EDIT: I was super not happy with how this chapter turned out, so I went through and changed some stuff and fixed some mistakes.
Izuku centric chapter this time, don't worry Shoto and Katsuki aren't sleeping though!
It had been five months since Izuku had started training with All Might and had adopted the new All-American Dream plan. The results were astonishing to say the least. What little fat Izuku had on his body was burned away revealing muscles underneath. He was now firmly fit, with decent muscle definition to prove his hard work. His enhanced diet left him with many benefits, and he really enjoyed the way that he always seemed to have energy. The beach was just short of being two thirds cleaned showing Izuku was right on schedule to complete the project early and have time to practice with All Might's quirk.
Izuku wasn't quite certain when he had developed the muscle he did, but it unfortunately had come with an annoying side effect recently he had been getting shocked by everything! Every time he touched a piece of metal, he was given a shock. Now, he was no stranger to a little static shock, but this was ridiculous! Every piece of metal no matter how small or large, conductive or not, shocked him and he had quickly developed a habit of touching things with his knuckles first so that the end of his fingers weren't shocked all the time (1). He had complained of the problem to his mother and All Might, but both thought he was simply over exaggerating even though Izuku proclaimed that he wasn't.
It was just winding down in the evening the sun setting beyond the waves when Izuku was pulling a fridge along the surface of the beach. All Might was sat on top of it making conversation and playing on his phone. The progress was slow but steady he was straining with every step he made. Finally, after many exhausting minutes Izuku made it to the steps off of the beach. The truck he was supposed to leave the garbage in sat above him with a ramp rolled out to allow him to drag or push larger objects up into the bed. Noticing his prodigy's progress, All Might hopped off of the fridge and landed beside the truck smiling as Izuku shoved the now much lighter refrigerator up the ramp and onto the truck. All Might deciding to show his support clapped young Izuku on the back when his hand made contact with Izuku he received a huge shock to his entire hand even extending slightly to his wrist.
"That was quite the shock." All Might muttered shaking his hand trying to remove the stinging sensation that had traveled all the way up his palm and made his entire hand numb. It was only after he looked toward young Izuku that he saw him slouching against the truck, Izuku look as if he was well past the point of exhaustion looking twice as rundown as he had just a few moments ago.
"All Might something's wrong." Izuku gasped trying to regain his breath. He felt like he had just taken a beating, everything hurt, and he found it almost impossible to breath.
"Young Midoriya?" All Might asked " What's wrong? Do you need to go to a doctor?" The worry was evident in his voice and he was already preparing to grab the boy and leap into the sky.
Izuku failed to answer his eyes drooping as he slid to the ground wheezing. Slowly his eyes closed all the way and his shoulders slouched indicating his rapid descent into unconsciousness.
"Oh fuck!" All Might shouted as he grabbed Izuku by the back of his workout shirt gently and swiftly launched himself high into the sky. Slowly All Might realized he had jumped much to high. He had not cleared a distance like this since before his injury. He stuck his arm out adding extra drag attempting to readjust his flight path. It worked slightly, instead of landing gracefully on the ground outside of the concrete he landed hard his feet cratering the pavement almost ten feet out from his landing zone. It wasn't five seconds before hospital staff rushed out with a gurney which All Might placed Izuku on gently.
"What happened?" A doctor shouted as they started rushing Izuku into the hospital past several waiting superheroes and staff. As they ran the doctor placed a hand just above Izuku's forehead a few seconds later his hand glowed green before pulsing a deep yellow. "He's almost catatonic, heart rate is dropping rapidly!"
"He was training on the beach and I slapped his back lightly, suddenly I was jolted with a massive static cling, and he was on the ground struggling to breath. He had been complaining of small shocks for at least two weeks now, but I thought it was something he was exaggerating about." All Might explained as he easily kept pace with the rushing doctors almost outstripping them, he felt better now then he had in years which was strange.
"What is his quirk?" The same doctor asked as they rounded a corner almost crashing into a passing nurse that all might cleared by leaping over her.
"He is effectively quirkless, the doctor's told him that his quirk was probably something minor, an invisible quirk essentially." All Might answered. The silence that followed that was deafening as they hit the doors of an emergency theater. The doctors immediately started scrubbing down while the head doctor turned toward All Might "Well clearly whoever that doctor was, he was an idiot." The head doctor deadpanned as All Might stood at the dividing doorway before the clean room. "If he has any family you should call them All Might, we will try to stabilize him in the meantime."
Izuku woke up to the rhythmic sound of beeping and the overpowering smell of antiseptic. He groaned as the sharp light pierced through his closed eyes and made them throb. He was suddenly made aware of how sore his throat was, rough and scratchy due to his not having drank anything. He struggled for a moment to get comfortable without opening his eyes as he just did not feel like he had enough energy to complete the task.
"Hello?" His voice was rough, and it hurt to even say the one word he had. The following coughing fit only made it worse.
"Izuku Midoriya?" A female voice called out from his left. Izuku turned toward the noise and nodded. "It is good to see you awake; you've been in a coma for two days due to overuse of your quirk." Izuku frowned and was about to speak when he felt something pressed into his hand that was cold and felt like a paper cup. "Drink first please, we don't want you damaging your throat." The voice said again. Slowly as he drank his eyes adjusted to the bright light of the room and he felt enough energy had returned that he attempted to open them. He was met with a white hospital room and the woman who was sitting a short distance away from him who was in some kind of suit that completely covered her body.
"Due to the unknown nature of your quirk, we are taking precautions, so you don't accidently activate it again. My name is Lin Uranaishi (2). My quirk is called Soothing Speech. It helps keep people calm as long as I keep talking to them as I am doing to you now." She explained quickly.
Izuku supposed that he was okay with this sort of quirk being used on him, as it could possibly keep him from freaking out and activating his quirk again and possibly hurting someone or himself. Somewhere deep within him there was a seed of panic that All Might wouldn't still train him if his quirk hurt people, but it seemed very far away and unimportant at the time.
"What happened?" Izuku asked after sipping on his water a little more.
"Well we were hoping you could help us understand that." Lin said with a smile. "Can you tell me about these small static shocks you've been experiencing?"
"Well they started a few weeks ago, maybe three? At first it was little things like touching my doorknob would leave a tingle in my hand. As time continued, they kept getting larger and larger and a week ago there was one where it made my entire hand numb. I kind of developed a method to deal with it by tapping my knuckles on metal first before touching it. It hurts way less when you do it that way (1)." Izuku explained holding his hand out with his ring and pinky finger folded flat against his palm and the middle and pointer finger bent at their first joint. He then proceeded to tap the side of the bed with them and then grab at it like it was a door handle.
"That is very interesting, have you ever had anything like this happen before?"
"No mam, I figured that perhaps I wasn't doing my laundry correctly and that was the cause, but now…" Izuku replied before stopping himself. This intrigue on Lin's face was evident and she quickly motioned for him to continue.
"I think it may be my quirk, maybe some form of power output based on my own stamina?" He finished looking at his own hand.
"That is very astute Izuku, based off of the description of the event that brought you in we believe something along the same lines. Our current thought is that this only started happening recently because you became fit enough that you actually had excess energy to burn off. Your personal trainer explained that you had taken a massive undertaking in physical exercise and diet to attempt to enter the high school of your choice." Lin announced cheerily.
"That is incredible, I didn't know quirks could be based off of a physical requirement like that!" Izuku announced getting excited enough to start muttering to himself.
"It is extremely rare, so most people are not aware of the possibility. By current scientific evidence less than two percent of all quirks are activated in this manner. Yours appears to be based off of how much energy your body has to work with. A quirk specialist has asked that you take some forms with you when you leave with some advice and tests he would like you to perform. He hopes that with the data he can help you understand your quirk better. He has informed us that it is possible you may be able to become a hero who is good for techniques that require a massive amount of energy, at which point you should retreat and recover." Lin explained in an ecstatic voice, showing how genuinely happy she was that he may be able to be a hero.
The conversation shifted to how Izuku felt and other small details, not even three hours later he was released in good health into his mother's care, who cried a river on their way home about how worried she was when she got the call from All Might explaining that he was at the hospital. Speaking of All Might he was in their living room sitting on one of their couches when Izuku and Inko walked inside.
"YOUNG MIDORIYA! I'm happy to see that you are okay! I would like to apologize for what happened!" All Might boomed as he stood and bowed repeatedly at incredible speed to both he and his mother. Izuku started stammering after that with his hand behind his head.
"All Might that isn't necessary; you had no way of knowing that this would happen. It was the first full activation of my quirk; we couldn't have known." Izuku said slowly.
"Still I feel responsible for this, we should have taken your worry about being shocked more seriously, oddities like that are important in this day and age!" He announced as he stopped bowing and gained a serious look on his face. "Izuku I feel that we must talk about something very important. Inko you should stay as well, as it directly affects Izuku's future." The sudden tone shift left Izuku feeling uneasy and off balance. He nodded once to All Might and his mother before he sat down on one of the couches across from All Might who was standing in the middle of the room.
"Ever since you shocked me, I have been feeling better that I have in many years. It is as if my grievous injury was fresh and had not yet drained me of so much of my stamina. This burst of energy however is already dwindling, perhaps in part due to the massive crime catching spree I went on to keep myself busy when the doctor's announced that you would not be waking immediately." To say Izuku was shocked was quite possibly the largest understatement of the century. All Might was feeling more powerful? That was incredible! Inko nodded along she had seen the news of how All Might had made a record amount of criminal apprehensions over the past two days, however she was still worried and confused about what this had to do with Izuku's future.
"You see I believe that the doctors are incorrect about your quirk. They explained to me that they believe it is some sort of energy based power. I believe that your quirk is not just an energy output, I believe it is an energy TRANSFERAL ability!
Sorry for the Cliffhanger, but the time I've allotted myself for writing has run out, there will be more coming very soon I promise!
This is actually something I myself do, I get shocked quite often and sometimes quite painfully, knocking my knuckles against door handles dispenses the shock in a much more manageable area
Lin Uranaishi: Quirk: Soothing Speech. Allows for anyone she speaks to remain much calmer than ordinarily possible, suppresses panic and other negative emotions to a very manageable level. Quirk only works face to face and with one person at a time. Last name is a translation of Soothsayer