All that stuff that happened before I woke up here… IT WAS ALL REAL?!

I take a hot second to gather my composure and collect my thoughts. That voice in the void, it said I'd be transported here to this world. If the process hadn't been so traumatizing, I would've chuckled at the fact that I basically just got fucking isekai'ed anime-style. But wait, before the hellfire engulfed me, she had told me something else. She said to "go into this world with the power you created."

Oh... fuck… do I have…?

Before I could finish that thought, Captain Japan to my left begins to speak up, "Um, allow me to free you from all of that… glass…."

I give him a confused look, and then look down. My entire lower body, from my waist to my feet, has been partially covered and encased by what looks to be very crude looking glass. It has cracks running up and down on both the inside and its surface, and it glows a light shade of orange that gives off waves of heat as if the glass had just been formed not moments ago. Wait, if those are heat waves I'm seeing, shouldn't I be in agonizing pain from the heat touching my body? Before I can contemplate that fact, this man, who I now know to be THE All Might, reaches his hand out above my legs and forms a tight fist. The next thing I know, in a split second of blurred arm movement, the hot glass encasing my legs is shattered to pieces, leaving my legs with full maneuverability once more.

Before I can thank him, the boy to my right who is without a doubt THE Izuku Midoriya waveringly spoke to All Might and said, "Sh-shouldn't you have done that the moment you got to him?"

All Might freezes and stiffens as if he just got punched in the stomach. "Heh, I'd suppose you're right young Midoriya." He lifts his hand to rub the back of his head due to shame, but then goes right back to his initial look of curiosity. "But he didn't seem to show any signs of discomfort after he woke up, which thankfully he did right after I got down to the both of you. Seems you both avoided getting hurt despite what happened, somehow."

I finally manage to squeak out a question, "W-what happened?"

They both turn to me, but Deku is the first one to reply. "Um, y-you fell from the sky. You hit the beach right next to me with such force that you made a crater," his face turns embarrassed, "which I accidentally fell into since I was so close."

My voice croaks, "Fell from the sky?" My head is spinning. How is all of this even possible?

"Indeed," All might speaks up as well, "Don't see that everyday. Neither of us saw you until you had almost touched-down."

Deku once again begins to speak to me in a confused tone, "Um, are you okay? It looked like you fell quite a distance, you even went fast enough to cause the sand to heat up into glass."

I take a second to see if any part of my body feels off. "Uh, other than being a little shaken up, I think I'm completely fine."

Deku's face becomes even more awestruck. "How is that even possible? Even your clothes haven't taken any damage."

One look at my clothes confirms Deku's statement. They don't even seem to have wrinkled in the face of all that happened. How is this possible?!

Deku continues his interrogation. "Do have some kind of heat resistant quirk, or maybe a shock absorbing or damage repelling quirk?"

I hesitate and reply, "No. I don't have a quirk."

After telling him this, Deku looks as though someone showed him that aliens were real. He looks to be in utter disbelief.

All Might chimes in, "Quirk or no, it's good that you're not hurt in any way. But more importantly, where on Earth did you come from young man?"

I take a second to think of how I will explain this to them. "Um, America. The United States."

Both of their faces go blank and whimper, "Huh?"

Deku's face turned confused and horrified and he screams, "THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!?" His jaw hangs open as his breathing goes shaky.

All Might exclaims with a surprised tone, "America? How did you get HERE? Were you in a plane?"

I shake my head. "No… no it wasn't a plane, it was something else, something that neither of you nor anyone else would be able to believe."

All Might crossed his arms and boldly replies, "Try me."

I tense up and look at All Might and Deku, hesitant to tell them the truth in fear that they'd deem me a liar or send me to some government facility to be experimented on. I take a deep breath and let out a long sigh, and then I confess. "Long story short… I think I just came from another dimension or alternate universe."

At this point, Deku croaks and seemingly passes out onto the sand. All Might, however, took on a stern and serious look. He lowers his head and seems to think for a moment before he says, "Explain."

All Might revives Deku and I explain everything that had happened. I tell them about the particle accelerator explosion, the light that sent me into that void, the voice that gave me some kind of power and sent me here. All Might kept his stoic expression, but Deku's emotions were all over the place. As I was explaining, he was either horrified, concerned, sad (crying especially), confused, surprised, excited, or a mix of either.

When I was done explaining, Deku chimed in. "Woah… maybe that voice was some kind of angel? But you never told us what thoughts and memories the voice used to be able to send you here and give you power."

I once again hesitate, but decide to come clean. "Yeah, that's the thing. What I'm about to tell you might be pretty shocking. So in my… er… the place where I came from, we have what's called anime."

Deku looks pleasantly surprised and replies, "Oh, we have that here too! The kind of animations that originated here in Japan right?"

"Yeah, the very same," I reply back. "But the thing is, that memory that the voice used, it was a memory of me watching an anime called 'My Hero Academia'."

Deku looked at me expectantly.

I sigh and continue, "The world that the anime portrayed, the one that the voice sent me to, it's your world."

Deku suddenly looks like his whole worldview is shattered, and All Mights face darkens.

Deku wimpers out, "So… so does that mean… our world and everyone in it… NONE OF US REALLY EXIST AND WE'RE JUST SOME SICK ENTERTAINMENT FOR YOUR WORLD?!"

I damn near jump out of my skin after hearing this, but then something deep in my memory rises up into the limelight.

The theory of infinite universes…

"NO! No that wouldn't make sense, how could a series of pre-rendered images contain an entire universe? Back in my world at least, there was this theory. It said that there was the possibility of there being infinite universes and timelines, and that along with that, there were an infinite number of possibilities that corresponded with those infinite number of universes. That means that there has to be the possibility of at least one universe that is capable of portraying the events of a different universe through some kind of medium right?"

Deku seems to have calmed down after hearing this. "Y-yeah, you're right. I'm sure that with infinite possibilities, that has to be the case." He lets out a sigh of relief, and I do the same.

It is at this point that All Might speaks, after having been quiet for the whole explanation. "And what about that power of yours?" He speaks in a serious and dark tone, as if he were asking me about something that would define life or death. "You said that the mass of infinite raw power was infused into you, and that it was so powerful that you had to be limited to its weakest form in order for it not to kill you, implying that you will eventually have the ability to unlock its full potential in the future."

I suddenly begin to feel chills traveling up and down my spine, Deku seems to also begin feeling the same thing. All Might seems to be exuding a highly defensive aura, as if he were ready to deal with some kind of immensely threatening force. I begin to tremble and attempt to speak, but nothing escapes from my mouth.

"Well?" All Might's voice, although calm, gives me an overbearing sense of dread. "What power did you create, and for what purpose did you create it?"

I finally manage to squeak out, "Th-the power to create and control invincibility particles."

Both All Might and Deku raise their eyebrows in reply.

I continue to explain myself, "Basically, I think I have the ability to generate and control particles that would be smaller than any other kind of particle, and use them as either energy, waves, or solid particles. It might be why I hadn't sustained any damage from that fall, or from that hot glass. I might have also been able to infuse my clothes with the particles, somehow. The reason I wanted to have this power and come here was so that I could experience this world that was so much more interesting than my own. But… I guess I'm still pretty much a coward. I don't like getting hurt, but I love the idea of being able to save and protect people and stop bad people from hurting others. I guess that's why I chose this power, so I could help people without actually worrying about being hurt myself. All the benefits with none of the downsides… what a fucking joke." Tears begin to fall down my face as I realize how cowardly and selfish choosing such an ability truly was. Amidst my sobbing I continue to speak, "What kind of hero only chooses to fight if they aren't in any danger? That's the whole point of being a hero, to put your life on the line in order to save others. I'm so damn pathetic…."

As I cry, I suddenly feel a heavy hand being placed firmly but gently on my left shoulder. I look up, tears still in my eyes, and I see that it was All Might's hand that was reaching out to me. His initial intimidating aura was gone, and he now has a warm, wide smile plastered on his downward-tilted face. He began to speak with a reassuring and warm tone, "Young man…." He lifts his head, and a look of pride and determination peers back at me. "Don't EVER let ANYBODY convince you that your quirk... er... ability… is one that seems evil or negative. The ONLY thing that defines you and your power, is how you use it." He stands up and takes his hand off my shoulder to offer it to me. "And as far as I'm concerned, you've said more than enough to prove to me that you'll use that power for good."

I shed a few more tears, but this time, they were tears of joy. Then I reach up and grab All Might's hand with my own, and he hoists me to my feet. I shakily say, "Thank you All Might."

He chuckles and says, "Heh, anytime." He then looks over to Deku and his expression switches to that of "oh brother" sort of tone. Deku is passed out in the sand again, but he appears to be crying, out of sadness or happiness I do not know.

After once again reviving him, All Might grabs the two of us and leaps out of the sandy crater onto a trash covered beach. He sets us down, and Deku begins to speak. "Oh, hey! We never did get your name did we?"

I reply back to him, "I guess not. My name's Corbin Nay."

Deku retorts, "Corbin Nay huh? Guess you really are American huh? Well my name is…"

I cut him off, "Izuku Midoriya, also known to be called Deku by Katsuki Bakugou, who you call Kacchan."

Deku looks like he just got smacked in the face and says, "Woah, I guess you weren't kidding when you said our world was an anime in your world huh? Um, how far did you get?"

I happily reply, "I only got to the end of episode three of the first season. The last thing I remember is that you were at the place where you were going to take your Entrance Exam for U.A.."

Deku looks surprised and says, "Woah, that's not for another 6 months! I guess there's not going to be a whole lot of interesting things that happen between now and then. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing."

All Might begins to speak once again, "Hah! That just means you'll likely be working super hard until that day arrives young Midoriya. By the way, young Nay, you don't suppose your folks back in America have a "you" from this universe do they?"

I wince as I remember something that I learned from the anime. "Um, I don't think so, my universe's timeline is currently in the year 2019."

Deku screams in surprise, "2019!? THAT'S ABOUT TWO CENTURIES IN THE PAST! THAT'S INSANE NAY!"

I'm certainly surprised by this fact. "Wow, two centuries in the future, that's pretty cool. Hey, how come you two keep calling me by my last name?"

Deku looks puzzled by the question, but All Might pipes up and says, "Ah, sorry 'bout that, we japanese usually call others by their last name in most circumstances. Though shouldn't you know that? You speak japanese so well, you must have learned SOME japanese customs as you were learning the language."

I reply in confusion, "Huh? What are you talking about? I'm speaking english just like the two of you are…."

Both All Might and Deku look confused. Deku speaks up and says, "Um, we're both speaking japanese, and so are you…"

I go wide-eyed, "I'M SPEAKING JAPANESE!?"