Izuku froze at those words said from his hero, feeling a bit awkward.
"Uh,what?"
All Might raised his arms in the air.
"I deem you worthy of inheriting my quirk."
"But I don't want to be a hero."
"Ehh?"
All Might look at Izuku curiously, unsure if he heard right, the younger boys next words causing the man to choke.
"I wanna be a mime, the world's greatest mime to be exact!"
"Ack! Are you serious my boy? You have such great potential to be a hero and you seem to already have a good grasp on how to use your quirk."
Izuku began to sweat, "Uh it's just I really want to be a mime and put smiles on people faces with my performances. They say laughter is the best form of medicine and I want to make people laugh."
All Might sweat dropped at his hopeful successor. "My boy have you ever thought that perhaps you could do both?" All might asks.
Izuku stood frozen at All Might's suggestion.
"Just a thought young Midoriya. You could make people smile with your miming and with saving people. That's what heroes do, they save people with a smile on their face which in turn makes the people smile."
Izuku looked at the tall man before giving his answer.
"I mean that's really tempting but I have a lot of work cut out for me in miming and stuff."
"Ack. Are you serious, I'm giving you an offer of a lifetime and you're still hesitant?" All might choked.
"Then again if I got to U.A. for the hero course I could see Kendo more and I mean making double the amount of people smile…." Izuku started mumbling, ignoring All Might.
All might sweat dropped at his successor.
"Alright I'll do it, but you have to promise this hero stuff won't get in the way of my miming!" Izuku said with a smile on his face.
"HAHAHA, You're weird but I glad you said yes. I promise you'll have time for your mime stuff young Midoriya, now meet me a Dagobah beach tomorrow at 8:00 am!"
Izuku laid in his room thinking over All Might's words unable to get over them. Heroes make people smile too.
Izuku already knew this from seeing All Might save people. It's just the way Charlie Chaplain did it was so different that Izuku wanted to see if he could do the same. Now here's the number one hero telling him exactly what Kendo told him...that he could do the same as a hero and a mime.
"Well, looks like I'm gonna see if it's possible after all…at least Bakugou's gonna be happy..it think?"
Dinner was a silent affair as Inko Midoriya was still slightly worried over her son's actions. He hadn't mentioned wanting to be a hero since he was 6. So, it was a shock when she saw him go to save Bakugou.
Then again, I always knew deep down he still had a heroic heart.
"Mom?"
Inko was brought out of her stupor when she heard her son's voice.
"Yes, honey."
"Do you think I could be a hero…and still be a mime?" Izuku asked hesitantly.
Inko was unsure where this was coming from, but she knew she had to answer this carefully.
"Honey why are you asking this now? You've been trying to be a mime, the number one mime for years. I thought you gave up being a hero?"
"I did, I had. But...I met someone, two someone's' who said I could do both and it just made me think why I never thought about that you know. All these years I could've aimed for both, but instead I only focused on one."
"Izuku, honey. It's okay that you did. Being dedicated to one thing over another isn't bad, it just proves how determined you are to reach that goal" Inko said smiling. "But if you feel like being a hero is still important to you then I think you should go for it".
Izuku smiled nodding. His mom was right, as always, just because he focused on one thing doesn't mean he can't focus on another. As of tomorrow, Izuku was going to go for being the number one hero/mime in the world.
The next day Izuku woke up prepared to meet All Might.
"So why are we here at Dagobah beach, All Might?"
"Well! we have some training to do! You're not worthy of OFA just yet!"
"But you said I was earlier?" Midoriya said.
"Your body, your body isn't. My quirk OFA, binds the physical strength of many people into one! Your limp noodle body isn't ready for it! Your limbs would pop right off.!" All Might explained.
"Now that's not true at all" Izuku said, as he ripped off his shirt, mildly insulted.
"For a mime you are actually quite fit" All Might said surprised. "Nevertheless, you still are not prepared for OFA. You need to make your body into a proper vessel, and I have just the way to do that! Here is my Aim to Pass: American Dream Plan!" All might said.
Passing the papers off to Izuku the new hero in training looked through the exercise schedule grimacing.
Once All might deflated, he began speaking again. "You'll follow this plan for the next 10 months, as the entrance exam will be taken place in 10 months! You've trained your body well, but you still need some training. As for why I chose this place for your training, well not only will you train your body, but you'll also clean up this beach!"
"Oh yeah, this spot was a tourist attraction and pretty popular in the past, but ever since then, it's been deserted and trashed. Midoriya said as he looked at the massive amount of garbage stacked up on top of each other.
"It used to be Heroes were about civil service, but now it's all about being a celebrity". All Might said.
"Anyways, let's begin your training!" All-Might bellowed as he fist-pumped the air. Midoriya mimicked his mentor's actions and just like that, they began the training.
Training with the best hero in the world was rather grueling as Midoriya panted, carrying his mentor in the morning with the sun basking them in warm sunlight.
While Midoriya was at home he made sure to go over the Aim to Pass work out plan, only for him to focus on one part.
"All Might kept his promise" Izuku thought as he read the hour and half hour allotted time for Izuku to practice his miming. It wasn't much but he understood that he needed the training more than the miming right now. Izuku felt his heart soar at the number one hero consideration.
It was nearing the end of the week when Izuku looked at his calendar and saw what was coming up, Kendo's martial art's competition.
He looked at his training schedule and saw he had Saturday free to do as he pleased.
"Awesome and Kendo's competition isn't until the evening so I can squeeze in a performance before I have to meet her. I'm sure she won't mind if I show up in my mime attire!" Izuku said happily.
Yes I did plan a double chapter but only because I had these done way ahead of time. If you like my stuff support me on ko-fi also don't know when I'll update this again since I'm job searching, just expect every other week probably.
