"You're exaggerating" Izuku was about to shout when Fukusa sensei raised a hand to stop him and then pointed at Inko and Eri "What I meant is that you didn't just lose your techniques, you just need a new way to use them. What is the fundament of all your techniques?"

"Manipulating, transforming, and molding my chakra to combine with the elements"

"Exactly you just need to use that to create a new technique that helps you in this predicament" Izuku was confused, what his sensei was saying didn't make any sense

"I can't use the seals to do that sensei, that's the problem" Fukusa sensei sighed

"Your Rasengan uses seals?" Izuku shook his head "When you use Hiraishin you use any seals to teleport to your marks?" Izuku narrowed his eyes in concentration, then his eyes widened

"I- but- Do… do you think is possible?" Izuku whispered and Fukusa sensei grinned and nodded, the old frog could see the gears in his student's mind moving at incredible speeds

"Yes, that's the look I love to see on your face Izuku. Rest well tonight, tomorrow we have training" Izuku didn't answer and Fukusa knew Izuku wouldn't get any sleep soon, but the determined look on his freckled face made it impossible to get mad at him

Togata Mirio was showering after a long afternoon of training with Sir. He was having trouble combining permeation and One for All, but Sir was confident that he just needed more time to get accustomed to his new powers.

Part of him was still doubtful about taking the quirk. After all, he was really proud of how far he got with his own quirk, but being chosen by All Might and the encouraging words of Sir helped bury his doubts.

He watched himself into the mirror of his bathroom and sighed.

"I can do this. I managed to master my quirk. A quirk so complicated that it can kill me if I screw up. Of course, I can do this!" He then noticed a drop of blood falling from his nose and raised an eyebrow. Suddenly from the corner of his eye, he could swear that he saw the alarmed face of a woman. He turned quickly and saw no one there

"That was weird," Mirio said while cleaning his nose.

Hey guys another long chapter for you, I've noticed that when is not an action-filled chapter I tend to write more and more. Mostly because is difficult to find a good way to end the chapter.

Hope you enjoy this one! I have a few plans for the next few chapters, from here on I'm changing a lot of the story and I'm excited about that.

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