Superhuman Gifts

Chapter Five - Wind Cannon


Hello World and welcome to the fifth chapter of Superhuman Gifts... We've come so far!

Ok maybe not.

I'm only at 10k words...

Today we're finally gonna take a closer look at Toshinori Yagi!

(Spoiler Alert: He's actually All Might.)

(Disclaimer: I don't own Boku no Hero Academia, because if I did, I wouldn't have to hold a poll on what Ochako's mother's name should be!)


"I'm sorry, but I don't believe you can become a hero." Toshinori Yagi, or as he's better known, All Might, watched sadly as the young boy in front of him crumbled like a deck of cards in an earthquake.

Izuku's eyes started to well up.

All Might felt steam begin to rise from his body, "Shoot! I need to get out of here…" He thought to himself, trying to hide his pained expression.

He gave the boy his signature smile, "We can discuss this more on Saturday, but for now, stay out of trouble!"

He jumped.

While jumping isn't generally something you end a conversation on, if people could jump a mile away without getting a running start, most everyone would probably end their conversations with a standing long jump.

All Might coughed a bit as he soared through the air, "Just a bit farther…"

He fell into an alleyway and was instantly surrounded by a wave of steam. He collapsed and lied down for a few seconds, feeling his muscles deflate back to their normal size.

"I spent too much time…" All Might stood up.

He limped out of the alleyway, nearly tripping over his baggy cargo pants, and into the light. Once out in the open he turned to look into a window display for a nearby hero merchandise store.

The store was showing off a life-sized cut out of All Might himself, Toshinori saw his reflection in the window as well.

In contrast to the buff pro hero, he stood there. Skinny, gaunt, limp, and with sunken eyes.

Instead of All Might, he stood there.

Toshinori Yagi.

He pulled out his phone, "Hello? Tsukauchi? Sorry I'm gonna be a bit late!"

"Don't worry, I already planned for you to not make it in time!" His friend's amicable voice answered from his phone.

"I'm truly sorry!"

"It's fine! Take your time getting here. Don't go opening old wounds for my sake."

"Thank you." Toshinori hung up.

Right on queue his 'old wounds' began acting up.

Toshinori hissed in pain as he clutched his stomach.

"I've gotta get to the coffee shop…" He muttered to himself.

A loud explosion ripped his attention away from his injuries and towards the shopping district.

"A villain!" He limped over to where a crowd was forming and saw a sight that horrified hm.

The villain that he had defeated a few minutes ago had taken a hostage.

"It's the same villain…" He said slowly.

"I never picked him up…"

"What about the other pro heroes?" He looked expectantly to the handful of pros that had gathered.

Backdraft was dealing with the fire, Kamui Woods was rescuing civilians, Death Arms couldn't hit it, Mt. Lady couldn't fit, and there was one other sidekick, but he didn't look like he was going to do anything.

All Might waited for them to make a move for what felt like an eternity.

Then his stomach cried out in protest.

He clutched his side once again, pain blinding him, "If I hadn't been so distracted!"

"What's going on!?" Toshinori turned to see Izuku standing right next to him, fear in his eyes.

"Kid…" Toshinori realized that he wouldn't recognize him in his deflated form, "A middle school boy's been captured by a sludge villain." Toshinori grimaced, knowing that it was entirely his fault, "He's been fighting for the past two minutes."

"T-two minutes!?" Izuku's face paled, "What about the pro heroes!? Why are they not helping him!?"

The Toshinori looked away, guilt preventing him from making eye contact.

"And right after I told him that he couldn't be a hero… What am I doing!?" He thought to himself, digging his fingers deeper into his side.

Izuku stared at him for a second before pushing his way to the front of the crowd. Backdraft was there, fighting off the fires with his hose quirk.

The two began talking. Izuku seemed desperate.

"I'm sure a hero will come by any second now… Someone who has the right quirk to defeat-"

"KACCHAN!"

Toshinori turned to the scream and watched in horror as Izuku dashed past Backdraft and up to the villain.

"KID!" Toshinori's voice was drowned out by the crowd's collective exclaims of surprise.

Toshinori closed his eyes and looked away, "It's my fault! I was responsible for that villain!"

He tried to summon his muscle form.

"WHY!"

"RRAAUUGH!" Toshinori opened his eyes and saw Izuku, standing right next to the villain and prying the sludge off of the hostage.

"DEKU!" The hostage's mouth was uncovered.

The villain knocked Izuku away.

"KACCHAN!" Izuku's voice seemed to carry over the chaos and screams as he called out to the hostage.

He tossed a bottle through the air.

The villain burst into flames.


"I knew you were going to be late, but this is a new record!" Naomasa Tsukauchi teased as Toshinori walked into the restaurant, "The sun's already down!"

"I'm sorry, I got caught up in a bit of trouble…" Toshinori apologized awkwardly as he sat down.

"You got in another fight?"

"No actually, I saw a middle school boy fight."

"And you didn't help him?"

"I couldn't I used up all of my energy!" Toshinori added on, "He didn't need my help either…"

"Right. Do you think he's a candidate?" Naomasa asked cryptically.

"Definitely, he's a quirkless boy, but he's got the heart of a hero."

"You told him this right?"

Toshinori flinched.

Naomasa stared.

Toshinori looked away.

Naomasa glared.

Toshinori caved, "Not…Yet?"

Naomasa sighed, "You'd better tell him soon, heroes swoop in to pickup talented kids for sidekicks. If he's as good as you say he is, it doesn't matter if he's quirkless, he's gonna get internship offers as soon as he graduates middle school."

Toshinori gave a thumbs up, "Don't worry! I have a plan to meet him this Saturday!"

"Fair enough… What made this kid catch your eye?"

Toshinori thought about his answer, "He's got the drive to be a hero, from what I've seen he's pretty smart, and he seems to be brave, when it really matters."

Toshinori thought back to his 'interview'

"But he also knew a lot that he shouldn't have known… Like about my time limit and master…"

Naomasa grinned, "He seems like a very intuitive kid."

"Nearly gave me a heart attack!" Toshinori complained.

Then both Naomasa and Toshinori nearly had heart attacks as a building across the street collapsed.

"All Might!" Naomasa yelled.

Toshinori stood up and tried to enter muscle form.

"Ack!" He coughed up blood, "I can't… I'm out of energy…"

Naomasa stood up, "Keep trying! I'll see what I can do!"

"Wait! Tsuka-" Naomasa ignored Toshinori as he called out for him to stop.

He ran across the street and squeezed into the collapsing building.

"Well, well, well…" A voice said from behind him.

Toshinori froze.

"What do we have here? An old man who is no longer in his prime."

"All… For… One…" Toshinori said slowly as he turned and faced the owner of the voice.

"Yes!" All for One smiled, "And who might you be? Strangely enough, I don't remember meeting you…"

Toshinori clenched his fist, "How did you find me?"

"Clairvoyance!" All for One seemed pleased with himself, "You see, I had to find something to replace my eyesight that All Might took from me! And if I'm gonna get vision, why not get vision that can see across space and time?"

Toshinori remained silent.

"And when I gave it a go, I saw something amazing! All Might jumping into an alleyway, and transforming into a weak old man!"

Toshinori spun around and punched him, but his fist stopped a few inches away from his face.

"Forcefield, quite nice isn't it?"

All for One placed his hand on Toshinori's chest.

There was a loud crack.

Toshinori got sent flying away at top speeds.

"HAHAHA! That felt amazing! Wind Cannon and Supersonic work so well together!" He took a single step and glided over to where Toshinori had collapsed.

"What do you think? Was that better or worse than Dragon Form?"

All for One was blown away by Toshinori's sudden punch.

"I'm pathetic… Even though I have the strength of eight heroes, I stand on the sidelines and watch as my number one fan and best friend go save people with the strength of one." All Might glared at his life-long nemesis, "I've got a long way to go."

All for One smiled wider, "Now I recognize you! ALL MIGHT!"


The battle was intense, All Might throwing all 50 of the attacks that he knew, and All for One defending and counterattacking with his 50+ repertoire of quirks.

"ALL Might!" The hero turned to see Kamui Woods swinging into the demolition site that used to be a coffee shop.

"Stay back!" Kamui froze when he saw All Might's fearful eyes, "He's not an opponent you can battle!"

"I'll be the judge of that!" Death Arms yelled as he punched All for One in his back.

All for One turned around, "I didn't even have to use my forcefield for that one."

There was another loud crack and Death Goro went flying.

"ALL FOR ONE!" All Might closed the gap in between them and threw him into the ground.

"KAMUI!" All Might called out to the less experienced pro, "Stabilize the apartment complex! There are still civi-" All Might was interrupted as All for One reached for his face, "SHOOT!"

"And I was so close too..." All for One stretched, "Hurry up and give it back."

"NEVER!" The two continued their fist fight, creating loud explosive sounds where ever they went.

"UNITED STATES, OF SMASH!" All Might's strongest attack threw All for One miles away and out of sight.

"I need to get away..." All Might said, panting.

"Substitution, a very useful quirk, even if I can only use it once a day." Behind him All for One stood, unfazed, "And while I've enjoyed this little skirmish, it is really time to end it."

His arm exploded outwards and mutated into a mass of muscles, spikes, steel, diamond, and fire.

"Now, return One for All to me!" All for One commanded.

All Might's response was short and concise, "Never."

"Very well." He raised his massive arm and pointed it towards All Might.

A whirlwind of air, fire, and lightning emanated from his hand.

All Might braced for the impact.

It shot past him.

"What!?"

All Might turned just in time to see the attack hit the apartment complex that Kamui Woods was trying his best to support with his branches.

"AAAUUUUGH!" Kamui screamed in pain as his arms burned.

He fainted and the branches retracted.

"NO!" All Might screamed as the building deflated even further.

"All Might, "All for One spoke into his ear, "you're not smiling."

All for One's fist hit All Might directly in the back, sending him straight into the crushed apartment building.


We're getting pretty close aren't we...

Anywho, the suggestions are in and I have my top five right here!

Now, in the order that they were suggested, here are the potential name's for Ochako's mother!

1. Youko

2. Rumiko

3. Kafein

4. Keiko

5. Aiko

Go ahead and cast your votes! Or don't.

Either way is ok with me, you guys are the ones who are gonna be reading it anyways.

Next chapter, "Shadow Step"

-TitaniumDragon22