This chapter took me way too long to finish and I apologize for it, but it's here now. Also, if you want to know what Izuku's Fighter Form looked like, go to pinterest and search Form Zero: Fighter

Hope you enjoy!

"Oh, no!" = spoken out loud

'Oh, no!' = thought in head

- insert song name here - = play or switch to the song

"I am here!" = All Might (Hero Form)

I do not own "Boku no Hero Academia"

All was not well within the world of Izuku after the stressful incident. Apparently, things like that have affects that continue even after the matter has been resolved, and a good example of this is how both Himiko and Izuku ended up with insomnia. He overhead from Inko talking to Mitsuki that Himiko would wake up in the middle of the night screaming. Sometimes she would be crying out about blood and other times she would be crying out about Izuku. Inko and Mitsuki didn't know what had happened so they didn't know why she would scream about such things. Izuku did though, because he had similar nightmares. They always consisted of him not being fast enough, strong enough, good enough to save Himiko when the gun was pointed at her. The only differences are that it would be Izuku in Himiko's dream that died, and that Izuku would muffle his screams in the night so his mother wouldn't worry about him. Himiko was given medicine to help her, Izuku didn't think he needed it since from what he could tell, his nightmares were few and far between compared to Himiko's, so he never worried his mother with his small problem. For Himiko it became common place for her to have small grey bags under her eyes, showing the effect of her sleepless nights, but Izuku only had to deal with this problem about once or twice a month.

Another difference in the world of Izuku was that shortly after the incident he started to attend a dojo where he would learn to defend himself, but what mattered most to him is that he could use his skills to defend others. The dojo took a while to find since him and his mother had to go to several other gyms and establishments which had kind of serious problems with them. Most had the same problem of that they were expensive or just straight up discriminatory towards people with no or weaker quirks. Izuku could have easily gotten in with his quirk but he and his mother didn't want a teacher who had those kinds of morals teaching Izuku. Another problem with some places was that they were just too far away. Luckily, they eventually came across the dojo though.

On the outside it was a run down and old-fashioned dojo, then a very old hunched over lady who walked with both a cane and a limp came outside to greet the Midoriya's. At first glance this place looked like the worst place to learn any kind of fighting, but Izuku was too kind and smart to judge a book by its cover and so was his mother. They quickly found out that the old lady was the master of the dojo and that she was quirkless, then the woman actually asked what the Midoriya's thought about it, and when they answered that it didn't really matter as long as she could teach Izuku, a smile graced the woman's face.

She led them inside and what they found pleasantly surprised them. The inside was a spotless and once again old-fashioned dojo, but contrasting to the outside, it looked so good it was like it was newly renovated. The woman dropped her cane and as Izuku ran to pick it up for the woman, she put her hand up as to tell Izuku to stop and as he did he looked curiously at her. She then lowered herself and picked it up, but as she rose she didn't stop in her hunched position she was in earlier and instead stood straight up and threw her cane to the side. When she walked up to the Midoriya's she had lost her lip as well, then she asked why Izuku wanted to learn and when he answered with unrivalled determination that he wanted to be a hero and protect people, the woman once again smiled. After a discussion of how much the lessons would cost, which was surprisingly cheap, and how Izuku would currently be her only student, they concluded that Izuku would have lessons every Saturday and Tuesday and that his first one would be an evaluation.

The first lesson came and Izuku brought his wooden samurai sword that he had bought about a week ago, because why not. Firstly, the woman studied Izuku's quirk to see what he was capable of and she was pleasantly surprised with the diverse and useful abilities his quirk gave him.

Secondly, she showed him some simple moves which he performed without problem, then a little more complex moves which he once again aced, after that she demonstrated straight up higher tier moves which Izuku actually had some trouble with but still quickly got a firm grasp of how to perform, which astounded the teacher. His observative and intellectual nature helped with his hasty understanding of how to do the challenging moves. To say that the lady, who was called Hayai, was happy would be an accurate estimate, mainly because she wouldn't stop smiling and mumbling about how she had found a prodigy.

Thirdly, she asked Izuku if there were any specific styles that he wanted to learn and when he replied that he didn't have any in mind, her smile grew and it started to look like she was suddenly a lot younger, she then told Izuku that he would start by learning karate mainly for the strikes and that they would add more on from there.

It didn't take to long for Izuku to ask if she could teach him how to use a sword, which she simply replied by asking why and when he brought out his wooden blade she blindingly fast took it from him and began to examine it. After only a couple seconds she nodded and handed it back to Izuku while she apologised for suddenly snatching it from him. She continued by complimenting that the sword was of good quality and that it was actually called a hiltless katana. She also said that she would teach him how to use it if he wanted.

The end of the lesson concluded with Hayai talking to Inko while Izuku did a few practice swings with his hiltless katana in the background that the dojo master had told him to do. Before the Midoriya's left, Izuku asked the master if next time he could bring his friend that he thinks might want to come, she told him that it would depend on them if they were allowed to come or not.

Izuku asked Himiko if she wanted to go and she immediately agreed, which Izuku suspected she would, if she had similar dreams to the ones Izuku had, then he dared to ask Katsuki but when he asked, all he got in response was a grunt and the reply that he would never follow Izuku and would do things his own way.

Apparently, his pride had improved but was still a problem. Also, he still didn't like Izuku.

After a couple days, the next lesson came and while Izuku did some basic stances, kicks and punches, Himiko was evaluated herself and from the start she didn't seem like anything special, but apparently Hayai was determined to find what Himiko was good or exceled at.

A few weeks past and the dojo master found that Himiko was naturally amazing at stealth and that she was surprisingly fast and strong. Izuku was curious and when he was given an example, he was astounded with how secretly strong she was and how quickly she could dash, but sadly she had a problem with stamina. Hayai said with her bodies useful strength, light weight, hasty build and natural ability of stealth, that she would be proficient in using a light weapon such as a knife or simple fists. Himiko bluntly said that punching wasn't cute, so she wouldn't do it. She was hesitant at first, actually almost scared of the idea of using a knife, but when she was encouraged to try it and started to swing a wooden one a couple times, that Hayai had, her attitude towards it did a complete flip so fast it was slightly bewildering. She ended up loving the knife and wouldn't stop saying about how it was the perfect weapon for her.

Izuku was given a few movements that he should do every day to improve himself, and Izuku diligently did them. The movements were some simple stretches, a few different ways to swing his hiltless katana, simple stances, punches and kicks and she told him to do some exercises which he was already doing which surprised the teacher. Then he explained that he needed to do them because his tail and wings were so big and bulky, making them heavy, that he wouldn't even be able to lift them if he didn't work out the way he did. Hayai understood but warned him to never do anything too strenuous otherwise it could actually cause permanent damage to his underdeveloped body.

Time went on from there and at some point Katsuki started to really train his quirk, but Izuku didn't know fully to what extent because Katsuki would heavily hold back when he used his quirk against Izuku in their almost weekly fights, which Izuku still never fought back in, much to Katsuki's annoyance.

Izuku ramped up his training himself as time went on, but he never did anything to strenuous because he knew that if he did so, before he was a teenager, he could seriously damage his body later in life. Izuku knew Katsuki was smart and wouldn't make the mistake either. Hayai had Izuku eventual do taekwondo for the kicking and strikes and Muay Thai for the all-round diversity that would be useful.

Himiko kept up her training which consisted of knife practice, which she was average at, and general speed training, which she exceled at, mainly because her body was perfectly built for it. Only after a couple months she could easily blitz past Izuku if he didn't use his quirks Form Zero to increase his physical capabilities, but even with form zero he could barely keep pace with her. Eventual Hayai had Himiko do Judo and Jujutsu mainly for the grappling but also to improve her knife skills.

Days turned to weeks, weeks turned to months, months turned to years and before they knew it, they were 13.

Izuku was running from home to school and along the way he spotted a rather large crowd that had gathered in the middy of the street. Izuku came up to the crowd and noticed that up on the overpasses train railway, a forty-foot hulk of a beast looking man was stood atop it. He was thrashing around wildly and hit a small power line connector and caused it to snap and come crashing down onto several civilians, but...

- Boku no Hero Academia OST – "Hero A" -

…before it could hit the ground, the punching hero: death arms, who uses his impressive physical strength to fight villainy, caught the power line. Izuku squeezed his way to the front of the crowd and he noticed that the rescue specialist, backdraft was using his fire hydrant hands to manipulate water into a solid like form and make a straight-line barrier while he told the crowd to stay back from the dangerous situation. Izuku overheard some men in the back of the crowd talking with his form zero ears that enhanced his hearing and the men where commenting about how turning into a monster is an amazing quirk and he had simply stolen a purse and went out of control when he was cornered. Izuku heard another man apologising to his boss for being late because of the villain attack and then he heard a few fangirls screaming in joy about how the hero Kamui Woods was here.

Izuku turned and saw the young and talented rising star Kamui Woods run up the road and jump onto a light fixture then he jumped onto the railways brick wall which was quickly smashed by the human sized fist of the rampaging man, but Kamui was fine since he had agilely jumped away. The beast of a man aggressively bellowed for Kamui to get away and swung for the air born hero. Kumai used his quirk to extend his wooden arms and wrap them around a metal support beam that went over the railway and pulled himself away from the large swinging fist.

Izuku mumbled about how cool the rising star Kamui was, but the simple looking man with star shaped jut outs on either side of his head heard Izuku and asked the kid if he was fanboy, which Izuku replied to by nervously laughing and scratching the back of his head as said, "Yeah, kind off, ha ha"

The wooden hero landed and sprinted forward towards the man ten times his size and as he ran along the railway the right hand of the large man came slamming down, but Kamui jumped over it and started to run up the berserker's arm. As hero got higher up the monster's arm, kamui extended his left arm and wrapped it around the beasts opposite arm, but the man reacted by lashing out his arm which sent Kamui through the air. Kamui kept his grip though and swung around to the opposite side of the railway. Izuku heard Kamui Woods make a comment on how the beast was the incarnation of evil and then Izuku noticed that Kamui's arm was turning into a large sharp log like wooden series of several intertwining beams of wood that kept growing. Izuku made a comment that Kamui's special move was coming and the simple man next to Izuku shouted out to Kamui for him to show them all something flashy. Izuku started to say the name of Kamui's special move but quietly to himself in time with Kamui actually saying it.

Izuku, "pre-emptive…"

Kamui, "…binding…"

Both, "…lacquered chain prison!"

The hulking man put his arm in front of his face defensively as Kamui's multiple wooden beams shot out towards the beast to bind him.

- Stop Playing Music -

"Canyon Canon!" Came a loud high-pitched voice.

Then a giant sixty almost seventy-foot woman came out of nowhere and flying kicked the villain of the railway and into the cleared street down below. The woman landed and announced that her name was Mount Lady and that today was her debut as a hero, then she shamelessly stuck out her but in a seductive manner and made the pun, "Nice to make your ass-quaintance"

All attention was directed to Mount lady as she sucked it up with no remorse for stealing the spotlight and Kamui wallowed in the background. The beast man shrunk and so did Mount Lady who Izuku noticed was a surprising 5 ft 4 inches in her natural state, 'My moms taller?' Izuku mentally questioned.

The beast looking man was put into heavy metal containment braces that wrapped around his torso, pinning his arms. Mount lady continued to soak up attention while she talked to all the cameramen and news stations, stealing all the credit.

Izuku got out his notebook numbered 16 and writ down some notes on Mount ladies quirk called Gigantification. He studied that her quirk was rather amazing and would make her popular, but because of her size could easily cause public damage as shown by the crater in front of him, meaning its use might be limited, but that depended if she could alternate the size or not. Suddenly the simple man from before showed up and commented on how Izuku was taking notes and asked if the kid planned on being a hero, but before Izuku could answer, the man was already complimenting and encouraging him. Izuku simply smiled and thanked the man.

Izuku was now at school, Aldera Junior High, and the teacher at the front of the class was saying something, "Since your all third years, it's time for you to be thinking about your future. I'd pass out handouts for your future plans, but…" The teacher then grabbed the whole pile of handouts in a single hand.

"…you're all…" Everyone except Izuku and Katsuki started to use their quirks.

"…planning to go into the hero course, right!?" The teacher exclaimed as he threw all of the handouts into the air.

All the students, baring Izuku and Katsuki, shouted out in excitement, "Yes!"

Everyone started to show off their quirks and the teacher tried to calm the class down by reminding them that it was against the rules to use their quirks at school. Izuku looked to Katsuki for his reaction to the teacher's announcement, and Katsuki simply made the sound, "Tsk" Clicking his tongue in annoyance, but still kept leaning back in his chair with his feet on his desk. Izuku was relieved that Katsuki didn't make an ass of himself, but his relief was violently thrown to the floor when the teacher called out both of Izuku's and Katsuki's names and announced that they would be trying to get into U.A High.

The class started mumbling about it being a national school, that it was in the top 0.2% this year, that it was really hard to get in and the acceptance rate was always really low. Izuku looked back to Katsuki who was obviously annoyed by the mumbling since he now had a frown on his face and was glaring at nothing.

Izuku found it was kind of impressive that Katsuki had held out this long, but it seemed the time had come, because Katsuki stood up and said, "Of course I'd go to U.A.! Like hell I'd pick anything less than the best!" Katsuki had the full attention of the class, "I aced the mock test! So, none of you better doubt that I'm going to get in! I'll definitely surpass All Might and become the top hero!"

One random idiot in the back of the class then had the great idea to mumble, "Doesn't mean you'll definitely get in though"

Sadly, the unlucky dunce was heard by Katsuki, who turned and had a look of pure rage on is face and angrily growled out, "Huh? What did you just say, you little piece of shi-"

Izuku knew Katsuki would start a fight with the guy if he didn't step in, so he interrupted Katsuki and said, "Wait! Do you think you're gonna be the only one getting in?"

Katsuki turned towards Izuku and made his new target know that he wasn't happy with his ferocious glare. Izuku was undeterred because he knew that Katsuki would just go straight back to beating on the hopeless kid if he didn't continue to keep his attention, "I aced the mock test too, and if anyone's going to get into U.A. High, it's me"

The whole class was silent as Katsuki made loud stomping footstep toward Izuku, "Is that a challenge?" Katsuki spat out, but with a calmness that was more threatening than his boiling anger that now seemed to take a back seat to this new frightening emotion. Izuku kept a determined yet neutral expression. Katsuki stood eye to eye with Izuku, neither of them looking down at the other due to their equal height.

The teacher then called over from the front of the class for both Izuku and Katsuki to sit down, which Katsuki mad a simple grunt but went back to his seat and sat down anyway. Izuku sat down himself and the rest of the day went without any problems… or so he wished.

The end of school came and Izuku was the last one to leave, since he got lost in time because he was writing in his hero notebook about the events from the morning. Izuku finally started to pack away and out of the corner of his eye he saw Katsuki staring at him from the classroom doorway. Izuku finished packing away and walked over to Katsuki in slight haste because he knew that Katsuki was rather impatient.

"Fight me" Katsuki simply demanded.

"No" Izuku sternly replied.

Katsuki's palm started to smoke and flicker with pops of threatening explosions, "Yes"

Izuku kept his resolve and repeated his last statement but with a little more of a final feeling to it that made it feel like you couldn't deny it, "No"

But, Katsuki is Katsuki and apparently Katsuki will always do what Katsuki wants, "Yes"

Izuku sighed, this was surprisingly how most of their interaction went and it hadn't changed for the last couple years, it was always short, simple and annoying, "Himiko s in track club today and you know how she gets when she isn't there to act as ref"

Katsuki stood still for a moment and shot Izuku with a glare before he simply turned and began to leave. Izuku made his way through the doorway but before he could fully leave Katsuki turned back and the coldness from before was back, "Tomorrow, after school" Then he turned and left.

Izuku left himself and both had their backs turned towards the other as they walked in opposite directions.

- Enemy Strike Extended – Boku No Hero Academia Soundtrack (Track 15) -

Izuku was walking his way home and wondering about what food his mother would make tonight. He walked through a dimly light under pass, but as he got about half way he heard a very weird almost wet sound behind him. Izuku turned and what he saw surprised and disgusted him. Coming out of the sewer drain was a writhing, dark green, gelatines, slime monster that towered over Izuku and cast an ominously dark shadow through the already dark under pass.

"Perfect, a middle-sized invisibility cloak for me to hide from that annoyance with" Said the growling and deep voice of the threatening, large, crazed, toothy smile in front of Izuku.

Izuku was scared by the sight and shakenly took a step backwards, but the towering sludge with blood shot and insanity filled eyes, which were the size of a whole child, lunged forward with surprising speed. Izuku leaped to the side and dogged the slime monster as it splatted on the concrete ground with a wet slap. Izuku transformed into his fighter form within an instant and readied to fight this villain. Izuku could only hope that the "annoyance" following the sludge maniac was a hero.

The supposed face of the monster creepily shifted until it was pointed at Izuku, and when it caught sight of him, it shot out a gloopy tendril that Izuku ducked under. Izuku rolled away from under the tendril as it was pulled back to the main mass of the attacking villain.

"Come on, I promise it won't hurt for long. Just get over here and help a guy out" Said the slime as it once again, with its full liquid-like body, jumped forward to hopefully envelop Izuku. luckily, Izuku was fast enough and avoided the sludge. Unluckily, as he avoided he accidently hit his back against one of the walls of the underpass. The villain saw the opportunity and stretched out to block of all of Izuku's escape routes.

'Shit' Izuku mentally swore as the monster quickly encroached closer.

The villain started to laugh as it enveloped the thrashing Izuku, "Thanks for letting me borrow your body kid" Izuku held his breath but was having a hard time doing so, then the slime started to go through his nose, "By the way, attacking me ain't gonna do anything. I'm made of fluid so any of your physical attacks aren't gonna have any affect" The sludge boasted and laughed again as Izuku's mouth was forced open. The viscous slime burned his throat as the sewer water tasting liquid was stuffed down.

Izuku's world was frightened and actually thought he might die as his everything starting to go black, but before it did, he evolved his wings and furiously flapped them.

"W-What?" Questioned the slime as large chunks of his body were thrown throughout the underpass.

Izuku continued to desperately flap his wings with what little strength he had left, as he felt the heavy weight on his body start to disappear with each powerful beat of his wings.

"Hey! Stop that you brat!" Angrily shouted the slime as it started to lose its large size.

Izuku felt his feet touch the floor, so in a moment of critical thinking he evolved his legs and slammed them into the ground which sent him rocketing out of the now significantly weaker slime. Izuku bolted several feat from the enraged villain and somehow keeping on his feet he painfully coughed up the putrid sludge that was still in his oxygen starved body.

The slime glared at Izuku menacingly, then it quickly slithered its way around the underpass to collect itself as Izuku continuously tried to cough up the slime and hopefully get some air.

The slime had finished its mission, but Izuku wasn't as lucky to recuperate so quickly, because even though he had now gotten all the sewer slime out of his lungs, he still felt his consciousness slipping due to him being suffocated without air for so long. The monster approached with a large grin on its face.

As Izuku's Fighter Form started to rescind and he felt the world around him truly begin to go dark, he heard the sound of a sewer cover clatter to the ground behind him.

- My Hero Academia OST: All Might theme Song –

"It's all right now, young man" Came a reassuring and booming voice.

Izuku turned and saw at the light filled entrance of the underpass stood the impressive stature of a large, muscular, sturdy looking, golden haired and 7 ft tall man, who was known as the top hero, which Izuku always looked up to, ever since he was a child and watched all of his videos and interviews. As Izuku saw the hero in all his impressive glory, Izuku mentally cheered, 'All Might!'

"I am here!" The smiling figure of All Might loudly and confidently bellowed. Izuku could feel hope bubble inside him as his legs gave out and he began to fall backwards.

A slimy hand shot out from the angry villain and it tried to hit all might, but he effortlessly ducked under it and then he shot forward with impressive speed. A second sludge hand began to shoot towards All Might but before it could get close, All Might slammed his foot down and stopped just in front of Izuku, then he brought his big arm backwards and began to say, "Texas…"

Izuku's was caught by the free large arm of All Might that was apparently holding a shopping bag, but all that was going through Izuku's head was the second part of his hero's signature move, '…Smash'

"…Smash!" The large man deeply yelled as he brought his fist forward with such power that it created an immense amount of air pressure and absolutely annihilated the slime villain from afar, sending tiny chunks of the villain all throughout the stone underpass. The villain was defeated, and with only a single punch from the top hero All Might.

A small smile graced Izuku's lips as he mentally thanked All Might, then he fell into unconsciousness.

- Stop Playing Music -

Izuku woke up with his back against cold stone and felt a light repeated slapping on his face. He opened his eyes and was greeted by a large hand to the side of him that had now stopped trying to likely wake him.

"Oh, good!" A loud voice said.

'Huh?' Izuku curiously followed the voice to its source and was surprised when he found directly in front of him the large and defined face of…

"…All Might!" Izuku shouted in surprise as he scurried away from the top hero.

All Might stood up straight from his crouched position and said, "I'm glad you're okay!"

Izuku just stared in surprise at All Might.

"Sorry about getting you caught up in my villain fighting! I usually don't make mistake like that, but I was in such high spirits on my day off in a new place." Then he let out a booming laugh, "Anyway, you were a big help. thanks!" He then brought out two big Soda bottles filled with the slime villain. One of the two bottles had two unconscious looking eyes, that were smaller than before, within the slime floating around, "I captured him safely!" All Might triumphantly said.

'He looks so cool' Izuku thought as he continued to stare at the top hero, 'Wait, no, I need to get an autograph' Izuku then began to franticly look around for his notebook. He found the notebook but when he opened it he was supplied to find that All Might had already written his autograph in big letters across two free pages. Izuku quickly got up and began to bow and thank All Might and talked about how it would be a family heirloom. All Might gave a thumbs up and a simple "Okay!"

All Might turned away and patted the large soda bottle captured slime villain that Izuku astutely noticed was very loosely held within All Might's pocket, "Well, I need to get this guy down to the police station" All Might turned the upper part of his body towards Izuku and gave a small wave, "See you again on the other side of the screen!" Izuku imagined he was referring to his very popular YouTube videos or likely the Tv where he did some interviews.

All Might crouched down and stretched his legs as if he was getting ready to leap away, 'Wait, I need to tell him about the villain. If he jumps away at his kind of speeds, the villain will surely fall out of his pocket' Izuku thought in a silent panic, "Wait, All Might!" He shouted out.

"Sorry, but Heroes are constantly fighting enemies and time" All Might said as he continued to stretch and get ready to leave.

"But there's something I need to tell you" Izuku said trying to convince the hero.

"Well then…" All Might finished his stretches, "…I'm counting on your continued support!" He shouted as he rocketed off into the sky with very high speeds.

All Might was high in the air when he noticed something, "Wait" All Might looked down and what he saw was Izuku holding onto his leg. All Might started to shake his leg to get Izuku off, "Let go off me! Your fanaticism is too much!"

Izuku mentally berated himself thinking, 'I should've just used my wings!' Somehow through the large amount of wind that was beating down on Izuku's face, he still managed to say in a panic, "There's something really important that I need to tell you!"

All Might was about to try again to shake him off, but then he remembered that the kid would likely die if he fell from how high they were, "Okay, okay, just hold on tight!"

All Might continued to basically fly through the air while looking for somewhere safe to land and missed the fact that Izuku had caught and was holding a slime filled soda bottle, that had fallen out of his pocket like Izuku predicted it would. But, Izuku with his enhanced hearing and sight didn't miss the fact that All Might coughed roughly into his hand and swore under his breath, and the small amount of bright red blood that trickled out of his mouth.

5,520 words in only two days, so much fun. Yay!

I was actually up till 5:00 am trying to finish this but it just took to much time. I tried to make it a good chapter, so if you liked it please tell me and if you didn't please tell me why.

Hope you enjoyed!

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Thank you for your time, I'll be taking my leave now.