Hey, y'all I want you to know that I do see your comments theorizing! I'm loving every single one and they keep me super engaged to see all of y'all's theories on what's happening with Izuku and his memories! I will say this: One of you almost completely hit the nail on the head. But I won't say who. :)
Also, this has nothing to do with anything but do you guys know how hard it is to not call Izuku 'Midoriya' or 'Deku'? Harder than one would think it seems lol.
I will also say as someone who has accidentally swallowed a hair/ had hair in my mouth while eating it's not a fun or pleasant experience and we're going to explore that here today.
The feeling of triumph was such a euphoric feeling for Izuku. He was pumped and just couldn't believe he actually managed to do it.
Izuku let out a loud victorious bellow for all around to hear him. He didn't care if the sun was only just rising up and he was possibly waking or disturbing the people nearby. Izuku couldn't believe he had finally done it. He had not only cleaned the beach, but he also managed to move the fridge and brought it to the side of the road for pick up. The beach was now officially cleaned.
There, Izuku stood off on the side of the road, on top of said fridge, screaming in triumph.
"Holy crap- you… you cleaned it all!" Toshinori gasped as he approached Izuku swiftly. Izuku was still screaming at the top of his lungs. He felt invigorated and alive as his nerves burned from his final work out on this beach. Once Izuku finally stopped his screaming he went to turn towards Toshinori, he felt his foot slip and next thing he knew he was tumbling down.
Thankfully, All Might swooped in and caught him just before he fell. "Young Izuku, I couldn't be prouder of you!"
Izuku felt his face heat up at the praise. "Thank you!"
"Look at this." All Might put him down before fishing for his phone. After a few minutes of him tapping away he pulled up a picture. It was one of Izuku on the first day of their training. The one where All Might was sitting up top the fridge. He had snapped a picture of Izuku while he was trying (and failing) to drag the fridge with some rope. "This was you just a little under a year ago. Slightly scrawny with not enough muscle, but look at you now."
Izuku grinned. He felt… well… at his best. A feeling he enjoyed and made him feel more empowered than ever. He was strong. He was strong!
"My boy, do you think you're ready to receive my quirk?" All Might put a big hand on Izuku's shoulder.
"Yes! Just tell me what I have to do!"
"Eat this!"
Izuku felt at a loss of words as All Might showed him a glittering piece of his long strand of blonde hair. "Eh? You want me… too… eat-"
"-Yes! Eat my hair! Go on now." All Might dropped the hair into Izuku's palm.
"..." Izuku stared at the hair. "... Why?" Izuku finally looked at All Might. His voice quivered lightly.
"My quirk can only be passed down through DNA! This is the most logical way for me to give you my quirk."
'He's not wrong. The only other options are spit, blood, or- not gonna go there.'
"Oh god." Izuku scrunched his face up. 'Try and not think about it.' He tried to tell himself. Taking several deep breaths; Izuku tilted his head back, opened his mouth, and tried to just drop the hair down his throat, hoping it wouldn't be too bad this way.
Oh. It was bad.
The hair coiled down his throat and stuck there. It left Izuku's throat itching, and him gagging. He could feel it as it just sat at the back of his throat and refused to go down. In fact, Izuku was sure he could reach back there and pull it back out- it moved down about an inch and he gagged before coughing. "Wa-Water! Ple-please!"
All Might quickly handed him his water bottle and Izuku decided to chug it down. The feeling of a hair stuck to the side of your esophagus wasn't exactly a pleasant one. It was a feeling that Izuku wanted to forget soon. Eventually, with a lot of swallowing and water, the hair dislodged and went down his throat and into his stomach. A shudder ran through his body, and Izuku shook his head vigorously.
"Great! Now you should go and get ready!"
"...Get ready, sir?" Izuku looked over his shoulder at All Might in question. "Are we going to go and train together!?" He excitedly asked. The idea of finally getting to properly train and test this quirk made Izuku giddy with excitement.
"What? No! For the UA entrance exam! I took the liberty of signing you up! You best be off before you're late!"
Izuku's smile dropped slightly. "The… exam." At that moment his fathers words rang back into his brain. He wasn't going to be taking the exam, not until tomorrow where he'd be talking to Nedzu himself and showing off his skills. Izuku could have sworn he told All Might this, but there was a possibility that it could have slipped his mind. This last month was crazy. "Uh- All Might, I thought-"
"Ah, ah. No time to argue, Young Tora. You must be going. Remember this: When you want to harness the power of One for All. All you have to do is clench your buttcheeks and yell 'Smash!' at the top of your lungs."
"But-"
"I must be going!"
"All Might-!"
"I look forward to seeing you!"
Izuku watched as with a mighty leap All Might flew away from him immediately; with a gust of wind that sent Izuku's curly hair flying back. Then, All Might was gone completely leaving Izuku standing there.
"... Oh… oh no. Maybe… it won't be so bad. I mean, it's not like dad will be watching…right? Only Nedzu will… right? Yeah, that makes sense. If dad were watching the exams he'd tell us… right?" Izuku sucked in a slow deep breath and slowly crouched down to the sandy earth so he was squatting.
"This is a death sentence once dad finds out… but it's what All Might wants and I can't disappoint him."
So, Izuku let out a slow breath from his lungs and stood up. "Let's do this. I'm ready."
Against all better judgement and any common sense, Izuku decided to disobey his father. A costly risk. Izuku slipped on his sweatpants and matching jacket that he kept in his bag, over his workout shorts and rushed for UA. 'I can't believe I'm doing this.' Those six words just kept playing in his head on repeat over and over again.
'I can't believe I'm doing this!'
Izuku felt like he was in a daze as he now stood in front of UA's gates. This building looked humongous as it towered above him. '...I…' Izuku stepped through the gates and stood there proudly. 'I can do this. I refuse to let All Might down! I'll explain everything I can to my dad when it's said and done. I-' Izuku took a step forward and accidently stepped on his shoelace. Next thing he knew he was falling. '-I'm a failure. Why am I even trying? I should just turn around'
"Oh!" A soft voice suddenly said and someone touched his back. Next thing Izuku knew he was floating. "I hope you don't mind me using my quirk on you." A girl suddenly appeared in front of Izuku's vision before she let him go.
She was cute with short brown hair cut into a bob that framed her face. Her cheeks were always constantly blushing it seemed and her eyes were big and doe like. It really helped that they were brown in color giving her an innocent look.
"Uh- no. Of course not! Thank you!" Izuku jumped as he felt his face start to heat up from embarrassment. "That's an impressive quirk."
This time the girl blushed. "Th-thank you! I look forward to seeing you in the exam!" She quickly said before taking off for the front door.
Izuku breathed out for a moment before- 'I can't believe I just talked to a girl!' He would have jumped with excitement, but managed to keep his composure-
"Izuku?"
Izuku never spun around faster. For a terrifying second, Izuku worried it was his father. But no, it wasn't. Izuku was face to face with-
"Tenya! It's been so long!" Izuku wasted no time hugging his friend. Iida was more than happy to hug him back.
Iida and Izuku became friends in grade school. However, when middle school came around they were put into two separate schools so contact has been scarce between the two. They texted on the occasion, but nothing more than that. "What are you doing here? Don't tell me you're here for the exam?" Iida quickly pushed Izuku back and held on to Izuku's shoulder blades.
"Y-Yeah, I am." Izuku gave Iida a shaky smile. "It's a bit… complicated…" Izuku whispered.
"Tora, that's dangerous." Iida made a wild chopping motion before lightly hitting Izuku's head. "You should not be here. I understand you've dreamed of being a hero, but you're… well…" Iida slowed down before dropping it entirely.
"Iida, I understand you're worried about me, but trust me. I can handle myself out there." He grabbed onto Iida's wrist. Iida looked skeptical.
"I don't know, Tora… It would irresponsible of me to allow this-"
"Iida. Please. Just trust me on this?" Izuku whispered in a soft voice. "I have to do this." He was one second away from begging his old friend not to say anything. Iida never met Izuku's father, thank goodness, but he had connections to the other teachers via his elder brother.
"..." Iida sucked in a slow breath through his nose as he thought about it for a moment. "Fine. Fine. Just be careful, Izuku. We don't know what this exam entails."
Izuku nodded. "Of course, I'm always careful!"
Iida gave him a look that suggested otherwise. "Be. careful." Iida said again, this time a little more slowly before finally walking away from Izuku.
Izuku breathed in and looked at the doors. 'I'll be careful… I don't know what All Might's quirk really entails, but I'm ready to try it out.'
True to his word, All Might had taken it upon himself to sign Izuku up for the exam. He was secretly hoping that he would be denied at the door, but nope.
'The fact that he managed to do this without my permission or my dad's premission is insane.' Izuku thought to himself. He had finished the written exam, but man, he knew if he passed it would be just barely. This was riding on the final combat exam now.
"Zuku- hey! Zuku! Up here!" Kaminari's voice suddenly rang around the auditorium and made Izuku's heart stop. Izuku looked up towards Kaminari's voice and sighed out. 'So much for keeping a low profile.'
Izuku swiftly ran up the steps and took his seat next to Kaminari. "Dude, if you're here then where's 'Toshi?"
'I don't think Hichan's gonna like that nickname.'
"Uh… it's complicated." Izuku told Kaminari as he reached into his bag and pulled out a beanie. Two people recognized him, and that was two people too many, so it was time for the beanie. It was just a black beanie. He put it just above his eyes and sighed. "He won't be coming."
"Oh, okay then." Kaminari let it drop.
"All right, Listeners!"
"Oh shit." Izuku whispered in shock as he tried to slink into his seat as his Uncle Cockatoo (AKA: Present Mic. AKA: Hizashi Yamada.) came strolling out to the stage in the middle of the auditorium stage. Izuku lowered the beanie even more, to the point that it was slightly obstructing his view.
"You good, Zuku?" Kaminari whispered as he watched Izuku.
"Y-yeah…"
Kaminari clearly didn't believe him as he continued to stare at Izuku, but eventually he just shrugged and went to listen to Present Mic.
Izuku wished he had more time to bring a notebook so he could write down all this information. It didn't help that he had to keep his muttering to a minimum so as not to get caught. but the gist was that there were three robots. Easy, medium, and hard. Easy robots were worth one point, medium worth two, and hard were worth three points.
Present Mic was starting to move on away from the robots when Iida suddenly shot up from his seat.
"Hold on!"
'Oh no… don't tell me he thinks this will be too hard on me-'
"You've failed to explain what the fourth robot does!" Iida urgently declared. A few scant replies mumbled in agreement with him.
Izuku couldn't help but blink in surprise. 'How could I have missed it?' He wondered as he bit on one of his knuckles to stop himself from muttering. The more paranoid part of himself knew that they were keeping that robot a secret for a reason.
"Hm? Oh that old thing! You don't need to worry about it. It's a Zeropointer! Meaning it's worth absolutely zero points!"
'Then why have it?' Izuku narrowed his eyes as he stared at the robot silhouette in question. 'There's got to be something more to it.' Izuku hummed in his thoughts. That was when Kaminari nudged him.
"You good, man? You've been gnawing on your index finger for a while now." Kaminari leaned in and whispered softly. He looked fully concerned at Izuku as he asked this.
Izuku took his finger out of his mouth. He could feel the indents of where his teeth were digging in. "I'm fine. I'm just nervous and trying not to mutter."
"Yeah, I'm nervous too, man. Here, just chew on my pencil." Kaminari offered the wooden pencil up and Izuku took it.
"Thanks." Izuku then started to gnaw on the pencil. The feeling of his teeth sinking into the wood was a welcomed one at that moment. He just hoped he wouldn't swallow lead or splinters. '
Oh god, what am I doing? Is it too late to back out? Maybe I should-' at one point during his talk, Present Mic turned in Izuku's direction. '-He knows! He knows it's me! I should just walk out-' Present Mic then turned away enthusiastically pointing to the screen explaining how many points they needed to get in order to pass and how many seats were there to fill.
There were only forty seats for the hero course in UA. That was a low percentage of passing. The pencil snapped in half inside of his mouth. Izuku spat out the splitters and lead into the palm of his hand. 'Oh jeez.' Izuku thought before he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. 'Is it too late to back out?'
'No. I can do this! I have to do this. For All Might!'
"And it's time! I wish you all the best of luck!"
'I can do this. I will do this!'
"Hey man. Good luck, okay!" Kaminari offered up a closed fist for a fist bump. "I'm rooting for you!" He smiled at Izuku.
Izuku returned the fist bump in full though his hands were shaky. "Yeah, I look forward to seeing you in the hero course. You, Hichan, and me!"
Then, they went their separate ways as they had to go to different gyms. He wondered if it was because they went to the same Middle school. That was something All Might needed to know in order to sign Izuku up after all.
So, off he went.
There were so many people waiting at the doors that it made Izuku a little overwhelmed. He started to pace around in a circle, his muttering finally catching up to him as he muttered and muttered and muttered. There was just so much all at once. The fear, the excitement, and the sheer thrill of it all. It was almost like the sludge villain all over again only ten times more intense. It was… exhilarating!
"Uh…Tora…" Suddenly a hand was on his shoulder and he looked at Iida. "Calm down, you're getting looks." Iida whispered to him. Sure enough, when Izuku looked, he saw that people were staring at him. Why wouldn't they? He almost wanted to laugh with how nervous he was. "Are you sure you can handle this? If you can't, you can just back out. It's fine."
"Ha!" The laugh came out a little more aggressive than Izuku would like to admit. "No. Nope. I made a commitment!" He put both of his fists on his hips proudly.
"You're putting yourself in danger." Iida reprimanded him. As he spoke, Iida pulled his glasses off and started to wipe them on his shirt. "Izuku, I'm the only one here that knows the truth. You're quirkless. You're my friend, yes, but I can ignore this. Those robots look-" Iida dropped his glasses by accident and both of them bent down to pick them up off of the ground.
The glasses gravitated into Izuku's hand in less than a second.
Both boys stared at the glasses.
"...You were saying?" Izuku couldn't help but grin as he handed Iida his glasses back.
"Wh…When? When did it manifest?"
"Uh-"
'-You're putting yourself in danger!-' Izuku clutched at the side of his head at the sudden voice that reverberated through his head. It felt like it was piercing his skull; cracking it in two. But like before when it happened before the sludge villain attack… the pain was gone as soon as it happened. There was no intense ringing this time though, but that didn't mean it was welcome.
Izuku swallowed a lump and looked at Iida as confusion rose to his mind. "What-" Izuku never got to finish his sentence as there was a buzzer that rang so loud that it made the ground shake just a little. Then the doors to the gym opened up like a grand curtain ready to start a show.
"Hey! Good luck in there!" Izuku skipped a few steps before turning and grinning at Iida. "I'll see you in the hero course!"
"Izuku wait-"
Izuku took off full speed inside the gym. ' All Might never mentioned that he could levitate objects… I don't think he can. I would remember that. Meaning… this is my quirk? No, I've never had a quirk… It doesn't matter right now! Let's see what this new power can do!'
Izuku charged in head first with the rest of the crowd. Most if not everyone was already laying claims to robots as they took them down quickly and efficiently with their quirks. Izuku was impressed and wished that he had time to analyze some of these quirks for himself. He didn't have the time-
A robot skirted right in front of him, Izuku nearly slid to a stop as he stared at the massive thing. For a moment fear was instilled into his heart as he stared this robot down. 'I have an attraction quirk and it's part of All Might's quirk…' He raised both of his hands up. He remembered Iida's glasses, how they just flew into his hands. 'If I can attract things to myself, then it's only logical that I can attract things I reach out for or things I want.' He thought and he reached both of his hands out for the robot.
Izuku knew exactly what he wanted from this beast. He wanted it's engine.
There was a rattling from deep inside the beast as the robot's body started to freeze and stutter. Then it happened. An electrical explosion of oil and wires as the engine was violently ripped out of it's chest cavity-
'Dodge!'
Izuku dropped his hands and jumped to the side as the engine came barreling towards him. The engine dropped dead at his feet the moment he stopped focusing on it. 'Holy shit… I just did that.'
The robot fell down.
"Wake me up when something interesting happens." Aizawa grunted as he snuggled into his sleeping back. Hizashi had gifted it to him as a joke, but the joke was on Hizashi because Aizawa uses it every day. All the teachers stood inside the monitor room. It was that time of year again, the time to watch applicants fight against robots and determine who was the best.
"I must say!" Nedzu turned in his chair, a cup of piping hot tea in his little furry paw. "These applicants this year are something else. Some of their quirks are quite impressive!"
"I'll say!" Toshinori nodded in agreement as he stood off to the side watching the camera's with a weird glint in his eyes. A glint that Aizawa didn't like.
'He's planning something. Something with Izuku… but what?' Aizawa wondered in his thoughts as he watched the back of Toshinori's head.
Hizashi was the next one to speak as he shoved his face in front of Aizawa's. "C'mon, Shou! Don't you want to see the new potential applicants?"
"I'll see them in my classroom." Aizawa grumbled. "No point in possibly getting attached now."
"Don't be like that Shou! Look, I see the Iida boy! He's really kicking some robot butt." Aizawa could feel Nemuri's grin. "It's all a turn on!" she wiggled in her spot.
"Whoa! Look at that kid. He just like… ripped the robot's head off." Hizashi happily exclaimed.
"Explosion boy looks promising." Vlad spoke up.
Aizawa sighed and just wriggled deeper into his sleeping bag. They'll entertain themselves for the next few minutes.
"Now… that's funny." Toshinori suddenly said and for some reason that caught Aizawa's attention. He cracked an eye open and waited. "When… I thought…" Toshinori sounded confused and Hizashi came over to Toshinori.
"You're watching that one?" Hizashi inquired as he pointed at the screen.
"Yeah. His… er…quirk. He just ripped the motor out of the robot. I wasn't expecting it."
"Oh! Yeah! It looks like he has some sort of telekinesis quirk… he just did it again… he looks… uh…Shou?"
Aizawa opened his other eye. "What?" he lazily drawled out.
"...Am I crazy? Is that your son?" Hizashi inquired as he pointed at the screen. Toshinori made a noise. It sounded like he had just swallowed a golf ball.
"It better not be. I told my children that they weren't taking the exams." Aizawa started to remove himself from the sleeping bag. This, of course, caused the others to crowd around the screen in question.
Nemuri started to squirm in delight. "Yeah, the beanie is slipping off. I'm seeing green. It must be Izuku! Oh, the disobedience! Nothing gets me turned on more!"
"Move." Aizawa shoved himself past the other teachers so he was now in front of the monitor that they were all looking at. "Izuku knows better than to disobey me. Besides, I told him it was way too dangerous to do the entrance exam." Aizawa hissed as he crossed his arms over his chest.
'They're mistaken-' Aizawa thought as he scanned the screen. Finally, he saw it. The kid was running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. Yet, any robot that came his way, he was using his quirk- some sort of object attraction quirk- to violently rip the robot's motor/engine out of it's metal body. Yes, the body type could be Izuku, yes, the beanie was slipping showing green hair, but the hair didn't look curly, and yes, Izuku owned those exact same clothes, but it wasn't Izuku.
"It's not Izuku, he doesn't have a-" Right as Aizawa was talking, the beanie slipped off fully when the kid was sprinting. Curly hair. Green curly hair, and freckles. So many freckles. This was Izuku. His face was towards the camera so there was no denying it now. "...What the fuck…" Aizawa felt his hair start to rise. "He… shouldn't have been able to get in. You need permission to do the exam and I never gave him permission!" Aizawa snarled as his anger started to rise.
"Not only that, but we should have been able to detect his application based on his last name alone." Nedzu hummed as he swiftly turned towards his computer and started to type away. "Let me see real quick."
Aizawa's hair lowered as he leaned in to watch the screen. "I don't understand…" he grumbled. 'Where did that quirk come from?' Another robot crossed paths with Izuku, but someone with a navel laser managed to defeat it before Izuku could.
Aizawa's eyes flickered towards the points. Izuku had only six points to his name. It wasn't a lot, but still, Aizawa didn't like this. Not one bit. Izuku betrayed him, and not only that, he's been hiding the fact that he had a quirk-
'He was quirkless this morning. I know that. If he had an object attraction quirk, I would know. He's never used it around me.'
"Ah, that would explain it." Nedzu suddenly spoke up, making everyone look at him. "It seems Izuku went under his pseudo last name of Tora. Not Aizawa. Let's see who signed the permission form if you didn't-"
Nedzu never got to that part. The time was ticking by and it was time for the Zeropointers to emerge. It was all part of their plan. To test and see who would react best out of fear. To help those when they may or may not need it.
Obviously, mostly everyone in the gym with Izuku went the opposite way. The robots were worth zero points and they were massive. No one wanted to risk getting hurt. Aizawa could see it, Izuku was freaking out.
But there was a problem.
Someone was stuck.
"Help me!"
Izuku, who was ready to flee and never look back, turned his head to see the girl that had helped him earlier. She was calling out for anyone who would listen as she reached out towards the fleeting crowd. "I'm stuck!" She cried out in fear. Her lower body had been pinned between a piece of rubble from a building that the robot knocked into and the ground
'That robot is getting closer to her- she'll be pulverized!' Izuku came to the conclusion fairly quickly. The girl was doing her best to wiggle free, but even still-
It was like the sludge villain all over again. Only this time…Izuku had the advantage…
Izuku ran for the girl. "Hang on!-" He cried out as he reached out for her. He wanted to use his newfound quirk to yank her out and take off running, but he came to a realization. 'I'd have to get the debris off of her first and foremost. That'll take too much time! She'll never get out in time- No-' Izuku clenched his fist in determination.
'I'll just have to take it down myself!' A power surged violently through his whole body. He could feel it just under his skin ready to burst. He didn't care about the points, not when someone's life was on the line.
When you want to harness the power of One for All. All you have to do is clench your buttcheeks and yell:
"SMASH!"
Aizawa was a strong man. He prided himself in being stoic and unable to show his true emotions even in the most serious of times, but for the first time in his life, Aizawa Shouta felt faint.
His legs nearly gave out when he saw Izuku jump up and punch the Zeropointer. Oh, but that wasn't the worst. The punch was strong. Strong enough to smash in the Zeropointer's face and send it crumpling back like it was made of paper. It was also strong enough to break Izuku's arm- and the jump broke both of his legs!
"Stop!" Aizawa had actually screamed out. His hair raised and his eyes fully red in color. He had tried to subconsciously stop Izuku's quirk before it got this far.
Izuku went limp in the air before he started to fall. The attack had left him unconscious. For Aizawa he thought Izuku was falling in slow motion. He thought 'Oh my god, Hitoshi is going to be crushed.' as Izuku was plummeting towards his death-
The breath that Aizawa had been holding in left his mouth when two things happened. A boy with engines in his legs had leapt to Izuku using the fallen debris to his advantage. He wrapped Izuku in a hug in an attempt to shield him from the ground. That was when the girl that was originally stuck, managed to free herself and came to both of their aids.
She floated up to them and managed to quickly smack the other boy on the shoulder right before they were to hit the unforgiving ground. They floated there for several seconds before the girl released her quirk and all three of them gently hit the ground.
"H-Holy shit. Is Izuku okay?" Hizashi inquired but Aizawa was, strangely, having a hard time hearing Hizashi at that moment. "We gotta send Recovery Girl in there. Three broken limbs…" For Aizawa, Hizashi started to fade out as he stared directly at Toshinori.
'Smash…Izuku screamed smash before he struck the Zeropointer. That quirk was almost directly like All Might's. He was training with All Might…'
Aizawa had Toshinori in his sights and it seemed…Toshinori knew this. Toshinori was doing everything he could to avoid eye contact with Aizawa at that moment. In fact… Toshinori was inching for the door-
'Izuku trained with All Might. All Might saved Izuku… Izuku's moves were a lot like All Might's… Izuku needs permission to do the exam…' Aizawa's head slowly turned towards Nedzu's monitor. From where he was standing he could see it. The reason why Izuku's name was never caught.
It was under Tora, and Aizawa could say with certainty by looking at the photocopy of the information slip, that Izuku did not fill anything out. That wasn't Izuku's handwriting. At the bottom of the photocopy was who signed granting permission: Toshinori Yagi.
Aizawa snarled, turning towards Toshinori. "You…" Both of his fists were clenched to his side.
"I had no clue…" Toshinori whispered with wide eyes. "I swear to god-"
"-He was quirkless this morning…" Aizawa felt his upper lip raise a bit as he took a step towards Toshinori. His capture weapon started to rise around him and slither into his hands. Aizawa was itching for a fight.
Toshinori put his hands up in defense. "Let's talk about this in private… please. I know you're a reasonable man-"
"My son has three broken limbs… three… and you want to talk?" Aizawa took another step towards Toshinori.
"Shou… maybe you should calm down before you do anything." Hizashi came up and pulled on one of Aizawa's arms to bring him back just a step. Nemuri came over just the same and pulled on his other arm. Both of them kept Aizawa back from potentially attacking the number one hero in the world.
"Shouta, look. Izuku's fine." Nemuri pointed towards the screen in question. Aizawa looked over his shoulder and saw that Recovery Girl had made her way into the gym. With one big smooch to the forehead Izuku's bones started to heal and reset.
It was nice to see Izuku whole again. His bones went back into place, he was going to be sore for a day or two, but otherwise he was okay. "Somebody tell Recovery Girl to send him to the infirmary." Aizawa grunted as he nodded towards the screen. "You-" He turned and pointed at Toshinori. "Teachers lounge, now." He hissed between clenched teeth while pointing out of the room.
Toshinori nodded. "Okay, Okay." He kept his hands up and slowly backed out of the doorway, never once taking his eyes off of Aizawa. Despite his anger, Aizawa couldn't help but think: 'Smart man.'
"Keep Izuku with Recovery Girl. Nobody else talk to him until I had the chance to talk to him." Aizawa growled as he took his arms away from Hizashi and Nemuri. "I'll be back." He stalked out of the room.
As he walked up towards the teacher lounge Aizawa only felt rage course through his veins. The image of Izuku breaking his bones played in his head over and over again. The half second he feared that Izuku was dead as he limply fell through the air.
Aizawa approached the door to the teachers lounge and felt his hands start to tremble in rage. Finally, he threw the door open so hard that he was afraid he broke it. "What the fuck was that back there." Aizawa hissed as he approached Toshinori. Aizawa grabbed Toshinori's tie and forced the elder hero down to his level so they were eye-to-eye. "My son was quirkless when he left this morning. Do you think I'm dumb?! You've been training with Izuku for almost a year."
"You knew I was training him…"
"If you call what you did training! That was just glorified community service at best! You didn't teach him any fighting moves! Or self defense techniques! Or how to use the quirk you gave him! The most you did was almost give him tetanus; Although at this point I would have preferred the tetanus!"
"Aizawa, I had no clue he was your son. He kept your privacy and his real last name a complete and utter secret from me. If I would have known… I would have reconsidered-"
"What does it entail. The quirk. Tell me, I want to know everything." Aizawa hissed as he let go of Toshinori's tie. He allowed Toshinori to stand up straight. Toshinori rubbed his neck uncomfortably.
"I can't-" Toshinori didn't get to say another word.
Aizawa turned, both ends of his capture weapons wrapped around Toshinori's skinny neck. "That wasn't a suggestion!" Aizawa hissed between clenched teeth. "You are going to tell me everything about this quirk. I know you've already gone over your limit for today, Toshinori. I read the news. I will beat your ass from here to next Friday if you even try to refuse me again! That was my son broken on the floor! My son! No quirk is without its downside. What's yours?" Aizawa's hair rose up above his shoulders and his eyes turned red as he stared Toshinori down.
Toshinori's mouth twitched. "Aizawa. I am truly sorry-" His voice wheezed from the pressure that the capture scarf was putting him under. It wasn't painful, yet, but one wrong word and Toshinori was going to choke. Toshinori felt blood well up in his throat and had no choice but to cough it up. "But I can't- It has to be a secret!-" Aizawa tightened his capture weapon around Toshinori's neck.
"I don't care!" Aizawa seethed in anger. "You're going to tell me, Toshinori. I bashed a guy's head into the pavement for my children's safety, don't think I won't do the same to you!"
Toshinori's eyes went wide behind their sunken sockets. "I-" Toshinori sounded short of breath as his face started to turn red. His big hands went up towards the captured weapon out of desperation. "-Can't!"
"I love my children, Toshinori, they are my world, my everything! Adopting them was the happiest day of my life! And one of them nearly died because of you!-" Aizawa cut himself off and quickly put his hand to his mouth. He could feel it. Tears building behind his eyes threatening to overpour and leave. His eyes were burning, but that may have been because of his quirk. Aizawa lowered his hand. "-So you- you- better start talking! This is the last chance I'm giving you, Toshinori!"
Aizawa felt a tear leave his eye as he stared Toshinori down. There was a silence between the two men.
"It's-" Toshinori coughed out; leaving blood flecks on Aizawa's scarf. "It's called 'One for All.' It's a quirk that gets more powerful with each user, my master passed it on to me and I passed it on to Izuku…"
Aizawa relaxed his shoulders just a bit before he let his scarf go limp around Toshinori's neck. "Okay… why him?" Aizawa used his finger to quickly wipe the tears out of his eyes.
"I saw myself in him and I know he can do it. He can rise up and be the next symbol of peace-"
"-You didn't actually tell him that, did you?"
"-Of course I did."
"Fucking idiot! That's too much pressure at once. Getting a new quirk and being told that he is going to be the next symbol of peace. No. I know Izuku. He'll be upset that he's not immediately great at this quirk- speaking of this quirk- did you ever train him on how to use it?!"
"I didn't have time when I gave it to him this morning-"
The scarf was back around Toshinori's neck causing the elder to gag out in surprise. "Let me get this whole story straight… You, a celebrity that my son idolizes, decide to 'privately' train my underage son for a year, and force him to keep this all quiet, and when the 'training' is done you put Izuku in the entrance exam and put yourself as his guardian because you gave him a quirk this morning and didn't even bother training him on how to use it?!"
To say Aizawa was pissed was an understatement. He was so mad he had spittle flying from his mouth at the end.
"When you word it that way-"
"Take it back."
"What?"
"The quirk. Take it back! If you're 'too busy' to properly train my son, a dangerous quirk that you gifted him, then I don't want him to have it."
"Aizawa. It doesn't work that way! Once it's been passed on. It's been passed! I can't take it back." Toshinori wheezed.
"Are you fucking kidding me, Yagi!?" Aizawa had half a mind to just strangle Toshinori here and now. He was too stupid to live, a danger to society at this point. It was tempting, but he restrained himself. "...Fine. Fine." Aizawa reeled his capture scarf back around his neck. His hair still stayed high above his head and his eyes were really burning at this point. "You better clear your schedule, because you're about to be un-busy."
"Huh-"
Aizawa allowed his hair to lower and he blinked. "-Because you made the decision to give my son this quirk, you're solely responsible for training him until he learns it. Oh, and don't think I'll be giving you two privacy any time soon either. I'll be there just as well. You made your bed, Toshinori. Now you get to lay in it!"
"Aizawa-"
"No, now because of you everything has been messed up. I don't even know if he'll be admitted into UA at this point, you better hope he gets in."
"He saved a girl. He'll get in."
"Toshinori, he was supposed to meet with Nedzu tomorrow. We had a test set up for him and everything. This looks horrible! What you did very well could shift Nedzu's view on Izuku. I hope you know that you messed up, big time."
There was a knock on the teacher's lounge door and Hizashi cautiously opened the door just a crack so he could peek in. There was a moment as both Aizawa and Toshinori looked at him. "Izuku is awake. His arm is in a sling, but aside from that his other limbs seem to be fine." Hizashi told Aizawa. He was keeping his distance, which was probably for the best.
"I'll be there in a moment, Hizashi. Thank you."
"I expected the lounge to be destroyed… or to see you mutilating Toshi'."
"Blood is hard to wash out of clothes. Besides…" Aizawa turned away from Toshinori. "We're done here. You best stay out of my line of sight for the rest of the day, Toshinori. I might change my mind on hurting you. Now if you don't mind, I have a child to yell at…"
Okay, so I feel it fitting to say here real quick. I know Inko's quirk (hereby called object attraction) can only do small items and it will be explained why he can now summon bigger items to himself. Hint: It's One for All.
Also, I've always intended on Iida knowing Izuku from an earlier date, but I wanted a gap between their friendship for deniability on Izuku's part. Originally, like Denki, they were going to be in the same Middle school, but I decided to change it when I was writing.
