The Lone Student

by coconutwastaken

What if Aizawa decided to honour his reputation in expelling those that he found unright for the heroics course? Let's just say that Izuku would have a very different time at U.A.

3. A new technique

I do not own My Hero Academia

'This is crazy' Izuku thought, he was severely out of breath and his sweaty hair was matted to his forehead. 'How am I ever supposed to get even remotely close to the number one pro hero? And even if I do catch up to him, how am I supposed to restrain him!?'

The lesson had been going on for half an hour and the entire time Izuku had been chasing after what felt like All Might's afterimage. When he thought about it, it kind of felt like the hero was just playing with him, like a cat with a mouse.

All Might was merciful enough to occasionally slow down or stop for Izuku to catch up so the greenette wouldn't completely lose the man, but then the blonde would rocket off again and Izuku was left behind.

So the greenette had taken a break, a tired hero was a deadweight, and a dead tired hero? Worthless.

Still though, he could hear his teacher make noise in the distance, probably to make sure Izuku could at least find him, but to Izuku it was like the man was taunting him.

'There has to be something I can do!' Izuku thought back to Aizawa's praise, 'this is getting me nowhere. Ingenuity is my weapon. Maybe I could lure him in to a trap? No, he would never fall for that, and even if he did, I doubt I can make a trap sturdy enough to restrain a man like All Might.'

There was something Izuku hadn't tried yet for obvious reasons, his quirk. 'Even if I only focus my power on one of my toes, I only have that many toes. On top of that I don't think the sudden unrestrained speed boost would go over well with the rest of my body. Not to mention the broken toe would slow me down.'

Izuku's mind went back to the egg in the microwave. 'All Might's egg shell is strong, but mine isn't, so I can't use my quirk like he can. I've tried to limit the time, aka only focus power on parts of my body but that's a no go as well…'

Izuku froze, 'But what if I dim the temperature down?' immediately Izuku got up and summoned OFA. He could feel the power under his skin, barley restrained. He focused all power on his legs. He could feel it, there was a humongous pressure on his legs, it wasn't painful but it was still overwhelming and intimidating.

'Before I summoned all the power I could get out of OFA and forced it through my arm or finger' the greenette concentrated. 'But what if I…' he imagined a river, a river of power under his skin. The river was currently flooding so he increased the speed at which it ran. He could feel the power, the pressure ebb away. More, more, until only a fraction remained.

Izuku took a step, or rather, that's what he was planning to do…

Instead he lunged several feet ahead, did a graceful backspin, and skillfully broke his fall with his face on the pavement.

However, the grin he had when he got back up and inspected his perfectly intact legs could not be beat.

There were still a few problems, like how he couldn't lessen the power output anymore, making it difficult to limit his distance and control his movement. On top of that he also lost his concentration after jumping. Not enough to truly lose control of the power and still break is legs, but enough so that he subconsciously had the 'river' retreat back to… wherever it came from.

And thus Izuku was hit by another realization.

He was both shortening the cooking time on the egg as well as dimmed down the temperature. But maybe, just maybe, he had dimmed down the temperature enough to allow a longer cooking time?

He resummoned the river and guided it along his legs, arms, head and chest. He didn't even have to make it run faster, all the power was equally divided among his body parts. It felt like, now that he had guided it once, the river was able to run on its own, he barely had to think about it anymore.

'And now for the power restriction.' He thought. He tried to make the river run faster but that only made him almost lose control, so that was a no go. Izuku growled and sat back down, calming the power within him.

20 more minutes he thought. Finally he realized that OFA wasn't actually that unique of a quirk. Sure it's raw power was unbeatable and the fact it could be passed down like a torch was more than just a side not. But in the end it was just a strength enhancer.

So his mind went back to its primal state, hero analysis.

He made mental list of heroes with enhanced strength, but most of them were too slow to actually server as example.

He then carried on to heroes who had speed enhancers, like Ingenium. But heroes like that had more control over their quirks.

Finally he got to heroes who moved in strange ways, y'know, swinging, hopping, flying, zig zag-

Izuku froze…

'Gran Torino'

And grinned.

[LINE BREAK]

All Might was bored, and normally when a villain was bored he'd start doing bad stuff, villainous stuff. Murdering, maiming, kidnapping, jaywalking…

Despicable villainous stuff.

But he was playing an intimidated, fleeing villain, not an aggressive one. So instead he took the time to ponder on how his lesson had gone thus far.

As soon as the blonde had started the lesson he realized he messed up, he completely forgot to give Izuku the capture tape! He also hadn't put a time limit down or shown an objective except 'come chase me'.

It simply slipped his mind. After hearing that his successor was the only one who had survived Aizawa's wrath he had been so proud he hadn't even though about changing the lesson plans to compensate with 19 absentees.

Sure, he was holding back, and let young Midorya catch up to him every now and then, but he couldn't make it too easy for the boy. The giant sighed. Maybe he should call off the lesson and try something else. He apparently wasn't cut out for this teaching stuff. He shuddered, maybe he should ask his old sensei for help?

Those thoughts were chased away when he caught something with his eyes, something fast, and hopping from building to b-

All Might had to repress a panic attack. 'NO no no no no no, no! He's not here, he is enjoying retirement.' All Might paused 'he is not green…'

The hero was in fact so distracted by his thoughts he actually almost got hit, but he managed to dodge. He looked at the yellow devil's impersonator and realized, it was his student!

"Time to put you behind bars, villain!" Izuku said with a confident smile and lunged for the adult once more.

This time All Might dodged with ease but was still impressed seeing his student jump from wall to wall, keeping his speed up. 'It's been such a short time, and already he can use a part of OFA's strength without any noticeable backlash…' All Might's ever vigilant smile threatened to split his face in two.

"You've shown you can catch up to me, hero-trash. But can you keep up with me?" He bellowed and jumped off again. But his time, when he looked over his shoulder, he could see a green blur giving chase.

[Line break]

"Haa…" Izuku let out a sigh, sitting against a wall in a random alleyway. His entire body hurt, his feet and legs especially, but it was a good kind of hurt. It was a sign of hard work and progress.

About 20 minutes after he started to keep up with All Might they decided to take a break, and boy was he grateful for that. He might be able to use OFA without breaking his bones but the power still demanded a heavy toll, tearing his muscle fibers apart instead.

"Well done young Midorya" Izuku looked up at his teacher, who was leaning on a dumpster. "I'm impressed by how fast you picked up on using OFA at a lower percentage. It took me several months to figure that out."

"Well, if it wasn't for your lesson plan I'd have probably never figured it out. Showing that a hero not only needs to be strong, but also needs to last long in the field. I bet this was all just part of your plan!" Izuku send the blonde a beaming smile "Thank you All Might, you really are a great teacher!"

All Might coughed guiltily and nodded. "W-well… yes! Of course! Anyway, you'd better get checked out at Recovery Girl. While I can't see any obvious injuries on you, I think it'd be best to let a professional be the judge of that."

Izuku nodded and left for recovery girl's office, where he soon faced a very angry doctor.

"Don't tell me you broke something again! You woke up from unconsciousness only about an hour ago and now you're back already!?" The tiny elders complained "When I said it'd be boring if nothing happened I didn't mean to encourage self-harm!"

"N-no, it's not that! It's just… I think I figured out how to use my quirk without backlash, but my body still hurts."

Recovery Girl paused and then smiled warmly at him, "Why didn't you say so immediately? If you really can use your quirk without damaging yourself it would be an amazing milestone! Now, come in, let's take a look at you. "

After a quick check-up Recovery Girl decided that all Izuku suffered from was sore muscles and gave him a quick kiss.

"What an amazing quirk, I'd highly suggest you use it as much as possible." After receiving a questioning look from Izuku, the petit woman continued. "In the first couple of months after receiving a quirk a person is advised to use it as much as possible. After all, the quirk may be part of the body, but its activation is still a drastic change. The more a person uses their quirk the more control they have over it, the more the quirk adjusts to a person's body and the more a person's body adjusts to their quirk. This is especially the case with you, Midorya. After all, the more you use your quirk, the more you'll be able to control how much force you use, but your quirk also tears your muscles apart. That might sound intimidating, but you know how muscles work, right? The more heavy work you do, the more a muscle gets over loaded and the more muscle fibers break, which then grow back stronger. This allows you to use more power next time, breaking more muscle fibers, etc. This however, is not the case with bones, so don't go over using your power again!"

Izuku made a perfect 'O' face. This was basically a short-cut, he could use his quirk to do heavy lifting, rest a day, allowing his muscles to heal, and then do even heavier lifting. And with Recovery Girl around, his muscles would heal overnight! His power would increase exponentially!

He stood up and winced at the pain in his everything, 'okay, maybe not exponentially.'

He left the infirmary and headed for his next period. Sadly, the rest of the day was more like a drag in comparison with his combat training.

[LINE BREAK]

Finally, the final bell rang and Izuku left for home. It had been a long day, finding out he was the lone member of 1-A, passing out in front of his school mates, combat training with All Might, being healed by Recovery Girl and after that more regular school work. He almost couldn't believe it had been only one day, his second day. And certainly not his last!

Izuku was standing outside of the school and looked back. This was it. This was his hero academia! And his very first step on the road of becoming a hero!

'I wonder how Kacchan is doing.'

It was a strange thought, and it came out of nowhere, but he couldn't help but wonder. Did his old bully go to a different hero school? He couldn't imagine Kacchan being anything other than a hero after all.

[LINE BREAK]

'Another social outrage was started by the infamous pro-hero and teacher at U.A., Eraserhead. While being known by few, he similarly sparked and outrage last year at the hero school by expelling his entire home room class of 1-A. This year however, he decided to expel all but one student, known as Midorya Izuku. This baffled many, as this year in his class the teacher had students like the number 2 pro hero Endeavor's son as well as the top scorer of the entrance exam. While Midorya was well known to be quirkless for the greater part of his life, only receiving it months, weeks, days or even moments before the entrance exam's practical segment. Riku, what do you think of thi-'

Somewhere, in Shiketsu's dormitories, a television was shut off. And an angry growl was heard.

"Deku…"

Shiketsu sucked. The very same day Katsuki got the damn phone call the blonde immediately called the second greatest hero school in the country and was allowed entrance on the spot. Several hours later Katsuki had said goodbye to his parents and moved into the dormitories of the school.

'Why the hell does a high school even have dormitories!?'

Honestly, as soon as he started school the next day he knew he fucked up. The uniform was ridiculous and he was immediately scolded by 3 people about not wearing it properly. It was like he enlisted in the fucking military!

It was too late when he figured out that Shiketsu was a hell of a lot more strict than U.A. and Katsuki's rough personality wasn't exactly appreciated.

And now that he's finally done with all that bull crap he hears of this!

Katsuki was beyond murderous. How dare he!? How dare that deku try to surpass him!?

And succeed!

This was wrong, it had to be. There was no way that quirkless nobody was better than him in any way shape or form. He was already on his way to the door, ready to prove it, when he realized it wouldn't change much beating the shit out of Deku now or later. He was still expelled from U.A. and he might even get more crap from his teachers than he was already getting if he did so now.

But then a malicious grin found itself on his face, 'fine then. I'll beat the shit out of him later. U.A. and Shiketsu are rivaling schools after all…. No, I won't beat him, I'll absolutely humiliate him and show the world just how much of an idiot that Eraserhead guy was to pass me up.'

Katsuki grinned evilly as he came up with plans, tactics and training regiments, anything that would add to his power.

[LINE BREAK]

Tenya Iida nodded approvingly to the news. 'A boy, no, a hero like Midorya-san deserves to be in U.A.' Of course Tenya didn't blame or hate the greenette for not being expulsed.

Sure, he was upset about being expulsed, the shame he felt when the phone call came in still burned deeply within him. However, his ever vigilant brother didn't let him down and got him a spot in Shiketsu high school! And Tenya honestly had to say he preferred his new school to U.A.

There were no logic ruses, or secret points. But order and dignity.

Sure, the fact that the rude blonde from U.A. also got in his class put a dimmer on his happiness, but he soon found new friends like Seiji who wholeheartedly agreed with Tenya on many subjects around heroism.

However, just because Tenya recognized Midorya as a better person didn't mean he intended to keep it that way.

'I will catch up to you, Midorya-san!'

[LINE BREAK]

Uraraka smiled brightly at the radio message.

'Amazing! Deku-kun actually got in!' a brief wave of disappointment hit her as she remembered that she did not. But that was okay, even low-to-mid popular heroes made enough money for three, especially rescue heroes with a quirks as viable as hers.

Deku would make an amazing hero in time, she was sure of it. In the meantime, she was nice and comfy in Ketsubutsu academy. No scary teachers, crazy entrance exams that almost killed her, rude students or threats of expulsion on the first day here.

'I almost feel bad for Deku.'

And she should, because somewhere in a in a little bar a red eyed man was smiling viscously at the television hanging from the ceiling.

"Kurogiri, call Giran, tell him we won't need the cannon fodder anymore."

BR /

[A/N] man I fucking love writing. It's actually kinda funny, because in the first chapter I was almost certain I wasn't going to write any more. Now look at me, almost 3,000 words baby. I had get up at 7 am for work today and I went to bed at 0:30 am because it was just so much fun.

Anyway, as you can see, there are a couple of changes, for one, Izuku knows of Gran Torino while in cannon he did not.

He also has full cowl already, but it's still at about 5%. That tedious explanation of muscles was my way of hinting that Izuku would grow more powerful faster. I'm holding myself to the formula "Izuku's limit = 5+0.05*days that have passed since discovery of full cowl." So on short notice he won't grow very powerful but it'll definitely be noticeable in the future.

Which leads to a problem actually, seeing as I don't know how much time passes in between chapters. So I'm basically holding myself to:

Battle trial arc (first combat training)

USJ arc

*2 months pass*

U.A. sports festival arc

Vs. hero killer arc (or just the internships)

*2 months pass*

Final exams arc

Forest training arc

Hideout raid arc

*2 months pass*

Provisional license exam arc

*2 months pass*

Internship arc

And that's where I draw the line of planning because I watch the anime. I based this timeline on the fact that the Final exams arc would probably be placed about 4 months into their school year seeing as it is the end of their first term.

And with 2 months pas I mean form the previous 2 months pass, it doesn't stack on top of the actual events.

Anyway, a quick look at the others just so you know what happened to them, after this they won't come back into the story for a while. I was actually planning on adding Shoto at first but I didn't really know how to write him so nvm I guess.

USJ is coming up and as you can see I decided to remove all the thugs so you can probably guess that it'll be only 13, Aizawa and Izuku there, on which I will comment in the next chapter.

Anyway, the next chapter will probably take some more time as I'm falling behind on school work and the such, I'll probably also make it larger which will also add to the update wait time.

Oh, BTW, please mention it if I write strangely or write a character a bit too OOC, I'm very paranoid about that stuff.

And now for some review answering:

timmy shetaz chapter 2

This is actually a really interesting concept and I can't wait for the USJ Incident Sports Festival!

However, what you said about Izuku's power become OP and stuff - I think it should be constrained to combat levels of training like Aizawa or strategic performance. I always wish the canon MHA stuck with using Izuku's gifted mind rather than his quirk. I always like the moments where he discovered smart ways to solve his problems such as the bomb trick in the Sports Festival race. He also has that analytical perception of other people's quirks. I think Aizawa would exploit that and help Izuku become the more hand-to-hand/critical thinking hero whereas All Might would focus on the strength aspects.

I'm actually planning on doing a bit of a compromise, as you see izuku is already getting stronger with his quirk but i'll be sure to try and make him clever as well, i've already planned out 2 battles for him of which i think are pretty smart. But he's definetly not become All Might 2.0. and maybe he'll be trained by Aizawa and other teacher to have some nifty little tricks up his sleave.

Kitty Snowdrop chapter 2

I love this concept!

Well done!

Bring Hitoshi to 1-A so that Izuku could have a classmate XD.

Sorry, but I'm not going to add others to class 1-A, the whole point of this story is that Izuku is the only person in 1-A and what kind of consequences that would have.

HankFlamion18 chapter 2 .

Awesome! Though I am a bit bummed that there is LITERALLY no one else. Will we see a smallwhat happened to the others" piece in the future? Thanks for updating!

Some, if not all of 19 ex-1-A-students, will come back later in the story for brief moments if I get that far. They might appear more than once, or for an extended amount of time, but not permanently.