This chapter is pretty long - very big in terms of story and plot direction. A small divergence from canon will happen here as well (but tbh most of this story is straying from canon) Don't worry Season 4 stuff will start to happen shorty - I have PLENTY of ideas lol
Now - please have fun reading this as I took a long time to write it. Leave a review as they help me write more - thx again for the support!
Izuku was walking, very, slowly.
So slowly, in fact, he feared he wouldn't get back to the dorms until classes were over. The pain killer Recovery Girl gave him hadn't kicked in yet, and he could feel it.
"Oi! Deku!"
Izuku recognized the loud, raspy voice coming from behind him. Just as he was about to turn around, he remembered the small note he had given himself earlier. Izuku stopped, and slowly shifted around to face his friend. "H-Hey Kacchan."
Jogging to catch up to him, Bakugo wore a look of slight confusion on his face, "The hell are you doing? Classes don't let out for another, what, ten minutes?"
Izuku scratched the back of his head and the combination of a wince and a smirk could be seen on his face, "Well, I got released early by Recovery Girl. I had a migraine, apparently from not sleeping enough." The boy's face sunk slightly as he finished explaining, he wondered if telling Kacchan was the right move here. They were closer now after all.
He responded with a small grunt, and the two boys continued walking back to Heights alliance. Bakugo had started faster than Izuku, almost immediately walking past him. When he realized that he had left Izuku in the dust, he turned around with a slightly worried expression. "Are you good? You're moving like four eyes when he stalls."
"Oh, I-I'm sorry, I can't move that fast, my heads very sensitive. You can go on without me, I'll catch up." Izuku assured, hoping the boy wouldn't get too loud. It was to his surprise however, when Kacchan let out a low sigh and stopped walking. He waited for Izuku to catch up to him, and then matched his snail-like pace.
Great. Now Izuku felt even worse. Kacchan didn't have to walk at such a slow speed. He knew how slow he was going, it was like the flash sitting in traffic, it just didn't make sense. But he looked on the bright side, at least this showed progress. Honestly, it was a bit weird having Kacchan treat him like a friend. But it was a welcomed weird.
"T-Thanks..." Izuku whispered, smiling slightly, "so, what were you doing outside, aren't you still on house-arrest?"
Bakugo grunted, "ya, I was just throwing the trash in the dumpster. I swear to god, these people are fucking slobs."
Izuku let out a minuscule chuckle in response, "Ya, especially Mineta. He had like four garbage bags full of tissue."
They both shivered, they didn't want to even think about where all that came from, it was so disgusting.
The boys shared a brief period of comfortable silence. Izuku was painfully aware of how slowly they were walking, but Bakugo didn't seem to mind. Well, more like he probably did mind, but he just didn't show it on the outside.
Izuku took a deep breath. He had been contemplating whether or not he should bring up his situation with Uraraka to Bakugou, as he was the only other one of his classmates who had questioned him about All Might. Uraraka hadn't even done that fully, but he could tell she had her suspicions. "K-Kacchan?"
He grunted in response.
"It's...it's Uraraka. She's the reason I haven't been sleeping." Izuku realized he had answered a question that was never asked, but it felt good to say it out loud. It was the truth after all. Well, part of the truth he guessed.
Katsuki glanced over to Izuku, "Ya. I could tell. You two haven't even talked to each other all week."
Izuku winced at the observation, "was it that obvious."
"Well, ya," Katsuki chuckled, "you fucking dorks used to never leave each other's side, and it's obvious she's been avoiding you. Everyone can tell there's something wrong."
His heart dropped
Had it really been that obvious?!
"So what the hell happened? How'd you piss off Round Face of all people?"
He absentmindedly rubbed his right arm, "That's the thing. I'm not sure how. Well, I am, but not really." Izuku thought about how to proceed. Realizing that it would help to get this off his chest, he took a deep breath, "It started the night we fought. I was freaking out over being the only person who held One for All, and I had a panic attack."
Bakugou's eyes widened, and a worried expression wiped over his face, "You had a fucking panic attack, then just got up and fought me? The hell is wrong with you?!"
"Well, that's the thing," he looked down to his left, "Uraraka found me and helped me. You came a few hours after I had it."
Bakugou smirked, "well that explains why she was in your room."
"You saw her?"
"Ya. Kinda hard to miss when she was sleeping in your bed," a genius idea popped into the explosive boy's mind, "Thought you two were fucking or something."
Izuku's face being red would be an extreme understatement, "K-KACCHAN!?" This burst of embarrassment was cut short as suddenly, his head exploded with pain.
Katsuki cackled to himself, he thoroughly enjoyed teasing Deku, even if it wasn't in bad nature. Force of habit he guessed. His laughter would be cut short, however, as he noticed the boy had fallen to a knee - clutching his head as it would soon fall off.
"Shit! Deku, what's wrong?" The worried blonde hurriedly asked, kneeling next to Izuku. The slightly younger boy was clenching his teeth, and gripping his forehead so tightly small red marks could be seen. "Hey. Just calm down, breathe. Stop putting your head in a death grip."
Katsuki, using as little force as necessary, grabbed the boy's wrist and pulled his hand away from his cranium. A hand landed at the top of the boy's back, and for the next two minutes all could be heard from Katsuki's mouth was "Breathe in...and out...just fucking breathe."
Within those two minutes, Izuku had finally been able to stand up again, "T-Thank you."
"No. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have gotten you all fucking riled up when you just had a migraine. You good now?"
The boy found his friend's tone rather pleasing, "y-yah, my heads just sensitive. I'm sorry for holding you up for so long."
Bakugo looked the boy up and down, he found it so fucking weird that he could apologize for literally doing nothing wrong. He'd have to beat that habit out of him when he wasn't feeling like shit. "So. You were saying about Uraraka?"
Izuku took a deep breath, "she asked about One for All."
Bakugo stopped walking and almost lashed out at the boy. He told another fucking person?! That was it, he simply could not be trusted with his own damn secret
Katsuki calmed himself, "Deku...how the hell did she find out about One for All?"
"I-Oh, she didn't actually use the name One for All," Bakugou let out a breath he didn't know he was holding, "But... she asked why I was having the panic attacks and she think it was related to All Might. She isn't wrong I guess. But it seemed like she was suspicious, and I told her I couldn't tell her. I'm not sure, maybe it was the way I said it - but I'm pretty sure she thinks I can't trust her now. She avoided me all day Sunday. And she hasn't tried talking to me since."
Katsuki thought for a few minutes. This wasn't good, for Deku, for him, for All Might, and even for Uraraka. She was meddling with a subject she really fucking shouldn't be meddling with. It was pissing Katsuki off. If she was as smart as she was during their fight, then he had no doubt in his mind that she could figure out what he had figured out.
"Listen. I think we have to talk about this with All Might. She might already know everything about One For All, and if she does, we need to know." Katsuki chose not to watch the other boy's expressions, he frankly just didn't feel like it. "About the other thing, depending on what All Might says, I think you should just talk to her. She's not a dunce, she'll be fine if you just explain to her that you have your secrets and that you trust her."
While Izuku wanted to feel better after hearing that, he simply couldn't. His head was lightly pounding, his heart throbbed at the pain he put Uraraka through, and All Might was already coming to talk to him. He knew Kacchan was right, but he just couldn't think straight.
"Kacchan...I know your right. I have to talk to her, but right now I have All Might coming to my dorm to talk to me," Izuku let out a low groan and stumbled forward a bit, which scared the shit out of Bakugou, "right now I just wanna pass out."
Bakugou thought for a second, "when we get back, just go up to your dorm and sleep. You need it." Izuku looked to interject, but Katsuki was quicker, "I'll talk to All Might for you, I'll tell him everything and I'll have him come see you tomorrow after School. I know your gonna disagree but just listen, you need rest. You almost just fucking died from getting embarrassed, you think you'd be able to handle a heavy conversation with All Might?"
Izuku found it hard to say yes.
"Alright then. I'll talk to him, and after school, he'll find you and talk to you."
"Thank you."
"And one more thing, why'd you say you were having those attacks again?"
Slightly hesitant, Izuku spoke, "I-I guess it's just this... creeping anxiety that I'm the only person with One For All now. It was just easier before when I knew All Might still have the quirk in his system too, but now it's just me. Honestly, it's freaking me out and I don't know if I'm capable of carrying out all of this responsibility."
It felt good to speak aloud, finally, for Izuku to just say what was bothering him made him feel a lot better. Like he had finally gotten it out in the open.
"I get it," Bakugo responded, taking a moment to think, "But you know you're not the only person in on this anymore. I'm here, and sure you still got the quirk and the responsibility and all that shit but if you end up failing I'll just carry it out for you. You may be the chosen one but I don't need some destiny crap to be the number one and keep the peace. So don't sweat it."
A comfortable silence fell between the two before Izuku uttered a small, "Thanks."
He knew deep down that he could do it. But hearing clarification from Bakugo that he would have him alongside him in this journey, it felt nice.
The two boys chose to be silent on the rest of the way back to the dorms. Well, it could be said that neither of them felt like talking. Silence would be more than enough filler for the two.
"D-Deku?"
Ochako stood in the open doorway to Izuku's dormitory. He was sitting on the edge of his bed - and the impending silence leads her to believe he wanted her to come in. At least she hoped that was the case.
Moving forward into the darkroom, Ochako flipped his desk lamp on and shut the door behind her. The room was still very dim - but at least she could see his face. His face...it was so lost. He was afraid, she knew that look, the same look he had when they were faced with All for One's malice. He was afraid to talk to her - he was afraid to talk to her.
This was all so wrong. He shouldn't be afraid.
Her body moved across his floor and sat down next to him. It took a second, but in the blink of an eye, she had wrapped her arms around him. He didn't immediately return it, but she felt his shoulders shaking.
"I-I'm so sorry Uraraka." A mangled, crying sob followed his words and only made her grip him tighter, "It's all my fault, I should have-"
"Stop it Deku." Her voice cut him off immediately. With a few seconds of silence that followed, she took note of the fact that he was most definitely crying. He seemed to always be crying... she should do something about that after this. "Listen, this is all my fau-"
"Uraraka you do not have to take the blame," Izuku quickly choked out making her slightly frustrated, "if I wasn't such a stupid prick none of this would have happened and we would be perfectly fine. But instead, I just made everything worse and... and..."
It was like talking to a brick wall with him. All he did was blame himself, when in reality he had nothing to apologize for, "Deku," Ochako's arms loosened as she pulled back slightly, "just let me talk... please?"
He almost looked like he was going to deny her, although that would not have stopped her. Thankfully though - he stayed quiet.
"I know what you going to say, but your not to blame here. Really, you did nothing wrong Deku."
Izuku made a pouting look that screamed of disagreement, but Uraraka continued anyway.
"We are close Deku. I don't know if it's the same with you," a glossy coating of tears brimmed her eyes, "but you're truly my best friend Deku. I trust you more than anyone else - I trusted you enough to open up about the training camp. I still trust you with everything that I have...and I thought that automatically meant you have the same trust for me."
Izuku looked like he wanted to bud in, but his willpower was strong enough for this desire to be held down.
"I know you trust me Deku. I just never considered that there was something you didn't trust me with. And that was my fault, I was too selfish in thinking that I deserved to know all of your problems. I'm sorry."
Izuku finally looked up to her eyes, both teens were crying or on the verge of crying, and all that was going through the boy's mind was how much of an idiot he had been. This girl... Uraraka... she was his best friend. He cared for her so deeply. To keep this secret from her, he should have told her sooner. Then none of this would have happened.
"Uraraka?"
The girl looked surprised by the sudden question, "y-yah?"
"...you're my best friend too. I trust you with my life, I'd trust you with anything possible."
A light flush appeared on her cheeks, and she began to stammer out an inaudible list of words. Until she finally seemed to snap out of it and looked down, "Deku...thank you," she leaned forward and fully embraced her friend once more with everything she had, "a-and I'm sorry I didn't come here sooner or even try to talk to you. That's all my fault, to be honest..."
He finally returned the hug full force, squeezing her a bit too tight, but she didn't mind. She began to grow silent in Izuku's arms, which worried him, and the feeling even grew stronger as she pulled away and shifted over the bed a little.
"Uraraka?"
"I...I let's just say this week I was emotional ..."
Emotional? What did she mean by that? The confused look in his eyes was enough to flare up her blush again - but then hit him. Izuku's eyes widened in realization, and he suddenly started to put the pieces in his mind together.
"A-and...I was acting like a total bitch. Whatever you said to me the other night about not being able to tell me...I just took it the total wrong way. It felt like you didn't want me around or something. That's why... I haven't talked to you. I'm so sorry."
Reaching over, Izuku moved her face to look at his. It was full of embarrassment - but Izuku's was not. It seemed like he was having one of those moments of random confidence.
"Hey. You don't have to apologize. First off, I should have phrased it better at the time. And secondly, it's not your fault that your body does that. You can't control it...and you don't have to worry cuz I grew up with my mom so I understand everything. And either way, it doesn't matter, that doesn't excuse how I've been acting and how I couldn't share this with you."
Honestly, she was about to cry from the sincerity in Izuku's voice and how much he understood. She didn't expect that maybe that's why she wasn't freaking out over how he had just tilted her face to his like in the movies. It was sort of soothing, having him there to comfort her like that.
A little light bulb went off in Izuku's head - for within three seconds he had grabbed a gray looking pad from the other side of his bed and was holding it in front of Uraraka.
"Here, use this ok? It's a heating pad I got from the nurse - my mom used to use one. She used to get them pretty bad..."
Starstruck was probably the correct definition of Ochako's mind at the moment. "D-Deku...thank you so much," Ochako was amazed and so grateful. "W-Wait! Don't you need to use this if you got it from the nurse?"
"No! No! I already used it earlier - just remember to return it to Recovery Girl sometime tomorrow, or she might get mad at me haha."
Ochako cracked a thankful smile and took the heating pad. Izuku was damn near perfect of a boy - god why couldn't she just love and date him right now? Oh right...hero thing
She almost forgot.
"Hey."
Uraraka looked up from her thoughts to see Deku standing in the middle of the room. He looked serious - almost like he was in thought.
"What is it Deku?"
"I want to prove to you that I trust you. I feel like I've done a crappy job of that so far."
"Deku. I understand that we can't tell each other everything," the girl stood up and joined Deku in the middle of his room, "I have secrets too, you don't have to worry."
Izuku looked down towards the ground, "I know Uraraka. But I think you should know this."
The girl instinctively moved a small amount closer to him. He looked ready to hurl from figuring out how to explain whatever he was about to tell her.
"Me. Iida and Todoroki. We... we were the ones who brought down Stain."
"You know. That was smart, having Round~Face go in there first."
Standing outside of the one and only Izuku Midoriya's dorm room, were two blondes. One frail and tall, the other muscular and short. Their names were Katsuki Bakugou, and All Might.
"I only got the idea thanks to you. Your the one who told me everything, and you're the one who almost literally shoved the girl into my office."
"She wasn't listening to me, what else was I gonna do?"
Toshinori sighed, he silently cursed himself for being slightly amused at the younger blondes antics. Funny enough, it reminded him of Endeavor when they were younger.
"You could've just asked me to come to talk to her... you know... me... the teacher?"
Katsuki scoffed at the revelation, failing to keep his cool at how easy the solution actually was. He hated it when other people were right.
Toshinori glanced at his watch and breathed out just a little too loudly to go unnoticed. Bakugo looked up to the bony man, and for once he wasn't completely confident in his decision.
"Are you sure we can trust her?"
Toshinori looked down to meet Katsuki's glance, "Young Midoriya trusts her, and that's enough for me."
A low growl emitted from the young boy's throat, "but does that mean we can trust her? How do we know she won't just go tell this to everyone in the class."
"YoungBakugo," Toshinori spoke clearly, "I would like to remind you that Uraraka is one of your classmates. You both go to UA, and this school doesn't just let in anyone. If Midoriya trusts her, I trust her, and I hope you can find it in your heart to trust her as well."
At that, Bakugo had gone silent, All Might made had made an infuriatingly good point.
"That, and if what you told me was correct, she was already on the right path to figuring it out her self. It's better if she finds out this way."
"Fine."
All Might took a step into the dimly lit room and was slightly surprised to find 2 figures embracing in the center. A smile formed on his sunken face, everything was going to be ok. He had to have faith in his successor.
The two teens seemed to realize that someone had entered the room, as they both quickly unlatched from each other, sniffing and wiping away each of their respective tears.
Uraraka recognized the lanky figure first, "A-All Might?"
The former number one hero closed the door behind him and flicked the light switch on. He finally was able to get a good look at his students. They looked slightly disheveled and emotionally drained. Well, this next part might not be the most fun, all things considering.
"Midoriya my boy...it's time."
Ochako glanced at Deku, the look on his face was nothing shy of serious. He seemed to be pondering something, and for a moment she was generally concerned. After that news-bomb Deku had dropped on her what else could be so big? What was All Might talking about? The man in question walked over to Midoriya's bed. As he sat down, his bandaged hand patted a spot right next to him, "Uraraka, you might want to sit down for this."
Izuku walked over to his desk and rolled the chair over in front of Uraraka. Himself and his master had decided that if Uraraka was to know, he would have to be the one to explain it. All Might would help fill in the blanks, but Izuku had to deliver the statement.
Taking a seat, now sitting in front of Uraraka, he palmed some material from his sweatpants. He was nervous, no doubt about it. He was about to bring his best friend into the mess that was his quirk. He was about to possibly endanger her for the rest of her life.
Ochako was completely confused, what were they talking about? Well, she had some sort of idea. It might have something to do with what she had overheard a few nights ago. Izuku's "thing" with All Might.
"Uraraka. When you asked me what was wrong with me, I... I couldn't answer you. We just talked about this, so it might seem repetitive. But...there's a reason I couldn't tell you."
She listened on intently, she felt a pang in her chest every time he paused mid-sentence. It was almost like every time he paused, he was about to drop a bomb on her that would change everything.
Would this change everything?
"If I tell you, it would endanger you. It would complicate things. It would... change... everything, because - because... " He stopped for a brief moment to collect his thoughts, this was harder than he imagined, "Because if you know this secret, your entire career could be affected. Your life Uraraka, I need to know. There is a chance, a slight chance, maybe even minuscule enough to forget. But it cannot go unmentioned. If you knew there was a chance that knowing this secret could kill you. Would you still want to know?"
What?
Her eyes widened slightly, and the tear-stained orbs shifted back. She could die? Just from knowing this? There was no wonder he couldn't tell her the first time she asked. It was simply too dangerous.
Fortunately, or maybe, unfortunately, Ochako was not phased by this. If she could be closer to him in any way, knowing this secret was the next step. She wanted to be apart of his life, she needed to be. For his sake and hers, she wanted to be there.
"Yes."
The look in his eyes wanted to make her think twice, "Uraraka, please think about this. Your family, the whole reason you became a hero could be put in danger by you knowing this."
The brown hair girl froze - if only for a short second - but she did freeze. Her family was more important to her than anything else. This secret, could endanger them? She wasn't even sure if that was a risk she was willing to take.
"Deku... I-"
Like someone had slapped her across the face, her eyes shot open even wider. What was she thinking? This was Izuku Midoriya, her best friend, the person she truly loved. She hated the thought of possibly putting her parents in danger, but if that were to ever happen she would make sure to be strong enough to save them. Not like Deku would let anything happen anyway, he was too good a person for that.
"It's still yes, I want to know, if it means putting me and my family in danger I will just... make sure I can stop that danger when the time comes."
Izuku gulped, not sure if her confirmation actually made anything easier. But he couldn't stop now, he already decided on this earlier when he spoke to All Might. He had to tell her, she deserved to know. In the end, she would figure it out anyway. His best friend was smart, very smart. Especially now, since he knew she had overheard his conversation with Bakugou.
"Ok. Before I tell you, you need to know. This getting out, this becoming public knowledge," he looked towards the floor, "everyone I know would be in danger. The school, You, Bakugo, everyone in the class, all of your families. My mother."
The tone of the room had changed drastically, not going unnoticed to Uraraka. This was obviously very serious, Izuku was speaking from his heart.
She honestly was a bit frightened by what this secret could be. It seemed more than just an average withheld truth, it seemed like something big.
"You need to promise me, with everything you have, that no matter what happens. This secret can not get out." His green-tinted eyes now landed on hers. They were, threatening? But softly, like he was warning her in the kindest way possible.
That was a look she had never seen from Deku before, not once. It was a bit, troubling. His usual soft face was replaced by this glare that screamed you will be ok, but if not everyone will die so you better be ok.
"So promise me. You will never tell a single soul what you're about to hear."
Uraraka started back at her friend, she found herself clenching his bedsheets, she wasn't used to this new Deku. This, powerful Deku.
"I promise you!" She seemed to find some confidence as she spoke, "I will never tell anyone. I swear on my life, I would never do that to you."
The slightly frightened girl watched as Izuku slowly cracked a smile, "I know you won't."
A brief period of silence fell over the three, he seemed to be contemplating how to continue once again. She didn't mind, Uraraka welcomed the time to think.
After a few seconds, Izuku spoke, "I was born quirk-less, you know that," she nodded, "I never developed a quirk. My entire childhood, I dreamed of being like All Might. He was my idol, but when the doctor told me the reality of it all. I broke..."
The boy brought a hand up to the back of his neck, absentmindedly rubbing his nape as he continued, "that's when the bullying started. It was just a reminder that I was different, not normal. And even though I got used to it, that feeling never drifted. That feeling of being inferior."
Ochako shifted in her seat, the topic was heavy. She was expecting it, and part of her knew all of this already. But her anxious mind was not letting her sit still.
"It all started that day, the one where Bakugou got captured by the slug villain. I've told you about it before I'm pretty sure, It was only a half-hour or so beforehand, but I had been attacked by the same villain"
While even though a worried pang shot through her heart, it wasn't a big revelation. She knew he was safe as he was telling her this story now, but he was still Deku. She still cared for him even if it was his past self.
"All Might saved me. And being the fanboy I am, I jumped onto him when he flew off. I knocked the villain free by accident, and that's how he got away. All Might was forced to land on a roof...and that's when he shrunk down to the form he is in now." The girl turned her head to All Might, confusion and expectancy clouded her face. Toshinori sighed.
The older man stood up and lifted the left side of his shirt lightly.
There, a large wound could be seen.
It took a minute for it to register to her - her eyes widened and her heart stopped for a brief second before she had even known what she was looking at. "A-All Might?! Are you okay? What happened?!"
With another sigh, Toshinori began, "Six years ago, I fought All for One, the same villain I just fought a few weeks ago. The fight was hidden from the public, but I received this injury from that encounter. One of my lungs, ninety percent of my stomach, and a large chunk of my organs were destroyed."
Tears began to form in the corner of Uraraka's eyes, and Izuku looked on with despair. He cried when he first heard the story as well, it was a tough listen. Hearing about his master nearly dying to the hands of his arch-nemesis... it was hard.
"It left me weakened. My muscle form you are probably familiar with, I could only hold it for three hours a day by the time I had met Young Midoriya."
Izuku took the chance to jump back into the conversation, "He told me this. I was one of the few people on Earth who knew at the time. And afterward... I asked if I could be a hero. Even though I was quirk-less."
There was a pause when All Might looked down, "I told him no."
That sounded so terrible, but it made sense. If Deku was quirkless than being a hero was off the table, but he could have worded it better.
Her tears begged to fall, but she couldn't break down just yet. She needed to stay composed, she needed to hear the rest of this story.
"I was walking home afterward. It wasn't like I didn't know it already before that, but I still had some small hope that I could... but when I heard those words from All Might my whole life had just been shattered, every dream I ever had. Gone." Izuku rested his arm on the chairs, "and that's when I saw the villain again. But this time, he had Kacchan."
All Might sat back down next to Uraraka, "I was there. But I couldn't save him, my quirk wouldn't allow it, so all I could do was watch as young Bakugo slowly died. But..."
Uraraka looked back and forth between her teacher and Izuku, neither of them were speaking. She started to grow confused and worried.
"But..." Izuku picked up the sentence, "I couldn't."
Ochako almost slapped the green-haired boy where he sat. He ran straight at a villain while he was quirkless? He could have died.
"Deku. That was so...stupid." Izuku looked down at the words of his friend, knowing that she was right, "but... it was also heroic. Your lucky All Might was there. You could have died right next to Bakugo if he wasn't."
"I know..."
"But...what does this have to do with the secret?"
Izuku took a deep breath, here it goes. "Later that day, when I was walking home. All Might caught up to me. He asked me if I wanted to be his successor. I thought he was being crazy because I was quirkless, how could I succeed the number one hero? It was then that he then told me... about One for All."
One for All?
Huh?
Ochako looked dumbfounded, "One...for All? Like All for One?"
"Exactly. This is going to get a bit confusing so just pay attention - back when quirks originally manifested in people, there was this one person. His quirk, it was to steal and give away quirks. That person was All for One." Uraraka's mouth was slightly open like she was on the edge of her seat to find out what happened next.
He continued, "All for One, he had a brother. That brother was quirk-less. So, All for One gifted his brother a quirk. But... it turned out that the brother did have a quirk. One that would otherwise be useless, he had the ability to pass on his quirk."
Izuku took another breathe, "That brother. He hated who All for One was and what he stood for. All for One was a calamity, a person who controlled evil and brought Villains to power. So he devoted his life to stop him. But, he couldn't, not in his lifetime alone, so he passed on his quirk to another Hero. That quirk, that is what is called One for All. Generation after generation, this quirk was passed down. As it was passed, the strength of the quirk increased. Almost like a stockpiling effect. Eventually, it was passed down to All Might, and All Might offered to pass it down to me."
The pieces started to come together in her mind, "so..."
"Yes. All Might, the 8th holder of One for All, passed it onto me. I'm the ninth holder of this power."
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...
"Woah."
A snort escaped Izuku's mouth at Uraraka's initial reaction to his secret. She looked dumbfounded and frankly a little silly. Her mouth hung open and her eyes had been stuck wide for quite a while now.
"Uraraka that face is so cute!"
Before realizing what he had just said, he saw the cheeks of his brown-haired friend light up bright pink. Did he say something wrong?
Oh, wait-
That's when it hit him, did he seriously just call Uraraka cute right in front of her?!
The girl got quiet, rather shy even, "Deku, I-I...thank you?""
Before Izuku could awkwardly answer - a rather loud cough followed by some humorous blood interrupted their little banter. It was All Might, and he seemed fed up that the two had forgotten that he was even there. Although he had to admit the two teens were rather adorable together, "Why don't we get back to the conversation. There is still some more explaining to be done."
"R-Right!"
"S-Sorry All Might!"
"The only other person who knows this is Bakugo, I'm sure you have figured this out by now, however." Toshinori guessed wisely as Uraraka nodded her head. "Listen, I know I defeated All For One. I know he is behind bars and that makes all these dangers young Midoriya has been preaching a lot less prevalent in your mind."
"But that isn't the case." Izuku finished the older man's sentence, slightly shocking Toshinori. He could tell his successor was becoming more mature with each passing day, sooner or later he won't be around. It was good to see the boy take this role so well.
"He has a successor too. Shigaraki."
Uraraka's eyes widened to the familiar yet unwelcome name. Shigaraki. The man who tormented their class tried to kill them on many occasions, obsessed over All Might's death and... the man who was millimeters away from killing Deku. "S-Shigaraki is All for One's successor? The man who nearly killed you All Might? You're telling me this monster has a successor and he is still out there?"
Oxhako was almost getting a bit mad. It was a normal reaction, who wouldn't be mad? It seemed like all the work All Might had put in for stopping All for One was just written over.
"That's not the worst part Uraraka. The worst part is, he knows who I am. He knows I have One for All."
"...WHAT?!"
"Uraraka-"
"No! What do you mean he knows who you are!? Doesn't that mean he knows about your mom too?! What about us? He probably knows we're friends and we're classmates anyway so he could easily come for-"
"Uraraka!" Izuku shouted cutting the girl off from her minor freak-out. The girl seemed frightened by the boy's sudden outburst but didn't lose her edge.
"Deku. This is serious."
"I know."
"Then what are we going to do?"
"I don't... listen it's not as bad as it seems."
"Please tell me why then!"
Izuku took a moment to compose himself, "Look. As far as we know he is the only person who knows of me. The rest of the league is in the dark - not to mention he doesn't have the forces or resources to harm us. There is a reason we were put into dorms."
That made a lot of sense. She was now putting pieces together in her mind. That part did make sense, "oh, I guess that makes a lot of sense."
"As long as we are here, we are safe. As for our families, it's not like he knows your guys' personal info. He has no reason to suspect anything when it comes to who I'm close to and who are the people I value most in life."
Uraraka started to feel a little dumb, "oh, I-I'm sorry for lashing out like that. It's just-"
"I get it, you don't have to apologize. To be truthful this isn't perfect. That's why we have to train...I have to train to get stronger and be prepared."
She remembered at that moment his panic attacks. Was this the reason he was having them? Did he feel like he was in this alone?
She couldn't have that, "I promise you Deku I will be there right next to you, I won't leave your side! We'll fight this together!"
His smile once again lit up the room, "I wouldn't have it any other way."
Toshinori smirked towards the two, "Alright then - this is probably self-explanatory but Midoriya my boy, you should try to avoid being seen with Uraraka around any known League members, or any of your classmates for that matter. During Hero's work it's ok, but if you are ever outside of the school, being seen together by them might be dangerous."
The two teens nodded in understanding, it wasn't much of a change anyway. But Uraraka felt like things had changed altogether, now she was apart of Deku's life. She was with him on his journey and together they would both accomplish their own goals. She had a journey she couldn't forget - but she thought that helping out the "chosen one" along the way was something she didn't mind.
She was just glad that she could finally help Deku more - finally she could try and repay his kindness.