LW: And now we move onto the actual canon timeline, good luck.
Your move hero - On the path to heroics
'It's almost time, the UA entrance exams are in 10 months' Izuku thinks as he walks home, school was boring and the reveal that he was applying for the number one hero school was mixed at best, as he honestly expected
Some saw his quirk as a versatile and powerful Heroic quirk, while others saw his limitations (Having to follow the game rules, LV5 and higher costing a lot of energy, etc…) as proof his quirk was weak and unsuitable for his preferred future profession. And then there were the small but vocal few who due to an accident when he was 8, label him as a villain in the making.
"It's ok Izu-kun, you're going to be a brilliant Hero" his self-appointed guardian spirit coos, the synchronized energy allowing her to make physical contact with him, in this case only experience stopped him from blushing the feel and weight of her large breasts pressing against the back of his head as she hugs him
The moment was interrupted by the manhole cover being shoved aside as a horrid odor filled the underpass as dark green sludge oozes out, eyes and teeth rising to the surface revealing it to be a person of some kind
"A medium-sized skin suit, just perfect" the sludge gurgles as it lunges, enveloping Izuku in a matter of moments "Don't worry kid, I'll be done in 45 seconds
"Izu!" Yubel shouts, his quirk's energy flickering as the villain attempts to suffocate him. She twitches, wanting to help but knowing her power was too much for his quirk to handle, especially with his own health on the line
"You know what to do" a gravely voice scrapes through their minds, as 5 eyes flicker to the shadows of the wall "Your Ba is strong enough, you just need to agree, and let me out"
As much as Izuku would like to stop the spirit from manifesting himself, he was also just a teen on the verge of death by suffocation. As his vision blurs and oxygen deprivation starts to affect his brain, his resolve wavers…
"Yes, say my name, and be the HERO you always wished to be"
CLANG
"I found you, villain! Fear not citizen I shall have you free in no time…" a blond, buff man declares as he leaps out of the sewers
"So close, fuck!"
"...because I AM HERE!" All Might announces, before rearing back his arm for an attack
Texas Smash!
The punch didn't even need to hit him, the wind pressure alone was enough to tear the villain's liquid body apart, freeing Izuku, to which the job was finished by the verdette's gag reflex, purging his body of remaining sludge, his body, on the other hand, couldn't quite handle all the strain and he passed out.
Tap tap tap tap tap tap
"Hey, hey kid, you ok?" All Might asks as he slaps Izuku's cheek trying to wake him up
"ALL MIGHT!" Izuku shouts
"Yep, it is I. Sorry about what happened here my boy, normally I don't let villains slip away like that, but the sewers aren't exactly easy to navigate" All Might explains with a laugh "Luckily I still managed to contain the villain, thanks to you my good lad" he grins, waving a soda bottle in his hand, Izuku seeing the eyes of the sludge villain floating within
"Wow, so cool. Oh wait where's my notebook" Izuku flails and frets looking for his backpack so All Might can sign his notebook, or anything really
"Over here Izu, though he already…"
"He ALREADY SIGNED IT!" Izuku screams, grinning like a maniac "I will treasure this forever" he whimpers, the spirit chuckles and ruffles his hair, always amused by his hero fan antics
"Well, glad to see you're alright my boy, but I need to get this villain to the proper authorities. Good day!" All Might announces, crouching down, preparing to leap away
'Wait, I have so many questions' Izuku thinks as he panics and decides to do something… stupid
"Thanks for your continued support!" All Might shouts down as he leaps, only once high in the sky did he notice the weight discrepancy… and the fact Izuku was dangling from his left leg (He couldn't see Yubel following them with slow wingbeats, mentally facepalming at her partner's recklessness) "What the Hell are you doing? Let go young man this is way too much for me!"
"I can't, I'll die if I fall from this height!" Izuku screams
"Fair point" All Might nods, deciding to ignore his passenger for a moment while he locates somewhere to land, such as the roof of that building "One moment Young Man"
"My whole life flashed before my eyes… and I attract way too many dark types to me to be healthy" the verdette summoner mutters/wheezes as he tries to regain his bearings
"That was really stupid kid. Now goodbye, I'm sure you'll be let in if you bang on the door a few times" All Might says as he prepares to make another jump
"Wait, hold on a second" Izuku squeaks
"No, I don't have any time!" All Might states sharply, pain twisting in his gut
"I need to ask you, can someone whose quirk has no effect on themselves be a hero, who's functionally quirkless without specific support gear?" Izuku asks, wanting to finally know from someone who actually would have experience, rather than just someone who wanted to big him up, or put him down "My quirk is odd, and has a lot of rules and restrictions that it takes a lot of effort to get much use out of it especially given it's also technically a sentient quirk" he summarises vaguely, all technically true, but that's not really the point
'Oh Izu-kun' Yubel sighs, the green bean was too hard on himself, he was taking to his powers at a wonderful pace, and even if he complains about the rules to All Might, there was nobody better when it came to dueling that she'd met in this life
"Can someone like me with a summon quirk be a good hero?" Izuku asks, then freezes when he looks up and see's All Might all shriveled up and coughing up blood "Oh my, just a second…"
Blue Medicine
Yagi watches with wide eyes as the boy in front of him pulls a glass and what looked to be a clay pot, from thin air, then fills the glass with a deep blue fluid and offers it to him
"Here you go Sir, this should help you heal up a little. Tastes like Gator Aid, but I didn't have the Red card, which tastes of cranberry and pomegranate, with me at the time" Izuku explains, offering the healing potion to the skeletal-looking man
"Thank you my boy" Yagi nods, accepting the glass and gulping it down, amused that Izuku was right, and it had been a while since he'd actually gotten to drink Gator Aid, probably pre-injury if he remembered right. Then as it reached his stomach he felt the energy flow through him, the constant pain of his scar… lessoned but still present "Wow, that's quite a powerful quirk there kid"
Izuku runs his fingers through his hair nervously "Well, it's one part of it, my quirk affects all kinds of Yugioh cards, but I always carry around healing-type cards just in case of emergencies" he explains, getting a nod from Yagi, who then notices his sad smile
"Something wrong kid?"
"Just, All Might ran off, I get that he's the Number 1 hero and all, but I really wanted to hear his answer" Midoriya sighs "It's fine, I just wanted to know what a real Pro thought of my quirk, as it seems pretty mixed to most people"
Yagi chuckles "Well, I may not be who you were looking for, but I can say here and now, you're one hell of a hero inside, and that quirk of yours just makes it stronger. 1st instinct on meeting a perfect stranger is to help him, can't ask for a better person than that" Yagi grins, patting Izuku's shoulder "I look forward to seeing you out there Young man, be the hero you truly are. Now, let's get down for this roof, I'll get you home" Izuku nods and Yagi opens the door to lead them away, reaching the ground floor…
KABOOM!
'What was… oh crap' Yagi thinks as he checks his pocket to see he'd lost the bottle containing the villain
Meanwhile, Izuku was running on autopilot, jogging over to the sight of the incident to see what was going on… and seeing it was the sludge villain from before 'But All Might… oh no! When I grabbed him I must have knocked it loose. This is my fault' he thinks, spiraling until his analytical mind forces him to look at the person now in the position he'd just escaped from… and saw familiar Ruby red eyes, for once not filled with anger or pride, but fear.
'Kachan' the verdette thinks, as he sprints forward without a second thought "Ice Edge, Poison Rose, assistance!" Izuku calls, biting back the wince from skipping the latter's summon condition, but saving Bakugo was more important right now "Freeze the sludge!" he orders, the smaller hero's hands glowing a cold blue
Arctic SMASH!
Ordinarily, there would be laughter or at least giggles at that call, as several of the younger spirits had joined Izuku in his love of All Might, going as far as each naming one of their attacks as a homage to the number 1. Anywho, a cold wind blew through the alleyway, frosting over the area and solidifying the villain enveloping Bakugo
"Great job, now Rose, rescue time!" Vines shot from Poison Rose's sleeves, wrapping around the blond's torso and pulling him free, only for him to drop on top of Izuku in her enthusiasm.
"Opps, sorry Izu :("
"No problem" he chuckles as he and Katsuki get up
"Guess these low levels aren't so weak after all" the explosion boy mutters (Izuku pointedly not correcting him that Rose was a Level 6, it was Knospe who was Level 3) and walks away, just as a Hero walks over
"Young man do you have any idea how dangerous what you just did was? I should take you in for vigilantism…" he began to scold before a strong, muscular, hand clamps down on his shoulder
"Relax Death Arms, I'll handle the lad" All Might says, getting a nod from the other hero "Young Midoriya, I think we have a conversation to continue"
10 minutes later
"Young Midoriya, I was wrong, You have the heart of a hero just as good if not better than I" Izuku gasps "In fact, I want to help make that dream a reality, so I'm offering a chance to train you, AND make you the successor to my quirk!" All Might laughs
'Wait what?'
'Well, shit, you made the boy cry'
"It's fine, I cry over everything, I get it from my Mom" Izuku defends/explains
"Um, who are you talking to Young Midoriya?" All Might asks and Izuku freezes
"Right, you know the monsters I summon? Well, I see the spirits, both those connected to people's souls and the free-floating ones. Your spirit was worried you'd made me cry" he explains
Yagi blinks "That, I didn't see that coming. Actually on that note, since we're getting secrets out in the open, and while your medicine from before helped greatly I'm still pushing my luck right now…" All Might sighs deeply, and a plume of smoke envelops him until all that remains was withered, skeletal Yagi
"AHHHH. Wait a minute you were… what happened to you?" Izuku panics
"I got in a fight with a very powerful Villain 5 years ago, did a number on my internal organs, lost a lung and my stomach to the bastard" Yagi replies, pulling up the shirt to reveal the twisted impact crater-like scar/wound in his left side
"That, couldn't have been Toxic Chainsaw, so it wasn't a publically recognized villain" Izuku mutters, getting an amused chuckle from Toshi and the nearby spirits
"Smart kid, no we made extra sure that fight WASN'T made public, he was a monster who needed to be stopped by any means, seems the price I paid was internal organs, and a reduced quirk time to only about 3 hours a day" Yagi sighs deeply "I was going to tell you no initially, that if something like this can happen to me, a Support quirk like yours wouldn't cut it, which seems unfair as even with only that you could have been a fine Rescue Hero like 13, or the Pussycats. But then you not only helped a stranger, but rushed in to save your friend, so I'm glad I didn't get to say anything. One more thing Young Midoriya… just out of curiosity, what spirits are following me?"
"You have 3 at the moment, but I think I can tell which one is your Ka, or soul spirit" Izuku responds "This might be tricky, but I should be able to visually manifest him without draining myself"
"So he's high level then?"
"He's a fusion, so technically Level doesn't matter as much as normal, same with synchros as long as I do it properly, but he's a quad material fusion, with specific materials, which is a pain" Izuku sighs before letting the Energy flow and allowing All Might to meet Elemental HERO Electrum
"So, you're my spirit guide or something?"
"Close enough, I am the manifestation of your Ka, Toshinori, a reflection of your very soul" Electrum states, his voice deep, strong, and damn well Heroic "Our form is usually determined by the personality of our other half, in your case, you say the kid has a hero's heart, well you have a Hero's SOUL" the hero laughs before his expression turns somber "You were always meant to be a hero Toshi, as the Americans say you were 'built like a brick shit house' you didn't need Nana's gift to be a hero, but it did make you the best hero"
Izuku was surprised to see Yagi sniffle and tear up "Thank you Electrum, I think I've been waiting a long time to hear that from anyone really. So, you said there were 2 others following me around? Can you manifest them or are you at your limit too?"
"I'll be fine, they're under Level 5, so they won't be a problem" Izuku says, before manifesting Destiny HERO's Double Dude and Departed
"Ah, of course. The universe is laughing at me isn't it?"
"Probably"
"So, will you accept training from me, and taking on the All-Might-y power of my Quirk, One For All?"
Izuku snorts, he may be the greatest hero, but damn were his jokes cheesy "Yes All Might, I accept!"
"Good decision Young Midoriya, now meet me at Tagoba beach park tomorrow at around 7, and we can begin your training"
A few months later
"You aren't going to win this time kid, they don't call me Captain Tenacious for nothing" the ginger duel spirit claps his gauntlets together, his Australian accent something the verdette has accepted years ago
"Hey, public quirk use is illegal!" Announces a hero as he drops down at the edge of Tagoba beach, only for Yagi to step between him and Izuku
"It's fine Kamui, we have permission and I have a trainer license" he states, showing the pass to the young hero "Young Midoriya here is training by cleaning the beach, quirkless, with a few spars throughout the day with his summoned allies, which yes are part of his quirk, hence the need for the permission. As long as they remain on the beach, they can do whatever they like" the deflated All Might explains
"Does he need to have so many of these things around for his quirk to work?" Kamui asks counting about 6 monsters on the beach
"It's his version of stamina training, having multiple entities manifest at the same time, and keeping them out for as long as possible" Yagi replies
"I don't see why we can't just clean up the beach ourselves" Ghostrick Stein groans "It could take barely a month"
"It's for Midoriya's training" Destiny Hero Doomlord explains "His spirit is strong, but he needs to work his body so he doesn't have to always rely on us. Same reason he's letting Will wail on him every few days, combat training for future hero work"
"My turn next" Cyber Tutu chirps giggling to herself "Very few villains or heroes use massive arm shields, after all, but lots of people punch and kick when fighting"
"Oy, don't diss my gear! There's not a monster around how can even dent these" Tenacious shouts
"Is that why you're not wearing a shirt, 'cause the guards do the blocking for you?" Alistair asks curiously, as Izuku summons the Wonder Wand and blasts the Destiny HERO while he's distracted
"Ha, suck on that!" Hero kid laughs
"You little shit" the older hero sneers, then smirks "Alright, that's enough for now, get back to hauling this crap around to turn your beanpole into a hunk like moi" he poses, winking to a visually manifested Yubel who alongside Angel of Mischief flip him off, though the smirk on both sides of the flirting know the spirit's just having some fun
Day of the Exam
"Holy stinking SUPERCRAP you did it Young Midoriya!" Yagi shouts, buffing into All Might mid-sentence as he sees just how much Izuku had managed to clear the beach in the time limit he gave him, then leaping into action as the tired boy drops from the last pile "I think you're ready my boy"
"Finally, Izu's been hauling junk for months!" Socuteboss whines, Yagi having to hold in a chuckle at the pouting mage with pajama shorts on her head like a hat
"He's ready, now we just need to see how this quirk transfer is going to be performed" Yubel hums, visually present but non manifested, not wanting to drain too much of Izuku's energy, especially today
Izuku perks up and pants himself down "I'm ready All Might, lay it on me!" he declares
"That's the confidence you're gonna need with power like mine Young Midoriya. Now fair warning, I'm not sure you're ready to handle my full power, or at least not the full force of the increased One For All caused my this next transfer, but I do believe you should be fine to wield it at least comfortably. So my boy…. EAT THIS!" All Might bellows, plucking a hair from his head and waving it in Izuku's face
"Huh?"
"What?"
"DE FUCK? ALL MIGHT YOU WEIRDO!"
"I'm sorry, One For All is passed on through DNA transference, this felt like the least weird way to do so" the Number One defends "Now hurry up, you'll be late for the exam if you dillydally now"
"Crap he's right…. The things I do to become a hero" Izuku grimaces and swallows the hair, happily taking Socuteboss' Iced tea to wash it down
UA
'Here we go, I'm finally about to do it' Izuku thinks as he stares at the building in front of him, shaking with nerves
"Oy, move it Deku, you can't be a hero if you're late!" Bakugo shouts as he shoves past him "You actually ready for this?" he chuckles, his spirit cackling on his shoulder
Izuku pouts, then sighs, for once alone even to his senses, the spirits promising to stay out of his range until the practical so he knew he got in by his own merits not through them helping him cheat the written exam. Though he had a feeling Yubel was hiding nearby being a worrywart, and his Ka… he was never far, even if that meant the 'man' was hidden within the Shadow Duelist's own shadow. "Let's do this" Izuku mutters to himself, taking a step… and tripping on a misaligned paving slab 'Shit, shit, shit!' he thinks as the ground comes close… but he stops well before it 'Wha?'
"Sorry about using my quirk on you, but I figured falling would be bad luck, and if you hurt yourself you might not be able to do your best in the exam" Izuku turns his head to see a brunette with a bob cut and permanent blush marks on her cheeks standing beside him, hand still touching his backpack, then rather easily manipulation him in the air until he was standing once more, then clapping her hands together, at which point, Izuku felt control return properly "isn't this all way nervewracking?" she groans
"Tell me about it" Izuku chuckles "Hey, good luck in the exam"
The girl's grin widens "Thanks, right back at you! Oh, and I'm Uraraka"
"Midoriya"
"See you later" Uraraka says as she runs off, Izuku smiles… before remembering he should also be running or else he'll be late
Later
Well, the spirits were right, even without their assistance Izuku was confident he did well in the written exam, might not have been perfect, but he felt he scored high enough it wasn't anything to worry about. Now for the part he was dreading, sitting beside Bakugo as the practical exam was explained to the by Present Mic (Oh God he needs to get his autograph after the exams!), smash robots to win points, simple enough until he was interrupted by one of the participants…
"Excuse me Sir but I have a question. You said there are 3 types of villain bots, but the paper clearly states there are 4, this kind of error is unbecoming of a school of UA's caliber! And you!" the grumpy bluenette turns and points to Izuku who nearly jumps "Your muttering is very distracting, it's putting other students on edge, desist immediately"
"Wow, what crawled up his butt and died?" Hero Kid grumbles
"Reminds me of some of the mechs in Dark World, all rules no personality" Prodigy chuckles "Hope you're not in his exam centre"
"Alright Examinee No. 7111, thanks for calling in with your request" Mic says with a wink and finger guns "The 4th enemy is worth 0 point, it's more an obstacle than a target, best to simply avoid or ignore it if you can. There's one in every battle centre, so don't worry too much about them 'k? It's not that they can't be beaten… there's just no reason to do so"
"Thank you, please continue" the robot boy bows stiffly and sits down
"That's all I got for you listeners, get ready to prove yourselves UA material. Let's go beyond, can I get a Plus Ultra from the audience?" Silence "Wow, tough crowd, ice-cold!"
Battle Centre B
"Ok, this is it, the real deal, everyone's counting on me to succeed" Izuku mutters, then see's a familiar chestnut of hair bounce past him 'Hey, it's that girl from this morning' he thinks as he moves to wish her luck, maybe try help calm her down as he can see how twitchy her hands were from here… when a hand clamps down on his shoulder.
"She looks to be trying to prepare herself for the trails ahead, what are you planning to do, distract her and ruin her chances to succeed?"
"No, I wanted to wish her luck, she seems really nervous and she's also the only nice person I recognize here, so thought talking to her would help soothe both our nerves" Izuku squeaks out in a moment of word vomit
The stiff boy blinks "Oh, apologies then, I should not have assumed ill intent from a fellow examinee" he says bowing lowly "Please forgive me"
"No problem, we're all a little stressed today. UA is a really big deal with a very low acceptance rate" Izuku says as he waves off the other teen
"And begin!"
Izuku rushes forward as the gate opened, missing Present Mic's praise as he pulls 2 cards and once the glow fades slipped them into his shirt pocket
Destiny HERO Dasher
Alistair the Invoker
"Dasher, head that way, take out any you run into, but mostly focus on helping any of the other applicants that get in trouble. Alistair with me, we'll take out these robots as a team"
The hero zips away, while the spellcaster nods, then with a smirk summons a staff for Izuku, one used by Crowley, the Magistus of Grimoires if he's not mistaken
"Do you want a fusion, or are you good?" Izuku asks, slamming the staff into the head of a 1-pointer
The Invoker shakes his head, firing an energy bolt which strikes a 3-pointer, sending it into a wall "I'm good for now at least kid, we'll see as the exam continues"
Viewing room
"Seems we have a good crop of students this year. And so many varied methods for dealing with the problems: Some use information-gathering strategies, others simply use superior speed to get ahead of their peers and deal with any threats that cross their path" Nezu summarises as he watches all the cameras within the Examination centres "Of course remaining calm under pressure can do wonders in a situation like this, as does pure strength and combat ability. The most successful students use a combination of all these tactics and are the ones who rack up the highest scores" he narrates to the other teachers
"They're certainly giving their all, oh I love it when people push to their limits" a female voice purrs
"Not yet they haven't" a male chuckles, his gloved hand pressing a bright red button on the console, a smirk hidden by the low light of the room
Test Area
"I can see why that's an obstacle" Alistair notes as he fades, after all, there were like 2 minutes left, no robots in sight besides the Zero Pointer and really, running was the only option against that thing
"Ow"
Except just before turning, Izuku sees the girl from this morning get pinned by rubble, which was directly in the path of the 0 Pointer's tank treeds, to which he responds by running TOWARDS the Zero Pointer, summoning as he goes
Renge, Gatekeeper of Darkworld
"Free the girl, get her to safety!" he orders the fiend, then for the 1st time that day took hold of and activated One For All. As he does Crowley's staff, whose tip up to now had been softly glowing green, shone like a rainbow strobe light, before shattering
Quirk tightly leashed Izuku leapt, the loud bang and crunch could have been the pavement or his bones, hard to tell with the adrenaline coursing through his veins, then as he reaches level with the robots head, cocked back his arm and unleashes a monster punch
Detroit Smash!
It was as the Zero Pointer was blasted away and Izuku started to fall the adrenaline fades, his brain finally processed that his right arm and both legs resemble wet noodles and he was dropping at an alarming rate. There was only one monster he could think of, who could break his fall…
Marshmallon
SMACK
Though it seemed he hadn't needed to, as after being freed by Renge Uraraka had grabbed a hold of a large chunk of rubble, climbed upon it and used her quirk, so she could use it as a platform to get herself close enough to touch Izuku. It was in the form of a slap, but all things considered she didn't have much time to be gentle as the alternative in her mind was the green haired teen she just met turning into a bloody pancake, plus, given the amount of pain in his limbs, he didn't actually feel the slap
"Hey Gravity Girl" Izuku and Uraraka look down (easier for her as she still had her own gravity) to see Renge under them with his hands open, Marshmallon bouncing around at his feet "Release your quirk, I'll catch you" the fiend orders/requests. Uraraka turns to Izuku who nods, before pressing her fingers together
"Release"
As expected the big-handed Dark World monster had no trouble catching both teens, then set Uraraka onto the ground where she promptly threw up a small rainbow
The exams are over now!
"Good work boss, though maybe don't wreck yourself so much next time" Renge jokes, Marshmallon giggles before vanishing as Izuku sighs then looks down as someone is poking the fiend's armored skin with a needle-like object.
"That girl says the boy is injured, please set him down" an old woman orders
"You're Recovery Girl!" Izuku squeals "You can set me down Renge, she's a healer"
The fiend nods "Okay boss" he growls, complying before fading himself
"You have a very strange quirk Young man, and a very destructive one too" Recovery girl notes, then kisses his forehead, his arm, and legs mending back to where they'd been that morning
"Thank you Recovery girl" Izuku says as he stands up, his quirk sending energy from OFA to combat the fatigue as he turns to leave.
"Please be careful, I can't always be around to patch you up after a fight" the Hero lightly scolds, before walking off to check for more injured
Izuku groans, praying he didn't mess up his chances at the exam but destroying the 0 Pointer, but decides, as he leaves the test area that it was too late to worry now. What he should worry about is finding Present Mic and getting his autograph!
TBC
LW: Little green bean is making his way in the world, and of course he passed, there'd be no story otherwise :P