Author's Note: Hey everybody and I'm back for another chapter of this story. I have posted a new chapter of my other work (Izuku Can Sing) and my short announcement regarding my other project (Quirkless Revolution), you can check them if you have time.
In this chapter, it tackles about one-on-one talk between Izuku and All Might regarding to everything, Midnight convinces Izuku to come up with his own hero name despite his ongoing interrogation by the police force, and former villain now ordinary civilian Hisashi's hidden agenda with his secretary in Paris, wanting to volunteer and help his son's case and the hero community against League of Villains as part of his continuing journey of redemption.
Enjoy reading!
Izuku's Hero Name(?)
"I usually work alone, live without a companion. But now, everything has changed when I found love and friendship that now surround me. And it feels just like home~"
Date: 03 October
Time: 9:00 AM
Location: Class 1-A Heroics Course Classroom, U.A. High
After all the teasing Katsuki and Izuku had to endure by their classmates, they all went back to their seats when the math teacher Ectoplasm appeared for their first-morning class. The teacher reminded them that they have a long quiz regarding the lessons which was discussed a week ago and also mentioned Izuku that he's exempted from taking the quiz since he solved one of the hardest calculus problems that the teacher created, making half of the class whined as their pressure inside them before taking the quiz reached up to the boiling point.
On the good side, Ectoplasm told his students that they can use their notebook and formula card as their guide and reference while taking the quiz, which also lessens the stress and frustration of most students who got low scores in the past couple of weeks.
Izuku's seatmate and now his lover, Katsuki finally gave him souvenirs from his loving parents: A bar of Dark Chocolate and a cute miniature Shiba Inu keychain.
"Here's the remaining stuff I saved just for you. Consider this as a lucky charm to pass his difficult long quiz, my sweet Kacchan~" He chuckled with a wink.
"Tch!" Katsuki blushed and gladly took the gift from him as he placed it inside his bag. "You damn nerd, how lucky you are to get exempted in this stupid math class and to think it was your first fucking day of school and felt nothing to you."
"Too bad, I wouldn't be here to help you as Mr. Ectoplasm told me to go out of the class until this class is finished. Another thing, while you guys are taking the test, I was told by the principal to have a talk with Mr. All Might regarding the investigation. Wish me luck, though~"
Katsuki was about to say something to him when his teacher interrupted him.
"Kindly prepare your two blank sheets of paper, pencil, eraser, notebook, and your formula card as we are about to begin the quiz." Ectoplasm pointed his hand at the green-haired. "Young Midoriya, please stand up."
Izuku complied and later stood up. "Yes, sir?"
"Since you are one of my students who solved of my hardest calculus problem last week, I hereby declare you exempted from taking this exam today. You may freely go outside the room and continue your remaining online school work at the library until the test is finished."
He grabbed his backpack and bowed. "Thank you so much, sir." He then walked out and before exiting the room, he turned his head at his lover Kacchan who was looking at him with a grunt and a blush on his cheeks.
Izuku winked as a sign of good luck before leaving the room.
"Oi~! Stop your flirting you goddamn nerd!" Katsuki's yell made the class chuckled.
"That Midoriya dude sure is a flirty kind of guy." The red-haired whispered at Denki.
"No wonder, our Bakugo wanted to be bottom in bed." The other chuckled lightly.
"Which was so manly~!" He added.
Ochako glanced at Tenya and whispered in his ear. "He's so lucky to get exempted from taking the quiz."
The blue-haired teen adjusted his glasses and nodded. "Indeed. He really has the potential in academics he might surpass our rising star classmates."
"Well, he was once told me he doesn't want to have competition in our class as he believes all of us are smart and capable to face challenges when we become heroes."
"Even if we've already reconciled a while ago before class, I still question the admin for putting Midoriya in Hero course, even though he hasn't yet decided if he wants to pursue the program until the end of the investigation towards our classmate and the villains."
"I hope he'll make his final verdict soon. It would be cool for him to be a pro-hero with his abilities."
"I feel the same way." He smiled while looking at his paper.
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9:45 AM
U.A. Library area
The green-haired teen arrived at the U.A. library room and while finding a quiet and comfortable place to study and finish his online tests and reports in advance, he was holding a pile of textbooks and a laptop which he didn't really mind the weight until he found a vacant student table and finally placed his stuff on top of it. He found an outlet on the side for him to use his laptop while charging and started to his own solo work without any help from anyone.
Back in his mind, while doing his studies inside the library, he remembered the time when he was a member of the league with his so-called 'family'. Weeks after his revival from the dead, his former boss All For One and Kurogiri were his teachers at the underground bar. Sure, this wasn't considered as formal education, but still thankful for he acquired so much knowledge in different and complicated subjects. No wonder, he excelled in solving the math challenge by Ectoplasm, created his own poetries in Literature class, and understood in speaking and writing English well in English class by Present Mic.
Half an hour had passed, he let out a yawn and stood up to stretch his back and arms as his work was almost 75% finished and most of it was his online night tasks and tests. He mumbled to himself with a tired look. "You know what they say especially at U.A., 'Go beyond limits, plus ultraaaaa' or something like that, but with these endless tasks, I feel so tired and I don't think I have the energy for the heroics training later~ Ugghh.."
Behind him was a big bulk man with his heroic smile on his face, heard his muttering before placing his hand on the other's shoulder. "Don't you worry, Young Midoriya. It's okay now for I am here~"
Upon being touched on his shoulder he jumped and turned around to find out who interrupted him. Later he found out it was his teacher in Heroics training and his former favorite idol/hero during his childhood, All Might.
"O-Oh~ All Might. It's you. Principal Nezu messaged me that you wanted to talk to me?" He rubbed his temples.
"Yes, Young Midoriya and I hope I didn't disturb your school work. We can re-schedule if you're not available today—"
"N-No, no it's okay. I'm good as I'm almost finished with my tasks and I can continue these after class." Izuku offered him a seat which the number one hero gladly accepted it. "Please, have a seat with me."
"Thank you so much, Young Midoriya." He smiled and sat his seat comfortably as the teen later sat beside him while facing at his laptop, typing something on the keyboard.
"What do you want to talk about, Sir Might?" He finished typing before turning his face towards the hero.
"How's your adjustment period at U.A.? I've heard good things about your first week at Hero course, Young Midoriya."
He scratched his cheek gently using his index finger and smiled. "At first, it was a rollercoaster ride as I thought they would all going to shun at me for my past, but now and little by little, they've becoming open and wanting to become friends with me. I wouldn't mind the optimistic and energetic environment you have in this school, but it sometimes creeps me out for I'm not that type of a person who's expressive towards other people."
"We are not the typical hero school you'd thought of, but we always offer to our students something extraordinary and out of this world curriculum for them to reach their potentials to be a better hero in the next generations." He chuckled a bit.
"I can't blame you and everyone for giving me too much workload here."
"You've missed a LOT of lessons and you need to catch up with your classmates, though I heard from your teachers that you're also one of the top performers last week and I'm very happy for managing your own time and ability to handle the pressure."
"I had the worst tasks when I was a member and leader of the league and fortunately, I applied my experience here in academia." He smiled.
"Good for you then." He glanced to him with a grin, wanting to change another topic. "In your second week at U.A., tell me….who's your favorite teacher so far?"
Izuku blinked twice and gave him a confused look upon the sudden question from All Might. "Of all the questions, why this?"
"Just a silly random question inside my head and I won't be upset if you didn't want to pick me." He chuckled a bit.
He sighed a bit and paused for seconds before answering. "I like everyone in the faculty in all honestly. You guys provide them top-notch quality education and training for the students who want to pursue their dreams which is a good thing. But if you really want to hear my personal choice, I'm still stuck at three people: Our homeroom teacher Eraserhead. He may be a sleepyhead and honest type, but he gives good constructive criticisms and good points at us without sugarcoating anything. My second favorite is Sir Snipe with his marksman skills and his quirk. I admired him a lot and he's the reason why my Marksman ability improved and went back my perfect aiming, range, and accuracy whenever we have target practice in Heroics and Night training. Third and last is…."
"Who could it be, Young Midoriya?" He looked at him with curiosity.
"The one I'm sitting beside me right now…" He chuckled lightly.
All Might expected him to pick someone else, but he was quite surprised upon hearing his final favorite. He smiled and patted lightly on the other's back. "I guess you've made the right choice after all."
"My spark of idolizing you in my early youth might have faded like dust, but I still respect you as both hero and teacher at U.A.." He smiled back before looking at him. "But I would respect you even more if you show your skinny form to the public~"
All Might startled a bit and looked away from him, making Izuku observed him even more. "Y-Young Midoriya…about that—"
"You own your time and I can already judge you that you're not ready even though you made a written statement weeks ago." He sighed. "Look, I'm not here to test you, but the people deserve to know the truth about your current health. Today's city may be quiet and all from crimes and villains, but we have to act fast before the League starts to disclose your skinny state."
"I guess you leave me no choice then…" He rubbed his temples as his body started to inflate and shrink. Smoke coming out from his body and later revealed his true and not-so-heroic form.
"A-All Might…" He frowned a bit upon looking his skinny form for the first time at U.A.
"I'll talk to the teachers, police force, and hero council about this. Expect that I'll make another presscon if not this week then a week after. Just give me time to think and reflect myself."
Xxx
Class 1-A, Midnight, and Snipe POV
Izuku returned to his class at 11:30 AM for Midnight's Modern Hero Art History as he entered the class without a teacher and it seemed Midnight hadn't arrived yet. He was greeted by his classmates and told that the test wasn't that difficult, thanks to the opened notes and formula cards, they were able to survive the Math quiz. He returned to his seat and glanced at Katsuki who'd been looking at him since he entered the room. He didn't mind the staring by the ash blonde and so the green haired made a starter to talk to him which the other talked back as well which soon created a conversation just for them.
Katsuki thanked his lover again for the gift he received a while ago and even told that he secretly took a few bites of rich dark chocolate and loved the taste. He wanted it to share this to Izuku during lunch time which made the other blush and made a light chuckle. Seeing and talking with his lover was more than enough to fill the love and belongingness inside him. Now both of them finally understood what love really is and they must cherish each moment for them to grow and responsible.
Their casual talks had ended when Midnight arrived as the students went back to their proper seats to prepare for another class discussion. Before beginning a new lesson, the pro-hero teacher grabbed her flashcards of her students to check the attendance, calling their codenames starting from the first row until the last row which lasted for two minutes.
When she finally called her student, Izuku, she called him only by his full name without a codename or hero name at Class 1-A. She told him to stand up from his seat which the teen complied.
"Izuku Midoriya. I think we've talked about creating your own codename in my class during our online night classes and I suppose you've already come up with your own since I've given you a reasonable deadline which is today." She smiled
"I understand, Ms. Midnight and yes, I've come up with my own hero name." He nodded before looking down.
Midnight observed her student for a moment and seemed reading inside the other's mind. She interrupted him later on.
"Although the investigation towards you and your former connections with the said organization is still ongoing and the court trial will start soon, the admin, students, and the faculty, including me will stand behind you and support your innocence and redemption in the community. You're already part of us now and don't you ever forget that."
The students turned their heads at the teen who was about to sob with tears on his eyes upon listening to his teacher's support of his case. Katsuki frowned a bit and held his hand firmly, sworn himself that he'll always be with him no matter what.
"You've already expressed of what you are and who you are now since your first day at U.A., Midoriya. We still believe in you and your dreams to become a future pro-hero and help people in need and that includes the quirkless, am I right?"
Izuku wiped his tears using his wrist and thanked the ash blonde for the comfort. He promised himself not to cry anymore, but couldn't contain these emotions inside him.
"Y-Yes…I-I am, Ms. Midnight…"
She grinned and pointed his finger at him. "Then grab your created work and show it to your classmates your new hero name at this school and I'm sure we'd love it to see and hear coming from you!"
Izuku smiled a bit and grabbed his small illustration board from his bag and went to the stage in front of the class and his teacher.
"Man! I can't wait to hear and see his hero name and I hope it would be as manly as mine!" Eijiro grinned and showed a thumbs up sign towards the green-haired.
"I wish his new hero name wouldn't sound villainy this time," Denki added.
"He finally buried his 'Deathsinger' name and I can see that. I'm happy for his development, do you agree with me, Shoto?" Momo smiled before glancing at her seatmate.
"I agree with you. Let's see what it will look or sounds like." The half-and-half nodded.
Outside of Class 1-A room, teacher and pro-hero Snipe had recently finished his class at Class 1-B. He was walking slowly at the hallway holding a folder as he passed by at the other section and he took glances at the windows and found and heard Izuku talking about the hero name he created in front of the class that made him drop his folder upon hearing the story behind the codename.
Izuku finally showed his illustration board written his new alias from now on, leaving his former name 'Deathsinger' which is now buried below underground.
"I introduce to you my hero name: Switch Hero: Sheriff/Darkin! There is a story behind it. First is, I have dual quirks, the Marksman and the Demon, and I want to name both of them because they are part of who I am. The name, 'Sheriff' is inspired by one of my favorite teachers in Heroics course, Mr. Snipe and I admire his Marksmanship skills and his quirk. He is also the reason why my quirk regained back to its momentum and I owe him greatly to him. The other name, 'Darkin' is inspired by my father who also has the same quirk as I am. Since he came back home for good to look after me, he proved to my mom and I that he's no longer the villain he used to in the past and now he's been helping me train my demon quirk whenever we have training. He can be sometimes a jerk but still love him. So yeah, there you go~" He giggled.
"Woah~!" Most of the class reacted with amazement after hearing the new identity from their classmate and later on clapped their hands.
"What a unique codename you have, Izuku~! Well done!" Midnight giggled and clapped her hands towards the student.
Katsuki made loud claps and stood up with a yell, supportive boyfriend as always.
Denki raised his one hand and stood up. "So, should we call either of those names depending on which quirk would you use during the battle?"
Izuku replied with a grin and nodded. "Great question. If I activated my Marksman quirk, you can call me 'Sheriff', but if I get succumbed by the demon, then you can call me 'Darkin'."
"Sounds a bit confusing, but we'll get used to it later on.." Tsuyu commented with a tilted head.
"Now it reminds me of my new codename Icey-Hot." Shoto talked to himself, making another weird theory again inside his head.
Upon hearing the story behind the codename, Snipe couldn't contain his tears as he bowed down his knees, sobbing with his face covered with his hands. His student finally recognizes how amazing his quirk is as he'd always thought that he is the most underrated pro-hero and teacher at U.A.
"I can't believe his codename is inspired by me?! I cannot—" He cried with joy.
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Hisashi Midoriya and Fiora (Original Character) POV
10:30 – 11:30 PM
Although the jet black-haired Hisashi Midoriya's long vacation leave ends in a couple of weeks, he still had a few unfinished tasks back in Paris and now inside his small office room at their condominium, he managed to finish his remaining backlog workload before sending it all to his colleagues and bosses in both Paris and Tokyo branch without breaking a single sweat.
At 11:00 PM, his loving wife Inko was sleeping soundly inside their master's bedroom, he went outside to stay at the balcony in a pajama attire, holding a bottle of beer and a tablet on his other hand. He read some local news featuring the ongoing investigation of his son, his former organization, League of Villains with the boss, All For One.
He sat on his seat and placed his stuff on the table, then he began reading one article about the identity of All For One which includes his little background and quirk. His thoughts inside his head were mixed up.
"I used to be a notorious villain way back a decade ago before little broccoli was even born. Me and my men worked independently in a villain organization, but why his codename sounds very familiar to me?" He muttered before grabbing his phone from his pocket and called his secretary in France. Once picked up the answer, his language changed into a foreign one.
"Bonjour, Monsieur Hisashi. Nous saluons le retour" (Good Morning, Sir Hisashi. Welcome Back)
"Oui. Ça fait du bien d'être de retour à Tokyo, Fiora." (Yeah, It's good to be back in Tokyo, Fiora)
"Heureux d'entendre. Y a-t-il quelque chose dont vous avez besoin, Monsieur?" (Glad to hear that. Is there anything you need, sir?)
"Oui. Je dois vous demander une petite faveur et j'espère que cela ne serait pas un fardeau pour vous." (Yes. I need to ask you a little favor and I hope it wouldn't be a burden for your part.)
"Tout pour toi, Monsieur~ Dis moi ce dont tu as besoin" (Anything for you sir. Tell me what you need.)
Hisashi cleared his throat as he started to look serious before letting out an answer to his secretary.
"Nous avons des connexions d'Interpol, de la CIA et des Nations Unies. J'espère que vous pourrez me donner plus d'informations sur un certain homme que je cherche." (We have connections from Interpol, CIA, and United Nations. I hope you could get me more information about a certain man I'm looking for.)
The secretary started typing her laptop and confidently answered.
"Nous avons des amis d'en haut qui ont des informations confidentielles sur tous les méchants de rang S du monde entier. Dis moi qui il est." (We have friends from higher ups who have confidential information of all the S-rank villains around the world. Tell me who he is.)
He let out a deep breath and answered in a low tone.
". . . . . .Son nom est Tous pour un." (His name is All For One)
Author's Note: And there you have it! What do you think of Deku's hero name or the rest of this chapter? Let me know by leaving a review and we'll see you in the next chapter! Byeeee!
