Izumi bounced on the balls of her feet, excited as she knocked on the door. She was (mostly) always excited to come to this residence however her excitement was definitely added to with the experiences she'd gone through that day.
The door was unlocked and slowly opened, revealing a giant of a woman with long flowing orange hair in a casual business outfit. When her eyes landed on the greenette a smile appeared on her face. "Here as Izumi or?"
"Izumi, miss Kendou." Midoriya nodded with a grin, and the woman laughed as she turned around. Midoriya walked in as she grinned at the familiar house. Still as warm as the last time she'd been here.
"Itsuka! The broccoli nuisance is here." The giant woman called up the stairs, shooting a teasing grin back at the teen behind her. There was a loud bang, before a teen a little taller than the greenette scrambled to the top of the stairs, face splitting into a massive grin as she saw her.
"Izu!" She shouted happily before she practically threw herself down the stairs and into her friends arms. The two laughed happily, wrapping each other in a tight hug. "Took you long enough!"
"Careful, Itsuka. I'm not always going to be able to catch you." Midoriya said, with a grin of her own. A light smack against her arm caused her to laugh.
"You totally will. You'd never let anything happen to me, even if it killed you." The Kendou pointed out, pulling back to look the shapeshifter in the eyes. "You kind of have complex like that. So why were you late? I had an entire thing set up for you…"
"Well sorry but I kinda got up doing something with… our friend." Midoriya grinned, and the two redheads in the room rolled their eyes. "Hey, it was worth it though, guess who I met?!"
"The Prototype?" Itsuka questioned teasingly, and Midoriya rolled her eyes as the two finally let each other go, heading up the stairs. At the smaller of the two teens pout, the redhead placed a hand on the shapeshifters shoulder, rolling her own eyes. "Ok, who?"
"All Might." Midoriya said simply, and Itsuka stopped at the top of the stairs, facing the greenette incredulously before she burst out laughing.
"Yeah right." The girl chuckled, before she noticed the look she was getting from Izumi. "You… You're not kidding. You're not pulling my leg?"
"Nope."
The taller girl took a breathe, placing her hands together over her mouth, before moving them down in a chopping motion. "You are a lucky bitch."
"LANGUAGE!" A voice called from downstairs and Midoriya started to laugh as her friends face flushed red, the two finally walking into the girls room.
"SORRY!" Itsuka shouted back, before closing the door and turning to the vigilante. She hurried forward, a look of excitement in her eyes. "So… Come on! What's he like?!"
There was a moment of silence as the shapeshifter closed her eyes in thought, before suddenly a shit-eating grin spread across her face while her body burst with red tendrils. Her hair turned gold and spiked up at the front while her body puffed out. To Kendou, she'd become a perfect copy of the pro himself. "A bit like this!"
"Oh ha ha, Izu." Itsuka said, rolling her eyes as one of her hands turned giant, smacking her friend. "Any more funny jokes?"
"Nope, just an awesome bit of news." Midoriya laughed, turning back to normal. She opened her eyes, smiling genuinely. "I managed to convince him to give us a once over to see how much we still need to train for U.A!"
"You…. Convinced the number one pro…. To- Woah wait hold on! Us?!" The redhead questioned surprised. "As in me and you?! Together?!"
"I mean… yeah." Midoriya confirmed, frowning as her eyes seemed to dim a bit. "Do you… not want to find out? I[m sorry-"
"No, don't be sorry! It's awesome!" Itsuka quickly assured, placing a hand on the girls shoulder. "Just… why bring me?"
At that, Midoriya did smile, laughing despite herself. After a moment, where Kendou could only look on confused the greenette took the red heads arm in her own with a smile.
"Because, I remember the first time you ever properly talked to me." She said simply, nodding to a pendant that was hanging on the wall. "When you tried to give me your good luck charm, you told me you wanted to go into heroics and I said 'I hope to see you at U.A.'"
"Man, you're memory is scary good." Kendou deadpanned, bringing another bout of laughter from Midoriya. "I just remembered the pendant. So…."
"So, it's not going to be just hope anymore. We're going to get in together, right?!" Midoriya asked with a determined grin, and the taller girl nodded as she gave one of her own.
"Right."
"In the meantime, what do you want to do?" Midoriya asked, and Itsuka's eyes lit up as she hurried over to her TV, pulling out a DVD case.
"Well there's a new Stephanie Multiverse movie I got recently! Want to watch?" She asked, and Izumi nodded as she took a seat on the bed.
"Sure! Snug pile?" The greenette asked and Kendou nodded vigorously, grabbing a blanket and wrapping it around the two.
"It would just feel weird without." The redhead said, as she wrapped her arms around Midoriya once more. Silently, the shapeshifter agreed.
When the two had finished the movie, Itsuka had fallen asleep on Midoriya's shoulder and the smaller girl had ended up having to tuck her friend in before she headed for the window.
She pulled up her phone quickly, texting the redhead the time to meet her at Dagobah so they could have their test then she'd leapt out the window, shifting into costume and swinging away,
It was starting to get dark out and Izumi had no real plan for what to do now. Her mother had gotten used to her coming home late, so she was hardly in a rush to get anywhere as she leapt between building to building.
This was easily the best part of patrolling to her, having the freedom to go from running along a roof or a wall to gliding and swinging through the air. Amazingly, even after she had learned how to make functional wings (barely) she'd rarely use them as they just weren't as fun as swinging around and using her agility.
The world flashed suddenly and she stopped, dropping down and immediately listening out, instinct taking over.
"Please…. Don't do this…."
"Get off her!"
Smack!
"Well well, aren't you a feisty one-"
Already the vigilante had heard enough, pinpointing the location of the voices to a nearby alley and flying in. A burly man with dark hair, and white tips was stalking towards to woman. One was actively fighting back while the other cowered against the wall.
Midoriya was so not waiting to find out if this was what she thought it was, dropping behind the man. "Hey, jackass! Watch your step!"
"Huh-" He turned, a look of annoyance on his face before it morphed into fear as he realized who had been talking. "Ah! Stay away! I wasn't! I wasn't really gonna!"
A line of flesh shot out, grabbing his feet. The Prototype disappeared from everyone's view for a moment before they could see her once again, in the air above the man.
She felt a ball form in her palm, before it began to pulse and she threw it down. The man caught it confused, before it suddenly explodes into tendrils trapping him on the ground. 'Gotta love flesh grenades.'
"You two ok!?" She asked, voice turning deep as she addressed the two women. They just nodded quietly, staring at her. "Hopefully being stuck here a while will teach him his lesson. If he ever bothers you again, I usually find out when people start asking around for me. See ya!"
With that, she took off, satisfied grin on her face. She continued to flip and swing around, finally landing at her apartment and walking inside as she formed a simple t-shirt and shorts as pyjamas.
"So then I'm already covered in feathers, fighting a cow and Izumi comes flying through the window full speed-" She heard her mother retelling one of the… weirdest tales of her time as a vigilante. She walked into the living room and saw who she was talking to, smile immediately coming onto her face.
"Aunt Kokoa!" She exclaimed happily, grabbing both the women's attention. Her aunt was a well built woman, with a good posture and pretty blue hair that fell down to her back. Her green eyes seemed to sparkle as she noticed he niece and she stood up. "I didn't know you were coming up!"
"Hey, wanted to keep it a surprise for my favourite niece." The woman laughed, pulling the greenette in for a hug.
"I'm your only niece." The girl pointed out, earning herself a light flick against the ears. "I'm not wrong!"
"True, but I can still get you in trouble for being a smartass." The woman said simply, finally letting go. "So, were you out being amazing like usual?"
"I'm not that good…." Midoriya shrugged, taking a seat on the couch.
"Should you really say that in front of Inko?" Kokoa question with a grin, and the two turned to see Inko just giving the two a good natured glare. "She is protective."
"So are you. Besides, she's my daughter! Of course I freak out when she does this kind of stuff." The plump woman said, taking a sip of her tea. "I'm just glad Chizue actually texts me whenever she shows up at the Kendou's house. At least I know something then!"
"Heheh, sorry mom. I can't exactly text and glide though." The youngest of the three said, scratching the back of her head. "Well I could but probably shouldn't."
"Yeah, that could end bad." Her aunt nodded. Izumi grinned as she pulled out her phone, checking the time. "So anything interesting happen then? I heard you were out for quite a while!"
"Well… there is one thing that was pretty cool..."
The next day, school had been a slow grind for the girl as she just wanted the day to be over. She never really talked with her old friends anymore and a majority of the school either still hated her or were terrified of her. Typically both.
Ok maybe threatening to tear Bakugou apart at one point after he'd pushed her too far had a lot to do with why no one was willing to go within three feet of her, which was fair but still it was annoying.
Speaking of Bakugou, he was stomping towards her now. She let out a groan as she looked up at the blonde, while he glared back. She wasn't going to have whoop his ass again was she? The boy never seemed to learn his lesson when it came to fighting her.
"I know what you do, Deku." He growled simply, and Midoriya felt her eyes widen. Then she remembered her slip up when she'd saved him the previous day. 'Oh shit! Bakugou please-' "I didn't need your help. Never even think I need it! No one needed a monster like you to even go near them."
He was actually whispering, harshly but still whispering. That was good. However the comments weren't as good. "You going somewhere with this, Kacchan?"
"I would have been fine on my own! I am better than you and you know it you damn nerd! Don't think all that fucking stolen experience is going to do you any favours!" He snarled, turning to walk away. "I'm the hero, you're the villain!"
She decided to ignore everything about that comment, not even wanting to go near that can of worms. Instead, she simply popped a part of her food into her mouth and absorbed it inside her, before smiling innocently.
"Ok Kacchan. Go beat the slime villain on your own. You are saying you can do it." She pointed out, trying not laugh as the boy let out a weird squeak of anger. The bell rang, signalling the end of lunch and the girl stood up. "Seriously, you need a hobby. This got old a long time ago."
With that, she left, leaving the blonde to just glare after her.
It was half five by the time both Midoriya and Kendou got to the beach. They had met up beside a vacant spot where a warehouse used to be. It hadn't been rebuild since it was destroyed in a certain greenette's fit of anger a few years back.
"So he's somewhere around here?" Itsuka asked as the two walked along and Midoriya nodded. "I can't see anyone… You're definitely not pulling my leg?"
"Ahaha! I can assure you, Young Kendou that Young Midoriya doesn't lie when she says she met me!" A boisterous voice announced, and the greenette couldn't help but grin at the surprised look that fell upon her friends face. "Because I AM HERE!"
The two looked behind them to see the muscular blonde they normally only ever saw televised, standing before them with a grin. He still just wore a casual outfit consisting of a white shirt and green pants however despite that he was instantly recognizable.
"Holycrapholycrapholycrap All Might knows my name…" Itsuka freaked out quietly and Izumi chuckled. The red head wasn't as big a fan of the number one hero as Midoriya but she still looked up to the man. "I-it's really n-nice to meet you sir!"
"Hahaha! Just All Might is fine." The blonde said, cracking his knuckles and looking around. He looked over to a section of the beach where there were piles of trash stacked up tall. "So, this is Dagobah? It looks a little worn down over there."
"Ah, people use this place for illegal dumping a lot." Midoriya explained, scratching the back of her neck. "The currents flow back here so it ends up in this pile. I try to help clean it up a little every now and then when I'm not… you know…. But it piles up so fast I can't get much done even if I use my powers."
"A shame, however at least you try to help give back to the public! Something that should always be rewarded!" All Might said, a calculating look on his face before he turned back to the two girls. "Well, let's not waste time! You are both curious if you have what it takes yet to pass the entrance exam at U.A., correct?"
"Yes sir!" They said in unison.
"Well then, let us begin with the most simple of tests." All Might said, holding his arms out the side. "Come at me with all you can muster! Don't worry about hurting me, I can take the hits. Young Kendou, you first! Don't hesitate to use your quirk!"
"Y-yes sir!" Itsuka nodded, turning to Midoriya for a moment. The greenette gave her a supportive nod and she walked up the man, enlarging her fists to their biggest point at the same time as she threw a punch to his chest. "Take this!"
All Might's feet dragged across the dirt as he was knocked back, laughing at the impact. The red head frowned for a moment before he began to talk. "Not too shabby kid. I actually needed to use some of my power there to stay upright. Smart using the momentum of their growth to add to the power, if you keep practicing strikes like that you should definitely be strong enough to take on the entrance exam's faux villains."
"Thank you sir!" Itsuka said quickly, bowing and hurrying back to Midoriya. Two pairs of expectant eyes turned to the greenette and she looked down at her fist before frowning. "Izumi?"
"You sure you want me to go full power, All Might?" She asked with a concerned tone, looking up at him. "My own natural strength when I'm not trying can be pretty excessive, if I actually go full power…."
"Hey kid, I'm the number one pro for a reason." The blonde assured with a thumbs up. "I can take whatever you got to dish out! If it makes you better though, you can try going for half power first, that sound good?"
"…Y-yeah, ok. Half power is a good start." The shapeshifter nodded, walking up to him. "Brace yourself!"
Her fist collided with the man's chest faster than he could keep up with, hitting dead centre. Midoriya blinked and then she frowned as her eyes widened. Behind her, Kendou's jaw dropped.
One second, the blonde had been standing beside them and the next following the attack he'd flown halfway across the beach, colliding with one of the piles of trash.
"Shit!" Izumi exclaimed, immediately hurrying off as fast as she could move towards the pile. Itsuka did her best to keep up, but Midoriya was running at the fastest she could manage, beside the blonde at his point of impact almost instantly. "All Might! Are you ok?!"
"I…. think you… were right. Full power… would be a…. bad idea…" The blonde coughed from in amongst the trash which Midoriya quickly pulled off him. He had fallen out his muscle form, back to being skinny like the girl had saw the previous day.
"All Might! Midoriy….a…. what the?!" Itsuka finally caught up, looking between the two confused. "Midoriya?! Where'd All Might go? Who's this?!"
"It's still me…. Young Kendou." The lanky man coughed out, before bulking up again with a sigh. "I see I can't get away with only one of you knowing my secret then…"
"What…" The redhead blinked, totally surprised. Midoriya scratched the back of her neck, not meeting either of the other two's eyes.
"Sorry…" The greenette said quietly.
"It's fine my… girl. I did tell you to do it." All Might waved away, before grinning. "I will say, keep that up and you'll probably be the highest scoring candidate there! Now, as for you, miss Kendou…"
All Might launched into his tale of his old battle, giving the red head the same explanation he'd given Izumi the previous day. As it went on, the girl went from confused, to enraptured but saddened.
"You… can't fight…" Kendou repeated quietly, looking away. Midoriya sat down in the sand, annoyed at herself for accidentally revealing the man's secret when his boisterous laugh got both their attention (And confusion.)
"Ah well! What's done is done, no point worrying about it. As long as you understand miss Kendou you can't go telling people about this!" The pro explained sternly, waiting on the girl nodding before he continued. "In face, this might be for the best."
"Huh? How so?"
"Well, you two are clearly bright kids and I still owe you for yesterday I feel, young Midoriya. I would like to offer both of you training for the next… is it ten? Yes ten months until the exam begins!"
Both teens gaped at that, before sharing excited grins. They turned back with equally excited gazes. "Yes sir! Please!"
"Well then! We might as well get started! Young Kendou, why don't you go text your parents about where you are, in case they don't know."
"Right!" the red head nodded, running off while Midoriya finally realized something. 'Wait a minute, that's odd…'
"All Might?"
"Yes, my girl?"
"How do you know Itsuka's name? I never told you." Midoriya pointed out, prompting the blonde to laugh once again. He really liked doing that, she was starting to notice.
"Simple, I overheard both of you talking on the way in." The blonde explained.
"And the real reason you want to train us?" Midoriya asked, getting a confused glance from the pro.
"'Real' reason? I gave you my reasons. Though I will admit there is another one." All Might said, crossing his arms. "That punch, aside from being ridiculously powerful… it wasn't entirely dissimilar from my own quirk."
"Huh?"
"In terms of strength I mean. I guess, I want to make sure that power is treated properly as well. No offense, my girl."
"None taken, I'd do the same." Midoriya shrugged, as they caught up with Kendou once more. "So what's the training going to be anyways?"
"Garbage." The blonde said simply, getting odd looks from both the teenagers as silence overtook them. The man pointed back at the heaps of trash with a grin. "Young Midoriya was onto something with helping out this beach get cleaned up, and it would be the perfect training exercise as well to increase your own physically abilities! That is, if you are willing to follow my training regime to the letter!"
"I'm willing to!" Itsuka nodded, before looking over to the shapeshifter and grimacing. "You get the easy way out of this whole thing as well, don't you."
"Hey, I can't help it if I was made perfect." Izumi laughed, pulling her friend into a side hug. "I doubt I'm actually getting out easy anyways."
"You are correct young Midoriya! While young Kendou trains her physical body, you will be improving your fighting instinct by fighting me." His grin then turned slightly more teasing. "Though, I do hear you already have some of that."
"I'm…scrappy?" Midoriya excused lamely, getting a laugh from the two. "So when do we begin?"
"Fifteen minutes ago. Let's get to it you two!"
"Yes sir!"
So, for Kendou, ten months of hell and extreme training began.
For Midoriya, ten months of getting constantly punched in the face began.