Note 1: Different Timeline and happenings. Might cause some confusion.

Note 2: Slow plot progress?

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Chapter 2: Who?

Izuku felt someone nudge him, and some kind of water falling on his face. Shaking the blurriness away, he found himself sitting while in the arms of his mother whose tears have been flowing for a while.

"Izu, baby, you... You have to wake up! WAHHHHHH! My baby! Answer your mommy please."

Trying to say to his mother that he's awake and fine, he tapped his mother's arms lightly. When his mother noticed, the waterworks seemed to up in magnitude.

"IZU-KUN! I THOUGHT YOU WOULD NEVER WAKE UP WAHHHHHH"

He tried to assure her that he's fine and has no injuries or anything wrong. They went inside and had some dinner after his mother fussed about him. He tried to think of some lie to his mother, to which he feels really guilty to say, so that she wouldn't worry.

He settled with being too occupied with his notes, which was actually the truth, and was too tired that he fell asleep at the front door.

"But Izu-kun, I heard the doorbell ringing and then found you. I even thought that it's weird since you have the house key. When I opened the door, I found you outside and... and..."

The waterworks started again and Izuku was quick to placate his mother. He just said that maybe it was some concerned hero that saw him on his patrols and rang the doorbell for him.

Now on his bed, sleep long forgotten, Izuku tried to think of the logic on how he got home. He remembered only bits and pieces of what happened. He remembered noticing that it was nighttime and that he was looking at the sky, but then that's where it gets questionable. He can see someone, but just a figure... and talking. He can't remember what they talked about but he, Izuku, cried. He can tell that much from his swollen eyes.

He flipped to his side and tried to think of any possibility on why the man had even went to the lengths of sending him home.

Wait. How did Izuku know that the figure was a man?

Wait. How did the man know his address?!

Immediately running out of his bed, he emptied his bag's contents. He checked his belongings and tried to find out if anything was missing.

He also checked if there was something new in his belongings. So far, none taken and none added.

His gaze fell on his student handbook. "Ah, that's right. I did have this."

With nothing missing and him being safe at home, he figured that maybe the man was a good person.

But why erase his memory? Was it that man's quirk?

Questions still linger in Izuku's mind, but with the dangerous assumptions out of the way, he somehow felt light. Like it was a lift off his shoulders.

He then felt the sleepiness kick in and remembered that he was going shopping with his mom tomorrow.

"Better sleep early. Have to wake up early tomorrow."

He'll think about it more tomorrow. For now, the bed looks like a real treat.

THE NEXT DAY

Izuku woke up when his alarm rang. He quickly stopped the annoying thing and slept for a few more minutes. When his mother nudged him after a while, he tried to stand up.

"Izu-kun, breakfast is ready. Get down after you're ready, m'kay?"

He nodded, eyes still closed, while his mother went back to the kitchen. He looked at his room and found the mess that he'd made. While thinking of what he'll do for the day, his gaze finds a little bird perched on his window.

The window was a little bit open, enough for a hand to fit. He tried to remember if he'd opened it in the night, but couldn't really find any memory of it. He opted to just close the window.

Before he can come close to the window, the bird flew and he sees a flash from far away. After three seconds, an earthquake rattled his surroundings.

He quickly surveyed if there was anything strange and once verified that it was safe to go, he dashed towards his mother whom he saw was hiding under the dining table.

"Izu-kun! Are you okay?"

His mom proceeded to hug him. "I'm fine mom."

"We have to evacuate as soon as possible, there might be aftershocks. Hold my hand, darling, and don't you dare leave my side."

Izuku sweatdropped. He swears that his mom is too paranoid. "Yes mom."

They went out of their apartment and sees a commotion. Police have been making civilians move to a safer place while rescue teams are dispatched in several places.

Izuku held his mother's hand, or rather it was the other way around, and proceeded to move according to the directions of the police. While walking, he tried to listen to some of the conversations between his neighbors.

"My husband in the police force told me it was a villain attack."

"A villain attack! But that was too much, to even make an earthquake."

"Heard it was the impact made by the hero."

"Who was the hero?"

"You would never have guessed! He's back in Japan!"

"OMG! Don't tell me...?"

Izuku had several guesses on who the hero is, and he tried to tone-down his fanboy instincts. When he was controlling himself, the wind jolted him out of his trance and the crowd errupted in cheers.

He looked towards the center of the commotion and he almost fainted right there and then.

"ALL MIGHT!" The crowd cheered.

The blond hero did his signature poses while asking the crowd if they are okay.

Izuku forgot his hero notebook, 'Of all the times!' and proceeded to just gawk at his favorite hero.

'He looks so cool in person!' He thought, sparkles evident in his eyes.

He was brought down to earth when someone pushed him and lost his grip on his mother's hand. He fell and lost himself in the crowd. Before he knew it, he bumped into someone who caught him.

"Please be careful everyone! If you crowd too much, there might be accidents. Please allow the police to assist you and be orderly."

Izuku looked at the voice that clearly belonged to someone that he knows too well.

Izuku internally panicked.

"Are you okay, young lad?"

Izuku fanboy-ed.

"Young lad?"

Without any moments to lose, Izuku flipped himself to face the number-one hero.

"I am a huge fan of yours allmight and I swear you look better in real life and can I have your autograph? But I have no paper here, damn it, of all the times I would forget it! We thought you would stay in America for awhile but you're now here in Japan! But still, it's amazing that you're here right now, ohmygod, I am so happy to meet you in person and I am so blessed that I can just faint right here. I better take a picture! Can I have a picture? Please let me take a selfie with you!"

All might didn't utter any word but he fought himself to not raise his hands to make a barrier against the boy.

The boy in front of him looks like your typical fanboy. He can't miss that sparkle in those eyes. Allmight felt pleased and placed a hand on the boy's shoulder.

"It makes me so happy to know that you treat me as your idol. Makes me remember why I wanted to be a hero in the first place."

Izuku looked at his idol and cried. Allmight panicked.

What did he do?!

How do you calm this child?!

"Kid! Are you allright? Is something the matter?" Allmight fussed at the boy, clearly panicking, until someone hit the hero from behind.

"I would appreciate it if you don't increase my workload, Allmight." A police officer came into view and admonished the hero. The officer's gaze then fell to the crying boy. "You even made a kid cry."

Allmight tried to explain himself but stumbled at his words. "I mean the kid just cried and-"

The police officer looked at allmight with a glare, which made the hero stop his words. He then went to get close to the crying mess of a boy.

"Did allmight say something mean to you?"

At that, Izuku tried to stop his tears. "I-*sniff* I'm just so happy that Allmight talked to me, sir!" He wiped some tears from his cheeks. "Allmight would never do anything wrong."

The police officer sent a gaze towards the hero, to which Allmight sweated. "I told you Tsukauchi, I was just talking to the boy when he suddenly cried."

Tsukauchi placed a hand on the boy's head, "where're your parents kid?"

At that, Izuku froze. "MOM! Ohmygod, I was separated from my mom when the crowd got too rowdy and I was pushed and I didn't know what happened and ohmygod, where's my mom?!"

Tsukauchi gave a gentle pat on the boy, which took Izuku's attention. "Let me take it from here, All might. Come on kid, let's go find your mom. She was in the crowd, right? What does she look like?"

Izuku nodded, "Yes sir, she has the same color of green hair as me and has the kindest eyes."

Tsukauchi took the boy's hand and nudged him to follow him. "She's probably at the safe zone. Some hotshot thought it was a good idea to send a shockwave to the surrounding areas." He proceeded to glare at Allmight. "I'll talk to you after I help the boy."

Allmight saluted, "Yes sir!"

"Say goodbye to Allmight, kid. You'll get his autograph later after the uproar had passed. I'll place him in confinement so he won't escape for you." Allmight sweatdropped at the officer's words.

"I won't even be doing anything bad." Allmight defended.

Tsukauchi glared.

"I swear!"

Tsukauchi glared harsher.

"All right! All right! I'll confine myself in the police van."

Allmight then took a huff and then sulked as he proceeded to open the nearest police van and entered.

"He's like a kid." Tsukauchi muttered.

"Uhm." He then looked at the child he was holding.

"Are you, by any chance, related to allmight?" Izuku asked. "I mean, not that I would want to pry but you looked like you're close with each other and... I'm... I'm sorry if I overstep my limit, please forget what I just said."

Tsukauchi looked at the panicking mess of a boy. It kind of reminded him of a chihuahua. "Well, there's no harm in your question kid, so it's allright. Allmight's just a close aide. Heroes and Police Officers often work together in several cases. We work as support while the heroes do their job. Allmight makes quite a ruckus when he's involved and we get dragged to his mess. I swear, he likes it when he increases our workload. I like my desk, and I don't want it to be cluttered with paperworks."

Izuku sweatdropped, "I see... but if I may ask, what is your quirk? You don't seem like you have a combat-oriented quirk, but as Allmight is already a one-man army, there's not much need for a combat-officer. You mentioned that you work as support. Does that mean that your quirk is support-oriented? You don't seem to be in the rescue team because you're wearing something like an inspector's outfit. You don't have any mutation so it might be a mental quirk or an analysis quirk, like determining a chemical substance's composition, lie-detection, spacial-quirk like mind-mapping, or something like... that..." Izuku stopped himself and blushed in embarassment.

'Stupid Izuku, running your mouth again!' He admonished himself.

Tsukauchi just looked at the boy, surprised at the boy's analysis. "Before I answer your question, mind enlightening me with your quirk? If you want your question answered, you must be willing to offer an answer to my question as well."

Izuku tried to look at the man and his lips quivered. "I'm..."

Tsukauchi noticed the boy's distress and proceeded to just give comfort to the boy. "If your quirk's a sensitive topic, you don't have to tell me. It's okay."

Izuku looked at the ground and muttered, "...quirkless..."

The voice might be a bit low in volume but Tsukauchi heard it perfectly. 'I see...'

"Well, you're a surprising kid. It wouldn't really bother me much if you know about my quirk. I liked your analysis and you actually pinpointed what my quirk is."

Izuku looked up, but there were still tears in his eyes.

Tsukauchi continued, "It's lie-detection. I interrogate some criminals and it's very helpful for the police force. This job's too right for me and I guess, it was fate that gave me this job."

They soon reached the safe zone and Izuki saw his mother there. She hugged her son as tight as she could and quickly asked if he was okay.

Tsukauchi watched the two until the mother noticed him and gave her thanks. He nodded in acknowledgement.

"It's all right ma'am." He then turned to Izuku, "I didn't get your name."

Izuku looked at his mother before he answered. "Izuku... Izuku Midoriya."

"Midoriya, hm? Well, I did promise you an autograph with Allmight. Now that you're with your mom, can you wait for sometime while we try to calm the situation?"

Izuku nodded and gave his own thanks.

Tsukauchi went back to where he left Allmight and opened the police van.

"Your fanboy's a weird kid, but he got the brains. He knew what my quirk was even when we just met." Tsukauchi placed himself a cup of tea and sat down.

Allmight placed down the tea that he'd been drinking. "Must be his quirk. That's a valuable quirk for heroics."

Tsukauchi smiled a sad one. "The kid's quirkless."

Allmight stopped his movements. "...I see. He's such a cheerful kid that you wouldn't think that he's quirkless."

Tsukauchi gave a hum of agreement. "That reminds me, what in the world did you do this time? Mind telling me why making earthquakes seemed like a good idea?"

Allmight gulped. "Well, you see my friend..."

Allmight told his story where a rampaging quirk got out of hand and the only way to protect the citizens near the site was to make a barrier. He punched the concrete on the ground and proceeded to erect a make-shift barrier.

Tsukauchi nodded and thought of how the next instances happened. Allmight triggered some shockwaves to the ground and might have made contact with a nearby faultline, triggering earthquakes.

"Please remember that we're in Japan. While we are experienced when it comes to earthquakes, you can make a disaster if you triggered something wrong. Be careful with your actions next time."

Allmight looked down like a kid being admonished by his parents.

The officer then proceeded to exchange intel to the other officers in charge. When it was deemed safe, families were let back into their homes. It was just nine in the morning and some had some errands to do of their own.

Normalcy came back to the town.

A knock resounded on the van's door.

"Sir, a kid and his mother came to see you. They said that an officer with a lie-detecting quirk said that they should meet him." Tsukauchi nodded, acknowledging the other officer's words.

'I am the only one with that quirk here.' Tsukauchi thought. "Thank you. Let them in please, and thanks for the hard work."

The other officer saluted and gave way to the Midoriyas. Tsukauchi stood up to greet them while Allmight did the same.

"I forgot to even tell my name to you, that was mean of me." Tsukauchi apologized. "Sorry about that. I'm Detective Tsukauchi and as you know," he then pointed to the big man inside the van, "this is allmight."

The boy just shined and Tsukauchi had to keep himself from smiling.

Izuku looks so precious.

"Greetings young man! We meet again. I see that you have met your mother." Izuku's mother gave an acknowledging nod.

"Thank you for taking care of my baby."

"Allmight, give the kid his autograph. I did promise him." Tsukauchi proceeded to get a pen and paper but he stopped as soon as he sees Izuku whip out an autograph board and a marker. In a flash, Allmight signed it and gave a pose.

Izuku beamed.

'Show-off,' Tsukauchi thought. 'But now that that's fine and over, I'd best be getting back to paperworks.'

"Mom, can I stay a bit here? I promise I'll be good and I'll make it up to you for not coming to shopping."

Tsukauchi stopped at his thoughts. He then looked at the boy's mother and they shared a glance.

The mother then cupped her son's right cheek. "Izu-darling, we shouldn't bother these kind men. They might be busy with their work."

Izuku looked at his mom, then to Tsukauchi, and then back to his mom. "But it's an opportunity to learn more about quirks... I... I'm sorry."

Tsukauchi had to stop himself, but it was to no avail. "..It's okay"

Upon hearing that, Izuku turned to Tsukauchi that he thought the boy would lose his head.

"REALLY?!"

Izuku looked at his mom, joy evident in his eyes. Izuku's mom looked at the officer and then gave a sigh. "I expect that you're at home when I finish my shopping. Don't make trouble for them, okay?"

After giving her regards to the officer and the hero, she went about his way.

Tsukauchi looked at the beaming boy.

"How old are you kid?"

Izuku smiled. "I'm eleven!"

Tsukauchi thought that the boy was younger. Perhaps because the boy was short? Or was it the childishness?

"Why did you want to stay here?"

Izuku took out a notebook from his backpack and Tsukauchi glanced at the scribble at the front.

'Hero Analysis for the Future, huh?'

"How do you know when people are lying? Do you feel a tingle or do you see some weird object that says that that person was lying?"

This might be a long day for Tsukauchi, but it does give him some kind of excuse to get away from paperworks.

Just near the two, a blond hero calmly watches them. He took note of the boy's mirth and actions.

"You must really like quirks, my boy. What's with your notebook?" Allmight decided to ask.

Izuku excitedly shown him another notebook, one that's been filled until the end. "I'm making analysis so that when I get my quirk, I'm prepared."

Allmight felt a pang in his heart. "Why do you wnat to be a hero?"

Izuku gave a gentle and warm smile. "I want to be like you, Allmight."

"I want to save people with a smile."

Allmight remembered his past. Shadow cast upon his eyes, 'He's like me, back when I was quirkless myself.'

"How would you be a hero with no quirk?"

Allmight immediately regretted spouting his question. "I mean, not that I'm trying to say something or anything but, well, I... I'm sorry my boy!"

Izuku just gave a sad smile. "I believe."

Allmight stopped his panic and looked at the boy. "Believe?"

The boy looked at his notes. "Sometimes, if we believe something will come true, it will come true. But that's only for some. Not all people are created equal. I don't know how you knew I was quirkless, but I'm guessing that Detective Tsukauchi heard me and somehow told you." Tsukauchi looked down, somewhat apologetic. "I'm not angry sir, and you'll eventually know it. Everyone has some way to get information and it's not really a secret that I'm quirkless."

Gone was the childishness that Tsukauchi saw from the child. Somehow, the child seemed mature and Tsukauchi doesn't know how to feel about it.

"Not all men are created equal, that's why I have to work harder than everyone else. If fate deemed me worthless of a quirk, then I just have to work even harder to achieve my goal. Every quirk is amazing and it's just sad that I wasn't gifted with that. I love quirks and I just find myself writing these notes and analysing them. What if I had this quirk? That would be so amazing. But I can only dream. I don't want to hate fate but I'll try to take what I have."

Unknowingly, tears have formed in Izuku's eyes. He wiped it away and he felt himself being hugged by his hero.

"You're a good champ, my boy." Allmight then released Izuku. "Now then, I believe that you have some writing to do."

Izuku smiled. "You'd let me interview you? Your quirk is one of the hottest topic in the hero world, you know?"

Allmight froze. "Well... It's just the usual strength-enhancing quirk." He turned to Tsukauchi. "Tsukauchi, my friend, want to help the boy fill his notes?"

Tsukauchi sighed. 'Atleast the boy's in a better mood.'

"So what did you want to know?"