As it turned out the following day when she next saw All Might, he explained more about One For All, and the backlash it had on the body. Apparently an untrained weak body couldn't hold its immense power, which could possibly kill her if she wasn't trained beforehand. She shuddered at the thought, remembering her skinny frame from all those years back. Luckily she had trained hard for the last six years.
But luckily all she had to do was be tested to see if she was fit enough. All Might had taken her to a nearby gym, he was still in his skeletal form to not attract attention. Izuwa decided to wear green track pants and tank top, showing off her toned muscular arms. All Might whistled when he saw them, already impressed. She began her workout with some simple stretches to prepare her body before taking some weights and dead-lifting about six hundred pounds. She did a set of ten before she got to exhausted. Her arms sparking with tiny pink flames which All Might took notice of.
He raised a brow. Izuwa noticed and explained. "My body automatically heals minor damage."
"So you recover faster? Impressive."
After they were done with a few more weights and strength training. The two left outside and went for a run. All Might bulking up and Izuwa barely could keep up, although admittedly he was far from his top speed, more of a slow crawl. It was about twenty miles before they stopped. Izuwa's legs burning from the strain, her legs wreathed in pink flames.
"That little ability is going to be useful." All Might muttered.
Izuwa was still catching her breath but soon regained it, albeit quicker then a regular person. Their run had stopped near an ice cream shop so the two decide to rest and have a nice treat. Izuwa practically glowing under the compliments of her idol.
"Well I am very impressed kid, your physique is incredible. I thought at first it was going to take some time to prepare your body but your easily at a level capable of inheriting it already."
Izuwa blushed into her cone. "Thanks. My quirk tires me out and I need a lot of stamina to use it. So I learned early on exercising was the best way to increase my overall stamina."
She perked up suddenly realizing something she missed. "Oh! I almost forgot. I was gonna say it on the roof yesterday but forgot."
"What is it?"
"It's about your wound. Your stomach is completely gone, right?"
"Yeah, my lungs are pretty messed up too." He sighed looking down and clutching his old wound.
"Well," she looked down blushing. "Do you think I could try healing it?" She raised her head with determination.
"Sorry kid." He sighed, she had a good heart. "I had a lot of healers try. This is pretty much the best I could look for. Still I'm lucky to even be alive. Thanks though."
Seeing her still determined face he decided to five her a try bough. He relented and raised his shirt in silent acceptance. He was sure it wasn't going to work though. Izuwa smiled and brought her hands to the ruined flesh, calling for her flames she pushed the heat into his body and concentrated hard. His whole abdomen was wreathed in pink, and he felt a warmth like none other envelope him. He quickly looked around and realized no one was seeing the unauthorized quirk in use and sighed in relief. He had to admit the flames felt really good. Ever since he had this scar he dealt with a constant pain, it was barely tolerable on a good day. 'Well at least it's good for something.'
Soon however he realized something. A sharp tugging, almost painful sensation in his gut. It felt like something was pushing around. And with shock of realization he found it was his stomach! Holy shit it's growing back! When the messy green haired girl leaned back in her chair she looked exhausted. He looked and felt his wound, the scar was about the same, maybe a bit better. But he found the ever present pain lessened. And just knew he had his stomach back. Countless surgeries, healing quirks. He went through it all. But this one kid. In just a matter of minutes just regrow a whole organ. All Might felt a sense of gracefulness to this young girl. If he wasn't already convinced in his pursuit to make her his successor, then he was now. He had absolutely no doubt in his mind. She would carry this sacred torch.
The healing took a bit out of her. She explained healing others exhausted her more then healing herself. And healing an entire organ even more so. He chuckled before picking her up and taking her to her house.
But before he left he plucked a hair out. He gave the hair to a befuddled Izuwa. After seeing the disgusted look and agreeing with her. Remembering when he had to do the same thing. Shuddering at the memory.
"If this is what I need to do than so be it." She steeled her nerves and quickly swallowed the hair. Nearly vomiting but managing to hold it down. She shuddered in revulsion. She bid farewell to her hero and went inside to rest.
The next day after having rested from her quirk usage. Izuwa got up early and decided it was a good time to train. She usually woke up early for training around this time.
Although she realized this time she was going to be training with a new quirk. She turned almost as green as her hair remembering swallowing the hair. Izuwa grimaced and shuddered in disgust.
It was a good ten hours since she did it though and was sure she had the power. Now it was just time to test it. Izuwa ran to a once popular beach. Now though it was littered with so much junk it could hardly be considered anything but. It was kinda sad really she remembered as a little girl coming here and there was a gorgeous ocean view to be seen and such soft sand. People just took advantage of the tides carrying garbage here to illegally dump their trash. She looked on with determination. "Well that's gonna change!" She smiled. "Time to clean this place up!"
Hours later she was a sweating mess, but she had managed to clear a good twenty meter path. She had quickly filled a few trailers and ran them to the proper dump, and recycling center. Her body almost a constant glow of pink as her quirk worked to heal her vigilantly. Her torn muscles already healed and she just felt a little tired only. The great thing about her quirk is that it let her work out harder and faster. Her energy only dictating when to stop. Her body healing no matter what she put it through. So with just a ten minute rest, and some lunch. She was back at it. Although this time she was gonna use One For All.
"Okay he mentioned I need to just summon the energy from inside myself. Hmm." She thought trying to imagine what to do. How do I feel the energy though? She took a deep breath and went to punch a fridge. "Ow! Holy! That hurt!" She squealed in pain as her fingers and wrist broke on the solid metal and the only thing to show for it was a good sized dent. Not All Might worthy mind you.
"Okay this is harder then I thought." She said with a grimace when her fingers finally were finished healing. But luckily after a good hour. And many broken fingers later. She finally summoned it. Izuwa's left arm glowed with green vein like patterns. And when she next punched the heavily dented fridge. This time it went smiling forward a huge gust of wind and obliterated metal shards rained towards the ocean. Though her body didn't do so well, she was launched in reverse at high speed, with her shattered arm flailing as her body impacted hard against a brick wall. Trailing copious amounts of blood as her body slid to the dirt. Her back completely shattered from the impact. Her last thought. 'Holy shit."
Like the first time they met Izuwa was being slapped awake by All Might. His hulking frame towering over her. He had came after seeing the clouds breaking. He had a strong feeling it was Izuwa training with One For All and was right. After an exhausting day of Toshinori filling out paperwork to make his tenure as a teacher official.
Nezu had also lectured him for hours on end and nearly all the teachers tried giving him tips. It's like everyone knew he had no idea what he was doing. Dammit! He was All Might, he could do this!
Meeting with recovery girl had also been interesting. After showing her the wound and verifying indeed his stomach and grown back. She was so taken back she nearly fainted. She was eager to meet this amazing healer so much she was practically frothing at the mouth.
So now after finding the kid on the beach and a horrifying scene of a Izuwa shaped blood splatter on the wall. Immediately he checked her over for wounds and just saw the small closing wound that her flames were making quick use of. Judging from the amount of blood loss he shuddered to think of what she looked like prior to her quirk activating.
Nearly an hour passed for Toshinori as he watch over. Bored Toshinori looked around and did a quick internet search and found this beach was once popular. Before it became such a dump from illegal dumping. He was impressed, the kid had turned her training into a community service effort. Seriously this kid kept impressing him more and more.
After nearly an hour of waiting with the bored All Might having gone for a moment to stop a few criminals quickly before returning. Did Young Izuwa start to wake up. She laid on a smooth bench where Toshinori had left her. Her back incredibly sore as well as her arm, but luckily when she inspected herself for damage she found none. She sighed in relief.
"Ah, young Midoriya your awake!" All Might boomed. Coming into view in his hero form, wearing a bathing suit that was dripping. "All Might... What happened? Why are you here? Why are you wet?" She asked, looking around seeing some of the clutter pushed farther away. The beach looked a little cleaner around the area. Was he swimming?
"I noticed your quirk being used. Thought you might want some tips. After all you just got this new power. And it is quite the handful." He laughed.
"Yeah." She sighed looking to her stinging arm and hand, quite a handful indeed. She got up and face him. "I can't imagine how you can even handlethis power so easily."
"Well you'll get the hang of it. It just takes practice. Your body isn't ready to handle all that power yet, you need to work your way up. But you'll get there." He place a hand on her shoulder. Suddenly he coughed up blood again. Dammit, this was the first time in a few hours he did this, he was doing so well. He was able to strain his body more, but still his injury started acting up again. "Can't hold it much longer."
"Oh! All Might let me heal it the rest of the way, please?" She pleaded. Seeing him return to his skeletal form.
"You sure?" He asked. "It's not gonna take too much out of ya?"
"Don't worry, I might pass out again but I can take it!" She smiled once again touching his old injury and letting her pink flames lick at the ruined flesh. All Might felt the warmth and sting as the tissue regenerated beneath his skin. It wasn't too long before he felt he could take in a lungful of air without any pain. The flames dissipated and before the kid could fall he quickly grabbed her, easily lifting her with one arm in his hero form. All Might lifted his shirt and smirked seeing only a grapefruit size scar remaining, he could live with that.
It was a bit after noon when All Might took the girl home. Inko nearly had a heart attack seeing her baby girl being carried home by the legendary hero. But soon calmed down when she realized her daughter was only exhausted and not actually injured. She invited All Might in but he declined her offer.
The next ten months were hell as Izuwa did her best to control one for all. Her body was constantly being broke and healing, she found she could break her arms at least twenty times a day without getting too exhausted. And slowly but surly she managed to channel less power without breaking herself.
All Might to his credit tried helping and some tips did help, but to be honest he wasn't the greatest teacher. Something she was not going to tell the man.
In school she diligently studied as well. She was exhausted most of the time but managed to get decent grades, managing to be at least the sixth in her class. She knew the written exams to get into U.A were gong to be hell as well so she had to study as much as possible.
Luckily nearing the end she felt ready for the high school exams. She was able to channel her new power a lot better. Focusing One For All at maybe ten percent in her limbs she wants to use. She estimated maybe she could safely use fifteen percent, but that still was painful to her body. But even then ten percent amazed her, she easily lifted about an entire fridge with just her left arm!
The day had finally arrived. The U.A. Entrance exams were open. She had dressed in her old school uniform and walked, almost giddily to the building. She was ready. The school building was immensely large. So many hopeful examines milled around entering. She took a deep breath and walked forward. Only to trip on herown shoelace!
Dammit! Some hero I am.
Just as she was going to face plant, cementing her embarrassment to all the potential students. She found herself floating. Blinking in bewilderment she touched the ground, just moments later falling softly when a girls voice sounded above her. "Sorry about using my quirk on you." She said cheerfully. Helping her up from the ground. "I saw you fall and thought you wouldn't mind. I'm Uraraka Ochako." She held out her hand.
Izuwa stood up straight remembering her manners. "Midoriya, I'm Midoriya Izuwa. Nice to meet you." She smiled back, taking the other girls hand. She was really cute Izuwa admitted in her head. An adorable round face with blushing cheeks and chocolate brown hair touching her shoulders. She had a brown coat with a hint of a pink sweater peeking out.
"Well I guess we should go inside." She thumbed towards the building and turned and walked off waving. Izuwa followed after the other examines and headed to the auditorium for their orientation to begin their exams. A large group of students were already seated and she found herself seated near her old friend Katsuki, who glared at her but didn't say anything. She didn't say anything in hopes to not set the volatile boy off.
Soon lights turned on and the screen lit up on stage. Catching everyone's attention. For a moment she felt like she had a minor heart attack swing the pro hero standing on the stage behind the podium. "Oh my god!"
"What's up U.A. Candidates, thanks for tuning into me your school dj!" The man boomed in his loud voice. "Come on and let me hear ya!" He screamed. Everyone remained silent. "Keeping it mellow, huh? That's fine I'll skip straight to the main show, let's talk about how this practical exams gonna go down, okay." "Are you ready!"
"Seriously the Voice Hero: Present Mic! He's so cool!" I gushed.
"Will you shut up, yah damn nerd." Katsuki muttered from her side. She sunk back in the chair with an embarrassed chuckle.
"Like your application says today you rockin boys and girls will be out there conducting ten minute mock battles in super hip urban settings! Gird your loins my friends! After I drop the mic here you'll head to your specified centers, sound good?" Silence. "I get it, we're being split up so we can't work with any of our friends." Katsuki said from my said.
Izuwa looked over and noticed our exam cards and saw he was right. "Yeah your right, our exam numbers are right after each other but were in separate centers."
"Get your eyes off my card dammit." He muttered hostilely. "damn, I was really looking forward to crushing you." She quickly turned my attention back to the announce.
"okay now let's look at your targets. There are three types of faux villains in every battle center, you'll earn points based on their level difficulty. Your goal in this trial is to use your quirk to raise your score by shredding these faux villains like a mid song gusts solo, but," he warned. "Make sure to keep things heroic, attacking other examines is U.A. No no, ya dig?"
"Excuse me, sir? But I have question?" A student asked and we looked to see a tall boy with glasses and smooth hair stand up. "On the print out you listed four types of villains not three. With all respect if this is an err on official U.A. Materials it is shameful. We are exemplary students. We expect the best from Japan's most notable school."
"All right alright. Examines number 7111, thanks for calling in with your request. The fourth villain type is worth zero points, that guy is just an obstacle we'll be throwing in your way. There one in every battle center. Think of it as an hurdle you should try to avoid. It's not that it can't be beaten. But their kinds no point. I recommend my listeners try to ignore it and focus on the ones topping the charts."
'Huh? So it was kinda like a video game?' She thought. Thinking of the setup.
"That's all I got for you today. I'll sign off with a little present. A sample of our school motto. As General Napoleon Bonaparte one laid down: a true hero is one who overcomes life's misfortunes. Hmm, now that's a tasty sound bite. You ready to go beyond. Let's hear a plus ultra!"
After being administered the written exams for the last hour or so. We were then led out of the auditorium and to the locker rooms to change into or sports gear. Izuwa chose a simple green track pants and white sleeveless shirt.
Getting dressed Izuwa noticed Ochako getting dressed and greeted her. She had a black and white jacket with matching pants, looking nervous. She smiled when she noticed her. "Izuwa!"
"Whoa look at the those arms!" She grabbed my and I felt my face quickly flush as the cute girl felt up my arms. "And those abs!"
Before she could reach for her shirt she quickly backed away in embarrassment. "Okay I think the exam is going to start soon!" She practically yelled out in nervousness.
Garnering strange looks from the other girls still in the room. Izuwa practically ran from the room leaving a confused Ochako behind. The gate to the battle center was absolutely massive! And standing stop a ledge was the announcer Present Mic, the students all waited for him to tell them to start. As the does opened they were still focused on him.
"Right! Let's starts." He said. "Get moving! There are no countdowns in battle, run, run, run!" Izuwa stared at him confused for a moment before she realized everyone was ahead of her already in the center. She panicked before running after the group hoping she didn't ruin her chances. 'Shit! That was a terrible start!'
Everyone had scattered, Izuwa heard various students shouting as they found their targets already and were racking up points. A three pointer raced toward her when it locked on target. It was bigger then she expected. It was still intimidating. Thinking quickly she fired up One a For All in her legs and charged. Unfortunately colliding rather hard with the machine, breaking several ribs in the process and possibly, or most definitely a shoulder.
Luckily the robot couldn't take the impact as well smiling down at the torn head. She hobbled slightly as her ribs healed before taking off looking for more targets. Fortunately Izuwa got the hang of it better, managing to either kick or punch the machines with a ten percent hit. The blows easily taking care of them.
She estimated about thirty points so far. And with the screams of people announcing their points it wasn't too bad. Still she wanted a higher score and was on the lookout for any she could find. As she ran looking for any more the ground began to shake and rumble. And before she knew it an immense shadow covered the field. Examinees all around could only gape at the immense robot that towered high above the building. 'Holy shit! That's the zero pointer!'
'Crap, I have to run!' Was the only thought now in her head. It punched the ground hard, the shockwave blowing chinks of rubble barreling towards the examinees at a fast pace, barely avoiding getting it. People ran for all they were worth trying to high tail it from the colossal killing machine. But suddenly a voice caught Izuwas hears stopping her cold in her tracks.
"Ow!" Her blood ran cold when she caught the prone form of her new friend laying with her ankle caught under the rubble. Immediately Izuwa ran when she saw the fist coming back down. Ready to take her out.
As she ran she realized ten percent wasn't going to cut it. Disregarding her safety she charged a hundred percent in her legs and jumped, finally level with its head she punched with everything she had. Satisfied seeing the head collapse in on itself and blow up. It's body collapsed as it blew to pieces. Which left the green haired girl falling several stories, with no soft landing in sight. Her legs and right arm were completely shattered from the voice as they bled. Already pink flames enveloped them, but they wouldn't heal in time.
'Damn this was gonna hurt!' She bought with a grimace. Unsure if she could survive this. Luckily the only impact she receive was a slap on her cheek and noticing else. Opening her eyes she dropped only a few feet, groaning as her mangled limbs were dropping injuring them more. She looked and saw Ochako floating on a scrap machine falling and puking her guts out. She smiled and thought, 'she saved me?' She relaxed and let her quirk heal herself. It was going to be a little while. She sighed, rolling herlsf on her back win her good arm. Grunting in annoyance as she realized she damaged them again from the action.
"Whoa did you see her attack?" She heard people talking about her actions.
"Yeah, I didn't think she had that kinda power." "Still it ruined her body. Look at her arm and legs."
"Is she on fire?!"
"Very nice. Good work all of you." I kindly voice announced coming onto the scene. It sounded like an older woman. "Your heroes in my eyes, everyone of you." Izuwa tried sitting up and felt in awe seeing one of her favorites coming by. It was Recovery girl. "My, my your body was this damaged by your own quirk?" She looked over the girl in shock. Izuwa chuckled awkwardly, trying to wave off her concern. Despite her looking so bad. "Don't worry it'll heal, see," she gestured to her somewhat healed hand and gave her a thumbs up. She laid back down. Staring. At the sky hoping she made enough points as she closed her eyes and rested. Hopeful of the future.