A/N: This fic may update quite fast right now. But that's because I am slowly catching this up on the chapters that are already on AO3. Once this is caught up it will follow how often I update in AO3 which is for the most part once a week. But I don't really have an uploading schedule.
Izuku was in his big brother's room and currently lifting his weights. Izuku was trying to think of a better training regimen for himself since the teacher just gave away their career ambition form and he filled it with the goal of being a hero and going to UA.
He checked the time on his phone and noticed a news article, he took a look and got excited when he noticed it was somewhere on the way to his school. So he put down the weights and got ready so he can get a close look of the heroes fighting the villain.
Rushing out of his home, he made a mad dash to the direction of where the news told the villain was seen. Izuku ran in place when he waited for the light to signal the pedestrians to walk across. Izuku was quick to run when the signal went green.
Passing through businessmen calling their work about the blockade, he determined that he was close and the sight of the giant villain from afar confirmed it. He did his best to squeeze through the crowd until he got to the front.
"Waah!" Izuku admired the heroes in action from apprehending the villain. Izuku whipped out his notebook and started writing new information of the heroes.
When debris started to fall to the crowd, a muscular man ran under it and caught it with his bare hands "It's Death Arms!" one of the people in the crowd said.
Izuku tried to get a closer look but water stopped him from doing so. He looked at the source of the interesting quirk and saw a hero dressed similar to a fire fighter "Backdraft!" he called in excitement.
He then started to observe the villain's quirk filing away his observation in his head. He's more interested in keeping notes of heroes rather than villains. As he watched the villain, he saw a brown blur pass above the crowd.
"Kamui Woods! A rising start who is gaining popularity!" he said to no one in particular but it seemed someone was very much listening.
"We got a hero fanboy here, I see." A man beside him with strange spikes on his head.
"O-oh uhm well." He tried to deny it but found it futile. He watched the hero manoeuvre around the large villain with ease using his wooden quirk to swing around the villain's attacks.
The hero landed on a roof where he was somehow on level with the giant's head "Using your quirk in rush hour and committing robbery. You are the embodiment of evil." Kamui held his arm out and branches started growing out of him.
"Look, he's using it!"
"Go get him Treeman!"
"Lacquered," Izuku said with a shine in his eyes "Chain Prison!" he shouted the attack name along with the hero.
When the hero was about to apprehend the villain, a surprise came "Canyon Cannon!" a giant lady flew in and kicked the villain in the face surprising every bystander that's been watching."
Izuku watched as the press started taking as much pictures as they could at the new hero. "This is my debut," she approached the fallen villain and bent to check him "I'm Mt. Lady," she said looking back and posing in a way that showed off her assets "Happy to be at your service." She said with a wink prompting the press to taking more pictures.
AT the mention of a debut of a new hero, Izuku started to look through his bag. In the midst of it all, Kamui started to sulk in the stolen effort while Mt. Lady shrunk down and posed next to the villain she just apprehended.
Izuku was now looking at the aftermath of the altercation and started to take notes on the new hero. "Gigantification…well-received and a strong work…damaged streets…limited use…control size?" He mumbled as he wrote. The man from earlier noticed him taking notes.
"Taking notes kid? You must be gunning to be a hero! Not bad, best of luck to you!"
He looked at the man and gave him a wide smile "I will! Thank you very much!"
At class, their teacher talked about thinking about their future holding their forms. And in a careless manner, the teacher tossed them "Who are we kidding, you all will pick heroics right?" he said with a smile.
This had every student start to show off their quirks excited to take up heroics with their quirks. All but two students. "You all have excellent quirks but settle down, quirk use is prohibited in school."
The teacher looked at his clipboard "And it looks like we have two students who are applying to UA. Bakugo and Midoriya."
The students didn't find Bakugo gunning for UA not a surprise, but in Midoriya's case, that had everyone look at him in surprise. Midoriya ignored them and read over his notes.
"Got a problem with us extras?" Bakugo growled.
That had everyone to stop looking at Izuku. And just like that, the teacher proceeded with the class.
When the class bell rung, everyone was quick to leave but Izuku stayed back for a while looking at his phone and looking at headlines about the earlier villain attack.
BANG!
"AAAHHH!" Izuku yelped when a can of drink was smashed on his desk. He looked up and saw Bakugo drinking his own drink.
"What's got you so busy?" he asked leaning on his desk.
"There was this villain attack earlier, and then a new hero debuted there!" Izuku explained his voice rising in excitement.
"Of course it's that." Bakugo emptied his drink and squeezed it "Mind if I drop by later, need to pump some metal."
Izuku opened his drink "Feel free, I was planning on working out too." He drank the drink in one gulp. Izuku placed the empty can on his desk, he put a hand on top of it and flattened the can with ease.
"Tch." Bakugo placed the squeezed can next to the flattened can and did the same. "Show off." He said pocketing the trash. That got a laugh out of Izuku.
"I'll see you later then."
Bakugo gave a half hearted wave as he walked off.
In one convenience store, a skinny man was quietly browsing for some snacks. When he was rung up, he noticed a commotion outside and a large sludge passed the front of the convenience store. He went outside and heard people looking for a hero.
The once skinny man suddenly bulked up "It will end soon." He spoke up getting the people's attention, the crowd seemed to recognize the man "Why?" he walked forward "Because I am here."
Izuku was walking to his home on his own looking over his notes making extra notes with how he'll organize it. He walked into an underpass, his nose still buried in his notebook, he never noticed the sound of slime behind him. He wasn't able to act when he noticed another presence behind him since his body was quickly engulfed with sludge.
Panicking with the feeling of the sludge suffocating him, he frantically tried prying it off him. Izuku's eyes were filled with dread when he couldn't grab a hold of it. He tried punching and kicking, but with his limbs stuck in the sludge, the impact of the hits didn't do much. In his struggle, he started to get tired and his vision starting to blur. He saw the small ghost that's been following him ever since Zoro gave it to him, wiggle out of his bag and attached itself on the sludge villain before exploding.
The explosion allowed him to breathe. But the explosion only served as a temporary solution since the villain went back to trying to take his body.
As he's on the verge of passing out, until the sound of the manhole echoed in the underpass. And out came a hulking hero "Fear not, kiddo." Izuku's eyes widened when he got a clear view of the hero. "I am here."
He felt the sludge like villain move to attack, but the move was easily dodged. The villain who was on the offense found himself under attack in turn. All Might pulled a fist back and yelled out "TEXAS SMASH!" the hero punched the villain. The force of the punch was so great it created gales of wind that it blew the sludge body of the villain apart freeing Izuku from its clutches.
As he fell down, he looked at the hero still in his punching stance and of course the reassuring smile on his face."All…Might…" he managed to utter before ultimately passing out.
He stayed in darkness until he felt light tapping on his cheek but when he didn't respond, the light tapping eventually turned into light slapping until he opened his eyes.
"Thought I lost you there."
Izuku was still a little dazed so he only stared at the hero above him. After blinking away his daze, he looked at his rescuer. "AAHH!" he yelped as he sat up and backed away "A-a-a-all Might?!"
"I see you're well and alive, I'm relieved" Izuku admired the hero, his hero right in front of him "I deeply apologize for dragging you into this situation. Such a mistake is unbecoming of me."
Izuku just looked at All Might with confused awe still reeling from the fact that the All Might is right there in front of him. "I'd like to thank you." All Might took a bottle of soda and held it up where he saw the villain was contained in. "It's the perfect fit!"
'It's him, it's him, it's him. He's here in front of me! How is this real? But he's here.' He thought. "Oh yes autograph!" he perked up when he realized that this is the perfect time for one.
Izuku—his mind on fanboy mode—looked around "Notebook!" he felt around him his pockets "Sign. Sign, sign." He spotted his notebook a few ways away from here "There on the notebook!" He quickly snatched it off the ground and opened the notebook to page he thought was blank "HE ALREADY DID!" he exclaimed with the hero's signature taking up two whole pages of his notebook.
"Th-thank you very much!" he exclaimed in gratitude bowing multiple times at a rapid rate. "I'll treasure this! I'll pass it down to my descendants and their descendants!" he claimed still bowing.
All Might watched the kid with a smile on his face while pocketing the bottles. He gave the kids a thumbs up "OK!" he patted the bottle containing the villain in his pocket "I shall bring this guy to the police. See you in TV!"
"No way. You're leaving already?"
"The professionals always fight with villains or time." All Might started stretching his body and his legs. All that stretching caused one of the bottles to fall out of his pocket.
Izuku took notice of this and grabbed it. "Wait!"
"I'll see you then." All Might jumped up "Happy to be of service!" he shouted from the sky.
As he soared in the sky, he noticed the extra weight on his leg. He looked and it was Izuku holding on for his life "Hey hey hey! What are you doing kid?"
"A-all M-m-might, y-you dr-r-opped thi-i-s." He tried to tell but the wind in his mouth made it difficult as he held the bottle to All Might.
That took the hero by surprise "Oh."
In the Midoriya home, Inko was early to get home and decided to start dinner early too. As she prepared the ingredients, she heard the door open and close "Welcome home, Izuku. I'm preparing your favourite tonight." She expected for her son to respond with an excited tone, but was only greeted by heavy footfalls. "Izuku?"
"I'm home." A deep voice responded. A voice she recognized.
Inko whipped her head around and saw her eldest son standing there still dressed in his hero costume. Inko gaped at him before immediately getting teary eyed. "Zoro!" she went and hugged her now taller son who returned her hug.
He has grown since her head only reached up to his chest now, and on that note. Inko grabbed the coat and pulled it closed covering his chest surprising her son. "Mom, this has been my hero costume all this time."
She just smiled at him "I only noticed now, you should keep it closed you'll get a…" she paused when she saw his face "cold."
Zoro figured she's seen his face and looked down. Inko reached her hand out and held his left cheek. She observed his closed left eye and ran her thumb on the scar that ran down from his forehead down past his eye. "I'm okay, mom."
"Are you sure?"
Zoro gave her a wide smile that she recognizes "Very much, this is nothing."
If he says it's nothing then she'll let it go. "Okay then." She said stepping away from their hug. "Go sit down, I'll prepare something for you to snack on."
"I'll take you on that."
Inko smiled at that before going back to prepare something for both of her sons now.
Zoro made quick work of returning his things to his room and smiled at his weights showing signs of being used quite recently. Going back to the living room, Zoro turned the TV on to look at the news, to stay updated in recent news in the area. After all, it's been a while since he's been here.
What he didn't expect was to see his little brother on the news.
Izuku and All Might landed on a nearby building with Izuku trying to collect himself.
"That was dangerous young man." The hero scolded.
"I-I'm very sorry, but you dropped this." Izuku shakily lifted the hand that was holding the bottle he dropped.
All Might coughed in surprise but was quick to cover his mouth. The hero took the bottle from him "I thank you again young man." He returned the bottle in his pocket, but went stiff when he noticed the other bottle was not with him. All Might again, coughed in surprise but this time a cloud of smoke came out of him.
Izuku covered his face from the sudden burst of smoke. When he looked up, he saw a skinny man looking at him with an equally startled face. "Aahh! An impostor?!" he exclaimed arms flailing panicking in front if what he thinks is a stranger.
All Might looked around him to look for the other bottle, when he didn't see it near him, the sense of urgency overtook him. He looked at the boy and decided to calm him down first before he leaves. "It's me All Migh—" he coughed before finishing and it had blood running down his mouth and chin.
Understandably, Izuku worried for the man but still found everything unbelievable "That can't be true!" he shouted out.
"You know those guys who suck in to show their abs? I'm like that." He simplified as he wiped the blood off his mouth.
"Th-th-that's a lie." Izuku denied "All Might is fearless. He saves people with a smile. The strongest…"
All Might sighed at his statement "That fearless smile…" All Might sat down to rest himself a little "Since you saw it, kid, I'll explain, but don't go spreading it on the internet."
Izuku leaned closer to listen, sensing the seriousness of the subject. He watched as he saw All Might lift his shirt up. Izuku found himself flinching and making a sound that expresses his queasy feeling at the sight.
All Might has shown a large stitched up wound that has since scarred and a purple discoloration around it. "It's an injury from a villain 5 years ago. Half of my lungs were destroyed. My stomach had to be taken out. Due to repeated surgeries, I look the way I am now." He let the shirt fall to cover his torso again.
"At the moment, I can only use that form for around three hours a day."
"No way. 5 years ago…that was when you fought Toxic Chainsaw!" he said recalling him and his brother watching the battle on TV. Along with that memory, he also remembered his critical wound that happened the same year. Izuku shook the memory out of his head and focused on the current conversation.
"You're knowledgeable. But no puny villain like him can hurt me like this." He said looking at his fist "I chose to keep the battle from the general public. Not even the heroes…and heroes in training at the site that time know a lot."
"The Symbol of Peace who saves people with a smile will not be defeated by the forces of evil." He looked down and looked at his frail looking hand "I smile like that to hide the burden on me as a hero, and to mask the fear from my heart. It's a front I put up."
Izuku gasped at the new information and details of his favourite hero. As Izuku was about to say something, both of them jumped in surprise at the sudden explosion that blew up from afar. They both looked and were greeted by the sight of smoke rising from the source.
Izuku looked at it with a slight excitement expressed in his face. The thought of heroes he could see on sight of the incident, but quickly remembered the number one hero All Might was with him. He looked at the hero and was already on his way down.
On instinct, he found himself following the hero. On the way there, he lost All Might but at least he still has the smoke to follow. As he got there, a crowd has already formed to watch the commotion.
Like usual, Izuku squeezed through—apologizing whenever he roughly bumped to another—and found himself at the front. There, he saw the same heroes from earlier, except unlike earlier; they were struggling dealing with the sludge villain who has a hostage.
He took a look at the hostage and he felt a cold chill run down his spine. "K-kacchan." The explosions suddenly made much more sense to him. Izuku strained his eyes to keep an eye on the small head of hair compared to the large sludge that has him.
Everyone in the crowd flinched when Bakugo let out another large explosion, followed by his screaming when he freed his face from the sludge "You think I'll let a villain like you devour me?!" he said pulling his hand away that is still stuck. Sparks flew from his hand covered in slime "YOU LITTLE SHIT!" he shouted letting out another big explosion.
Bakugo expected for that to blow the villain away, but he's still stuck in the villain's hold making him squirm again. As he did so, he could feel the villain's grin and that he's plotting something using him for something.
The ground shook and in came the new heroine to the scene, but her size was too much to get to where they were. Bakugo saw two heroes try to face the villain, but when they found that their quirks were of no use against the villain, they went back to safe distance.
"None of the hero here can handle this! We'll have to wait for a hero that has a more advantageous quirk!" Bakugo heard one of them shout out. And that has him boiling. He tried let out another set of explosions to get out.
'What the hell,' Bakugo looked at the heroes with anger 'fucking extras, weaklings.'
Bakugo tried to fight back again, he's not some weakling who gives up just cause his quirk is not fit for the situation. All Might can easily handle something like this, and he will surpass him. Zo-nii barely uses his quirk and he got to the top 10 quite young because he did not let anything hold him back. He plans to surpass him too. No fucking way he'll stoop to these heroes' level.
As he fought back, he started to tire and the sludge covering his mouth is not helping. As his vision start to blur he start to panic, his eyes frantically looking around for a way out, and as he did so his eyes met bright green ones.
He didn't know what he looked like when they saw each other, but apparently that had Izuku rushing towards him. As Izuku was running towards him, he noticed in his eyes that Izuku himself was surprised to find that he was running towards him.
Bakugo watched as Izuku reached for something in his bag and—even in his current state—was startled when he pulled out a dumbbell that has multiple weights on it. The villain holding him was also startled and didn't notice that the dumbbell was flying towards his eye and hit him square in his weakness.
'Of course he's figured it out.' He thought. The hit caused the villain's grip to loosen around giving him an opportunity to free his face again and take in a deep breath.
He felt strong hands wrap around his wrists and began to pull him out. "Deku…" he rasped, all that screaming earlier has already taken effect on him.
"Yo" Izuku greeted and pulled again. Now Bakugo was only waist deep in the sludge.
Izuku's strength still wasn't enough since the villain started pulling Bakugo in. Just as he was about to let another explosion in the villain's direction, a man suddenly appeared next to the two of them.
The two of them instantly recognized the hero, "All Might." They both mumbled looking at him in awe as he blocked an attack from the villain.
All Might looked at Izuku "Kid, you sure have been out-heroing me today. I need to walk the talk I've been spouting." He grabbed their hand "Pro heroes will always try their hardest!" he reeled his fist back and shouted "DETROIT SMASH!" All Might punched the villain and it had the villain scattering everywhere. The gust of wind his punch produced put out the fire in the street and blew all the way to the crowd and heroes to the side with Mt. Lady covering them.
From afar, civilians saw the sudden appearance of a tornado that formed just from All Might's single punch. At the site, everyone looked at the panting hero with wonder, trying to comprehend the power he just displayed.
It wasn't until someone pointed out that it's raining that everyone noticed that the clouds above them darkened and it really was raining. "The wind pressure created an updraft and formed clouds." someone informed. That had everyone looking.
All Might stood up straight and looked at everyone.
"Oi oi oi! ALL MIGHT JUST CHANGED THE WEATHER WITH A SINGLE PUNCH." That was the cue for everyone to cheer for the hero.
All Might faltered on his feet but held his chest high. He raised a fist for everyone and that had the cheers to become louder, celebrating another victory from the Symbol of Peace.
Bakugo and Izuku both sat up from the ground and saw All Might's broad back facing them. Bakugo gave Izuku a light punch to his arm "The fuck were you thinking."
Izuku let out a nervous laugh "I wasn't." he answered earning a glare from him.
After that, the heroes collected the scattered slime and handed them to the police. Reporters surrounded All Might taking pictures and interviews, while Bakugo and Midoriya are with the heroes.
"What were you thinking kid?! This is no playground for you." Kamui Woods scolded.
Death Arms on the other hand just looked at him "He did more than any of us. He must've known he could handle it. The two kids seems to be friends." He complimented "But that doesn't mean you could just barge in any dangerous situation."
"Y-yes sir."
Bakugo on the other hand "That's some amazing willpower kid!" a hero praised "You must be going to heroics, right? You could intern under me."
He only ignored the hero. He won't associate himself to some extra. Bakugo stood up and walked towards Izuku. "Let's go."
"H-huh?" Izuku quickly picked his bag up "O-okay."
"Hey you two! Mind giving us an interview?" an interviewer shouted towards them and that got other reporters and they all started to approach them.
"Run." Izuku and Bakugo both told each other before sprinting off.
The two ran side by side with some of the reporters chasing them, but the farther they got, the more they diminished. The two boys stopped at a street and caught their breath. "Goddamn vultures."
"They're just doing their job Kacchan."
"Let's see you keep the same attitude when we're heroes."
Izuku sighed and stopped arguing. "I'll go home for now." Bakugo said sliding his hands into his pockets "Don't be stupid and run into a villain on your way home damn nerd."
"Like you did?"
Bakugo flinched and whipped his head to him "THE FUCK DID YOU SAY?!"
"Nothing, nothing, not at all!" he yelped frantically waving his hands.
"Hmph!" he went back to walking home, ignoring Izuku "I'll see you later." He said before he disappeared when he turned a corner.
Izuku stood at his spot for a few more minutes, remembering everything that happened that day. Yes, he did face a villain today, but what he's still hung up on was that "I MET ALL MIGHT!" he shouted to the skies burying his hand in his hair.
Yes he's glad he got an autograph but he wishes he could've talked to him more. And now that he's thinking about All Might, he remembered the large wound he has and his smaller form. Now he's very much concerned.
It would seem that fate still wanted for him to see All Might. Izuku screamed in surprise when the large hero suddenly popped up in front of him having run to him with all his strength.
"All Might?! What are you doing here?" he asked looking around "Weren't you surrounded by journalists?"
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Slipping through is not a problem! Why?" the hero began flexing "Because I am All Migh—" All Might reverted to his smaller form spitting out blood too.
The now skinnier hero collected himself and wiped the blood away before speaking "Young man, I'm here to thank you along with a proposition."
"If it wasn't for your actions that time, I would've been a hero who's all talk."
"N-no! It was partly my fault too! If I hadn't clung onto you that time I—"
"Kid, out of everyone there, you were the only one to act at a situation where everyone lost hope." He looked at the boy who was now staring at him "Top-tier superheroes made themselves known when they were still a student. Most of them will tell you the same thing: "Before I can think, my body acted on its own.""
Izuku's eyes were now shining with hope. That made him think. Did Zoro ever had that very same experience?
"You'd make a fine hero young man. Ever thought of being one?"
Izuku looked at his hero All Might in surprise. All Might…thinks he could be a hero? The Number 1 Hero All Might, finds potential in him?
The green haired kid teared up at that "Yes," he said voice shaking. He thought back in his life, so far the only ones who believed he could be a hero were a few. He recalled how his big brother's words of encouragement when he was so distraught about the diagnosis of him being quirkless. He recalled how his mother would play hero with him all the time. He recalled how Kacchan slowly stopped tormenting him about his quirklessness, and would instead push him to his limits.
"Way back when I was a kid." He said tears now streaming down his face.
"You can be a hero."
Izuku was now bawling at his words. Of all people. Of all people to support him on his dream, he never would have thought All Might to be one of them.
"I grant you the right to inherit my power."
Izuku's crying was cut short. He looked up to the hero tears and snot still on his face tilting his head in confusion at the sudden revelation. "Huh? In-inherit…power?"
All Might laughed at the kid's perplexed face "What's that expression for? This is just a proposition, there's much more to it after." All Might walked closer to him "Listen carefully, young man." He raised a hand "Let me ask you," he brought his hand down "Do you want to receive my power?" he asked but the question came out garbled since his loud voice caused him to cough up blood again.
"What are you on, All Might?"
All Might once again, wiped his mouth clean "I'm talking about my quirk. The media has used terms like 'superhuman strength' or 'power up' to describe my quirk. Whenever I'm asked on interviews, I always brush it off with jokes."
"That's because the Symbol of Peace All Might has to be a natural born hero. But the truth is," All Might held his arm out to showcase his body "my quirk has been passed down like an Olympic flame. It has to be inherited."
"Inherited?"
"Yes. And soon it'll be in your hands."
"Wait. Hold on. You r quirk is one of the biggest mysteries of this day, it's always been discussed in forums endlessly. But…but if a quirk can be inherited…beyond what's normal…such a thing exists?...no one thought of it." Izuku was now in his muttering tirade, finding the whole thing going against everything he's known and learned.
All Might only looked at him mumble away "Nonsense!" he exclaimed to make him stop which he did "I may have skipped details, but I never lie. This quirk is one I inherited."
"It's called One for All."
"One for All?"
"Precisely. Someone cultivated this power then passed it onto someone else, then he continues to build it up, and passes it to the next one. Just like this, the power of bravery and the voice of the voiceless culminate."
"Such a powerful thing, but why…why me?"
"I've been looking for a successor. And I think you're a good fit. As a hero fanboy you look more like a hero than anyone else." All Might put a fist on his chest "Even me."
Izuku was once again tearing up at his compliment. "Of course, it's up to you. What will you do?"
'He confided a top secret to someone like me' he thought wiping his face clean "I'll do it!"
"An instantaneous answer, I knew it. But to inherit such power is no simple task. We'll have to work on your body."
They both agreed to meet up at Dagobah beach early in the morning before parting ways. And now he's on his way home feeling extremely tired from everything that happened that day.
Too many surprises happened this day he doesn't think he could handle any more. "I'm home." He drawled out when he entered his home.
"Izuku!" Inko ran to him and checked everything that she could. "Are you okay, no broken anything? I saw you on the news!"
"I'll be okay." He claimed with a sincere smile which was enough.
"Izuku." He stiffened at the new but familiar voice that he heard. Izuku slowly turned his head in the direction that you could hear a comical creak of his neck. He didn't even get to look at that direction since a bulky arm wrapped itself on his shoulders. "N-Nii-chan?"
"You sure know how to find trouble, huh?" Zoro ruffled his hair but Izuku remained still and staring at him.
"Y-y-you're home?!"
"I was supposed to surprise you, but you ended up surprising me from that villain attack."
When Zoro didn't hear a response from Izuku, he looked down at him and saw him looking up at him with his jaw wide open. Zoro laughed at him "Yeah, I'm home. I guess this surprise is a little much after what you went through today."
To that Izuku agreed "Yeah, it's been a long day." He says with a shaky voice. He lifted a hand and poked Zoro's cheek "You really are here."
"Go take a cold shower, you obviously need it." He teased pushing him to his room's direction.
Izuku turned a corner. After a few seconds he peeked his head around the corner to look at Zoro again "I'm really here Zuku."
"Oh okay." He said before disappearing…and reappearing again with only half of his face peeking. "What happened?" he asked when he finally noticed his close left eye.
"Nothing to worry about, this is nothing."
"Th-that's definitely not nothing!" he freaked out pointing to his eye.
"I'll tell you when I feel like it." Zoro said waving the subject off "Now clean yourself up."
Izuku remained in his spot staring at his scar. "Do I have to drag you there?" he threatened half heartedly.
Izuku yelped and left, the sound of his frantic footsteps signifying that he really did go to his room. Inko giggled at her son's antics.
"That's new, I expected you to hover over him for a few more minutes." Zoro commented.
Inko sighed "I figured you boys are tougher than you look. I've dealt with you almost being sliced in half, I don't think Izuku can top that."
Zoro smirked at his mom "Don't jinx it mom."
"Don't remind me." She said before continuing to cook for her now complete family again.
Zoro went back to his room and went to unpacking and organizing. Though cleaning his already empty room didn't take a long time, so he's just unpacking, and displaying his swords. Just as when he was finished,, he heard a familiar soft knock "Nii-chan?"
"Hey," he took notice of Izuku's still shocked expression "You good?" he asked sitting down on his bed and pulling a chair close to the bed.
Izuku took the seat "All Might talked to me."
Zoro raised his eyebrow at that "Well he was on the scene. What'd he talk to you about?"
He watched as he fidgeted and thought over his words "He…uh…wanted to train me." He said with hesitance, he himself couldn't believe it. He decided to omit the part where he wants to pass his quirk to him. All Might trusted him with it, he'll only speak about it when All Might permits it.
Zoro stared at his little brother in disbelief before laughing out loud. Izuku was startled out of his thoughts at his boisterous laughter "Of course someone like you would attract a hero like him." He said in between laughter.
"You don't mind me training under him?"
"Why would I? I wasn't really training you, I just let you do what I do." Zoro sat up "Training under someone with a fixed regimen would help you a lot, so I say go for it."
Izuku sighed in relief "So I fretted over nothing." After that silence took over the room. After a few minutes passed, Izuku found something to talk about "Nii-chan, have you ever experienced a time where your body acted before you could think?"
That got Zoro's attention. He then thought back at the time where he instinctively jumped forward to guard Perona from an attack that time in the forest "Yeah, I was standing on one spot and when I blinked I found myself in front of the threat and my legs hurting from the moving too fast."
Izuku looked at his own legs "That explains you suddenly running towards that villain." Zoro commented when he saw where Izuku's gaze was.
"All Might said most of the top heroes had the same experience of their body moving before they could think."
Zoro smiled "Can't speak for other heroes, but you have my account."
"Top heroes huh…well you are part of them." He said looking at his brother sparkles basically radiating off him.
BANG!
Their conversation was cut short when the door was slammed open and in came a blond boy "Oi Deku you—" he paused when he noticed it was not only Izuku in the room. "Z-zo-nii?"
"I'm not your Zo-nii," he stood up and walked over to Bakugo "and have you been slamming my door open all this time."
Bakugo gulped at the intimidating aura of the older man. Not to mention, the scar on his eye somehow adds to his scary factor. Bakugo, knowing how he is decided not to comment on it. "G-got a problem with it?" he said in a shaky and quiet tone.
"Oh I do," Zoro slammed his fist into his palm "Were you and Izuku about to train here? Let me help you then."
"B-bring it!"
Inko cooked peacefully as she ignored Zoro screaming commands, Katsuki's struggling shouts, and Izuku's frantic pleading to go easy on the other.
"Nice to hear them having fun again."
A/N: I've seen some people both here and AO3 wondering if Zoro will be paired with anyone. The answer to that is he won't have one. The only pairing here is Zoro x Alcohol the true OTP. I'm surprised Oda hasn't confirmed it yet considering the amount of screentime this pair had XD. Anyway hope you guys enjoy this chapter! Thanks for reading and the kind reviews.
