Superhuman Gifts

Chapter Six - Shadow Step


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Keiko Uraraka!

Congratulations to "Robert" for being a great namer!

Also a huge thank you to, Scottish Wee, shadefeuer, and XxMysicalLunarxX for entering! Your consolation prize is a shoutout in the Chapter 6 Author's Note.

(Disclaimer: If you think for one second that I am the owner of Boku no Hero Academia, you should probably pay a little more attention to the sites that you visit. You're gonna download malware on accident.)


Ochako paused and took a second to regain her balance. While her quirk was powerful it came with a set of drawbacks. Lack of balance and nausea were the major ones.

She steadied herself on a branch that had spontantiously grown into the rubble. There were actually quite a few branches woven throughout the wreck, they seemed to be supporting the building so that it wouldn't deteriorate further.

The building shuddered, Ochako felt the branch beneath her hand writhe.

"Tsukauchi-san, something is going on outside."

Naomasa Tsukauchi turned around, "Hmm? What's wrong?"

Ochako opened her mouth to respond when, suddenly the branches retracted from the rubble.

"LOOK OUT!" Naomasa dived forward and pushed her back.

Ochako fell on the floor as the roof crumbled in on itself.

"Tsukau-" Ochako nearly shrieked at what she saw.

Naomasa lay on the ground beneath a large piece of concrete, "Hurry up and run! You need to get out before more of the building falls apart!"

Ochako crawled over to him, "I can help you! If I just-" She lifted the concrete and nearly threw up.

But she wasn't throwing up because of the nausea.

Often times concrete is too heavy to support its own weight. That's why builders often put metal girders in to reinforce the concrete. The concrete block had a girder running through it. Said girdet was now running through Naomasa's stomach.

"Uraraka! RUN!" Naomasa tried to spur her into motion.

"I can help… I can still help…"

Ochako started hyperventilating.

"Uraraka."

Ochako felt a hand on her shoulder, she calmed down.

Naomasa made direct eye contact with her, "I need you to get out of here. I would only slow you down."

"B-but this only happened because of me-"

"THIS IS NOT YOUR FAULT!" Naomasa raised his voice and snapped her out of her stupor, "You are not the one responsible… I did this to myself!"

"But-" Ochako started crying.

He continued, "Without you I wouldn't have saved half the people that we saved together. And I thank you for that."

Another tremor echoed through the building, or at least what was left of it.

"Now go. You have a big future ahead of you."

Ochako wiped away the her tears, "I'll definitely become a great hero!"

She spun around and pulled herself through the only gap big enough to fit her.

Naomasa smiled, "You already are."


Toshinori Yagi tried to pull himself up, "I need to get out… I need to find Tsukauchi-kun…" He coughed up a large amount of blood on the floor.

All for One's words echoed in his head, "You aren't smiling…"

Toshinori covered his face with his hand, "What is there to smile about right now?"

"Are-*hic* Are you alright?" He looked up and saw a young girl standing in front of him. Her eyes were red and puffy, but she was still reaching her hand out to him.

"Why are you still in here? Everyone should have been evacuated by now." He asked, his voice hollow on the inside.

The girl rubbed her eyes a bit before replying, "I'm here, because I want to be a hero. Just like the person who saved me. I want to be able to walk up to a person in pain… And tell them… That it will be ok."

Toshinori looked at her hand for a second, and grinned.

"Hehehehe… HahahaHAHAHAHA!" His laughs started growing louder and louder.

"That's right!" Toshinori smiled widely.

"What is?" She asked.

"Heroes need to exist not only to help people, but to tell them that they will be safe!" Toshinori coughed a bit but stood up anyways, "And you're on the right track! But-"

He placed his two index fingers on the corners of his mouth and pushed upwards.

"You need to smile!"

The girl looked at him, confused, "Smile?"

"EXACTLY! You need to smile if you want to tell everyone… It's ok, because I am here!" Toshinori coughed again, spewing even more blood onto the floor.

"Hold on!" She yelled as she rushed to his aid, "Don't push yourself!"

Toshinori continued to smile, "That's where you're wrong! You need to push yourself! You need to smile through the pain, through the fear, and through the sadness. If you don't, you can't truly save anyone!"

He looked down at his hand where a large gash had formed from his fight with All for One.

"Young girl… What's your name?"

"Ochako… Ochako Uraraka."

"Alright then Miss Uraraka. Hold out your hand."

Ochako complied.

Toshinori held his hand over hers as if he was handing her something. Several drops of blood fell onto it.

"You're bleeding…" Ochako said fearfully.

"Don't worry, I've been through worse!" Toshinori closed his hand, "Now I need you to drink that."

"Is it something related to your quirk?" Ochako asked.

All Might nodded and pulled out a square piece of cardstock that read "ALL MIGHT"

He flipped it over and pulled out a large marker, "I never thought that I'd be using my signature boards to write a letter."

"Excuse me, but why do you need me to drink this?" Ochako asked him.

Toshinori pulled out a small business card, in the process drenching it in his blood, and handed to her along with the signature paper, "Normally I'd do a strand of hair, but liquids tend to digest faster, so I have to do blood."

"But why?" Ochako asked, accepting the two items in her hand that didn't have a droplet of blood on it.

"Because I'm about to die." Toshinori said matter-of-factly, "I'm sorry I can't explain everything right now, but I want you to do a favor for this dying man."

This got Ochako's attention, "Dying? You're no gonna die! Don't say stuff like that!"

"Unfortunately it's true."

Toshinori pointed at the business card, it read, "Quirk Crossing"

"Go find Izuku Midoriya and hand him the letter. Then ask him to explain the legend of One for All."

"From what I know of him, he has already heard rumors about it." He added to himself.

Ochako looked at him for a second then sucked the blood off her hand and swallowed, "I don't understand what's going on at all… But I know that you're serious about this."

Toshinori's smile turned into a somber one, "Thank you, Ochako Uraraka."

He then punched the wall, creating a hole and sending dust everywhere.

When the dust settled, All Might was standing in his place.

Ochako gasped, "All Might!?"

All Might's smile seemed to illuminate the dark room. "Every thing will be ok. Why? Because I am here." He stated his famous phrase one last time, "Now go, Uraraka."

Ochako nodded, tears spilling from her eyes, "I'll definitely find him."

All Might nodded and watched as Ochako turned and ran out of the hole made in the wall.

He turned away, "I'm sorry, Midoriya, Uraraka… I leave the future of heroes resting on your shoulders…"


All for One lazily flicked away another 'pro hero' as he waited for All Might to return.

"He should have found his friend's dead body by now… I wonder what's taking him…" All for One blocked another hero that attacked him.

"YOU SON OF A-" A hero jumped out of the darkness and swung a knife at him.

"What is this?" All for One asked, freezing the hero in time, "A stealth quirk that lets you blend with shadows? How useful!" All for One placed his hand on the hero's face and activated his oldest quirk.

"ALL FOR ONE!" The scream was loud enough to be felt.

"It looks like he's returned!" All for One exclaimed gleefully.

All Might's fist was intercepted by a net of webs All for One formed between his hands.

"Did you find him?"

"Who?"

"Your old friend. Tsukauchi." All for One said slowly emphasizing the 'old'.

"WHAT DID YOU DO!?" All Might yelled.

"Really? You didn't go sailing back into the fray in a mad attempt to avenge your friend? Maybe clairvoyance isn't as useful as I thought…"

All Might gritted his teeth and unleashed another punch.

"What do you think? Force fields, steel webs, or blood manipulation?" All for One asked behind the blood red shield he formed to block All Might's second punch.

All Might ignored the question and instead unleashed a flurry of punches on the tower shield.

It shattered.

All for One was no where to be found.

"Where did he-" All Might gasped in pain as a blood red sword pierced his stomach from behind.

"Old wounds, am I right?" All for One asked as he appeared from the shadows, "And now this brings us to the most recent vision I had! A vision of you dying once and for all!"

All for One grinned psychotically.

"But before that." He reached out and placed his hand on All Might's face, "I believe you have something that belongs to me…"

He paused and tilted his head, confused.

All Might smiled through his pain, "Clearly clairvoyance isn't an all seeing quirk! I think your foresight was a bit more powerful!"

All for One balled his hand into a fist, "What. Did. You. Do."

"I passed it on."

All for One sighed, "One last act of defiance. How meaningless. You know I'll be able to track it down! Your teacher's dead, your best friend 's dead, and Gran Torino can't hide forever. All you've done is cause suffering to the poor soul that I will now have to hunt down."

At this point, All Might's smile had transformed into a taunting grin, "You'll never get One for All."

"We'll see."

All for One drove another blood blade through All Might's chest..

He then turned and addressed the pros that had arrived on the scene, "The symbol of peace is dead."


Ochako rang the doorbell for a fourth time, usually she would have given up by now(considering it was 2 o'clock in the morning), but she was desperate. All Might, the greatest hero ever, said he was going to lose.

She rang it again, "There's no way he would lose! No villain is strong enough to compare to All Might's strength."

She rang it for a sixth time. But she knew, while she was running away, the explosions of sound stopped. And what had taken its place wasn't a cheer, but instead, a scream of despair.

"A-All Might…" She started sobbing.

The door open.

In its place stood a sleepy middle school boy. He had bushy green hair and a cute face that was peppered with freckles. He was wearing a white t-shirt that actually spelled out the word "T-shirt", and blue pants with yellow, red, and white stripes on them.

Ochako took out the business card and read it.

"Are-*hic*" Ochako belatedly realized she was still crying, "Are you I-Izuku Midoriya?"

The boy's sleepy eyes shot wide awake and she noticed, through a haze of tears, that they were a bright green color.

She handed him the business card, which he stared at for a second.

"Yes, I am." Izuku Midoriya stated.

Ochako didn't want to accept the news that she herself was delivering, "All Might is dead."


Wow, it's been three weeks since I first announced that I killed off the #1 Hero, and I still haven't moved forward in the slightest!

This is slow going.

I also decided that I will be using Japanese naming, with san, kun, chan, and everything in between. I never actually said that I was unsure of what to do, but I made my decision, so it doesn't matter anymore.

Anywho, I hope you guys are managing to enjoy my snail paced action/romance/hurt/comfort/comedy/adventure Boku no Hero fanfic!

Fanfiction doesn't really let you give enough genre tags...

Well, there's no way I'm gonna convert to AO3 after all this time!

Also, big shoutout to Scottish Wee, shadefeuer, and XxMysicalLunarxX. If you want to know why, check out the opening Author's Note in Chapter Six!

Next chapter, "One for All"

-TitaniumDragon22