Izuku was walking, where to, he didn't know. Right now, all he was trying to do is hold back his tears.
"I'm sorry, but I cannot simply say that you can be a hero without a quirk"
The words All Might told him, even though he didn't mean too, it hurt him. Seeing All Might's true form was already too much, but being told that your future, the thing you worked for your whole life is no longer possible, it made him want to just break down then and there.
Izuku has top grades, supporting parents, colleagues and had a powerful quirk.
Super power:- Grants the user Pyrokinesis and the ability to attract objects to their hands.
But just one impulse decision cost him the ladder and thus compromised everything he worked for.
4 days ago
Izuku was in the marketplace, watching a group of heroes chase some gang members. The last members was about to escape when suddenly he was stopped by someone.
Someone massive, someone strong, someone by the name of All Might.
The crowd erupted into cheers, after all seeing the number one hero was a big deal, in Mustafa no less. As usual despite the police barricades, there were a number of fans (Izuku included) who were just dying to meet All Might.
Izuku was in the front of the crowd seeing All Might talk to the other heroes and the officers. Probably giving a report or something.
When he noticed a man from the other side of the crowd pull out a gun. Before anyone could notice he fired it.
Institutional, Izuku used his attract quirk to pull the bullet away, it was light enough for him to change it's trajectory without any problem, but it was too fast for him to avoid it.
He got hit in the shoulder and fell.
Immediately the other heroes went to subdue the shooter, while All Might was able to follow the bullet despite it's sudden change in trajectory.
He was the first one to realize that the bullet's sudden shift was due to the interference of someone's quirk.
What he didn't expect was for this someone to be a teenager.
Immediately he went to the boy's side.
"Young man, don't move, I'll take you to the paramedics immediately."
"I-It doesn't hurt that bad?" replied the green haired boy, in low voice and in a confused tone
All might then noticed that despite being hit in the shoulder, the boy was not bleeding. He then saw the bullet on the ground and finally realized that it wasn't a bullet. It was a some sort of dart.
So the shot wasn't immediately lethal, but it still was dangerous. The dart could've had poison, dangerous chemicals or god forbid trigger.
He picked up the young man and dashed towards the paramedics.
After some test were done, the paramedics seem to find nothing wrong with the boy.
The bullet was a dud, that's a relief. After the standard procedure of lecturing the young boy about how what he did was dangerous and how he shouldn't do it again (Much to his own dismay as he found it incredibly heroic).
All Might was ready to go before he heard the boy speak again.
"A-A-All Might! M-May I please have your a-autograph!?" the boy timidly spoke.
"Of course Young man, anything for a fan!"
Izuku immediately held his hand out for his backpack which was placed just out of his reach.
Only for nothing to happen.
Izuku's eyes went wide as he tried again and again only for nothing to happen. He tried to generate fire but again, nothing happened.
It was then Izuku realized the empty sensation that he had.
"I-I can't feel it!" he said in horror.
"Young man?" All might asked in concerned manner. The look on the boy's face was one of absolute horror.
"I-I can't feel it!" the boy repeated at a louder volume.
This caught the attention of some of paramedics and the other pros.
"Can't feel what young man?" All might tone was different, instead of his usual confident one, this one was of worry.
"M-My Quirk!"
Present
It's been 4 days since he lost his quirk. The story was leaked, so everyone knew. Those who knew him or recognized him gave him pitted looks.
Even in school today when his teacher revealed he was planning on going to U.A , everyone just silently smiled at him.
He was knocked out of his daze when he heard a loud noise coming from the right. He turned to see a crowd.
'Old habits die hard, I see. I probably should just go home' he thought and promptly ignored it as he squeezed through the crowd.
He saw the Slime villain again.
'But how?! Wasn't he was caught by All Might!?'
Image of him grabbing All Might's leg flashed in his mind.
'It's my fault.' he realized.
"Why are the heroes doing nothing?"
"It's because he had a middle schooler hostage."
"Wait, wasn't All Might chasing that villain!"
"What?! All Might's in town?!"
The voices of the crowd finally going to his head.
'It's because of me, it's my fault'
'He used his time on me and can't do anything now'
'None of the heroes have the quirks to stop this monster'
'My quirk was perfect for this situation but I even screwed that up'
These thoughts began to invade his mind as he covered his mouth in horror.
He finally got the courage to look the monster again. Only to see the eyes of someone his age. Red eyes stare back at horror.
He runs towards the monster.
He runs towards the monster!
He runs towards the monster!?
'What's happening?! Why am I running? Why can't I stop' the thoughts invade his mind and block the sound the of the pros trying to call him back.
"Not this brat again" the slime villain spoke. Catching the attention of the blonde.
'Izuku?'
Izuku is running when he sees the slime villain make a hand to hit him with.
'What can I do? What would a hero do?'
He sees a rock the size of the fist on the ground and he remembers practicing shoots on a football when he was younger.
'Right!'
He shifts his position, and kicks the rock with the side of his shoe. The rock as he predicted flew up and hit the slime directly in the eye, causing it to lose it's grip on the blonde boy.
The blonde boy cough's out before hearing "Hey, grab my hand!"
Following his instructions, he did as told and could see the green haired teen seems to be having trouble pulling him out.
"What are you doing here?! Why are you doing this!?"
Izuku yelled back "I don't know, my legs! They just started moving?!"
The blonde was being pulled out, but at slow pace. The slime was starting to recover.
"Run before you get killed!" the blonde yelled as he let go of the his hand only for the green haired teen tighten the grip.
Izuku with tears in his eyes and a smile on his face simply replied "I-I can't just stand there and watch you die"
And with that, he used all of his strength to finally pull the boy out. Both now trying to recover before escaping from the Slime. But the slime had finally recovered and yelled out "That's it, I'm done with you!"
He made another fist and went to slam both the boys. Izuku quickly pushed the blonde away before bracing himself for the impact.
Only for it to never come. Opening his eyes, he sees All Might again.
"I really am pathetic. I told you the traits of a true hero only to then not live up to my own ideals"
Izuku just watched in awe as All Might got the slime's hand off himself and grabbed both Izuku's and the blonde's hand with the one hand and pulling his other back for a punch.
"Pros are always risking their lives, that's the true test of being a hero!"
Slime villain finally spoke while preparing for another attack. "Damn you All Might!"
Before he could even move, All Might shot his fist forward. The blow did not connect with the Slime villain but that didn't matter, as the shockwave itself was more than enough to not only blow it away but also change the weather.
As the two boys laid their unconscious, All Might eyes shifted towards the green one.
45 minutes later
Izuku was walking home thinking about all that went down. He had a lot on his mind.
The blonde he saved apparently knew him, but Izuku didn't remember him. Before he could ask, the blonde walked away, clearly hurt. Izuku would've chased after him to apologize if the pros didn't stop him.
Most of them recognized him and were sympathetic towards him, so the scolding he got was not as intense as it could've been.
One thing he didn't expect was for the media to get there so quickly. Someone had been live streaming the whole thing, including the part where he ran in and said all those things.
It was a bit embarrassing, to know that everyone heard what he said. When the reporters tried to talk to him, the pros helped him get away but before he could leave, he was pulled by Mount Lady into a selfie for her fans, no doubt trying to capitalize onto his new found popularity.
What did happen was due to their height difference Izuku's cheek touched something it shouldn't have and he appeared as red as a tomato in the photo. And now everyone he knew was messaging him about the photo.
'I'm never going to live this down'
He wanted to apologize to All Might for the whole mess but he was swarmed by reporters so he decided to drop it.
Right now, all he wanted to do was to go home, take a shower, and go to sleep.
As he was about to turn, he suddenly saw a blur.
"I'm here!" yelled the tall blonde man.
"A-All Might!? What are you doing here? Weren't you being chased by all those reporters"?
"Hahaha, escaping them was no challenge, why?! Because I am Al-" is all he could say before going back to his normal state and into a coughing mess.
After the formalities (those being him trying to stop coughing blood and Izuku calming down)
"Young man, I came here to apologize and to discuss your questions from earlier."
"No, I'm the one who needs to apologize, I'm the one responsible for this whole mess. I got in the way of your work, I wasted your energy and not to mention your time." spoke Izuku, his tone and volume going lower as the sentence went along.
All might spoke in a serious tone "Yes, while that might be true, it was also your actions that prevented me from being a worthless bystander, so thank you"
Izuku looked at All Might thinking he must be joking.
But All Might continued "But that's not all, most pros have one thing in common in their stories about how they became who they are, it's that their bodies moved before they could think, like it was an instinct"
Izuku still shocked to be hearing this from the number one hero.
All might continued "And that's what happened to you today and the other day, isn't it. That alone would've inspired me to act, but that's not all. The fact you still had that spirit despite being turned quirkless not that long ago. To overcome that kind of fear in order to save someone, that's something even pros struggles with."
Izuku felt a tear going down his cheek, the last few days almost everyone had given up on the possibility of him being a hero anymore (some more subtle than others).
"Young man, You too can be Hero!"
More tears started to pour, as Izuku cleaned them up he said "Thanks All Might, I really needed tha-"
"One worthy of Inheriting my power"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"I'm sorry, what?!"
Note
Welcome to the rewrite of the fic that didn't even really start, it's me everyone's favourite cringe writer.
I had to do the the All Might thing first as I had this in mind for a while. I can't stand fics where Izuku gets one for all before U.A when he already had a powerful quirk. So I had to make it so this way all might still chooses him and it doesn't look like he picked a random monkey with a quirk off the street.
He will get his quirk back soon, don't worry it was only taken so he could be seen as a worthy inheriter by All Might.
Also by introducing the quirk destroying bullets early, maybe a certain someone can be saved early? Maybe? Hopefully?
Anyways be sure to tell how this was, hopefully the pacing is better now and the dialogue not as cringy, although I still think this is going to be a cringe fest.
And Lastly Criticism and pointing out my shitty English is appreciated.