I'm so pumped about this story that I spent all of last night and today working on chapter 2. I also spent an full hour editing it, but my grammar is not that great so please let me know anything I can do to improve it.

I have a few important things to say at the bottom of this chapter so make sure to read it.

Without further ado, I do not own My Hero Academia. Please support then official release!

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"Talking"

'Thinking'

"All Might"

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Chapter two

You can be a hero!

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"Can someone with a useless Quirk be like you?!" Izuku asked his personal hero, All Might. The greatest hero to ever live.

"With a useless Quirk?" All Might asked in confusion. But that would have to wait awhile, because All Might started to steam. 'Oh no, holy shit, goddammit…I'm out of time…'

Izuku didn't seem to notice this fact do to him lowering his gaze to the ground.

"I've been told all my life that with my Quirk, it would have been better to have been born Quirkless. They always say even someone Quirkless is more useful than me and my Quirk. Even then, all I want to do is save people with a fearless smile. I want to be the greatest hero, like you…!" For the first time sense he started talking, Izuku looked up towards All Might. Only to find a skeleton of a man standing in his place. "AAAHHHHHHHHH! Y-Y-You're deflating…! Who are you? A poser?!"

"I am All Might…" The man said before a waterfall of blood came pouring out of his mouth.

"Are you okay! And what do you mean your All Might!?" Izuku asked as he quickly ran towards the strange man to make sure he wasn't injured.

"You know how the guys at the pool are constantly flexing and posturing? It's like that." The tired looking man said. As if that explained everything.

"Oh, I see, sorry for not…NO WAY I CAN BELIEVE THAT! How can it be! All Might is fearless…He saves everyone with a smile…He's the greatest…" Izuku shouted and mumbled at the same time.

"A fearless smile, huh? Now that you've seen me like this, young man, make sure you don't write about it online, even by accident." All Might said while sitting down.

"Even if I do write about it, its not like anyone would believe me." Izuku mumbled under his breath.

Suddenly, All Might lifted the left side of his shirt to show Izuku a dastardly scare. It seemed to glow with an aura of death and chaos. Izuku knew one thing, he did NOT want to meet the villain that could wound the symbol of peace to this extent.

"It's an injury I got from an enemy's attack five years ago. Half of my respiratory organs were destroyed, and I lost the entirety of my stomach. I've become emaciated from repeated surgeries and aftereffects. Right now, I can only work as a hero for about three hours a day." The deflated hero said with a extremely tired voice. Showing, not only the physical strain, but the psychological strain such an injury causes.

"How…How are you still working as a hero…Anyone else would have retired. Five years ago…Could it have been Toxic Chainsaw?" Izuku asked in horror.

"You're we-informed. But a punk like that couldn't defeat me. This fight was not made public to the world. I asked it not to be made public. I will save people with a smile! The symbol of peace cannot be daunted by evil. That's why I cannot retire yet. Not until I find someone to take up the mantle. Look, young man, I smile to show the pressure of heroes and to trick the fear inside me. Pros are always risking their lives. I cannot simply say, 'You can become a hero even without power'." The symbol of peace told the young man in front of him.

The words were like a stake to the heart. Suddenly, all his training, both mental and physical, didn't seem to matter. He spent years training to become a hero despite his Quirk. To here his idol dismiss it hurt him deeply.

"I…I see…"

"If you want to help others, then you could become a police officer. They're often teased because they get villains delivered to their doorstep, but that is also a fine occupation." All Might said while walking to the door that led down into the building they were on. But stopped to say one more thing. "It's not bad to dream. But you also have to consider what's realistic, young man."

"That's easy for you to say. You didn't waste ten years training to reach a dream…I guess that's why their called dreams then, because they're unreachable." Izuku mumbled under his breath after the hero left.

Izuku stood there for a while before deciding to walk home but stopped when he heard an explosion in the distance. He turned to see a plume of smoke rise up a ways away from the rooftop. Izuku, before thinking, started running to the scene of the explosion. But he momentarily stopped when he remembered All Might's words. He turned and made his way towards home. Deciding to start planning for a reliable future that he could reach. Even with his pitiful Quirk.

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Izuku was later seen slowly walking down a sidewalk. Deep in thought while looking threw is burnt notebook..

'Why am I so disappointed. I should have known I could never be a hero, not with my Quirk. Why did I spend the last ten years training for a goal I could never reach. All those hours running, swimming, doing pushups, and learning how to properly fight. I even trained my mind as well! I played so many puzzle games, researching Quirks and strategies. Hell, I even been working on making that support devise to assist me in almost any situation! But in the end, without power I can never be a hero.'

He suddenly heard another explosion from nearby. He looked up to see what had caused the nearby explosion. He saw pillars of smoke rising from a shopping center across the street.

'Is this where the explosion from earlier was…? Hang on, does that mean I came here out of habit without noticing? …I might have a problem with that…'

Izuku decided that while he was there, he might as well see what was causing the explosions, so he crossed the street and peered threw the crowd. What he saw shocked him, for it was the sludge villain from before!

'Why's that guy here?! Did he get away from All Might?! Did he drop him?! If he did…then it's my fault…' Izuku thought with disappointment in himself.

"Why aren't the heroes doing anything?" Someone from the crowd asked.

"They can't. Apparently the villain caught a junior high schooler. And none of the heroes here have a Quirk that can safely save him. It's been like that for a while." Someone else answered.

'Caught…? It's been like that for a while? How can they bear that suffocation? I thought I'd die after a few seconds.' Izuku thought in surprise.

It wasn't long till he saw who had been caught. It was Katsuki Bakugo…his child-hood tormenter. The boy that put him down, called him names, and even beat him up several times a week…So why was Izuku running towards the villain to save Bakugo?!

Before he knew it, Izuku charged threw the crowd and past the waiting heroes. He didn't know why he did it, only that he did. He ignored the heroes calling out to him and kept charging towards the villain that less than an hour ago had tried to kill him.

It didn't take long for the villain to notice Izuku running at him.

"You again?! You must have a death wish!" The villain swung his sludgy arm at Izuku.

Luckily, thanks to years of training, Izuku was able to dodge the attack. Izuku retaliated be throwing his bookbag towards the exposed eyes of the villain, temporarily blinding and stunning him long enough to get in close and grab the blond basterd. Izuku started to pull him out of the sludge villain that was trying to take the brat over, and even managed to get him half way out before the villain had a chance to retaliate.

"Why are you helping me, you useless nerd?!" The exploding boy yelled.

"I don't know! But you looked like you needed help, so I came!" Izuku shouted. Not knowing his words were not only heard but also resonated with someone in the crowd.

"Don't get in my way!" the sludge villain screamed after shaking off the pain of having a book-bag full of school supplies thrown in his eyes, while preparing to crush the green haired teen. Only to be stopped by the one person you never wanted to go against.

A great blast of dust capped everyone's view of what happened. Their worry only lasted a short time before they heard a VERY familiar voice.

"I really am pathetic. Even though I admonished you, I wasn't putting what I said into practice!" All Might said while grabbing both Izuku and Katsuki in one hand while preparing to throw a punch with his other. "Pros are always risking their lives! Detroit Smash!"

He threw a punch so powerful; it tore the sludge villain to pieces and created a massive tornado. All the fires in the nearby buildings were extinguished instantly. It wasn't long afterwards that it started to rain. All Might's attack was powerful enough to create an updraft and created rain clouds above.

"All Might can change the weather with his fists?! It's no wonder he's number one." Izuku said in awe from the ground he was laying on.

He briefly saw All Might look at him. Little did he know exactly what the hero was thinking would change his life forever.

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Izuku was later walking home…again. You can see the depressed look in his face, after all, his dream was still crushed. And he also got scolded for his actions while Bakugo got praised. Even though he caused most of the damage dealt to the street.

'I wanted to apologize to All Might, but he was still getting interviewed…I'll try sending him a message on his website when I get home.' Izuku thought to himself.

"DEKU!" Came the voice of the one person he didn't want to see at the moment. Katsuki Bakugo.

"I never asked you for help! And I didn't get it from a no-good extra like you! You are a useless piece of shit and you will never help someone! Got it?! I was fine by myself. You're a completely useless failure playing without a full deck! Don't think you can go look down on me! Even someone without a Quirk is better than you, got it?! You damn nerd!" Bakugo screamed like a winy piece of shit he is. After all was said he promptly turned and walked away.

'Ass-hole. And some people wonder why I have very little self-confidence. Well, now I guess I can start thinking of a more realistic future…'

"I am here!" All Might said as he suddenly appeared from around the corner.

"A-All Might?! Why are you here? You were surrounded by those reporters!" Izuku asked.

"HAHAHAHA! Getting away from them was a piece of cake. Why? Because I am All Might-!" He said before deflating and spiting out a worrying amount of blood once again.

"Cough, cough. Young man. I come with thanks, a correction, and a suggestion. If you hadn't been there…If you hadn't told me about your life…I would've turned into a guy in a bodysuit who was all talk. Thank you." All Might said to the boy.

"That can't be…It was my fault in the first place. I got in the way of your work, and I said all those impertinent things even though I'm practically Quirkless…" Izuku said with a somber face.

"That's right. It was because it was none other than the timid, apparently useless you at the scene that I was able to act." All Might told Izuku.

For his part, Izuku looked shocked at the hero's words.

"Top heroes have stories about them from their school days. Most of their stories have one thing in common: Their bodies moved before they had a chance to think."

Izuku was shocked. For some reason, he started to tear up.

"That was true for you, too, wasn't it?" All Might asked.

"Ye-Yeah." Izuku could not believe it.

"Young man, you CAN become a hero."

For the first time in his life, someone believed in him, someone believed in his dream. Izuku Midoriya WILL accomplish his goal! And nothing could stop him now!

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First things first, many of you are probably wondering what Quirk I decided to give Izuku. Well you'll just have to wait for the next chapter, but I'm interested if anyone can guess what it is before I release the next chapter so keep guessing!

Next up, I'll be opening a poll to decide once and for all whether I should give Izuku a harem. So make sure to vote on what you want! Like I said before, I like to keep a few things up to you guys, so it feels like you helped make this story.

One last thing. I'm still not sure on if I'm going to change Izuku's hero name or not. I feel like in the context of the story I should but at the same time I feel like that might anger a few of you so give your opinion on whether or not I should change it.

That's all I have to say at the moment so please send me a review on any questions, comments, or concerns you have about my story.

Till next time!