AN: Yeah, I know. It's been a minute. I'm in the midst of a transitory period in my life (moving out and across the country!) So things have been fairly hectic.

And wow! While I was sorting out adult-stuff, this fic kinda blew up, relatively speaking. Compared to my past attempts at writing a fanfic (posted on an old account from years ago that I shall never speak of again) this is phenomenal! 1k follows? Thank you guys so much! I'm glad you're enjoying it so far!

So here's the next chapter. I'll save the rest of my rambling to the end so you can jump right into the story now. Thanks again to KyrosVasera for beta'ing!

Disclaimer: I don't own BNHA.

Without further ado…

Chapter 5:

Izuku glanced at his phone as several messages arrived.

Nejire-chan: Hey! Hey! Did you remember anything new yet?

Nejire-chan: If you did you gotta tell me!

Nejire-chan: Btw, did you take my hat? I don't know where it went.

The green-haired teen smiled at his phone. It had been about two days since Nejire and he had gone searching for his memories. The girl took down his number and started to message him every day after school to see if there was an update.

Nejire-chan: Did you know that flatworms can grow two heads!?

That and to talk about whatever was on her mind. Which were a lot of random things.

Izuku didn't mind at all. He wasn't used to having friends. Ever since he was diagnosed as quirkless, the only experience he had with people around his age was them ignoring him or bullying him. Unsurprisingly, Katsuki Bakugo fit into both categories depending on his mood.

Izuku frowned as his explosive boy entered his thoughts. 'Kaachan has been glaring at me more harshly lately' the boy thought. He had been purposely avoiding his former childhood friend. Izuku didn't want to deal with his attitude. He'd never admitted it publicly before, but Bakugo seriously annoyed him. He couldn't even stand up for himself back when he didn't have a quirk, so he could never do anything about it. Until now.

If he were honest, he was tempted to fight back the last time Bakugo pinned him down after he discovered his speed, but he knew he didn't have a good enough control over his quirk to stand a chance then.

When he mastered activating his quirk, the green-haired teen was tempted to rebuke the explosive boy. But one glance at Bakugo's enraged eyes told him that even if he had fought back and won, his former friend would simply get even worse. So Izuku resorted to avoiding him altogether.

They were both aiming for U.A., Izuku would have plenty of chances to show Katsuki that he was no longer a "deku" once they got in.

Until then, he would focus on honing his speed.

'All-Might said he was finally free to start training me today! Oh! And I should probably update him on what Nejire and I found out,' Izuku thought to himself as he skimmed through Nejire's mini text rant about how flatworms were "creepy but also super cool." She must be bored.

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"You think you were struck by lightning?" Toshinori asked his new student in disbelief. The two were back on the beach and the greenette was recapping what he had remembered to the pro hero.

"Yeah, I think it might have something to do with how I got my powers. It's suspicious that I activated them right after the incident...I don't remember anything else though" Izuku frowned in thought.

Toshinori nodded, "Back when I studied in America, I heard of some theories about how quirks were created from freak accidents like that - of course nowadays we see it being a result of evolution. But maybe there is some merit to those theories." The blonde mused out loud. Internally, however, he was immensely relieved 'It seems it has nothing to do with All For One...I know I killed him, so that was impossible in the first place...but still, what a relief.'

Izuku nodded, "Oh! Uh, I also remember flashes of being in some kind of vortex? I don't remember, but maybe that has something to do with it" he shrugged, "Hopefully something comes up soon and we can find out more" he finished as Toshinori hummed in thought.

"All right, just keep me updated on anything you find out. Though, I guess we should go back to the real reason we're here today. We're starting our first training session!" The blonde crossed his arms over his chest before smirking at the greenette.

Izuku grinned in excitement "What's it going to be? How do we get started!?"

"You said you wanted to work on your reaction time right? How about I first get a measure for how fast you are first, that way I can adjust to your level and we'll go from there" Izuku's eyes widened in awe as the blonde suddenly transformed into his muscle form and flashed him his trademark smile.

'So cool!' he thought, his eyes gleaming. Pausing, he asked, "How do we do that?"

All Might grinned at Izuku before tapping him on the forehead "Young Midoriya! You're it!" He exclaimed before running away, leaving a trail of dust in his wake.

Izuku blinked in surprise before a small smile spread on his lips "Oh, you're on, All Might!"

XXX

All Might internally raised an eyebrow at how close Izuku was to catching up to him.

It had only been a few minutes since he started their little game of tag and he found the new quirk user to be very fast. And that's saying a lot coming from him. All Might was, after all, one of the fastest people on the planet.

Of course, All Might was not moving at his top speed, and considering he was severely weakened in his current state, it wasn't the most bizarre thing. At the moment, Izuku wouldn't be able to measure up to his younger self.

However, in his weakened present form, Izuku was surprisingly close to him in speed whilst holding back. It far exceeded his expectations and he found himself having to utilize his experience in maneuvering around at high speeds to avoid Izuku when he had gotten too close.

The blonde was now shifting towards training Izuku's response time, the kid was nearing his present speed, but was severely inexperienced in how to react with his super speed. For that reason, All Might had been focusing more on trying to trip up Izuku with his maneuvers, forcing the greenette to think on his feet as he ran.

In the long run, it should help the teen in quickly adapting to his environment and overall reaction time.

"Come on Midoriya! You're no better than a wildly charging bull right now! You have to think more carefully about your movements!" He shouted to the boy behind him.

Izuku was starting to feel pretty tired. He had started training his quirk himself, but he didn't know how to maximize his training time and the difference in All Might and his methods was very clear.

'I...definitely went...too easy on myself…' he thought. When he practiced his obstacle course, he often took breaks in between his runs to rest up. Until now, he hadn't used his quirk in such an extended period of time. 'I'm...getting really...tired' he started to gasp for air as he forced himself to chase after All Might.

'I have...to keep….goi-'' Izuku suddenly tripped as his quirk seemingly shut down, his body was flung forward from the momentum of his run.

All Might's eyes widened as he noticed Izuku trip and quickly caught the boy before he crashed into something.

"Midoriya!? You alright!?" He asked in alarm as he looked down at the boy in his arms.

"Zzzzz"

All Might sweatdropped, 'did you pass out?' he gently laid the boy down on the Sandy Beach. "I suppose your stamina is another thing for us to work on" the hero muttered to himself as he stared at Izuku with a small smile. Crouching down to the boy's level, he started to lightly pat him on the cheek.

"Hey, hey! Wake up, kid!"

"Ugh...what?" Izuku groggily muttered as he rubbed his eyes.

"You alright? You suddenly passed out in the middle of your run!"

Izuku's eyes widened "Wh-what? How?"

All Might laughed boisterously "Seems your body isn't prepared to fully handle using your quirk in such extended periods of time! We have to improve your stamina!"

Izuku tiredly nodded "Yeah, I do feel really tired...never ran for that long at once" he admitted in disappointment.

"Huh? Don't get so down Midoriya! You just got your quirk, this was to be expected" All Might smiled at him before continuing, "Besides! You're surprisingly fast despite just starting out!"

Izuku's blinked in surprise, "y-you think s-so?"

The blonde hero nodded and gave him a thumbs up "Yeah kid, you've got serious potential! Now that I know where you stand, we can start to work on a training regime to improve your abilities!

The green-haired teen nodded, determination shining in his eyes, "Thank you All Might! I'm ready for whatever you throw at me!"

He was going to get into U.A. and become a Hero. He would make sure of that.

XXX

Izuku groaned as he clamored up the steps to his apartment, All Might had let him rest for a little bit before pushing him to run for as long as he could before passing out. The blonde would then let him rest again for a little bit before doing it again. It was grueling, and Izuku wasn't sure if it was the best method to train his stamina if he was being honest.

Running until he passed out over and over again didn't exactly seem like the best strategy, but All Might was the number 1 hero, so he must know what he was doing, right?

Though, at the end of the training session, he could barely activate his quirk for more than twenty seconds before passing out. The blonde hero figured he was too spent to continue and was kind enough to offer him a lift back to his apartment.

"Izuku?! You look exhausted!" he heard his mom exclaim in worry as he stepped into his living room.

"Hey mom, sorry. Training with All Might took a lot more out of me than I thought it would," he admitted.

Inko nodded, "It's good you're being trained by him, but don't overexert yourself okay? Why don't you take a shower and I'll get dinner ready for you when you're done!"

Izuku nodded thankfully and did just that.

He nearly inhaled his dinner once he got out, to his mother's dismay.

"Izuku! Slow down! You're going to choke!"

"S-sorry mom!" he sheepishly smiled, he could immediately feel his energy returning as he ate, 'I should probably figure out a new diet to keep up with my quirk and training regime...that might also help with my stamina issue' he thought to himself.

Vzzt

Izuku glanced at his phone as it vibrated.

Nejire-chan: Izuku! You never responded! Did you remember anything new? You gotta tell me if you did! We gotta solve the mystery!

Inko glanced at her son curiously as he quickly typed on his phone with a small smile.

"A text from All Might?" she asked.

Izuku blinked "Oh - uh. Actually, it's from a friend" he admitted, suddenly embarrassed for some reason.

Inko tilted her head to the side 'Friend? Izuku has a friend!?' she thought in shock. As much as Inko would hate to admit it, Izuku didn't seem to have much interaction with other people his age - she knew it was because people tended to treat him poorly or as if he were invisible because of his former quirkless status. So she was happily surprised when he admitted that he texting a friend.

'It seems life is really turning around for you, Izuku' she thought with a happy smile before curiously asking, "So...who's this friend?"

Izuku blushed "um...well...remember that girl I drew...in my notebook? We uh, started to hang out? I guess? She helped me investigate what happened to me when I went missing".

Inko's eyebrows slightly rose in surprise before smiling at her son, "That's great honey! I'm happy for you! You should invite her over one day!" her son never had friends over before!

"oh...um, yeah, maybe…" The greenette stumbled over his words as she giggled.

XXX

After Dinner, Izuku retired to his room, taking the time to text Nejire back.

Nejire-chan: All you did was train after school? Wow! That's pretty much all I did in school! What did you do? How did you train your quirk? Did you get any faster?"

Izuku: Yeah. My trainer just had me run for as long as I could before I passed out. Then, when I got up he made me do it again.

Nejire-chan: Oh! You pass out when you run! That's kind of like my quirk! When I use too much power, or fly too long, I get tired and take a nap! Sometimes I even start to float while napping!

Izuku blinked in surprise. He had forgotten that her quirk was also stamina based. Maybe she could also give him tips!

Nejire-chan: Hey! Hey! I have an amazing idea! How about we train together! One of my teachers is always complaining about how impractical my quirk would be if it keeps putting me to sleep!

Izuku: And Yeah! I was just thinking the same!

Nejire-chan: OMG yes! Are you free tomorrow!? Where do you normally train? I wish I could take you to U.A. but I don't think they'd let you in :(. Oh, wait! Is your trainer going to be mad if I join?

Izuku: I've been training on an abandoned beach, that might be a good spot? And he only trains me when he's free, he's not tomorrow so that could work.

Nejire-chan: A whole beach :o wow! Why was it abandoned? Where is it? When should we meet? Oh, I can't wait!

Izuku smiled at his new friend's enthusiasm, genuinely starting to feel excited for tomorrow as well. He quickly texted her the details and a note that he was going to bed soon. He was really tired after today.

XXX

The Next Day

Nejire quickly started to pack her things after school ended. Her friends stared at her curiously as she hummed to herself.

"Hey Nejire, where are you off to in a hurry? Hanging out with Yuya?" Mirio asked.

"Nope! Yuya-chan's busy today! I'm going to the beach!" she exclaimed in excitement.

"...by yourself?" Tamaki raised an eyebrow.

"No silly! I'm going to train with another friend! He went missing for a week!" she chirped back.

The two boys tilted their heads in confusion, "He went missing?" Mirio questioned.

"Yep! He got hit by lightning, went to some magical vortex thing, got a quirk, and grew like seven inches when he came back!" she explained nonchalantly before resting her pointer finger on her cheek, "Well, at least, that's what we think happened. He doesn't really remember anything"

Mirio and Tamaki blankly looked at her, "what".

Nejire nodded "I know! He's really interesting! And now every time he runs he passes out so we're going to train at the beach!"

"What?"

"Anyways, I gotta go. Bye guys!" she skipped to the door and waved at them.

"Nejire is hard to keep up with sometimes" Tamaki noted.

"Yep. Wait! She's going to train without us?!" Mirio exclaimed before grabbing Tamaki by the shoulders. "We gotta keep up with her! C'mon Tamaki! Let's go to the gym!"

"Huh?"

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"Izuku! I'm here!" The green-haired teen raised his arms across him to brace himself for an impact as Nejire practically flew towards him like a comet.

"Hah! You didn't think I was going to fall on you for the third time, did ya?" she giggled at him as she managed to stop just in time.

Izuku lightly blushed and coughed "We-well...It seemed like it…" he admitted, causing her to pout.

"Well, I'm here now! So let's get started!" she pumped her first up.

"Y-yeah!"

"So how are we going to do this?" The blunette asked him curiously.

"Well...I was wondering if you could tell me about how you trained, and then maybe we can think of ways we can do it together!"

"Hmm, well, at school. One of my Sensei just made me do a lot of endurance training - oh! Like jogging and things like that without my quirk. He said that as a Hero, I also had to be more fit without my quirk. And if my base level improved, my quirk would also get better!"

Izuku nodded, that made sense "So what type of endurance training did you do?"

Nejire hummed, "Well, he once tied a piece of steak to me and made some dogs chase after me, but I also have my own routine that I made with the teachers."

Izuku blinked 'Are all U.A. training methods that intense?' he thought.

The blunette hovered around for a moment "Well, we don't have dogs, so how about we just stick to physical training! Like running laps along the beach and all that! By the way...why is this place so dirty?" she waved around them, noticing the heaping pile of trash strewn across the beach.

"The currents wash debris here, and some people decided to throw trash out here since it all blends in" the greenette frowned, "I thought about cleaning the place up once I got a better handle on my speed...since I could do it in a flash that way. Until then, I've actually been using some of it as an obstacle course" Izuku pointed to a small section of the beach where the obstacle course was.

"Wow! That's so cool! I wanna help too!" Nejire exclaimed as Izuku nodded in appreciation.

"Well, until we come up with a better plan...do you want to teach me your endurance routine, and then we can do it together?" Izuku offered, causing her to smile.

"Yeah! We're gonna become super strong this way!" she pumped her fist up into the air.

The two teens grinned at each other before Nejire started to list out her routine. The two started to brainstorm ways they could adapt it to work on a beach before getting started.

XXX

An hour later, the two were exhausted. It was roughly 5 pm now, the sun was going to set in the next hour or two.

"Phew! I could go to bed right here!" Nejire admitted as she laid out on the sand, lightly panting.

Izuku nodded, also sprawled out on the beach, too exhausted to even speak at the moment. 'This is what she does regularly?!'

"Izukuuu, I'm huuungry!" the blunette yawned out.

The greenette's stomach suddenly grumbled causing her to giggle, "yeah...me too I guess" he blushed.

"Is there anything good to eat around here? Ooooh, I could do with some Yakitori right now!"

Izuku carefully lifted himself off the beach and sat up, taking care to rub off any sand that had stuck onto him. "I know a place not too far off if you wanna grab some food? I should probably text my mom first though,"

"Yes! Let's go" Nejire shot up in excitement as she ran over to grab her things.

After shooting a quick text to his mom, Izuku did the same. Pausing to glance over the horizon as the sunset.

"It's a shame the beach is so cluttered...It'd be really pretty here if it weren't" he admitted.

Nejire hummed in agreement, "Well, I guess that just means we'll have to make sure to clean the beach!"

Izuku nodded and the two smiled at each other.

"Well c'mon! I'm really hungry and I want some Yakitori right now!" the blunette hopped up and down.

Laughing a little, Izuku motioned for her to follow him.

XXX

Alarms blared as a light pink skinned man rushed out of an ornately decorated building.

"Shit shit shit" he shouted as he ran through the street, a bag of cash heaved over his shoulder.

"FUCK, the alarms weren't supposed to sound this quick" he swiveled his eyes around, searching for a quick escape route. 'The cops or heroes are going to get here any second, gotta get out of here!' he thought as civilians started to quickly clear away from him.

"Stop right there you villain!" a deep voice rumbled out from behind him.

"Hey look! It's Death Arms! He'll make quick work of that thief!" the villain heard someone call out near him.

Quickly turning, the villain grit his teeth as he took sight of a muscular tan-skinned man with a square jaw. 'Shit, he got here so quickly.'

"Surrender now thief, you've got nowhere to run." Death Arms ordered.

"Like hell I will! I'm not going to rot away in prison anytime soon!" the pink-haired man growled. He had to figure out how to get out of here.

"Well, guess I'll have to drag you there myself" the hero tensed in preparation.

The villain gnashed his teeth and started to break off into a run again.

"Oh no, you don't!" Death Arms chased after him, causing the pink-skinned hero to curse before he looked on ahead and an idea popped in his head.

"Mommy, I'm really tired, are we almost home?" a little girl rubbed her eyes as she walked alongside her mother.

"Don't worry Akane-chan, we're almost there" the woman reassured her daughter.

"Sorry kid, but you're coming with me!"

"Akane-chan!" the mother called out in horror as the pink-skinned villain suddenly grabbed her daughter and put some distance between them.

"You bastard!" Death Arms growled as he leaped towards the villain and tried to land a punch.

BAM

Only to miss. The villain unnaturally bent his body away from his fist - causing him to break open the fire hydrant behind the thief, causing water to spout out and coat the street around them.

Jumping away, the villain turned around with a manic grin on his face, the villain momentarily dropped his bag of cash as he tightened his hold on his hostage with one arm and raised his other hand to her head.

"Mommy!" she cried out.

"Let her go!" Death Arms demanded.

"Nah, I don't feel like it...how about I fry her instead" the white veins on the villain's arms started to glow as sparks started to crackle around his hands.

"Akane!" the mom shouted in fear.

Death Arms clenched his fists as the villain taunted, "Now now, we don't want her cute little face being burnt to a crisp here, now do we?"

"She has nothing to do with this! Let her go!"

"Yeah, and how about I turn myself in while I'm at it. God, you heroes are so stupid," the sparks around the villain's hand grew more intense, causing the girl to whimper.

"Even if you don't let her go now, the cops will be here any moment along with other heroes, you have no escape!" the hero argued, causing the villain to grit his teeth.

'He's right, I need to get away from them now…' the thief thought, 'I can keep the girl until I get out of the city, she'll make a good hostage.'

Glancing down at the street, the villain smirked as he noticed the large puddle that had formed between him and the hero.

"It's in your best interest to return the girl and surrender now, you'll only get a harsher sentence from this point on - let her go," Death Arms demanded again.

The villain grunted, "You're really annoying you know that? You've spent all this time talking crap and didn't even notice the position you're in" he spoke as Death Arm's eyes narrowed.

"What are you talking ab-ARGH" he screamed in pain as electricity seemed to run through his body, the villain had suddenly placed his hand on the puddle of water that the fire hydrant formed between them and seemingly channeled electricity into it. The mother and daughter shouted in fear as Death Arm's body smoked and he collapsed to the ground, knocked out.

"Idiot" the villain grunted as he picked up his bag of cash, "Hey lady, I think I'm gonna keep your daughter for a bit, she'll make a great hostage haha!" The girl's eyes widened in fear and she started to try and squirm out of his hold.

"N-no, please! I won't tell anyone where you've gone! Just give her back!" the mom begged.

The villain laughed 'Sorry! But I'm gonna need to keep her as a shield!." He lifted the girl over his shoulder and started to run off.

"No! Akane! Somebody p-please save her!" the mother called out.

Suddenly a gentle breeze whisked past her.

"Wh-what!?" The villain turned around in shock as he felt someone snatch away the girl from his hold.

"Are you okay?" The girl hesitantly opened her eyes to look up at her savior. She gasped softly as she found herself in the arms of a green-haired teenager.

"Are you hurt anywhere?" Izuku asked in concern as he gently let her down.

XXX

"N-no" she admitted, causing him to sigh in relief.

"Thank you!" The mother enveloped her daughter in a desperate hug, causing Izuku to smile. "You both should get out of here, get help if you can!" he said before he turned to face the villain.

"Wh-what?!" the thief gaped, "H-how? I didn't even…" he was just holding the girl a second ago! How did she get back over there? And where'd the kid come from?!

"Death Arms!?" Izuku shouted in surprise as he noticed the downed hero. How did he get knocked out?

He and Nejire were just leaving the restaurant they were dining at. He offered to walk her back to the bus station since it was on the way to his apartment when they noticed a commotion a few blocks away from them. A bunch of civilians were hurriedly making their way away from the area and Izuku heard whispers of a villain taking a girl hostage. Much to Nejire's shock, and awe, Izuku suddenly vanished. The next thing the green-haired teen knew was that he had scaled the distance in seconds and had rescued the young girl.

'Shit, this is bad. I lost my leverage...if the cops come now I'm screwed' the villain thought, 'Should I stay and fight? Or make a run for it...yeah. This is no time to screw around' he tightened his hold on his stolen goods 'Gotta get the hell outta here!'

Izuku's eyes widened as he noticed the villain about to run, 'W-what should I do? Should I f-fight him? I wasn't thinking when I grabbed the girl but...should I...stop him? Can I?' he hesitated as he once again looked at Death Arm's incapacitated body. Unknowingly, he activated his quirk, and time slowed down.

'He took him down somehow, if he could take down a pro...what chance do I have?' he looked back at the mother and daughter pair, 'At least they're safe now...but...he's probably panicking right now...which means he might resort to even worse methods to try and keep himself safe.' the green-haired teen grit his teeth 'If I let him go now...he might even do something worse before anyone else can catch him.'

Taking a deep breath, Izuku tried to settle his nerves. He tensed 'I have to stop him here, even if I can't take him down...I can at least slow him down until more help gets here, right?' exhaling, Izuku readied himself 'I can't hesitate, just have to run.' and with that, he shot off as time resumed.

"Agh? What the fuck!?" The pink-skinned villain growled as he felt someone punch him in the back, he was just in the middle of running off.

"S-sorry. I-I can't let you g-go!?" Izuku gulped nervously as he raced away to a safe distance from the villain. 'I definitely landed a solid hit on him, but the punch felt weird...like it sank into him? At the speed I was going, I should have pushed him back a bit...but he just stumbled. What kind of quirk does he have, some kind of shock absorption?'

"You bastard?! What the hell do you think you're doing you brat?!" white sparks started to come off the villain's body.

Izuku grit his teeth 'Is that how he knocked out Death Arms? I can't hit him directly or I'll risk shocking myself. But seriously, what kind of quirk gives him shock absorption and electricity manipulation?'

'This kid is fast, he'll be able to keep tailing me if I just run' the villain thought in annoyance, 'I'll have to knock him out here and then make a run for it,' he dropped his bag of cash and rushed towards Izuku "You shoulda minded your own business brat, now I'm gonna kick your goddamn ass!"

The greenette's eyes widened as he dodged a swipe at his head, and then deftly rolled away before a sparking low kick nicked him.

'AHH?! Oh crap oh crap! I don't know how to fight?!' he thought in panic as he kept avoiding the man's attacks as best he could. Guess some of his training paid off. But he still wasn't sure how to fight back, especially since he didn't want to risk getting shocked and knocked out.

"Stop fucking dodging!" the villain roared at him and sent a right hook. Time slowed for Izuku as he activated his speed.

Talking a sigh of relief, he quickly stepped out of harm's way. 'Maybe...yes! If I keep him occupied somebody will come by and help!' he thought in determination.

The next few seconds showed Izuku, aided by his super-speed, deftly dodging every attack aimed at him.

"You...bastard…" the pink-haired fiend growled.

"W-what's wrong? Wh-why so slow?" Izuku tried to taunt and internally cringed. 'I...I should get better at that…' Fortunately, it seemed to work despite his delivery as the villain gained a tic-mark and angrily attacked him, his attempts becoming more sloppy.

'Maybe I can take him down by myself...he seems to be getting tired' he thought as a bead of sweat slid down his face 'But...I'm not too far away from my limit either…I can't attack him directly. And even if I could, he has a high level of shock absorption...what to do' he contemplated.

Ducking under another haymaker, Izuku frowned 'It seems it's just going to be a stamina battle at this rate...I hope somebody comes to help soon. I don't know if I can beat this guy by myself.'

"Nejire wave!" as if Izuku's thoughts were heard, a spiralized ray of energy flew between him and the villain. Unfortunately, the villain managed to jump back in time to avoid it.

"Nejire!" Izuku called out in relief as we spotted the blue-haired girl floating near Death Arm's body.

"Izuku! Are you okay?!" Nejire asked in concern.

"Y-yeah! I'm good" he replied, causing her to sigh in relief.

"Don't run off so suddenly like that again!" she pouted at him.

"S-sorry! My body just moved on its own!" Izuku nervously apologized.

"Wow, you really are dumb, kid!" Izuku gasped as a fist suddenly embedded himself into his stomach.

"AHHH" he shouted in pain as an electric shock ran throughout his body and sent him back several feet and into a wall.

"Izuku!" Nejire called out in worry but didn't have time to check on him as the villain rushed towards her.

'Shit, another one?! Where the fuck do all these brats keep coming from? I gotta take her down too….I'm running out of time!' the villain thought in a panic.

Shaking his head, Izuku groaned as he slowly got up, "Nejire?!" he shouted in worry as he saw the girl trying to blast the villain with her energy waves.

'Her waves can knock someone out if she manages to hit them…' Izuku recalled from one of the conversations he had with her about her quirk, 'but they're too slow to hit him…' he grimaced as he got up, his body still feeling raw. 'If I can distract him, she could get a hit in, but I still can't touch him or he'll shock me again…' he thought.

'You bitch! Get down here' The villain roared as he tried to reach Nejire, who was flying above him. 'Any second now...the damn pigs are going to be here...I gotta knock these two out and get the hell out NOW' he internally growled as sirens started to blare around the corner of the block.

"Freeze! You're surrounded! Surrender now!" police cars swerved into the scene.

"Fuck!" the villain cursed out loud.

"Deactivate your quirk! And put your hands in the air now!" officers started to come out of their vehicles and aim at the villain.

'That pompous ass said to use this if I ever ran into trouble...can't believe I'm using it like this.' he quickly downed the pill and clenched his fists.

"What...what did he do?" Izuku and Nejire watched on in confusion. The green-haired teen's body was spasming and preventing him from making large movements.

The white vein-like structures around the villain's arms started to spark intensely before suddenly ripping out of his arms and floated around him.

"Agh! Fuck?! What the hell is this?!" he growled in pain.

Nejire watched on in horror 'What? What did he-" she narrowly dodged a whip from one of the now loose veins 'this is so gross!?'

'Hurts like a bitch, but this might be exactly what I need!' the villain thought as he grit his teeth. The vein-like appendages sparked dangerously as he whipped them around and started to shock some of the police officers.

'His quirk...what? Could he always do that or was that because of the pill?!' Izuku thought in shock. Forcing his body to stand despite the protest of his muscles, he hesitantly took a step forward 'I have to do something!'

Nejire's eyes widened as she quickly twisted to the side to avoid a whip of the appendage.

"You're going down now!" the villain roared, wincing in pain as parts of his skin seemed to turn gray and peel off.

Izuku stumbled closer and he 'His power seems to be hurting him too? Or...wait' the greenette's eyes widened as he noticed the puddle of water that the villain was standing on seemed to shrink.

'The water from the fire hydrant! It couldn't have evaporated that quickly!' Izuku thought.

"Kid, you gotta get out of here! Are you hurt?" an officer called out to him.

"N-no, wait. I can help!" Izuku winced as he lifted his arm, 'Gotta help...Nejire.'

Meanwhile, said girl was narrowly dodging the villain's whips in the air 'I can't keep this up...my beams are too slow to hit him, especially if I don't have the time to aim!'

She felt herself tiring, school and training with Izuku had drastically reduced her reserves, she didn't know how long she could stay in the air. Any moment now, she would collapse, and that'd be the end.

Shakily, Nejire kept dodging in the air 'Where are all the other heroes?!' she thought faintly she had mere seconds now.

Izuku grit his teeth as his body ached in pain and desperately activated his quirk. Holding his arm out, he began rotating it at high speeds.

"I'M GONNA KI-GAH!" The villain shouted in surprise as a torrent of air seemingly blasted into him.

Izuku panted and fell to his knees. 'I...did it.' He didn't know if that'd work. He remembered how All Might often would use air pressure by forcefully swiping to attack, he obviously didn't have the strength to do the same thing. However, he did have speed - and so he had spun his arm rapidly and generated a wind force strong enough to blast the villain away from Nejire and out of the puddle of water formed by the broken fire hydrant. Nejire sighed in relief before turning to the now yelling villain.

"crap!? What's happening to me?" The villain shouted in horror as his skin started to gray and flake off even quicker.

Nejire bit back the bile rising up her throat as she floated back down to the ground.

Wordlessly, she raised an arm, and directed the last of her energy at the villain in a wave, finally knocking him out.

The two teens tiredly smiled at each in triumph before they both collapsed from exhaustion.

XXXX

"Mirio Togata, huh?" Toshinori muttered in thought, a picture of a young blonde boy in his hands.

"Yes! He's one of our up and coming students. He had quite a few issues with his quirk last year, but he has shown tremendous improvement this year!" A small bear-mouse creature chattered off. This was Nezu, the principal of U.A. "To be honest, the young lad's eccentricities sometimes reminds me of you. Certainly, someone to consider as the next Symbol of Peace."

The number 1 hero nodded as he contemplatively looked at the picture, "he looks like he's got great potential."

"Should I set up a meeting between you two?" Nezu offered.

"No...not yet. I would like to get to know him as his teacher first, then I'll make a decision" Toshinori thanked the principal and handed the photo back.

"Understood All Might, let me know if you need anything else!"

"Errr... actually. I was wondering. Do you know anything about speed-based quirks?" All Might asked curiously.

"Hoh? Well, what do you mean by that, exactly? Like a fast runner?"

"Uh, something like that...I met someone, a kid, he managed to make me agree to train him. Except, I've never really seen or heard of a quirk like his."

Nezu tilted his head in curiosity, "So what about his quirk is strange to you?"

Toshinori sighed as he rubbed the back of his neck, "Well for starters, he was quirkless up until he was struck by lightning. Since then, he could move at superspeed, he can even see the world in slow motion."

"How curious...sounds like he truly has a super-speed quirk" Nezu noted.

"Erm, yeah. That's what I said?"

"Indeed, but I mean that it seems his quirk is more than just being fast. To my knowledge, there has never been someone with the ability to slow down time just because they were fast. Usually, it'll be because someone has increased strength, like you. Or some other byproduct of a different quirk, like how I've heard a member of the Tenya family can run fast due to a built-in engine in his leg. It seems your young student can utilize super-speed in every instance of himself. That, as far as I know, is unique" Nezu admitted, before his ears perked up, "and you said this quirk appeared only after he was struck by lightning?"

All Might nodded, a little stooped by the lecture, Midoriya seemed more interesting than he originally thought.

"How odd, I've never heard of a quirk activating like that. But I suppose in a world where we have superpowers, anything is possible" the mouse-bear principal shook his head, "Anyways, what exactly did you want to know?"

"Well, since I started training him from time to time, I just wanted to know if there was anything that I should know about how other speed-based were trained. But if he's really that unique, then I guess that won't be very useful."

"Oh, I wouldn't say that, I'm sure there's plenty he could apply from similar quirks, even if they're not the same. Why not ask your former teacher? Gran Torino should be helpful" Nezu offered, causing All Might to cough nervously.

"Y-yeah, I thought about that...out of curiosity though, did any speed quirk users have problems with staying conscious while using their quirk? He seems to pass out when he uses it for a long time. It's kinda weird. I thought it was a stamina issue, but he doesn't seem like he's fully out of energy when he's about to pass out, so I thought it might have been something else?"

Nezu hummed, "well, if he's able to utilize super-speed almost like a cloak around him, maybe it has something to do with how his body is processing everything?"

"Huh? What do you mean?" All Might asked in worry.

"Sometimes if you stand up too quickly, your vision starts to fade because your body is unprepared to pump the required amount of blood to your brain in time. Perhaps your student is experiencing something similar where if he uses his power, his body isn't able to properly keep him conscious during extended use of it. To be honest, it could be any number of things." Nezu explained.

All Might blinked in surprise, he hadn't thought of that! "S-so what should we do!? That can't be good for him in the long run right?"

Nezu smiled at All Might, "We can have Recovery Girl take a look at him and run tests if he'd be open to it. Truthfully, I'm now interested in this student of yours. I didn't think you would take on an apprentice so early...are you considering him to be your successor?"

The number one hero crossed his arms "The kid's got potential, I'll give him that. I would be lying if I said that the thought didn't cross my mind, but I want to wait and see and also meet other candidates as well. Since he just got his quirk, he's preoccupied with understanding it, so I think it's too early for me to decide on him anyways."

Nezu nodded in understanding, "Well if you'd like, I'd be happy opening U.A.'s doors to him to see what his problem with his quirk really is."

"Thank you, sir, I'll let him know when I see him next!"

XXXX

"Oh? What a useful quirk" a woman with blonde hair that reached just above her chin noted to herself as she watched the news. She had reptilian eyes and noticeably sharp teeth. This was Ryukyu, the Dragoon hero. She was currently watching a video on her computer screen.

Some criminal went nuts in Musutafu, and it was none other than a pair of children that managed to stop him. The whole fight wasn't filmed, but a news crew was able to get footage of the young blue-haired woman knocking out the villain with a wave of energy before she passed out in exhaustion.

'She looks like a high schooler, I wonder if she's in a hero course? Her abilities would be very helpful in fighting the type of villains I specialize in…' Ryukyu thought to herself. It's been a hot minute since she took on a new sidekick, and she would be lying if the blue-haired girl didn't interest her.

Copying the link to the video, she messaged it to one of her sidekicks to see if they could find out any information on the girl.

XXX

"Woah! Look! Nejire's on the news!" Mirio exclaimed in awe, his face pressed into a glass window as he looked at the TV behind it.

"So much for a beach day" Tamaki muttered as when watched the recap of Nejire knocking out the villain with the help of some green-haired kid, "She's really improved since last year."

"Yeah! It's amazing! But, hey, who's that guy? Is that the friend she mentioned?" Mirio asked aloud, causing the dark-haired boy to shrug. "He seems pretty interesting! And did you see that airstream thingy he made! That was hella powerful!"

"Oh no…" Tamaki muttered.

"I just gotta fight him!" Mirio exclaimed in excitement.

Tamaki sighed, "I figured you would say that…"

"Oh come on Tamaki! I know you're interested in the guy too!"

The dark blue-haired teen shrugged, "Didn't Nejire say he was struck by lightning? He seems to be surrounded by bad luck..."

"Well, I think we gotta bug her to let us meet him! She also has to tell us what went down with that pink villain! It's totally not fair she got to fight a villain before she even got a work-study! We have to catch up!" Mirio grinned in excitement causing his childhood friend to sigh.

XXX

"...Izuku? Izuku?" the green-haired speedster groaned as he opened his eyes. Blinking quickly to wipe away the bleariness in his vision, he nearly had a heart attack when he noticed two royal blue eyes curiously blinking at him very close to his face.

"AH?!" he banged his head upwards in surprise and accidentally headbutted Nejire in the forehead.

"Owie!/Agh" the two teens nursed their heads and groaned.

"Izuku! You're awake!" Izuku felt someone tightly hug him.

"M-mom? W-what's going on?" he asked, still reeling from the headbutt.

"Oof, Izuku, you have such a hard skull" Nejire was lightly rubbing the new bump on her forehead.

"S-sorry! You kinda spooked me!" he blushed in embarrassment, causing her to giggle.

"But...are we in the hospital? Wait! Where'd that villain go?!" the green-haired teen looked around in alarm.

His mother pulled away from her embrace and sniffled, "You passed out, so the authorities brought you to the hospital. They caught that evil man, everything is fine now" she answered.

"Yeah! Our training paid off! We took down a villain Izuku!" Nejire hopped around in excitement.

Inko let out a small smile and turned to the blunette, "Nejire woke up before you, and I got to meet her just as I arrived here. She filled me in on everything that happened."

Turned back to her son, she frowned, "But you were so reckless Izuku! Why did you risk your life like that! I know you want to be a hero but you haven't even started a hero program yet. Despite that, you still ran off without thinking!" Izuku flinched at his mother's patronizing gaze.

"S-s-sorry, Mom. My body just moved...I had to save that girl…"

Inko sighed, "I know son...but, please, don't do anything reckless like that anytime soon. You're still getting used to your quirk and...you don't need to be a hero right now. There are others that can do it for you until you're ready" she lightly ruffled her son's hair, "But I...I'm proud of you...You're one step closer to your dream!" she let out a small smile.

Izuku felt his eyes tearing up slightly and nodded "I'll be more careful from now on."

Nejire awkwardly stood off to the side, not really sure what she should be doing. Inko then turned to her and smiled at her again, "Thank you again for helping my son! I'm glad he has a friend like you!"

Blushing slightly in embarrassment, the girl nodded, "Y-yeah! Anytime!"

After a few moments, a doctor came by and checked up on Izuku, seeing he was fully recovered, he was let go. Before they could leave, however, the police interrogated him for his side of the story. Though he was berated for using his quirk in public, the authorities decided to let it slide so long as he promised not to do it again. Nejire was praised for her help, seeing as she was acting lawfully since she had a provisional hero license.

Afterward, the trio stepped out of the hospital and Inko started to lead them to her car.

"It's getting late Nejire, your parents must be worried, How far do you live? We can drop you off?" Inko offered.

"O-oh. I um...Well, I'm...I actually stay at an orphanage not too far…" the blunette admitted as she looked down at her feet, causing the mother to internally wince.

Izuku glanced at Nejire in surprise before turning back to his mom, "Mom, uhm...c-could we have a sl-sleep o-over? I think Nejire should stay with us after everything that happened" he asked, causing Nejire to snap her head up and look at him in shock.

Inko smiled and nodded, "I think that's a great idea Izuku, we can set up an extra bed for her. And I can cook us up something delicious! What do you think, Nejire?"

The girl, uncharacteristically quiet, looked at the mother and son in surprise before hesitantly speaking, "Oh...I don't want to be a bother…"

"Of course not!" Izuku grinned at her, causing her to smile. "C'mon, Mom's an amazing cook! It'll be fun!" Inko smiled and nodded in agreement.

Nejire beamed at them and nodded happily, "I'd love to in that case!" The trio started to make their way to Inko's car when Izuku had a revelation.

'Wait...oh crap!? I'm inviting a girl over to my house? For a sleepover? Izuku?! What the heck? She's gonna see my room?!' he panicked internally.

XXX

"It seems he went rogue and got caught, sir" a man in a lab coat nervously reported to a suited figure.

"Did he know anything important?"

"No! Of course not, I kept him in the dark...and in any case...h-he took the pill."

The suited figure leaned forward in interest, "Oh? And?"

"Based on the witness reports, it seems it worked successfully...for a moment. However, in addition to improving his quirk drastically, it seemed his weakness increased in severity as well."

"A shame, more importantly, is he still alive?"

"N-no...like the other subjects, his body destroyed itself. It seems his cells degraded. Which was ex-expected."

"Good. Then we are in no danger."

The man in the lab coast exhaled in relief, "So, then...should I send out another person to investigate the energy reading?"

The suited man waved his hand in dismissal, "No, even if there's nothing point to us, Musutafu will be under increased surveillance due to the man's strange death, especially if they tie it to the drug. We do not want to bring attention to ourselves right now, especially since All Might has been spotted in the area several times now. Whatever the cause of that energy burst, we can deal with it if it proves to be a problem. Redirect your efforts into reattempting the experiment. That is more important."

With a bow, the man in the lab coat turned to leave.

AN: oookay. We got some action! Yay!

Some of you might be annoyed with the OC villain. I get it, OCs aren't always fun. I was thinking very seriously about who I wanted to take his place, but I knew that ultimately his character wasn't going to be super important. So why would I waste that role on a DC or BNHA villain? That wouldn't do them any justice!

So instead I had a little fun and created my own quirk for a one time villain. Moving forward, this won't happen again in any major way. So if OCs aren't your thing, don't be too alarmed after this chapter. They won't play major roles. But if you have a quirk idea you'd like to see happen, feel free to send it my way.

A synopsis of the villain's character is posted at the bottom of this note. Feel free to look at it.

In other news, Izuku learned more about his powers, had a training session with All Might. And I lightly touch on the possibility of Izuku inheriting one for all.

I've gotten mixed responses about this possibility. But fear not, this story was planned with Izuku not inheriting OFA. It just wouldn't make sense. Why bother giving him super-speed in the first place if I gave him OFA too? All Might is considering Izuku at the moment, but not as someone who is more qualified than any of the other possible candidates. I don't plan for him to inherit it. That being said, I haven't fully decided what I should do with it. I've got a number of possible scenarios. But to be honest, the existence of OFA doesn't fit in my plan in any way outside of being All Might's quirk. Crazy! Given that's the focus of the original story.

I'll figure something out.

In the next chapter we'll see Izuku meeting Mirio and Tamaki! I know some of you wanted to see a timeskip into the U.A. entrance exam... didn't happen this chapter. Sorry. But it's coming up very soon. I promise. Anyways, see ya next time! I'll try not to have such a big delay moving forward...

The Pink-Skinned Villain:

Name: Kuro Nomura

26, Male

Quirk: Stun-Fish!

His body is like a jelly fish! He can absorb physical blows and twist his body into odd angles. He becomes more fluid-like depending on how much moisture his body has. On rainy days, he basically turns into a humanoid blob of jelly. Like a jelly fish, he can sting his targets through physical contact. Interestingly enough, he also generates small amounts of bio-electricity when trying to sting someone. Maybe one of his parents had an electric eel-like quirk?

Power: 3/5

Intelligence: 2/5

Speed: 2.5/5

Technique: 2.5/5

Cooperativeness: N/A

[Drug Enhanced]

Power: 3.2/5

Intelligence: 2/5

Speed: 3/5

Technique: 3.5/5

Cooperativeness: N/A