My Hero

Chapter 3

By That One Fuzzie Guy

When Izuku Midoriya woke up from yesterdays events, he did not expect to be silenced in a dream, with seemingly no way of talking. The only thing he saw where two white-haired men. One sickly, and one who had an evil presence.

Is that, All For One and his brother?

All For One outstretched his hand to his brother's face and grew a dangerous smile, with the sickly brother protesting. Did he give him a quirk?

The memory stops playing. A voice calls out to Izuku. He saw several more silhouettes pop up before a woman with black hair spoke to him.

"So, you're the Ninth?" She asked.

The previous wielders of One For All?

Izuku wakes up with green lightning crackling, throughout his entire body, slowly fading. "What the hell was that?! Was it real? I know those were the One For All wielders, this is impossible..."

Izuku took a moment to calm down. He collected his thoughts and said, "I have to call All Might, he'll know what to do about this." Izuku picked up his All Might themed phone and dialed his number.

"Young Midoriya, is there something you want to talk about?" Now there are two things you need to know about All Might, one is that he's a bad teacher, and two is that he's bad at explaining things related to his quirk, somehow.

"I saw the users of One For All in a dream."

"What- Blegh!" Blood can be heard being ejected from his mouth over the phone. "You saw them, how?!"

"I don't know, I saw the memory of One For All being created and then I saw…" Izuku didn't know how he could explain this. It's not every day you woke up and saw several dead people in a dream, about the power you had since yesterday.

"You saw what, Young Midoriya?!" All Might is shocked. It hadn't even been a day since Izuku first manifested One For All and yet he had a dream where the ghost of One For All holders popped up.

"I saw a white-haired man, he was sickly and frail, I'm guessing he was the first wielder of One For All... " All Might couldn't believe his ears, never had this happened in the history of One For All and it's users. "Then I saw several other silhouettes, they looked to also be the past wielders of One For All. Then there was this woman with black hair, she had a hero costume on."

"You mean Nana?!" All Might exclaimed. Izuku saw his deceased master in a dream? She's been dead for close to several decades.

"That was your master?" Izuku asks.

"Yes, she died in a battle with All For One. She spared me and her friend from the same fate."

"What does this mean? It'd be anyone's guess as to why several dead people appeared in my dreams, along with a memory of another dead person."

"I don't know, this never happened since I've ever had One For All. Ever since I received the quirk it's always been a stockpiling of power that's been passed down from generation to generation.

"I think it's best to see what this leads up to. We don't know if the users are really alive in the quirk or if they are part of the quirk itself now."

"I agree, we'll take action if anything alarming happens. Just make sure to tell me if anything strange is happening with the quirk. I'm your predecessor, even if I don't know what's wrong with it, I'll try and help, ok?"

"Of course." Izuku remembers something and adds, "Actually, I made some progress with One For All."

"What- Blegh!" All Might continues to vomit blood until he's in the clear. "That quickly?! Seriously, you'll give me a heart attack with all these surprises Midoriya my boy. What's the progress?"

"I took Nezu's advice on the visualization and I can lower the percentage I use One For All at. I can use 15% comfortably, 20% being my upper limit."

"In my opinion, you should work on practicing with 15%, and try holding 20% for longer periods of time. It'd also be good for you to do some more muscle training. I'll arrange a new training regimen for you. We'll start next Friday."

"Right! Anyways, goodbye Yagi Sensei."

"Goodbye Young Midoriya." Izuku hangs up his phone and leaves a long-awaited sigh as he falls back onto his bed.

"It's 6:03 in the Morning, guess I could sleep in." Izuku tucks under his covers and heads into dreamland once again.


After waking up, Izuku decides to get some grub and groggily walks downstairs."Mmm? I smell Katsudon." Izuku's nose leads him to the kitchen where he saw his favorite dish being cooked by his mother.

"What made you sleep in?"

"All Might said I could take this as a rest day due to my hard work."

"You know, I'm so proud of you Izuku, you managed to keep up your studies along with balance All Might's training. If it were anyone else I'm sure they would've quit. You make me proud as a mother." Inko complimented. Izuku smiled at her.

"Thanks, mom." Izuku sits down to eat his plate while Inko cleans the dishes.

"So." Inko grows a suspicious smile, which doesn't go unnoticed by Izuku. "How did it go?" Izuku was stumped at what she meant.

"What do you mean?" Izuku asks.

"Your date." Izuku drops his chopsticks and goes wide-eyed.

"It's not like that! I just went to see her. It's technically not even a date since I was just at her house" Izuku explained.

"At her house?" Inko pauses to let this sink in. "I'm going to be a grandmother soon!" Inko is crying tears of joy. Izuku's face turned into a deep crimson. Before it could get somehow any redder, he finishes his Katsudon and leaves.

"I'm going to my room, thanks for the Katsudon!" Izuku darts out of the kitchen at jet speed before his mother could tease him any further.

Izuku is halfway up the steps before he decides he has nothing to do in his extra time.

I forgot to tell Melissa how One For All went! She's going to give me an earful. Izuku hurries up to his room and dials Melissa's number.

"Hello, Melissa-" Izuku is cut off by Melissa screaming into his ear, leaving a ringing noise in it.

"Where were you?! You never called me after you were supposed to manifest One For All! You know, I was really worried..." Melissa's voice turns into a concerned tone.

"Y-Yeah, sorry about that, but you didn't have to blow my ear off, I just kind of forgot to tell you what happened.

"So what did happen?"

"I broke my arm, and they took me to U.A…"

"You what?! But Uncle Might only sprain some of his muscles, he didn't break anything"

"I think that's because he had more time to grow to prepare his body with One For All, I only had five months, plus there's the stockpiling effect with One For All. It makes sense why I broke my arm the first time I used it."

"But you can't keep breaking your arm until you get used to it though. You'll end up with irreversible damage eventually."

"Don't worry, the principal of the school suggested imagining my body in a microwave as an egg, where the temperature is the percentage of One For All. That visualization helped limit the power to what my body can handle."

"What if you slip up and accidentally bring out a percentage more than your body can handle, you'll be reduced to a cripple."

"Then I'll just have to train to the point that adjusting the percentage is second nature."

"That might work, but it's still dangerous working with a power that can injure you."

"I know it is, but I signed up for it didn't I? I can't hand the power back now."

"Just make sure you don't hurt yourself severely like that again, ok? It worries me to know you've injured yourself since I care about you."

"Don't worry, I'll hurry up and master this power to become the Number 1 hero! Just count on me." Melissa giggles at the way he impersonated All Might's voice.

"Well, if you need me for anything just give me a call, we're best friends after all right?"

"Y-Yeah, b-best f-friends!" Melissa breaks into laughter and can be heard banging her hand on her desk as she desperately tries to stop laughing.

"You're so easy to fluster, seriously, it's kind of ridiculous Midoriya."

"When are you gonna stop teasing me?"

"Whenever I feel like it. So, can I come over to your place?"

"What?! Where'd this come from?"

"I want to meet your mom, I want to see if she approves of our relationship." She giggles some more before Izuku interrupts her.

"You're unrelenting, you know that? But sure, do you play videogames? I got a console in the living room where we can play some Beat Fighter."

"I don't play them regularly, but I used to play them with my dad back on I-Island."

"That's fine, when will you be coming over?" Izuku was shaking in his shoes, he never invited a girl over to his house thanks to his quirklessness. All the girls in his school didn't even bother talking to him. It's honestly a miracle he didn't once stutter.

"In an hour, just make sure to notify your mother."

"I'll see you soon then." Izuku hangs up the phone and starts contemplating how he's going to deal with two people teasing the ever-living shit out of him.

Honestly, she can get on my nerves with her teasing sometimes, but she's not a bad person. She's honestly kind of cute- Izuku snaps out of his space-out and slaps his cheeks together. "Bad thoughts! Bad thoughts Midoriya!" After internally debating whether or not it's ok to think she's cute he takes a shower. He just lets the hot water seep onto his body and relaxes.

"Maybe Melissa coming here isn't so bad? My mom will enjoy someone other than myself to talk to." Izuku's face started to heat up. I'll save those thoughts for later. Izuku walks out of the bathroom.

"I have to prepare for this."


The doorbell rings and Izuku understands who it is. "That must be her." Inko starts to get excited.

"I'll get it!" Izuku runs ecstatically to the door and opens. "Hello Melissa."

"Hello Midoriya, may I come in?" Melissa asks in a polite but sweet tone.

"Of course! I invited you here did I not?" Melissa starts to giggle.

"You must be Melissa, I'm Izuku's mom, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"Hello Mrs. Midoriya."

"Oh, call me Inko, there's no need for honorifics. You're a really close friend of Izuku right?" Inko says while raising her eyebrow.

"U-Uhm, yes, I am. Mrs. Midori- Inko!" Melissa's face starts to radiate heat and becomes as red as the jacket she was wearing.

I guess even Melissa isn't safe from mom's teasing, scary!

Melissa comes in and Izuku invites her to play some video games while Inko cooks Katsudon for them.

"No fair! You already picked Captain Liberty. It's my turn to play him!" Melissa gave Izuku an adorable pout but he recognizes the trick and held his ground.

"I'm not falling for your pout again! I'm resistant to it!" Izuku starts to laugh which turns into barking and Melissa joins him.

They're like a match made by God himself. Inko thinks to herself. She finishes cooking Katsudon and brings it to Izuku and Melissa. "Katsudon ready!"

"Thanks mom!" Izuku starts to chow down on the food his mother prepared with ludicrous speed.

"I see you like Katsudon a lot?"

"It's really good. You Should Try Some."

"Sure why not!" Melissa never really was a fan of Katsudon, more of Takoyaki, but she enjoyed it anyways due to Izuku's mom being a great cook.

"Your mom is a great cook Midoriya. Despite not liking Katsudon, it still tastes wonderful."

"O-Oh really? Thank you…" Melissa starts giggling again. "It's not funny! Me getting embarrassed isn't something to laugh at Melissa…"

"I know, but it's so fun to see your face red over simple compliments, you look like a tomato!" The giggling turned into laughter before it diverged into wheezing. Izuku just silently continued to eat his Katsudon while not saying a thing.

"You look so cute together. I can't wait for grandbabies!" Melissa freezes mid laughter.

"W-What? I-It's not even like that Inko!" Melissa gestures her hands in the air like a desperate attempt to relay the message. Izuku at this point is frozen, his whole face turned into a dangerous shade of scarlet before steam started to erupt from all parts of his face.

Eventually, Izuku and Melissa calm down from their flustered states.


After an extensive session of Izuku beating Melissa in a game of Beat Fighter, she has to leave. "Other than that Katsuki boy and his mother, no one really visits us. It's so nice to have some company other than them. You're welcome here anytime young lady."

"The pleasure is mine, as long as I get to see Midoriya." She sticks her tongue and gestured a teasing notion towards Izuku, who at this point has become used to it, but still gets red in the face. Inko and Melissa start to laugh their asses off meanwhile Izuku decided to do something no one expected.

"C-call me… Izuku, call me Izuku! We're friends, right? There's no need to keep the honorifics." Inko and Melissa freeze. Melissa is tempted to join Izuku in blushing before she controls herself. Melissa is embarrassed but doesn't show it.

"Finally growing a pair eh, Izuku?" If Izuku's face was red before, he'd be a deep, dark shade of vermillion now.

Izuku stays silent before. "It was nice meeting seeing you again, M-Melissa. I hope we'll see each other soon!" Izuku pumps his excited fist in the air and says his final goodbyes. Or was going to say his final goodbyes as suddenly Melissa pounces on him in the form of a hug.

"It was fun seeing you again, Midoriy- I mean Izuku! I hope we'll see each other again as well." Melissa gets off Izuku, looking a little red in the face and walks out of the house. "Oh, and good luck with being a hero!" Melissa finally leaves the Apartment Complex and leaves Izuku and his mother to themselves.

"She was nice Izuku, make sure you treat her well."

"Right…" Izuku heads off to his room to get some studying in. Can't get into a hero school if I don't get good grades.


Izuku is at Dagobah Beach once again training with All Might to improve the limit he can use One For All at.

"Come on, Young Midoriya is that all you got?"

"No way!" Izuku leaps at All Might at 35% and hits him with a roundhouse kick. All Might blocked the kick, but not without it stinging him.

"Not bad, but not good enough!" All Might takes Izuku's leg and swings him around onto the sand. Izuku lied there panting for a while to regain his breath.

"I think I managed to handle 35% longer than I usually could last week, and I don't feel much pain anymore." He's been training to increase his limit above 20%, so far he's managed to increase his hard limit of 20% to 35% with his comfortable percentage being 25%.

"Good, you'll be able to maintain 35% casually in no time. If you keep focusing on handling 35% and practicing with 25%, you'll reach it in a relatively short time frame. It also seems that training U.A is doing for you is really paying off."

"Yeah, the hand to hand combat is really honing my combat skills. Soon I'll probably be able to catch you off guard." Izuku grins but continues. "Guess that concludes today's training." Izuku looks down onto his wrist. He can feel it. The energy of One For All flowing through him, the hopes and dreams of all the users. Within him.

"But a word of advice." Izuku stops whatever he was thinking and looks up to All Might.

"You don't have to imitate me…" Izuku is confused. What does he mean to imitate him? I mean they have the same quirk, so it's obvious why they have similar powers and techniques.

"I'm talking about how you idolize me. It's good that you look up to someone but in this instance, it's a shackle that holds you back."

Izuku starts to think hard. Shackles?

"Make this quirk your own and be your own hero." Izuku decides he'll think about it later. Right now he has to make it back home in time for dinner.

"Hold it right there Izuku!" Izuku freezes, his facial expression doesn't change and his mind goes into a panic. Why is Kacchan here? He's been avoiding me at school. He didn't hear any of that right?

"What the fuck is up with this shit about you having a quirk? And Why is All Might training you!" Katsuki starts to get pissed and explosions start going off in his hands. "I know you're not dumb enough to hide a quirk all these years despite all of the bullyings. Explain this shit right fucking now!"

Izuku gives All Might a glance and All Might shrugged at him. Izuku sighs. "Ok, Kacchan, I'll explain everything, just hear me out." He starts to explain how and why All Might started training him and how he passed down his quirk onto him after seeing he was a worthy vessel.

"So let me get this straight, he passed a potentially dangerous quirk onto you which could injure your body beyond repair and you accepted it? Are you that fucking dense?"

"Well, I did training for five months, the worst I ever get if I use my power at 100% is a few broken bones." All Might whispers at Izuku and states "you're making it worse."

"I-I mean, I managed to control it after I broke my arm for the first time, my maximum limit is 35% now! There's no need to worry Kacchan."

"I wasn't fucking worrying, I was just pointing out how naive you are. Seriously, who accepts a power that could potentially cripple them because they're quirkless." Izuku deadpans at Katsuki. "Ok, maybe there are a few people on this godforsaken planet that might do that, including your dumbass."

"Ahem!" All Might interjects and catches the attention of the two childhood friends. "If I may ask, can you keep this a secret? If people found out Izuku's quirk is transferable, things wouldn't exactly end well. This is one of those greatest secrets of the world, so I'd appreciate it if you don't go telling people Izuku has my quirk or about One For All."

"Right, but I also have a favor." Izuku and All Might grow concerned and look at Katsuki before looking at each other.

"What is it?" They both say in unison. Katsuki grows a smirk.

"Just add me in on the training with Izuku. I don't want that nerd surpassing me, not that easily at least, it'd be unfair for him to get an overpowered quirk and get training by the best hero while I'm sitting in the background. You agree right?" Katsuki's grin turns into a devilish smile which honestly scares even All Might.

"I can't believe you're on good terms with him…"

"Eh, we've known each other since childhood, it makes our relationship easier."

"Right. I guess I'll incorporate Young…" All Might looks at Katsuki trying to figure out what to call him.

"Bakugou Katsuki, Bakugou's fine." Katsuki states.

"Erm, Alright Young Bakugou. I'll have to make a new training regimen for you since you have a completely different quirk, you'll start tomorrow if you don't mind."

"You kidding? I'd like to train right now if I could, I can't wait to beat Izuku's ass in a fight." Izuku and All Might sweatdrop at Katsuki's statement.

"I take it this runs in his family?" All Might asks Izuku.

"Yeah, from his mother."

"Right, I'll see you, boys, later, I've got hero work to do. Young Bakugou." Katsuki glares in All Might's direction.

"What?" He asks.

"Call me Yagi Sensei." Katsuki grows a grin and heads off into the direction of his house while Izuku says his goodbyes to All Might and heads home as well.


The following day Izuku is packing up his things and is about to catch up to Katsuki before someone tapped his shoulder. "Is there something you want?" Izuku asks.

"Why yes, why is someone like you trying to become a hero?"

"Oh, it's you Monoma…" Neito Monoma, the one person Izuku is willing to use his quirk on. He usually talks about how he's superior to Izuku in every way because he's quirkless. Izuku nearly punched him in the face one time but restrained himself.

"Is that all you want to say? I'm not exactly willing to spend my time talking to someone who's just trying to belittle me every day, I have a life you know." Izuku ignores Monoma and tries to walk out. The keyword here is "try."

"Not so fast." He's stopped by four other people. Monoma's goons. Izuku sighs and looked back at a smirking Monoma. He turns back at the bullies in front of him.

"Is there a specific reason why you're blocking my way?" The bullies start laughing.

"Look, he's completely oblivious to what's about to happen." A crowd started forming and the whole school begins to laugh at Izuku. One of the bullies charges at him but before they can even get an inch closer Izuku activates One For All at 1% in his arm and legs and punches the bully square in the gut sending him flying into the hallway.

The whole hallway turned silent at seeing Izuku use his inherited power. Katsuki ends up coming back to see what the commotion is about and just smirks. Looks like Izuku grew a pair and used his quirk on an extra. Izuku notices Katsuki and walks towards him.

"Come on Kacchan, we've gotta get that new Volume of Barrage." Katsuki grins and heads off with Izuku leaving Monoma and the crowd of Middle Schoolers stuck wondering one thing.

How?

Izuku and Katsuki are walking home together after reading the latest volume of Izuku's favorite series Barrage. Katsuki brings up a question to Izuku. "So, what made you use your quirk on those extras?"

Izuku stops in his tracks and thinks about it for a second. "It was technically self-defense." Katsuki shrugs.

"Sure, but would you really need to use a quirk like One For All on them? Seems like overkill." Izuku just deadpans at him.

"Kacchan." Izuku paused and turned towards Katsuki. "They were about to use their quirks against me, I'm sure it was justified." Katsuki thinks about it for a second and decided it really didn't matter.

"Sure it was, but it was nice knowing you finally grew a pair and kicked some ass." They reached the section where they had to head in different directions and say their goodbyes.

Izuku gets to his house and opens the door only to see his mother giving off a murderous aura along with All Might trembling. "What the hell." He whispers.

"Izuku, have a seat." Izuku gulped and reluctantly took his seat.

"So, All Might, you never told me you gave him your quirk." Izuku swore he would have felt his soul leaving him when she uttered that last bit.

"You're on your own kid." All Might mutters to him.

Izuku knew it, this was going to be a long night.

Author's notes: That concludes Chapter 3 of My Hero. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I kind of didn't because I was trying to figure out how to write this thing for over several days. I had an idea to make Muscular appear here, Koichi from the Vigilantes spin-off, all kinds of stuff really. That's kind of why I took so long. But the bright side to this is that I'm learning to improve my writing with this. You won't see a lot of grammatical errors anymore. Anyways, next chapter, I'll surprise the lot of you with an appearance of a character that doesn't appear in the manga or anime, you'll just have to guess who.

Anyways, if you've enjoyed the fic so far, hit favorite, if you're interested in it, follow it. I'll see you all in the next chapter. For those who've made it to the end, Thank You All for reading. I will see you next chapter.