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Bakugo stormed across the room heaving Izuku up by the collar. "I said what the fuck was that about you being the greatest hero!" He gave the boy a sharp shake. Izuku threw up his hands.
"I don't know! Honest, it wasn't me. I've never said anything like that."
The rest of the class began to come around from their own shock. Kirishima grabbed Bakugo's arm. "Hey man, let him go. All this stuff is weird. It's not like they were following you guys around with cameras but we all see it. Who's to day what that voice over stuff is about."
With Kirishima's influence, Katsuki roughly released the other boys collar with a tsk and retreated to the snack room to find something spicy. The rest of the class and teachers were silent for a while. It was actually the electric boy that would break the silence.
"So...kind of a bummer knowing that you win already." Denki joked with Izuku.
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean that we should just give up" Ojiro said.
"It's not written in stone, that's why we're here anyway. So why not give Midoriya a run for his money anyway." Sato added.
The got the class going as they all hyped each other up, including Shinso. Mei was running around the outside of the group slipping her business card into everyone's pockets and 'reminding' them that they should use every advantage that is available to them.
However, the young man who was the center of the enthusiasm was deep in thought, stroking his chin. "What is troubling you, Midoriya?" His raven headed classmate asked.
"Well, it said I would be the 'greatest hero' not the number one hero" The rest of the class started to settle down and look at him. "Throughout history 'The Greatest Heroes' have almost always been..." He looks over at Eri, realizing he can't say the next part in front of her, "Something else".
Tokoyami and Shoji's eyes widened. "Don't even mention that" Shoji stated firmly.
"What do you mean?" Denki questioned.
"Nothing for you to be concerned with" Tokoyami said flatly.
In the back with the teachers All might went to Nezu. "It will be revealed next" The skinny man said.
"I see, well now we can gauge how this will affect the class going forward." Switching his attention to his sleepiest staff member. "Aizawa."
"Hm?" was the response he got.
"You will likely want to get the next one as an Irish coffee" the little gremlin that masqueraded as the principle said with a grin. The underground hero narrowed his eyes at the creature, not sure what his game was.
After a bit more milling about by the occupants of the room, things began to settle down. Katsuki was finally a bit calmer after having heard the entire class further challenging the 'damn nerd' and declaring he wasn't going to beat them. That and he had found and consumed enough spicy popcorn chicken to threaten the longevity of a glacier.
Celeste gained the room's attention and asked if they were all ready to continue. After receiving no objections the show began anew. Izuku knew what was coming and hoped that his new friends would be accepting of him despite gaining the knowledge of his power.
The scene starts with All Might standing with a spot light on him. Izuku then begins narrating about the blonde hero. "The world's most popular hero. All Might! Age unknown. Quirk unidentified." The All Might on screen changed poses. Various magazines and newspaper articles flash. "He broke onto the hero scene and was an immediate hit, thanks to his abilities." There is suddenly the imagery of the sun breaking through clouds over a city, highlighting the next point. "Ever since he appeared, crime rates have drastically decreased. His very existence, a deterrent for many would‐be villains." The show now presented a graph showing the rapid and stark decline of crime because of All Might's presence. Now we switch to a statue of the hero as dove fly near it. "The world's a safer place. "They don't just call him the Symbol of Peace. It's what he is. And this pillar of justice said to me:"
"Young man, you too can become a hero" Izuku remembered all the things his bullies including Katsuki said. What his Doctor said and finally his mother.
"I never imagined anyone would ever say that too me much less the person I admired most in this world" His internal monologue went.
Izuku flushed crimson as that particular inner thought was revealed, although he assumed at this point most of his classmates had an idea as to his admiration for the older hero anyway. All Might for his part was blushing as well. He was well aware of his protege's admiration of him, however the thought that he was his 'most admired' person was a bit of an emotional stab that he had not been prepared for.
All might raised his hands, "You are worthy to inherit my power!"
Izuku was now extremely confused "...huh?" he said pathetically
The opening credits play.
"What the hell does that mean?" Katsuki asked
"You are going to train him right?" Kirishima partially commented partially asked to the number one hero.
"It is a bit more complicated than that I'm afraid." All Might answered cryptically.
"Inherit your power?"
All Might laughs heartily. Blood flows from his mouth as he asks more directly "Will you accept my awesome power or not?"
Seeing as Izuku was still clearly confused he decided to explain a little more. "There are a couple things you should know about my abilities."
Now nearly everyone in the room was scooting forward on their seat as if it would allow them to hear better. Stain appeared conflicted, He wanted to hear more but also didn't know if he should be listening this closely to his idols secrets. Nezu, the two elderly heroes and Sir Nighteye, sat still, watching the room as much as the scene for what was to come next. The future Todoroki's did not budge much either.
Tabloids appeared, "Journalists always guess my Quirk is super strength or some kind of invulnerability." Next an interview is shown with the large hero. "When people ask in interviews, I always make a joke and dodge the question. That's because the world needs to believe that their Symbol of Peace is just a natural born hero, like any of them. But I'm not."
Confusion passed through the crowd. What exactly did that mean. All Might wasn't naturally born a hero? What is the alternative?
All Might holds his arms out to the side in dramatic fashion as and image of his buff form materializes in the background. "There's nothing natural about my ability. I wasn't born with this power. It's a sacred torch that was passed on to me from someone else."
"WHAT!?" the collective response of the group was not unexpected but it was still enough to make the number one hero jump from being startled particularly because Present Mic accidentally used his quirk out of shock.
"It is true. My power was passed to me by my master, someone few of you may ever have heard of, Nana Shimura." Not knowing how to process that the crowd went back to watching.
"Someone gave you your quirk?"
"That's right," All Might answer's as the wind picks up and blows his t-shirt, revealing the scar once more. "And you can be next".
"Holy shit! Tsu was right?!" Denki looked like someone just punched him. Tsu's wide eyes seemed to become wider as she realized just how close she had been to figuring out this tremendous secret by accident.
The young Midoriya nodded emphatically. "You have no idea how scared I was when she brought that up."
"All Might was the one that gave you your quirk? That's what you meant?" Katsuki's brain had just finally accepted what he had been hearing, paired with what Deku had told him earlier. All the green haired boy did was nod in acknowledgment. "You fucking cheated!" The explosive former friend shouted and sprang from his seat only to be bound and gagged by an ethereal blue mist.
The room had been audience to their host's incredible power, but never before had they sensed then intensity of that power before now. Celeste towered over the bound boy staring down at him with cold eyes. "I forget how much of an egoist you were." Turning and looking over everyone. "Some of you have had your quirk since birth. The latest of you had it since you were four. So tell me, how it is cheating to inherit his quirk when he is a decade behind in practice?" Celeste was pleased to see any argument crushed at her questioning. "You" Once again looking at Bakugo , "Will learn to take this in without blowing up all the time...no pun intended" she then made the blonde to sit, and had the playback resume.
Izuku quickly descended into the first mumble storm of the series dragging the mentor into it with him. "So you always go with denial first" he noted. Izuku didn't break out of it so he shouted, "Nonsense! You'll have to adjust your reality and accept this new truth! I can transfer my Quirk to someone else. And that's just one facet of my secret abilities."
Nezu looked as though he had been extremely wrapped up in Izuku's muttering and had been a little put off when Past Might had interrupted the stream of thought. Inko, who had been blankly staring at the screen, finally seemed to come back around to reality. "So you gave my baby your quirk?"
"Yes indeed" He said while smiling down at the shorter woman.
"Oh my baby!" She said while dabbing tears of pride from her cheeks. Mitsuki smiled from her side. If some one deserved it, it was her surrogate nephew.
"Okay, I have a question," Cementoss declared.
"What is it?" All Might responded
"If you gave the boy your quirk, how have you been using it still? Is it a partial transfer?"
"No, it is a complete transfer for lack of a better term. I will be able to use my Quirk for a while longer, but as you have guessed I will at some point loose the ability to access it's power." The room fell silent at that declaration.
"The true name of my power is One For All." Izuku repeats the name with a sense of rapture. All Might goes on to explain as we see what he is speaking of, being represented as a light in the palm of his hand. The camera then goes into his eye, as his explanation continues. "One person improves the power, then hands it off to another person. It continues to grow as it's passed along." We can see lights flowing and connecting to each other changing color with each interaction, "It is this cultivated power that allows me to save those who are in need of a hero. The truth behind my strength." He finishes, closing his fist around the light.
"Then why give it to me?"
"I was on a long hunt for a worthy successor. And then, I watched you jump into action as the rest of us stood idly by. You may just be a Quirkless fanboy. But you tried to save that kid. You acted like a hero."
Izuku sniffles. "Okay but you seriously need to stop crying like that."
Nighteye huffs, but is pointedly ignored by All Might and Gran Torino.
Eri's face was screwed up in concentration, "What is it Eri?" Asked her 'Papa'.
"Well, Mr. Might said that the power from that Quirk gets stronger with every person, right?" She asked innocently.
"Yes he did"
"So does that mean that Papa will be stringer than Mr. Might?" The room seemed to freeze as that thought hit everyone. Eri looked around not realizing that she had caused the state of the place.
Ochako tried to ease the room, "Honey, no one is stringer than All Might-"
"Actually the young Miss is correct." the said hero interrupted. "Eventually young Midoriya will be stronger than I"
And everyone once again shut down thinking about that possibility, as the young man tried to slump into his seat and disappear.
Filled with a happiness being chosen as well as the feeling of possible getting a quirk like he has always wanted left him with no hesitation anymore and he accepted readily.
Izuku then Narrated, "But it wasn't that simple. Receiving All Might's power turned out to be no easy task. As I'd soon find out."
The title card then read "Roaring Muscle"
"Sweat! A Training episode!" Shouted Kirishima. Sato also slid forward, sneaking some tips from his training was just a good all around idea. Unseen by the rest of the class, but noticed by the adults behind him, even Katsuki's eyes focused more sharply.
After the title card, a new place was revealed with the words, "Dagoba Municipal Beach Park. - 2 days later- Early Morning"
Huge Junk piles and graffiti could be seen everywhere. They sounds of Izuku struggling could be heard. It is soon revealed that the young lad is roped to a fridge trying to pull it with All Might sitting on top. "Hey, hey, hey. It's pretty comfy up on this fridge, how are you doing down there?" Izuku grunts in response. "People move these every day, y'know. And most of them don't even have any super strength."
Falling over Izuku responds, "Yeah but they don't have an extra 274 Kilos sitting on top of them."
"Oh, I like sassy Midori" Tooru joked making the boy blush.
"Yeah, but All Might was being a little mean," Mina replied.
"Hey I've lost weight, I'm down to 255 Kilos (in this form at least)" The blonde man shot back.
"OK great, but why do you have me dragging trash?" The boy grumbled.
At this All Might takes out his phone looking comically small in his hand and started rapidly taking pictures and gives a mighty laugh. "Take a look at yourself. You're not a proper vessel for my power." At this Izuku screams and freaks out a bit. "Calm down, I'm talking about your weak body"
At this Katsuki started laughing hard, only interrupted by his mother pelting him in the back of his head with a bag of spicy peanuts.
"My Quirk, One For All, is a whole lot to handle. The combined physical abilities of everyone who's ever used it creates a hurricane of pure force. An unprepared body can't fully inherit it. Your arms and legs would shoot off if you tried to." A comical image was shown displaying Izuku being blown apart is on screen.
Eri fidgets nervously with the imagery, but Izuku pats her back the whole time.
"That's why my baby was breaking his BONES!?" All Might flinched as the short woman next to him seemed to be visibly ruffled.
"Oh...that makes sense." Shoto said. The rest of the class nodded along. Mei had started taking notes now. Knowing the extent of his power she could now make better, more useful and durable babies for the hero in training. And with the future him being more powerful than All Might, she needed to use him as a billboard!.
"So this whole trash thing is really some kind of hardcore gym workout. And... you're my trainer"
"You got it," The older man says while tapping on the fridge, denting it. "But there's
another reason, too. I did a little online research yesterday. Turns out this part of the beach used to be beautiful, but it's been a total mess for the last few years."
The view pans over the heavily littered beach, as Izuku explains about the ocean currents and the locals taking advantage of that leading to the current state of the place, Nezu and a few of the teachers nodded along, as well as Momo and Tenya. All Might then continues while crushing the fridge like a soda can, "Heroes these days are all about showing off and capturing flashy villains. Things were different before Quirks. Service was what mattered. Back then, heroes were those who helped the community. Even if it was kinda boring. You will restore the coastline for this entire section of the beach. That is the first step on your path, young man. Towards being a hero."
"So you can say some good things, even if it's surprising to here you talk about how being flashy is bad" Eraser head poked fun at him.
"Hey, if there is one thing Toshinori didn't need to be taught, it was the heart of the job" Gran Torino actually defended.
The sun rise is seen dramatically from the spot that All Might just crushed the fridge. They discuss how Izuku wants to get into UA because that is where the older hero went therefore it had to be the best. All Might for his part pointed out that it is the toughest hero course to get into and they have a very short time to do that in. "So in ten months I have to complete my vessel."
"Right but don't worry. I've got you covered, With the help of my handy "Aim
to Pass: American Dream Plan!""
Mic started laughing his head off. "Oh my God, you are such a westaboo!"
"Like you're much different?" Aizawa asked.
"Hey! I was poking fun at All Might! Why did you have to turn it on me?" The loud hero said sounding hurt.
"I am an equal opportunity sasser." The sleepy hero put flatly.
They went over how it would schedule every aspect of his life including diet and sleep.
"Sheesh, that's a rough training course" Kirishima noted, several of the other classmates nodding in response.
"If I'm being honest, this is going to be super hard. Think you're up to it?" The mentor asked. Izuku looked at the page with determination.
"Yeah, I have to work harder than everyone else to get in. So what choice do I have?"
Then narrator Izuku stated, "So began my ten months of Hell."
"It couldn't have been that bad" Tenya said
"To be fair he made it harder on himself" All Might said
Aizawa smacked his forehead. "He over-trained didn't he?" All Might nodded.
"He really does take after you in the worst ways" Torino said.
A montage began with All Might cheering with Izuku trying to drag a locker. He then picks up tire and starts running with it. All the while an internal monologue went on about how this was targeting muscles and how they were increasing them.
Next, Izuku was back in an Aldera classroom with a new teacher speaking about building standards in reference to quirk history. Izuku was ignoring the boring topic and was planning in his head, while looking at his notebook titled 'Proposed Independent Training'. He then begins mumbling out loud while tapping his lips. This starts disturbing and wielding out the rest of the class.
"Yeah that is how it's like" Tsu pointed out. This got the rest of the class to giggle a little. Nezu, was vibrating with joy listening to the mumbling, even though he disapproved of the over training.
The teacher extends his hand on two cables and chops Izuku on the head causing the boy to yelp. "Have you lost your mind since having a run in with a villain?" this caused the rest of the class to laugh, except for Bakugo.
Aizawa growled a bit, "Really? That was the best way to get the boys attention?"
"I wish that was the worst that happened at that school." Inko said. The staff looked over to Nezu, silently re-agreeing with the investigation into Aldera.
Back to the beach, lots of running, All Might coaching in the background. It then has Izuku showing his Mom the meal plan. He then power eats. Early morning studying for his school. The training continues showing that the boy is moving things with more ease. All Might is making slight adjustments to Izuku. The greenette was bench pressing an axle and struggling with his mentor rushing to spot him. Then Izuku was doing push ups and sweating.
Everyone was in awe at how much work he was doing. Kirishima had an itch to go start working out and he was not the only one in the room.
Izuku was half asleep in class. Izuku was power eating again with Inko looking shocked. Izuku still asks for seconds. Then he was going for a late night run. They were back at the beach Izuku puking next to a barrel with All Might looking on. The trainee was having difficulty pushing a truck as his mentor sighed dejectedly.
Izuku was swimming with all might in an old school American 50's style swimsuit. Women showed up and All Might turned his attention to them.
"Popular aren't you?" Inko said a but coldly.
"I had to make sure that no one knew I was training the young man!" He said quickly,not exactly knowing why he was defending himself. Mitsuki smiled wickedly from behind Inko while Rei giggled into her hand.
Izuku is shown training with traditional weights, then loading the truck. He is grip training in class, and finally it shows him giving All Might a piggy-back ride.
"Hot damn, that's some improvement" Jirou called out.
"Yeah no kidding," Denki agreed with her.
'I should have thought to do grip training inclass' Bakugo thought.
"When did you give him the quirk?" asked Aizawa.
"Sorry, what was that?" The taller man asked while starting to sweat.
"He asked when you gave the brat One for All" His own mentor pointed out.
"...Oh, um, You'll see"
"I'm not going to like this am I?" Aizawa asked pointedly.
It is now fall, Izuku is jogging with a safe on his shoulder while All Might in his skinny form rides a Segway. Izuku gets wobbly and falls. "Hey, hey, kid, look alive now! You've only got three months left! What, are you gonna give up after all this work? Wanna flush it all down the toilet and take it easy?" Izuku struggles to get up, All Might realizes that he is overworked. "The "Aim to Pass: American Dream Plan" was created with your body in mind. It was fine‐tuned to ensure your progress was swift but manageable. Which means... You haven't been sticking to it. You're overdoing things; that's gonna have the opposite effect of what we want!"
His protege looks up as he speaks, "I have to work harder. Or I won't stand a chance against the other applicants. I don't just want into UA, I want to excel. I want... to be like you." The older man remembers what he said on the roof and is impressed all over again. He buffs up and picks the young man up, "That fighting spirit's what I like about you, fanboy! It serves you well. I do get your concerns. That said. Now's not the time to go and rush progress. Fear not! I can get you back on track. Leave it to this old man to adjust your plan!"
"You aren't old, All Might" The teenager protests, causing the blonde man to laugh.
"Awwwww" was the response from most of the women present.
"You two really are adorable together" Nemuri put in causing All Might to sputter.
Scene shifts and it shows All Might in the parking lot. "Then just like that it was 6 am on the morning of the exam" Izuku narrated.
"What!?" the collected people shouted
Izuku is screaming, All Might sees Izuku on a mountain of garbage screaming to the sun rise. His body is a little shadowed but you can easily see he is shirtless.
Ochako was flustered to say the least.
"Damn did you go nuts during your training?" Mineta questioned.
All Might's eyes widened. "Hey, hey, holy crap, kid. You even cleaned up outside the area I told you to. Seriously... There's not one speck of trash left on this beach. Only a few minutes to spare. But you exceeded my expectations!" As he said this the camera view took in the whole beach showing how beautiful it was.
"Wait! You cleaned up the WHOLE thing! That beach has never looked so good kid. I've been to it a few times recently" Called Mitsuki.
Words of acknowledgment, and comments on a job well done came from his classmates. Izuku was getting emotional.
"Oh my... Oh my...GOODNESS" All Might declares while buffing up. Izuku falls off the trash pile but His mentor rushes over and catches him.
"I finished everything. All Might. I did it. Do you think I'm ready now?"
"Yeah, you did good, kid. I gotta say, I'm impressed. I knew you had it in you, but this is beyond." He says while setting the boy down. He then fishes his phone out and directs the boys attention to it. "It's you crying ten months ago. Look how far you've come. Such improvement!"
The camera then pans down the front of Izuku revealing a lean built physique.
The girls in his class were blushing. Poor Ochacko was digging her fingers into the seat cushion to keep from floating away. Himiko had been having a wonderful time this whole episode, but this was the chef's kiss. She was drooling while staring unabashedly at the image. "Whoa Momma!" exclaimed the pink girl from her beanbag chair. "So can we like get that sent to our phones too?" She looked up pleadingly to Celeste. Izuku sputtered not knowing how to react to that. The hostess made a show of thinking about it while transferring it to all the girls phones, causing the brown haired girl sharing a love seat to nearly jump when she felt her phone vibrate.
All Might says that it will be a long road to inherit the full power, but he is on his way.
"Do I deserve this? I feel so blessed" Izuku questioned tearing up.
In his mind All Might thought, 'Are you really worried about that after all these months?' Out loud he continued, "It was your hard work that did this, not mine. Now. For your reward, Izuku Midoriya." The blonde giant reached up and plucked a hair from his head while making this speech. "Someone told me this once. There's a difference between being lucky and deserving. One's an accident, the other a reward. Never get the two confused. Take that to heart, young man. This gift. You earned it with your own valiant efforts." He held out his hand with the hair.
Izuku then Narrated, "And so... I held out my weak, Quirkless hands, and grabbed the future."
"Eat this!"
"What the fuck!?" Sero hollered. Mimicking the astonished face that past Midoriya made.
"You didn't do it, did you?" Aoyama asked.
"I have a quirk, right?" Izuku pointed out. Everyone else winced.
"To inherit my power, you've got to swallow some of my DNA, that's how it works." Izuku screams as he is made to eat the hair. His iconic red sneakers are shown next to his back pack.
The commercial cards are finally shown.
-8:40am Same day
"I didn't get a chance to test out my new power" Izuku mused.
"Three hours before the fucking exam. Really?" Aizawa was staring daggers at All Might.
"You fucking Idiot!" Torino shouted.
"Wait, Deku-kun. Does that mean that. When you used it to beat the Zero Pointer..." Ochako trailed off.
"Uh yeah.. That was my first time." He said sheepishly.
"Huh, lost your quirk virginity saving a girl. Pretty awesome" Mineta said. Causing both of the teens on the love seat to blush furiously and for Jirou to earjack him.
Outside of UA, Izuku arrived at the entrance, Bakugo called out for Izuku to get out of his way. The greenette sighed in relief as in his mind that could have gone a lot worse. "I have to remember all the work I've put in. Thanks to All Might, I'm actually going to be a hero." He then tripped over his own feet. "Or I'll just die"
Everyone laughed, including Izuku as he had to admit, from the outside it was comical.
He stopped in mid air, and Ochako can be seen standing next to him. "Heh. Are you okay?I stopped you with my Quirk. I'm sorry I didn't ask first. But... I figured you wouldn't mind me catching you. Isn't this all, like, way nerve‐racking?" Izuku said something unintelligible "Well, guess I'll see you inside. Bye!"
'Holy whoa, I just talked to a girl!' He thought. The screen showed the words *Didn't actually talk*.
"NO!" Denki shouted with tears of joy in his eyes, "They didn't have to do my man like that!"
Present Mic began going over the exam orientation, With Izuku fanboying hard.
"Always happy to have a fan little listener!"
The screen behind him was flashing with animations as he continued to explain the upcoming test. "Excuse me Sir, I have a question." Tenya's hand shot up revealing the future class rep. "On the printout, you've listed four types of villains. Not three. With all respect, if this is an error on official UA materials, it is shameful. We are exemplary students. We expect the best from Japan's most notable school. A mistake such as this won't do."
"Yup, that's our class rep." Kirishima said, garnering a few laughs.
"Additionally, you with the unkempt hair. You've been muttering this entire time. Stop that. If you can't bother to take this seriously, leave. You're distracting the rest of us." He said towards Izuku.
"What the fuck Iida?!" That was surprisingly Ochako. Iida tried to defend himself.
"I-I didn't know his circumstances at the time"
"You didn't know anyone's, dude." Denki said.
Tenya got up and bowed to Izuku. "I am very sorry Midoriya."
"It's really okay"
Present Mic tries to placate him and continues. "All right, all right. Examinee number 7‐1‐1‐1. Thanks for calling in with your request. The fourth villain type is worth zero points. That guy's just an obstacle we'll be throwing in your way. There's one in every battle center. Think of it as a hurdle you should try to avoid. It's not that it can't be beaten, but there's...kinda no point. I recommend my listeners try to ignore it and focus on the ones toppin' the charts."
Present Mic finishes his presentation and tries to get everyone to shout "PLUS ULTRA" but everyone was too tense.
The location switches to the Hero Course Entrance Exam, Battle Ground Center B.
Everyone is getting ready in front of the bus that brought them there. Izuku then gives him an internal pep talk. You can see Ochako and Iida there as well. "Well. This is it. Time to put ten months of training with All Might to the test. Time to give it my all. I will become a hero. Just like I always dreamed. I won't let myself down!" He was shaking a little and in an attempt to calm himself slaps himself.
END CREDITS.
"Oh you have to be kidding me!" Mina shouted, then looked at Celeste.
"Hey, Hey. Don't blame me. I didn't create the show." Celeste threw up her hands. "the next one is going to be exciting so I suggest refreshing your drinks and snacks though.