Few years later...
At 7 o'clock in the morning, birds flew around chirping happily as the early morning sunlight, soft and diffuse, gives way to the first strong rays of the day, the ones that bring true warmth. In that light, water evaporated in slow waves that eddied in the gentle breeze, flowing upwards to the white-puffed clouds, ships of white in the bright blue sky.
Izuku lazily climbed out of his bed as his digital alarm clock beeped annoyingly from the top of his drawer. Reaching over, he switched off his alarm clock before making his way over to the bathroom. The pale blond wood floor felt cold to the sensitive soles of his feet. On his way there, he used his hair tie to tie his long dark green hair into a long ponytail, much like the one tanjiro and yoriichi had. Staring into his bathroom mirror, he took in his own appearance. He had changed a lot since then, he was no longer that frail weak little boy. Standing at 5'8 at 14 years old was slightly taller than average. Gone was the scrawny body izuku once had, long hours of training each day has led to izuku developing a slightly muscular and toned body. Most of his hair was tied in a long ponytail which reached down to his waist, with a few loose strands framing his face. He also wore Hamafuda earrings in memory of tanjiro who made him who he is today. Despite the change in body, he still retained his tiniest personality.
After he washed his face and brushed his teeth, he made his way back to his room to get ready for the day. Slipping on his black school uniform, he picked up his wooden practice katana, wrapped in cloth, and made his way downstairs to the living room. The old wooden stair creaked under his weight as he descended down each step. His loving and caring mother, inko midoriya, was already preparing his breakfast for him. The fragrant smell of bacon and eggs wafted out from the kitchen.
"Morning Kaa-chan!", izuku greeted cheerfully as he took a sit in one of the seats at the dining table. "Morning izuku!", inko replied happily as she set down a plate of bacon, eggs and toasts right in front of him. Taking a small bite from the food, he moaned in delight as the flavours burst in his mouth. He quickly scarfed down his food and brought his now empty plate to the kitchen sink. He wasted no time in washing his plate before rushing upstairs to grab his school bag.
Slipping his arm through the bag slim, he hefted his heavy school bag onto his shoulder, giving a quick "bye kaa-chan!", before rushing out of the house. Now as to why his school bag was heavy, it was due to the two stacks of notebooks he carried around with him. One stack was his Hero analysis for the future collection, while the other were the notebooks about breath styles he received from tanjiro a few years back. He had used the last few years to diligently read the notebooks and trained tirelessly until he managed to perform each form accurately. Izuku wouldn't say he had mastered the forms, as there were so many forms and breath styles, but he at least performed reasonably well in his opinion.
As he crossed the pedestrian crossing, a loud explosion sounded off somewhere to his right, a plume of dust and smoke filling the air. "Villain!" Izuku thought instantly, before running at breakneck speed towards the the scene.
Arriving at Tantooine station, he saw a massive shark like villain swinging his fists around fiercely, battering and destroying the surrounding buildings. "Wow, that's a big villain, what happened here?", he muttered out. The giant villain swung his fist into a nearby electrical power tower, knocking it over towards the citizens. The nearby crowd let out screams which quickly turned into cheers as pro hero: death arms, rushed forward and caught the tower right before it crashed into the ground.
Pro hero: backdraft formed barriers made of water to keep the citizens at a safe distance. Just then a crowd of fan girls started to let out loud cheers as a new hero made his presence known. With great speed, he dashed towards the villain , jumping off a nearby wall, seconds before the giant villain smashed the wall to pieces. Now in mid air, the hero extended his wooden arms, grabbing onto a nearby structure to escape the reach the the giant villain before somersaulting onto a nearby building.
"Kamui woods! The young and talent rising star!" Izuku gushed excitedly as he watched the now identified hero swing through the air.
A nearby middle aged man gave a small smile and said, "you were the one asking but you gave perfect commentary, kid. You're a fanboy, aren't you?" pointing at izuku.
Izuku blushes in embarrassment and looked away as he tried to deny that claim but found out that he couldn't, "uh...welll".
"Illegal use of powers during rush hour and robbery resulting in bodily injury. You are the incarnation of evil", kamui proclaimed to the giant villain as he stared him down. Soon his wooden arm seemed to grow and produce more branches, expanding greatly.
Izuku excitedly pointed towards kamui, "here it comes!", recognising the pro hero's special move.
The old man with Izuku chimed in, "show is something flashy tree-man."
Chanting in perfect coordination with kamui woods, both Izuku and kamui sounded out, "pre-emptive binding lacquered chain prison!" Kamui launched out numerous tendrils of wood, trying to ensnare the villain.
The villain raised his left arm in an attempt to block, but right before the wooden tendrils reached him, another voice made itself known, "canyon cannon!" A giant lady almost twice as big as the villain, drop kicked the villain, slamming him into a nearby building. Looks of shock were plastered over everyone's faces as this new mysterious hero apprehended the villain.
Reporters started snapping away with their cameras as the giant lady spoke, " today is the day of my debut! My name is mt. Lady. A pleasure to make your ass-quaintance." Before showing off her rear and giving a flirtatious wink towards the crowd of onlookers.
Kamui woods looked on dejectedly, stuck in his previous pose of his special move, "sh-she's getting the credit..."
Mt. Lady continued to wave excited to to the crowd, before shrinking down to her normal size to pose beside the apprehended villain as reporters swarmed around her. With being a hero now made into an official profession, heroes were now paid accordingly to their performance by the government and also gained renown among the masses. There was a swift change in expression as mt. Lady seemed to be gloating and smirking at all the attention she received while the crowd had completely forgotten about kamui woods.
As the crowds cleared away, izuku stood by a nearby crater and began scribbling away furiously in his notebook, muttering, "gigantification, huh? She looks like she'll be popular and it's an amazing quirk, but thinking about the damage to the city that'lol go hand in hand with that, its use might be limited? No whether or not she can control the size..." Izuku quickly analyses the benefits and drawbacks of the quirk as he jotted everything down in his "Hero analysis for the future No. 13".
The man from before pointed at him and asked rather cheerfully, "Hey wait, you're taking notes? You wanna be a hero? That's great! You can do it!" Before giving Izuku a thumbs up.
Izuku turned towards the man slightly surprised before smiling brightly, "Yes! I'll do my best!" With that, izuku took off towards his school in an attempt to try and make it on time.
The rest of the day was rather uneventful, izuku spent majority of his time scribbling away in his notebook about the quirk of mt. Lady, hoping to be able to deduce more about her abilities.
That was when his home room teacher began announcing, "Since you're all third years, it's time for you to think seriously about your future. I'll pass out handouts for your future plans now, but...you're all...pretty much planning on going into the Hero course, right?" Before throwing the previously mentioned handouts into the air. The class let out loud cheers as they showed off their quirks, reaffirming the teacher's statement.
"Yes, Yes, You'll have wonderful quirks! But using your powers at school is against the rules!" He chastised his class rather playfully.
That was when Katsuki bakugo spoke arrogantly, his feet propped up on his desk, "sensei, don't lump us all in the same group. I'm not gonna be stuck at the bottom with the rest of these rejects!"
The class started booing at bakugo, with numerous shouting at the arrogant explosion producing blond. Bakugo just replied with, " you all should just shut up, you extras!"
The teacher then asked, "oh, if I remember correctly, you want to go to U.A. High, right, bakugo?"
Everyone had shocked looks on their faces, "U.A. That national school!? It was in the top 0.2% this year, you know? Their acceptance rate's always really low, too!" Izuku tried to hide his face in his arms as he rested his head on his desk, he already knew what was coming.
Bakugo then pronounced pridefully, "that's exactly why you guys are just extras! I aced the mock test!" He flashed an arrogant smile towards his classmates as he jumped onto his desk. "I'm the only one at this school who could possibly get into U.A." Before pointing at himself. As if he hasn't gotten his message across, he continued, "I will surpass all might and become the top hero! My name'll be inscribed on the list of top earners!"
That was when the moment Izuku had been dreading had finally arrived, the teacher just casually mentioned, "oh yeah, midoriya wanted to go to U.A., too, right?"
Izuku tried to hide himself further as he could see bakugo tense up. The class started laughing away at Izuku, "huh? Midoriya? No way!" They started mocking him, "You can't just get into the Hero course just by studying!"
Izuku stood up panicked, trying to defend himself, "they got rid of that rule! , there's..." he did not get to finish his sentence as bakugo spammed his hand on izuku's table, letting out an explosion, completely breaking the table in half.
"Hey, Deku! You're below the rejects! You're quirkless! How can you stand in the same ring as me?" Bakugo practically shouted at Izuku as he grinned at him maniacally.
Izuku tried to diffuse the situation, not wanting to get into a fight, "no, wait, kacchan! It's not like I'm trying to compete with you or anything! Believe me! It's just that it's been my goal ever since I was little. And well...I won't know unless I try..."
Smoke started rising from bakugo's hands as his facial expression turned into a furious expression, "what do you mean, unless you try? You're quirkless, useless, are you taking the damn test for fun, huh!? You fucker! What the hell can you do?!"
The teacher then quickly stepped in, "ok.. ok that's enough, let's get back to lessons alright?" All the students quickly complied, "hai sensei," before returning to their seats.
In the middle of the city...
A high pitched scream was heard before being followed by a, "help! Thief!" A large slim villain zoomed past buildings in an attempt to escape.
"Catch me if you can!" He mocked the woman and the surrounding bystanders, there were no heroes nearby so far, which was good for him.
What everybody failed to notice was a lanky tall blond man in oversized clothing walked out of the store with a bag of groceries in his hand. He looked so skinny, he resembled a skeleton, and with his unkempt long blond hair, he looked absolutely repulsive and greatly resembled a beggar. The man let out a long sigh before his body started to give off steam, his arms looking more muscular by the second. His already above average height increased further till he was at a towering height of 220cm. No longer was he a sickly looking man, in this impressive state, he dashed off after the villain. Nearby citizens noticed him chasing, before smiling excitedly. The villain looked back and caught sight of the man, and started to panic, running even quicker.
The man spoke out in a loud confident voice, "it's all right now, why? Because I am here!" Giving the citizens his signature smile. It was the no.1 hero All Might.
Back to Izuku...
Lessons were over and it was time for the students to head home. Izuku's classmates shuffled out of the classroom until Izuku was the only one left. Taking out his mobile phone, izuku started scrolling through the news, "the incident from this morning is all over the news, I wanna hurry up and go home so I can write it down in my notebook." He quickly slipped his phone into his pocket and packed his books into his bag. But right before he could keep his notebook, it was pulled out of his hand.
It was bakugo, no surprise there. "We aren't finished talking yet deku." Bakugo's lackeys followed behind him obediently and started to mock Izuku. Bakugo just ignored them and place the notebook between his palms, and let off an explosion, damaging izuku's notebook, before throwing it out the window and into the fountain below.
Izuku quickly picked up his bag and his wooden katana before rushing down to the fountain, with bakugo shouting from behind, "don't bother applying to U.A. Nerd."
Going down to the fountain, he found 3 fishes nibbling away at his notebook, "that's not fish food stupid." Before chasing the fish away and picking his notebook from the water. He face showed obvious irritation, why did bakugo have to be such a prick?
With that Izuku started to head home, his partially destroyed notebook clutched in his right hand.
As he walked under a bridge, he noticed a shadow looming over him, following his instincts, he jumped to the side. His instincts turned out to be right as he narrowly dodged the slime villain. Not being one to give up so easily, the slime villain reached for him again, launching multiple slimy tentacles to try and grab a hold of Izuku. Izuku quickly dropped his notebook and pulled out his wooden katana to defend himself while exclaiming, "a villain?"
"Breath of mist, 2nd form, layered mist." He threw out multiple consecutive slashes, slicing any tentacles that got close to him. The slime villain just continued to Attack with his tentacles.
Izuku dodges to the side as the tentacles slammed into the spot he was previously standing at. The tentacles then combined together to form a thicker larger tentacle the barreled towards him. "Breath of thunder, first form, thunderclap and flash", before slicing off the slimy appendage with a great burst of speed. But while he was busy dealing with the tentacles, the slime villain managed to sneak up behind him and wrapped his body around Izuku.
Shit! Izuku struggled to get free and tried to rip the slime villain off his body, but it was all in vain, as he couldn't get a proper grip with the slime constantly slipping out of his hand. "Crap! Am I going to die right here? After all that I have been through to get here." was all Izuku could think of as he struggled for air
"Don't worry. I'm just going to take over your body. Calm down. It'll only hurt for about 45 seconds. You'll feel better soon. Thanks for you help, you're my hero!" The villain chuckled darkly.
"I can't breathe!" Izuku was on the verge of passing out as the villain continued to laugh. Neither noticed the metal sewer lid being thrown aside and the bulking figure that crawled out.
"It's all right now, young man. I am here!"
Letting out a sound of fear, the slime villain swing his slimy appendage towards All might. All might swiftly ducks under the tentacle before dashing close in a blink of an eye.
"Texas Smash!!!" All might threw his fist towards the villain, the wind pressure from his punch blowing away the villain's body like paper.
The last thing Izuku saw before passing out was All might standing there with his million dollar smile.
Izuku woke up to someone lightly slapping his face. Cracking open an eyelid, the first thing his mind registered was All might standing over him smiling. Izuku panicked, "ALL MIGHT!!!!" Scrambling a few feet back, he let out a panicked shrieked.
All might didn't seem to notice, he just apologised rather cheerfully, "I'm glad you're okay! Sorry about getting you caught up in my villain fighting, I don't usually make mistake like this, but I was in high spirits on my off day in a new place." He ended his apology by letting out a booming laugh.
Izuku didn't even hear the rest of what all might had to say as he stared, completely in awe. All might, the no. 1 hero, his idol, was right in front of him. That was when Izuku scrambled around, looking for his notebook, "Oh, right! An a-autograph!"
He quickly found his notebook, and opened it, hoping to get All might to give him his autograph, only to find All might'a autograph already inside, "He already did!!"
He started bowing to All might furiously, where he seemed like a blur to the naked eye, his ponytail swinging around wildly, "T-thank you very much! It'll be an heirloom! A family treasure!"
All might have him a thumbs up, before patting his pocket, where the slime villain was contained inside a bottle, " well, I need to take this guy to the police. See you again young man!" With that All might crouched down, ready to take off.
Even though he received those words of affirmation years ago, he wanted to hear it once more, from his idol that he could become a hero. "Wait, already? I...There are still..things I want to ask..."
With that. All might leaped high into the sky. That was when he noticed a weight on his leg. Looking down, he saw Izuku clinging onto his leg. "Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Let go of me! Your fanaticism is too much!"
Izuku only held on tighter, "if I let go now... I'll die!" All might facepalmed rather comically. Izuku had a point. With that, All might looked around for a place to land. That was when All might started coughing, with a small bit of blood seeping out of his mouth, though Izuku didn't seem to notice. Once he identified a place, he redirected his body to move towards that location. Landing on the roof of a nearby building, izuku let go of All might's leg, looking a little pale.
"Good grief. If you talk to the people downstairs, I'm sure they'll let you down. I am seriously out of time, so I really must go." All might waved goodbye and was about to take off once again.
Regaining his wits, izuku had to ask All might that question. "Wait! Um...please wait!"
All might replied without even looking back, "I'm sorry, but I will not wait!l
Izuku reaches his arm out, that was when a few voices starting playing in his mind. I'm sorry Izuku! His mom. Your quirkless! What the hell can you do?! Kacchan. Izuku's outstretched arm slowly returned to his side. Quickly blurting out his question before All might left, "even without a quirk, can I become a hero?" He closed his eyes in anticipation for All might's answer. At this point All might stopped walking towards the railing.
"Can someone without a quirk be like you?"
All might merely glanced back silently towards izuku, who still had his eyes closed. Then all of a sudden, there was a huge cloud of smoke and a lot of coughing. Opening his eyes and glancing towards the smoke. "All might?" , he asked rather hesitantly.
When the smoke cleared, in All might's place was a skeleton-like man, with two tuffs of hair, one on either side of his face, and long messy blond hair. Izuku let out a shriek of terror, "wait, up until now...fake? A fake? You're so skinny!"
All might tried to speak "I am All mig-" before spurting blood out of his mouth, almost like he was vomiting blood.
Which led Izuku to scream even more in denial, "no way!!"
All might just patiently explained, "you know how the guys at the pool are constantly flexing and posturing? It's like that" , while wiping away the blood at his mouth.
Izuku only continued to scream in denial. "I-it can't be... All might is fearless.. He saves everyone with a smile..."
All might only gave a long loud sigh, "A fearless smile, huh?" Before taking a seat, with his back resting against the railing.
"Now that you have seen me like this, young man, be sure not to write this online, even accidentally." Pulling up his shirt, All might lifted up his shirt to expose the left side of his body, where a large wound resided. The skin was purple and red, and the area around it looked repulsive. All might began to explain how he got his injury and how it limited his time as a hero, "It's an injury I received from an enemy Attack five years ago..."
Elsewhere in an alleyway...
The slime villain started to wake up ,in his temporary prison, from the sounds of noisy children and small explosions.
"Ehh katsuki, want to go to the arcade? Let's play some games?" A boy with extremely long fingers asked bakugo.
Bakugo merely grunted, his focus was on a certain green-eyed boy. Deku! Small explosions started erupting on bakugo's palm as his rage intensified by the the second. None of them noticed the opening of a bottle and the slime villain who slowly climbed out.
"A powerful quirk!" The villain thought to himself. Reaching out, he ensnared bakugo in his slimy tentacles, "You'll make a fine skin bag!" Both of bakugo's lackeys ran away in fear, and a series of explosions followed suit.
Back with Izuku and All might...
After finishing his explanation, he ended off with, "The symbol of peace cannot be daunted by evil. I will save people with a smile. I smile to show the pressure of heroes, as well as to trick the fear inside me. Pros are always risking their lives. I cannot simply say that you can become a hero every without power."
Those words crushed izuku's spirit. His idol didn't believe he could do it. That he could become a hero. "If you want to help others, you should become a police officer, even if they are teased for getting villain's delivered to their doorstep, it's a fine occupation. It's not bad to dream, but you also have to consider what's realistic, young man."
And with that, he left Izuku alone on the roof and made his descent down the stairs. On his way down, All might turned his thoughts back to the villain he had captured, only to find his pockets empty. Looking out a window, he saw smoke rising from a few buildings nearby. Shit! Don't tell me... he fell out when that young man held on to my leg?l" All might ran down the stairs as quickly as he could and tried to make his way over to the scene quickly.
Izuku also noticed the smoke, and for a moment he was about to rush over to the scene, wondering which hero will appear, when All night's words replayed in his mind. He stopped himself and sighed. Just as he was about to drag his feet back home, the weight of his wooden katana suddenly seemed a lot heavier, and he could hear his voice. Tanjiro's voice. Is that all? What happened to all that conviction you had when I first met you? Didn't you want to become a great hero like All might? What kind of hero gives up the moment someone looks down on him and tells him he can't do it? Don't give up, I believe you can be a hero! Set your heart ablaze and keep on trying!
With that, there was a fire in izuku's eyes. Along with his newfound determination, he rushed towards the scene in hopes of seeing what happened.
At the actual scene...
Citizens were screaming while running away from the flames that continued to consume everything around them. "Help!! Villain!" Pro heroes soon arrived and tried to analyse the situation. In the midst of the flames, the huge slime villain grinned menacingly at the crowd of onlookers, with one bakugo katsuki trapped within the villain's body.
"A child was taken hostage?" A hero asked a no one in particular.
Death arms merely furrowed his eyebrows in anger and rushed forward, "you coward!" Slamming his fist into the villain's body, only to realise it had no effect and his arm was sinking into the slime. "What the hell is this? I can't grab hold!" Swing a slimy appendage, the villain knocked death arms to the ground.
Bakugo continued to struggle, managing to free his mouth and nose from the suffocating slime, "I won't be swallowed by sewage like you! You bastard! Die!" With large explosions erupting from his palm, destroying the nearby area, and creating more clouds of smoke.
The slime villain continued to gloat at the fact bakugo's explosions had little to no effect on him and the pro heroes could do nothing to stop him. "What a powerful quirk! I've hit the jackpot!" He continued to grin at the heroes malevolently.
The heroes looked on helplessly, mt. Lady had no space to move, kamui woods was not good with explosions and backdraft was a rescuer hero specialist. They prioritised saving citizens and holding off the fire while waiting for another hero with a more suitable quirk to combat the villain.
Just then, All might arrived after the scene in his skeleton form, panting heavily and leaning on a nearby lamp post. Shit! To think I made such a mistake after admonishing a fan. Pathetic! All might cursed himself for his carelessness and focussing too much on his time limit. His arm clutched his wound as he continued to berate himself. Pathetic!
Izuku soon arrived at the scene as well, and saw the giant villain. His first though was "why's that guy here? Did it get away from All might?" That was when it hit Izuku. It was because of him that the villain managed to escape. It was his fault. That was when he noticed bakugo stuck in the villain's grasp. It's my fault.
That was when he caught another look at bakugo's face. Not even realised his feet started moving, he dashed forwards, past the crowds, past the pro heroes, and towards the villain. All might, the pro heroes and the bystanders all looked on in shock that A boy would do something so reckless.
Death arms shouted, "idiot! Stop! It's dangerous!" In an attempt to stop Izuku.
The slime villain quickly recognises Izuku. That brat...
"Why did I run out? What am I doing?" Why?!" All these question raced through izuku's mind as he continued to dashed forward.
The slime villain quickly raised an arm and aimed it towards izuku, yelling "die in an explosion!" Hoping to blast Izuku away.
Izuku quickly dodge to the side and threw he school bag along with all his books towards the villain's face. His aim was true as they hit the villain's eye, temporarily stunning the villain. Bakugo's managed to free his mouth and nose once more, coughing from the feeling of suffocation.
Unwrapping the cloth around his wooden katana, he prepared himself. The villain quickly recovered and swung multiple tentacles towards izuku. "Breath of water, 11th form, lull" , for a moment it seemed that they were all on the surface of a calm lake and the slimy appendages that were all aiming for Izuku were suddenly shredded to pieces, with one lucky blow knocking the wooden katana out of his hands.
Without stopping, izuku continued running towards the villain and tried clawing away at the slime that restrained bakugo. "Why are yoI here, deku?!"
"I don't know, my feet moved on their own! I don't know why though!", izuku yelled desperately as he tried to free bakugo. Trying his hardest to give a smile, he came to his conclusion, "you looked like you were asking for help..."
Those words reached All might's ears and something changed within him, a look of determination replaced the shocked look on All might's face. Pathetic...PATHETIC! All might clenched both the pole and his wound harder as his body grew stronger and his muscles expanded. How could he stand here pathetically while a boy without a quirk risks his life!
The slime villain swung an arm down, trying to crush Izuku, "don't get in my way!" The other pro heroes tried to rush forward to save Izuku. A cloud of smoke rose as the villain's fist slammed into the spot Izuku was standing at. But as the smoke cleared, it showed Izuku completely fine and unharmed. Standing there, blocking the Attack was All Might.
"I really am pathetic. Even though I admonished you, I wasn't putting what I said into practice!" All might wrenched his arm free from the villain's tentacles as Izuku looked at him in awe. Grabbing onto bakugo's arms while pulling his fist back, he continued with blood spurting out his mouth, "pros are always risking their lives!"
With a mighty yell, he threw his fist towards the villain, "DETROIT SMASH!!" The wind pressure blew the villain away completely and All might pulled bakugo out of this slime villain's body. The wind pressure blew everything around him away. Cracking walkway and blowing away debris. Mt. Lady used her gigantic body to shield the citizens from the large gust of wind that seemed to almost blow someone as big as her away. Other pro heroes grabbed onto each other to prevent flying away from the tornado of wind that seems to form from that very punch alone.
As the tornado of wind seemed to disappear, All might stood victoriously as everyone looked on in shock. That was when the first drops of rain started to come down. Within seconds it was a downpour. That was when the crowd erupted in loud cheers for All might. The wind pressure created an updraft and made clouds. All might raised his fist to symbolise his victory over evil and this made the crowd cheer even louder. They had witnessed the strength of the no.1 hero, whose punch could change the weather itself.
The pro heroes collected the parts of the slime villain's body and delivered it to the police before berating Izuku for his reckless actions, "There was absolutely no reason for you to put your life in danger!" While bakugo received numerous compliment for holding out and having such an impressive quirk. Multiple heroes even extended offers for him to join their agency after he becomes a hero.
On his way home, izuku was rather dejected that he failed to apologise to All might but just let out a long sigh. He was snapped out of his thoughts by the yell of a familiar blond. "Deku!"
Turning around he saw bakugo running towards him, his trademark spikes ash-blond hair was a dead giveaway. Taking a second to regain his breath, bakugo stared at Izuku before ranting, "I never asked for your help! And you didn't help me! Got it?! I was fine by myself. You're a quirkless failure playing without a full deck! Don't think you can look down on me! Are you trying to make me owe you?! You damn nerd!", before walking away. Izuku sweat dropped before giving an awkward smile, it was bakugo's way of thanking him.
Izuku started his walk back home, giving a soft smile, glad that despite his interference and failure, he had at least managed to help someone close to him in his time of need. Just as he was about to continue pondering.
All might popped out from the corner yelling, "I am here!"
"A-All might?!" Why are you here? You were surrounded by reporters just now..."
All might let out another booming laugh, "getting away from them was a piece of cake. Why? Because I am All migh-", just as he was about to flex his impressive muscles, he transformed back to his skeleton-like form, blood spurting out of his mouth.
"Young man, I come with thanks, a correction and a suggestion." All might spoke with seriousness in his voice, unlike the joyous laughter he had while in his muscle form. "If you hadn't been there... if you hadn't told me about your life... I would've turned into a guy in a bodysuit who was all talk. Thank you."
Izuku tried to refute his thanks, as he felt he was responsible for the villain's escape in the first place, "it was my fau-" but he was cut off by All might.
"It was because of my that tinier quirkless you at the scene, that I was able to act. Top heroes all have stories about their school days and they all have one thing in common: their bodies moved before they had a chance to think."
That was when Izuku started tearing and remembered his mother's words, I'm sorry Izuku!
"That happened for you too, wasn't it?" All might then spoke to Izuku, "you can become a hero!"
Izuku smiles and cried as he finally had not only one but two people people who believed he could become a hero.
Ehhh sorry I may not be the best writer, but I'm trying my best here. I know Izuku already received affirmation from Tanjiro but to Izuku, All might is his idol, like the most important person to him after his mother, which is why he is so desperate for All might to acknowledge him.
My next chapter won't come out so soon as I have a very important exam coming up soon and I need to focus on it. I hope you guys enjoyed reading this and look forward to my next chapter.