Here's Chapter 4! I finished Chapter 4 and 5 today! So double chapter update! Please enjoy!


Landing in front of the rental SUV, All Might gently set Minami down on her feet, and fished around his pockets for his car keys. After locating the keys, he looked down at Minami who was staring up at him with an awe-struck look on her face, still fascinated with him. Seeing her young face stare up at him, he smiled and patted her head. Mentally, he began to count to himself how much time he had left in his muscle form, and after performing the mental math, he was positive he would not be able to stay in his muscle form for the entirety of the car ride back to the hotel. He cleared his throat, thinking of a way to explain this to her.

"Young Minami, uh… There's something else I need to tell you." Capturing her attention once more, Minami's blue eyes were again fixated on All Might. He glanced around, and saw no one. However, he wanted to take no chances.

"Let's talk about this in the car," he ushered her into the passenger door, making sure she was buckled in before closing the door and rounding the car, getting into the driver's seat. The car shifted as over 500lbs of muscle climbed in. Shutting the door, he turned and looked at her, and saw worry in her eyes.

"I didn't do anything wrong, did I All Might? I'm sorry! I-"

"Young Minami, my girl, you have done nothing wrong, I apologize for worrying you. This has nothing to do with you, but with me." She looked at All Might, confused at that statement. All Might sighed, not looking forward to the story he needed to tell. He decided to start from the beginning.

"You see, I was in a bad fight, several years ago. A very bad fight. I…suffered a horrible injury. An injury so severe that it affected my hero work. With hard work and some luck, I was able to prevent news of this fight from leaking to the press, and I was able to focus on healing and getting back into hero work," he lifted his shirt slightly to her to show her his old wound. Minami gasped at the angry red looking scar that took up almost the entirety of his right side.

"…Because of this fight, I lost one of my lungs, and my stomach. I can only use my quirk for about 3 hours a day right now, 3.5 hours if I really push it. The rest of the time, I look very different from what I look like in the public spot light." Taking a deep breath, All Might let his muscle form drop, and with a puff of steam, he phased into his smaller, thinner form. The car bounced once more as over 300lbs dropped away from his frame in an instant. As the steam cleared, Minami gasped again and covered her mouth with her hands, shocked at the difference.

"Usually, I look like this; I have been maimed and permanently weakened by this injury. Very few people know about my true form, as I have worked hard to keep it a secret. But if we're going to be together today for an extended period of time, you will need to be a keeper of this secret as well." Toshinori shifted his eyes away from the shocked girl, feeling disgusted with himself and bitter disappointment build up inside of him.

I knew it, He thought as he glanced up at the shocked girl again, then stared back downwards, But I can't be surprised, people don't want Toshinori Yagi, they want All Might, I can't expect her to accept me like this… I'm so pathetic looking in this form... Suddenly, he felt a small, tentative hand lay over his large hand; halting his negative thoughts about himself. Looking up, he saw the smiling face of Minami, with a few unshed sympathetic tears in her eyes.

"You're still All Might! No matter what has happened to you; you're amazing! You have done so much for the world, you've sacrificed so much for all of us. You'll always be my number one hero, no matter how you look! What kind of fan would I be if I judged you by the way you looked?"

Yagi felt a lump build in his throat at the wise words the girl spoke. He felt overwhelmed from the unconditional adoration that poured out to him from this girl; this girl, who barely knew him. This girl, who clearly did not have an easy life, was still able to accept a disfigured stranger; All Might or not. He was so used to the gawking stares and hushed whispers whenever he went out into public that he never thought he would experience complete acceptance from anyone who hadn't known him before the accident.

Except, young Midoriya accepted me too, though even he had been a bit wary at first, not like this girl in front of me. He thought to himself,

Toshinori felt his eyes glaze over from unshed tears, wondering what deity had granted him such luck as to potentially be a father to this sweet girl. She giggled at his open mouthed expression, and her smile spread further on her round, young face, reminiscent of his smile back in his younger days. Noticing the unshed tears in his eyes, she leaned forward in her seat to wrap her arms around his thin neck; her cheek pressed against his and she held him tight.

"Don't cry, All Might, I promise your secret is safe with me!" Toshinori automatically wrapped his thin arms around the girl, still a bit shocked and overwhelmed at the level of acceptance he had not been expecting in the slightest. He had been waiting for at best, an awkward car ride back to the hotel with a very suspicious and nervous girl that he would have to work to win over; to prove he wasn't the skeletal monster that he thought he looked on the outside.

What's wrong with me? I should be comforting this little girl who has clearly been through hell and back, not the other way around! Snap out of it Yagi and be a man! He shouted at himself mentally. Immediately, he blinked his tears back into his eyes and cleared his throat, pulling away from the hug. He placed his hands on her shoulders and looked at her, forcing a smile to his face.

"My girl, thank you, you are too kind to this old man. I'm glad that my true form doesn't offend you." She smiled back up at Toshinori once more, "you're not an old man, All Might! You're the number one hero! You're my hero!" Yagi barked a laugh at her response and ruffled her hair before sitting back in his seat and putting the car keys in the ignition, starting the SUV up.

"That's cute, kid, but thanks for the compliment." He looked at her, grinning, as he began to pull out onto the town's main road, waiting for the other cars to clear.

"Since you have two identities, what should I call you when you look like this?" She thought out loud, taping her bottom lip deep in thought.

"My real name is Toshinori Yagi, another secret you must keep as the general public doesn't know what All Might's real name is," he explained as they slowly drove through town. Her eyes lit up at his response.

"Wow! Another secret? I promise sir! I swear it! I won't say a word to anyone!" Minami crossed her right hand over her heart in allegiance.

Toshinori smiled softly looking over at her, then looked back to the road, "That's good, my girl, I'm glad to hear it."

Man, she really is a big fan, just like young Midoriya, He thought to himself, feeling a bit humbled. Driving slowly through town, both grew quiet looking at the damaged buildings and debris. All Might glanced over to the girl, wondering what was going through her head. Suddenly, she spoke softly.

"…it's bad, isn't it?..." she spoke with a serious look on her face. With a grim look himself, Toshinori nodded back.

"Yes…I wasn't expecting this level of destruction…" he responded.

"I…..I was there when it happened, at the ice rink…" her fingers twisted the bottom of her shirt a bit as she spoke; her body tensing up as she remembered the tornado." I never heard anything like it when it came through, it sounded like a monster; it roared as it moved over us," Her eyes were unblinking now as she quietly retold what happened, looking at the small memoriam crosses with ribbons blowing in the breeze outside their car as they sat at a red light.

"Everyone was screaming around me. I didn't know what to do, so I just jumped on top of one of the younger girls to try to hold her down so she wasn't blown away. I saw another girl next to me lifted up into the tornado when it passed over us, before chunks of wall fell on us. I was able to use my quirk a bit so we weren't crushed. But that girl that was sucked up, I didn't know her name… but I don't think I'll ever forget her face now…They never found her…" Minami trailed off as she remembered the girl's frightened face.

Toshinori shuddered at the thought of how close she had been to also being picked up by the storm; the thought of her untimely death making him feel nauseated. He glanced over to look at her. She had a haunted look in her eyes as she stared straight ahead, still gripping her shirt tightly. Lifting his right hand off the steering wheel, he gently pried loose her left hand from the bottom of her shirt, which had begun to turn a purplish red from how hard she had twisted up the fabric. Blinking a few times, she snapped herself out of it and looked up at Yagi.

"You, little Minami, have the heart of a hero. You put other people's needs above your own in a very dangerous situation, without even thinking twice…" Still at the red light, he laid his other hand on top of her hand, patting it. "Most people would not have had the courage to do what you did." As the light turned green, he released her hand to continue driving to the interstate.

"I…I'm a hero?" She said, surprised. She looked down, unsure of herself. "This town hates heroes, I don't understand why, so being called a hero was always a bad thing here. Because of it, I've always had to hide my quirk. But, I can't use my quirk very well; it really hurts." She paused a bit, seeming disappointed, "But, I've always secretly wanted to be a hero. Like you…"

Toshinori looked a bit confused at her response.

"I had been meaning to ask you about your quirk, if you had one. It hurts you? How is that?" Yagi asked as he merged onto the freeway to go north back to Oklahoma City.

Turning her palms up, she showed him the mild burns that irritated the skin, grimacing.

"I don't use my quirk, so I'm not sure what it is really or how it works, but I just know that I can make light beams from my hands," she explained, wiggling her fingers as she stared at her two palms. "It would be cooler, if I didn't burn myself every time I used it."

Toshinori nodded at her explanation, as he started mentally ticking off a checklist of what her quirk could be, comparing it to her mother's. He vaguely remembered seeing burn marks on one the attacker's arms earlier too, which would make sense being that her quirk appeared to be more offensive than defensive. "Well, don't be too upset with that side effect, many heroes have trouble mastering their quirk at first." He encouraged.

"Besides, to be a good hero, one of the traits is to be observant of your surroundings, right? Like during lunch, you barely touched your food, which makes sense because you said you don't have a stomach anymore, right? How do you live without a stomach?" She rambled on without hesitation, truly speaking whatever was coming to mind.

Toshinori raised one eye brow looking at her, then chuckled, shaking his head in amazement, "You're very perceptive, aren't you? That's definitely a good hero trait. As for the stomach question…" he paused, beginning to look a bit uncomfortable, "I had what was called a gastrectomy, since what was left of my stomach after the fight couldn't be saved." Toshinori ended his explanation abruptly in a tense tone, raising a polite social wall to prevent any more questions about his old injury.

Minami flushed a bit at her social blunder, and swallowed, not really understanding what she did wrong, and decided to drop the subject. Noticing her discomfort, Yagi changed the topic.

"Though you know what else you're good at? ice skating," he winked at her.

Minami's eyes lit up as the dots connected in her mind and she remembered him, "it's you!" she pointed at him. "You're the man at the ice rink!" Her jaw dropped as if she had just uncovered some great secret.

He snorted at her just realizing that now, All right, maybe not quite as perceptive about everything just yet, he thought humorously, but still, lots of potential! She's only a little kid after all, with some fine tuning… his thoughts were interrupted by her excited chatter.

"You saw me skating my routine?! I've been working on it for a long time with my coach, but I'm not really sure if my axel jumps are as clean as they should be, but at least my loop jumps are-"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa kid, I have no idea what you're talking about, I'm no ice skating expert, so you're going to have to slow down a bit" Toshinori laughed at how fast she was talking.

Minami rubbed the back of her head, a bit bashful. "When my grandma was alive, she always told me how I could get out of Chickasaw if I worked hard at something. So because of our big ice skating center, I focused on ice skating, and hoped that maybe one day I could go to the Olympics or the world championships, but I never really thought about doing other things instead…

Toshinori smiled cheerfully hearing about her ambitions, "my girl, what do you want to be when you grow up? An ice skater, or a hero?"

Minami sat there and thought of all the times she secretly watched hero reports on TV, and when she read about hero interviews on her friend's phone, looking at all the happy pictures. Oh how she wished she could switch places with those heroes and help people then. Now, she was potentially being given that chance, and by the number one hero. She couldn't resist the opportunity.

"I've always loved hearing about heroes," she whispered hopeful, remembering the feeling she got whenever she helped anyone, even with small gestures.

"It'd also be pretty badass to be able to use my powers better; hero it is!" she grinned and pumped her fist into the air.

Yagi sputtered a laugh, "Language young lady! You're too young to be talking like that. And I can help you with your dream my dear, if you'd really like to become a hero." He replied whole heartedly, enjoying the look of happiness encompassing her young face.

I wonder if this is the most she's smiled in weeks, I know she probably hasn't had much to smile about throughout her life. Toshinori thought to himself, sadly.

"I can always be an ice skating hero!" Minami grinned at him. The image of a buff hero in a little tutu outfit on delicate skates came to Yagi's mind, and his hearty laughter filled the car, until a few spurts of blood came out of his mouth. He hastily grabbed the last of his napkins from his pocket and began wiping his mouth.

Minami started sputtering in panic, "Oh my God! Are you ok! I'm so sorry-" Toshinori interrupted her once more in between his coughing, annoyed with himself for interrupting a nice moment they had been having together.

"It's nothing young Minami, it's a side effect from my old injury, I assure you I'm fine."

Oh, the injury. Minami ducked her head at the forbidden topic, and quietly started chewing her thumb nail as to not irritate the hero sitting next to her with anymore questions. Toshinori mentally cursed at himself for his short response earlier, having clearly upset her.

Leaning over and patting her knee in a fatherly manner while keeping one hand on the steering wheel, Yagi smiled at the girl affectionately,

"it's quite alright my girl, I promise." Feeling a bit more relaxed, Minami stopped her chewing and smiled back softly. Feeling her body relax, she yawned widely as she covered her mouth with the back of her hand. Toshinori noticed the dark circles under her eyes as she yawned into her hand discreetly.

Poor thing, looks like she hasn't slept well in a while. With a full stomach and some fresh clothes, maybe I can convince her to take a nap when we get back to the hotel.

Minami leaned her head on her hand against the passenger door, feeling her eyes fluttering as she fought sleep.

Or maybe she'll nap a bit now until we get to the store? Yagi thought, amused that the girl was fighting sleep. Stubborn, just like her mother.

Yagi quickly pressed the lock button on his door, double checking that all the doors were actually locked, not wanting to think about her flying out the door if she leaned on it just right.

"Rest, young Minami, I'll wake you up once we get to the store." Toshinori assured the tired girl next to him.

She sighed softly in response to the sound of his voice, her eyes finally closed as she leaned on her right hand, "I'll just rest my eyes for a few minutes, I didn't sleep that well last night…" she trailed off.


That's the end of this chapter! As you can imagine, All Might has some serious body image issues about his small form! go read the next chapter to find out what happens next!