Chapter 12
Izuku hasn't been feeling okay since it happened. He had to calm down so that his control wouldn't rip the café apart. Once he did manage to control himself, he dropped himself onto the floor next to his father, sobbing the whole time.
It was not pleasant, sitting in a pool of blood hugging the unconscious form of your father figure.
At the end, they had to separate them when the paramedics came in and moved Toshinori on the gurney.
Four hours later, and his mother was also crying by Toshinori's side as he tries to calm her, Izuku left when he couldn't handle the noise anymore.
Toshinori had Stomach Ulcers, a condition that happens when your stomach is producing more acid than the stomach lining could handle. Or when the mucus that's supposed to protect your stomach becomes ineffective. It could be caused by the consistent use of specific drugs, alcohol drug consumption, or in Toshinori's case, genetics.
His mom already knew about it, she has been tailoring his dietary needs for years now, so of course she knew about it. His condition was never severe until his accident that gave him that scar.
After all, a large part of his stomach is gone.
Izuku felt angry for being left out of the loop once more.
Why didn't they tell him anything about this? How many times did they neglect to tell him an important fact about their lives? Did they really think that he was too sensitive to know anything? He could help, he can, his disability isn't stopping him from doing so.
He then remembers his mother's sobbing face next to Toshinori, they both looked tired. While his mother has gone through a major fright, his father couldn't even move, and somehow, the doctors said that it's possible that he'll be released in a day or two.
"It happened before Izuku, this isn't the first time and I doubt it's the last either. It's like I said, I've been going through stress and the villain attack hasn't really been kind."
Still … Izuku found himself glaring through the window overlooking a busy street outside.
It wasn't fair for anyone.
Especially not to his mom.
She had to take care of him ever since he could remember, now she has this going on, with Toshinori's health declining slowly right in front of their eyes.
He clenches his hands, feeling angry tears ready to come out. Only to be surprised when a cold sensation hit his cheeks. Waking up from his thoughts, he looks up to find a teenager with blond hair that was styled like a cowlick, and with dark blue eyes that were showing concern.
"A-Ah-" He didn't know how to react, making sounds as he tries to formulate a reply. The teen laughs.
"Sorry for scaring you, I'm Toogata Mirio, your senpai at school. I bought you a drink since you looked very down." The blond then smiles brightly at him. Blinking, Izuku takes the drink sheepishly and looks down as he laugh nervously in response.
"Sorry to bother you, I'm Midoriya Izuku- Wait, senpai?" He looks up in confusion, really? He never saw him before, but that could be because he was too busy in school to focus on other students.
"Yes, I'm a third year. We haven't really met before but you've kind of became popular recently, with the villain attack and," Toogata frowns, his lips quirking downward. "Your legs. You're the gossip of the school."
"Oh …"
"It's cool though, they said you stopped a monster from attacking someone else, and that's how you got your legs broken. Is that why you're here? Are you supposed to be in check up now?"
"N-No, none of those. I don't have a checkup right now …"
"… Did someone happen to someone close to you?" His voice, loud enthusiastic and bistouries, suddenly drops down its volume into a soft and understanding one.
"…"
"It's okay, you don't have to answer. But, we could hang out somewhere else until you feel better, don't stay so gloomy on your own." He told him, returning to his enthusiastic self, and promptly walking behind him to grab the handle of his wheelchair.
"W-Wait, you don't have to."
"Already did!" He replies happily, ignoring Izuku's frustration completely. He didn't like it when people pushed him, aside from his mother. He doesn't even let Kacchan do it most of the time. The fact that a virtual stranger was doing it did not give him a great feeling. But he was too shy to speak up, and shuts up instead, not saying anything about it.
"I'm here because my sensei's friend got hospitalized suddenly. We just found out in the middle of patrol and decided to come. Since I don't know who's sensei's friend, it felt rude for me to intrude on their meeting."
"He must be sad, your Sensei I mean."
"He was, apparently, they weren't on speaking term because of something that happened recently, but he was planning on apologizing."
"Then he could apologize now." Izuku told him, Toogata's face didn't show any emotion as he thought it over, but then smiles and nods.
"You're right!" He laughs, and they stop at the hospital's garden. Toogata moves to sit on a nearby bench that was close to the flowers.
"C-Can I ask you something Toogata-Senpai?"
"What is it?"
"Do you think I could possibly win the festival?" He asks the older teen, after a moment of silence, Izuku sighs and sags his shoulders dejectedly. "It's alright, I guess I should have figured that out."
"You misunderstood, Midoriya-Kun. I was just thinking about how you'd walk the first march. I mean, the audience's reaction would be a riot if they saw you wheeled in?" The teen laughs, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. Izuku blinked for he never thought about that.
"Oh. No, don't worry, I'll just fly the whole time."
"… Fly?"
"That's my quirk, I can levitate things, and myself!"
"That's cool, telekinesis is kinda rare. I have intangibility." He laughs, raising his arm to let it pass through the bench's handle. Unexpectedly, his clothes cross through him as well. He hears a 'whoops' coming from Toogata as he tries to catch them, covering himself. Izuku found his eyes immediately covered by his hands.
"Sorry, sometimes I forget my clothes." He laughs as he tries to wear them back as fast as possible. Izuku just turns his wheelchair around so that he wouldn't accidentally peak at him.
Now he remembered who this person was.
Last year while watching the UA festival, he remembers seeing a student accidentally dropping all his clothes off him, losing the starting disadvantage.
He just wondered how someone could accidentally lose their clothes.
"Sorry, you can turn around now." Izuku does, still not looking the teen in the eye. "That was really embarrassing."
"I-I still think your quirk is cool, even with the, you know, clothes thing."
"Glad to know it!"
They stayed like that for a while, discussing normal things and then changing the subject into the festival. Izuku ended up giving Toogata some tips for his quirks, and Toogata himself gives him tips on what to do in the festival in certain situations. They hadn't felt the time pass by until Izuku's phone rang.
Picking it up, he hears his mom's voice as she asks him to come back.
"Sorry, my mom got worried. I need to go back."
"No worries, I should go back to my sempai as well, let's walk together." He said, standing up. "We should meet up at school sometimes, you're pretty cool."
"Really? People always say I'm a nerd." Izuku mumbles, but that caused the blond to laugh out loudly.
"So what, do you think our teachers are nerds for teaching us subjects they probably got a master degree in? It doesn't matter, if anything, I think that'll make you more popular with the girls."
Izuku chokes back a sound, surprised by Toogata's honesty.
"I wouldn't mind being a nerd, I'd get better grades too." Toogata whines. They got into an elevator. While upstairs, they stopped at a corner.
"See you later then, Midoriya!"
"You too Toogata-Senpai." He said before wheeling himself in the corridor.
He heard footsteps next to him.
Stopping, he looks up to find his senpai walking next to him.
"Our destination must be close, what a coincidence." The blond said, shrugging his shoulders. Not taking any mind, Izuku continues and takes a corner.
He still heard the footsteps. Turning his head, he sees a frowning Toogata following him.
"How funny would it be if my Sensei's friend and your relative are neighbors since this is a specific part of the hospital. Hero wing. Your relative is a hero?"
"You can say that." Izuku mutters.
Finally reaching his father's room, he stops …
And doesn't hear the continued footsteps of Toogata's leg. He whips his head to the side to find a very confused blond standing next to him.
"Or really, the same person. Now that's a coincidence."
"It is." Izuku agrees, surprised by what was happening. Knocking the door before entering, he was stopped at the door after seeing who's inside.
"Grandpa?"
"Sensei!"
For right there, with his mom sitting next to his dad, stood Gran Torino, and a person he never met before. This man had an intimidating posture, only backed up with his height, suit, and a crooked back. His gaze slowly turns from his father to him, it felt like a sharp arrow caught him in place stopping him from moving. He could only imagine how much scarier he would have looked without his glasses hiding the intensity away.
"It's the brat."
"Grandpa!" Izuku calls in indignation but didn't dare to say more, remembering all the hits has received to the head since meeting him. "When did you get here?"
"I just got here, and what did I find? These two idiots fighting all over again, like the hooligans they are."
"Gran Torino, sir, it isn't as you sai-"
"Are you saying that I'm wrong, Nighteye?" Gran Torino questioned, Nighteye stares blankly at him before answering.
"No. You were right, we were arguing, but it wasn't about what you thought It was."
"Well I hope so; I don't want my grandson to see his already sick father get into a debate."
"Dad, you shouldn't be fighting!" Izuku said once he heard what Gran Torino said. Toshinori raises a hand in surrender, the other one used to face palm.
"I didn't start anything."
"You started it by getting sick." Nighteye remarks.
"It wasn't my fault the barista turned out to be a bitter person!"
"This isn't the first time you got sick."
"So it is about that thing! How many years Nighteye! I already told that I'm thinking about your proposition."
"And I already gave you a limit, a limit that was long overdue."
"Did I retire yet?"
"You will soon." Nighteye said ominously, a heavy aura suddenly descends on the room. His mom gasps, her hands flew to her mouth in shock. Izuku, being himself and not understanding what the man meant, fidgets with his hands not knowing what to do. He felt a tap on his shoulder, opting him to look to the side to find Toogata pointing at the door then to themselves.
Glancing back at the adults, Izuku finally agrees, letting his Senpai pull him out for the first time without resistance.
Far away from the room, he saw his senpai rubbing the back of his neck.
"Oh, wow. I'm sorry about my sensei, I didn't think he'll drop a bomb like that."
"W-What do you mean?"
"Huh?" Toogata sent him a confused look. "You mean … do you know who my sensei is?"
"Er… he's…"
"It's alright if you don't. He's a statistics kind of guy, strategist for the field operatives, and mostly investigator. I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't know much of him. He's called Sir Nighteye, and … his quirk …" Toogata didn't continue, frowning at the floor and then staring at him, as if contemplating whether it's a good idea to say anything or not.
"Sir Nighteye's quirk is Foresight."
Realization struck, as he understood what this meant.
"Did I retire yet?"
"You will soon."
0o0o0
"I'm sorry, that was very tactless of me …" Nighteye said once his intern has taken the green haired child away. Gran Torino had his hands on his forehead, shaking his head, while Toshinori sighs and Inko grabs hold of his hand.
"I think I have overstayed my welcome, I apologize."
"Nighteye, wait. I know you're only concerned about my health, don't take it badly, we've all seen it coming for years now."
"I still apologize."
"Nighteye, don't worry. Also, take care of that kid, he seems like a good student." He told him, Nighteye perks up as he hears this, and nods leaving the room. The older man starts following him as well.
"You take care of your family as well you brat, don't cause a health scare again."
"I will try my best." The man nods and leaves the room. A moment of silence has passed between the married couple before anyone could say anything.
"I'm going to sue that café." Inko suddenly announces, surprising the blond.
"Why would you do that?"
"Honey, they're planning on putting you in intensive care. I … you were so … pale when I came."
"It's not as bad as it was after my accident, don't worry Inko."
"No! Yagi Toshinori, you do not say something like that after what happened today!" She said, fuming, trying her best to control her emotions but failing a bit as cracks and angry tears started to spill. "You are hooked to machines, this is serious. You ordered soy milk, and they didn't give you that."
"It could be a simple mistake-"
"A simple mistake!" She yells, making the man wince. "What if that happened to someone else! What if that happened to a child! Toshi, if another child had Stomach Ulcers? Or a heart condition, w-what if Izuku took something that would affect his medicine!?"
"Honey, Inko, Izuku doesn't take as much medicine as he used to …"
"But he still takes some, whenever he tries to walk he takes pain relievers, and anything could affect him! Like Kale, simple Kale or any leafy greens will make his medicine pointless! And you can't even drink milk, MILK! You can't drink coffee, eat meat, chocolate-"
"Inko-"
"And what about when Izuku starts drinking coffee! I tell him time and time again to never order coffee, or if he did, to order decaf, his blood pressure won't take it, even if the doctors said that there aren't any high risks for it to happen. What would happen if someone didn't listen to his order? He could get a stroke!"
"Honey-"
"A-And you cough blood on regular basis. So instead of puking your stomach, you puke blood. You puke out blood and I don't know what to do." Inko finally broke down as she held onto him, hugging him tightly as if she were afraid that he'd fly away if she let go. Toshinori had his arms around her, trying to calm her down as cries.
He was lost. When he thought about himself, he didn't see it as bad as she did. He was used to this, his health has been crumbling for a long time now and it was normal for him.
Then she started talking about Izuku, and he started feeling worried as well for his son's health, realizing how bad it was if an order does get wrong in the future.
Yet, he realized that he wasn't in his wife's shoes, that she has been seeing them both in this state, that it was so much worse for her than him.
He leans on her as he muttered apologies to her, patting her head trying to calm her down.
He should … really start thinking seriously about his health now, instead of ignoring it most of the time. This wasn't what he wanted, he didn't want to hurt his family like this as much as he didn't want a villain to hurt them.
0o0o0
"Are you sure you're okay here? Don't you need anything? I brought some stomach pills if you need any." His mother asked him, checking inside the bag as she looks for said pills. Izuku shook his head, knowing that this won't stop her from trying anyway.
"Don't get yourself hurt, alright, I don't want to see you in bed like your father!"
"Mom," He whines, already having gone through this back home. "I said I'll be extra careful. And dad's in the teachers' seats, not at the hospital, you shouldn't worry. He even said that he'll ditch those seats half way through to sit with you."
Inko Midoriya huffs and brings her hands to her cheeks in worry.
"That man, he was in intensive care for a whole day and he's still working. How can I bring him to relax! You as well! The both of you are so stubborn, I don't know what to do anymore!"
"I'm sorry mom." And he meant it, neither of them want to see her getting tired from all the anxiety, yet no matter what they did, it always ended with her freaking out. He just really hopes that his dad does as he promises and goes to sit with mom after his shift.
"Keep the pills for dad, he needs it more than me." He told her, but she still had a worried look in her eye.
"Can I at least give you some pain reliever if your back starts hurting." She says, digging out the medication, handing it to him.
"Mom, that doesn't happen as much as it used to, remember."
"B-But-" Oh no, she was close to tears. He immediately grabs it but he didn't plan on using it in case the festival has some rules against them.
"A-Alright! I'll take it the moment I feel something."
"Don't try to twist your body if you do feel anything. Keep yourself rigid."
"I know mom."
"Ask Katsuki-Kun for help."
"Okay, mom."
"Don't crack your braces like before. And only stand! Don't walk with them. You haven't been practicing walking for a while."
"I understand." Now speechless, with nothing left to say. His mother makes a noise before grabbing his head and pulling him into a hug. Izuku smiles as he gives her one back, not caring if anyone he knows is watching them. After she releases him, she gives him a kiss on the forehead.
"Be careful, honey. I'll be cheering you on from the stands!"
"I'll do my best!" He says enthusiastically as he starts flying away, waving at her. Once he turns the corner he speeds up to get to the waiting room and change before anyone could be there, not wanting anyone to see him. It would be awkward if they start asking about the braces. He also brought his latest hero note to re-read everything he has written down since he started school.
The rest of the class has trickled in by the time he has finished a quarter of his notes.
"I wanted to wear my costume." Ashido complains, looking mournfully at her PE uniform. Ojiro, who was flexing next to her, smiles in understanding.
"It's only to keep things fair between the students." He tells her. Izuku felt himself sinking deeper into his notebook as he hears that, ashamed of the fact that he needed to use his braces to participate without a hitch. He looks up and from far away, he can see Aoyama smiling as if he knew some secret the others didn't know about.
He felt his soul jump out of his skin when the doors slammed open, showing Iida standing with all the seriousness he usually exudes.
"Everyone, be ready, we're entering soon." He said as he starts walking away.
Izuku brought a hand on his chest, taking a deep breath to calm his beating heart. Why does he get scared so easily?!
"Midoriya."
He felt his soul coming out of his body for the second time that day.
0o0o0
Kirishima felt pumped, ready to go out already and start the show. Standing up, he heard Todoroki calling out for Midoriya, catching the attention of everyone in the room, even Class Rep paused and turns around, closing the door behind him.
"What is it, Todoroki-Kun?"
"Looking at things objectively, I think I'm stronger than you." He said. Deku blinks in surprise before nodding and looking down. No one could deny what Todoroki said, not with what the class found out a while ago.
"But … Al Might has his eyes on you, doesn't he?" Something sharp enters in Deku's eyes, and he wonders if what Todoroki was saying is true.
"I'm not trying to pry, but … I'm going to beat you." Todoroki announced as if what he just said was a fact and not a promise. Kirishima frowns, he decides to intervene.
"Hey. Why are you picking a fight all of a sudden?" He asked, grabbing onto his shoulders. But his hands were shoved as the bi-coloured haired teen turns around, avoiding looking at him and walking away.
"I'm not here to make friends."
"At least apologize for causing a scene-" Kirishima however, was interrupted before he could finish.
"I promised my mom that I'll do my best," The whole class turned around in surprise to look at Izuku. "And while I know that everyone here is better than me physically, and you being better than most of us in skills and ability. That doesn't mean that I'll give up."
Deku's eyes started to glow an eerie bright green, glaring at Todoroki and promising him defeat.
"I will not easily lose."
Everything was at a standstill, both Midoriya and Todoroki staring at each other, glaring for dominance. It finally broke when Todoroki scoffs and turns around, stepping outside of the room. Nervously, the rest of the class follows with only him, Deku and Bakugou behind.
"I guess I should really do my best." Izuku says, looking at Bakugou in apprehension. The blond shrugs.
"I think you should, your dad would be kinda happy after his hospital stay, that'll probably make him proud." Izuku smiles at him before flying out of the room.
Feeling like has intruded into something personal, Kirishima swiftly tries to escape the room before the blonde could think of taking revenge. Unfortunately, he felt a hand on his shoulder, stopping him from doing so.
"Eh, Bakugou, did you need something?" Act cool, act oblivious, people already think he's oblivious most of the time anyways.
He tries to evade the blondes glare but was surprised when he felt a pat on his shoulders.
"You … tried to help Deku."
"We're supposed to, don't we?" He gives him a grin, but that did not change Bakugou's expression.
"Whatever, you're okay, I guess." He said and left the room.
It took approximately five seconds before his eyes widen in realization.
Bakugou approves of him?
Shaking his head, he runs off to catch up on everyone else, and only managed to reach them just as they start marching outside, accompanying Present Mic's voice. He starts grinning and waving at the crowd, and tried to reassure a very nervous Deku, who looked like he was hyperventilating in mid-air.
When he looks at the sides, he finds him, marching along with his classmates at 1-B.
Tetsutesu.
His newly minted rival, apparently. Grimacing, he turns around trying to forget how he met the iron quirk user.
He stops when they got close to the stands, and looks up-
Only to start feeling the blood rushing into his face.
"Wh-What is Ms. Midnight wearing?" He chokes up, trying to focus on other things and ignoring … his problem. They could have at least let another teacher take her place for the first years?! He doesn't want this to end with people pointing out his-
He noticed Mineta at the side, eating up Ms. Midnight's look completely.
And that turned him off completely. Sighing. He hardens his hands and slaps Mineta's head lightly in the back.
"Hey! What did I do to you?!"
"You looked disgusting, man, at least try to hide it."
"Why should I, we as men should always show our appreciation towards women."
"Yeah, politely, not by ogling at them! Don't desecrate what it means to be a man!"
"Guys, shush." Denki shushes them effectively, trying to listen to their teacher. She calls everyone to quite down before whipping her … augh … tool.
Kirishima can't handle it, this is ridiculous. Is this her strategy in battle? What exactly is her quirk? Does she distract people before attacking? He was certain that even the girls were being affected.
"Representing the students this year is Bakugou Katsuki."
He blinks.
Who in their right mind-?
He was shoved by Bakugou. He sends him an annoyed glare as he rubs his shoulder.
"Why is Bakugou representing us?" He asks Deku.
"It's because he got first place in the exams." He told him, smiling brightly. That's when they heard a girl from another class say in her an annoyed voice.
"From the hero course, right?"
"R-Right." Izuku replies, Sero leans down to tell Deku something.
"She must be really hating us."
"And it's all Bakugou's fault." Complains Denki, Kirishima couldn't help but nod. He looks at the stands, feeling like something very wrong will happen, just not knowing what.
He found out when the blond starts speaking.
"I pledge … to be number one."
Everyone starts screaming. Class Rep tries to get him to apologize from below but Bakugou turns and gives him the most disgusted look he could muster.
"At least be a nice springboard for me to stomp on to the top, extras."
He hears Izuku sighing in despair and sees him covering his face with his hands muttering in a low voice.
This couldn't get any worse for them.
0o0o0
"Obstacle race," Katsuki mutters, making Izuku feel worse as he looks down. "Whatever, just remember, this is a competition. Right now we aren't here as friends but competitors. So, don't try to help everyone you pass."
"B-But what If they'll get hurt?" He asks his friend, who gives him a look that screams 'Idiot'.
"Everyone trained for this. You should let them show the results of their training." He says before turning around, starting his stance. Izuku looks at the gates, not doing a stance like everyone else, for he only stood up in one spot.
Once the last green light turns off everyone starts running to the gates, causing mayhem just from the start. Izuku blinks at what he's seeing and starts levitating off ground-
Only to narrowly dodge the excess amount of cold wind that was coming for him. He gasps and see mist coming out of his mouth, looking down, he sees Todoroki already on the lead, and couldn't help but start speeding up not wanting to be left behind.
He was surprised to find most of his classmates coming out of the icy attack, unscathed, and even more fired up than before. Even Kirishima seemed to have jumped higher than usual to get away from the attack.
"You're too naïve, Todoroki-San!" Yaoyorozu says, expanding the pole that was coming out of her hands looking for a safe landing.
"I won't let you get away, you half and half bastard!" Kacchan screams at him, and emits more explosions from his hands to reach out to him. While on the ground, Ashido was dissolving the ice with her quirk, ice-skating, and Ojiro jumping using his tail, grinning.
"I fell for this before, I'm not falling for it again!"
"Nice to know our class is still lively." Izuku laughs as he gets closer to Todoroki, and was surprised to find Mineta's sticky balls on the ice, with him jumping on them and running faster than Izuku was flying.
"Ha! How pathetic, I've almost reached out to you Todoroki! Get ready for my special attack." He says, plucking out a ball from his hair, ready to throw it at their classmate. "GRA-"
A large metallic item knocks him out before finishing his sentence. Izuku's eyes widen from disbelief as he sees his purple haired classmate being flung away from one single hit.
"Mineta-Kun!" He calls, catching him before he could hit ground. He hears the smaller teen sniff and grabs onto his shoulder.
"Whaaa!" He starts crying. "Izuku-kun! You're an angel!" He told him as they land on the ground, both watching in horror at the collection of robots coming out of nowhere blocking their way.
"Those are the zero-point robots from the entrance exams!" Izuku finally remember. However, he remembers them being larger than they were right now. Maybe the shock of seeing them for the first time has left an impression that they were gigantic, but now that he has seen them for the second time with other robots standing next to it, they didn't seem as impressive or imposing as before.
"Obstacles have suddenly shown up! Starting with the first obstacle, the Robo Inferno!" Present Mic supplies through the mics. Izuku tries to shake Mineta off of him. The other teen was too frightened to do so, what with the robots standing right in front of them.
He felt shock as icy cold air hits his face suddenly, accompanied by the view of one of the robots being completely encased in ice and freezing in place. Mineta drops on the floor, also from shock.
Slowly, he turns his gaze to the ground to see Todoroki running past the robots and letting them fall to block their way.
"Todoroki you cheat!" He hears Kaminari yell at the back. Shaking his head, Izuku glares and flies above the rest of the robots, trying to catch up.
"What the- Deku you're a cheat too!" Kaminari yells out once he sees him in the air. Feeling guilty, Izuku stops mid-air and lets his hand glows faintly.
"Sorry everyone." He calls. He eyes a robot that would be perfect for what he planned. He raises his hand and punches the air in the direction of the robot.
The robot's head explodes, as a result, the body fell down on the ground.
"DEKU!" Now he did it, showing a sheepish smile to his red-headed friend, he flies away, making sure the shrapnel didn't hit anyone and gathered up in one place to decrease injury with his quirk.
He was so glad that he practiced in the beach with his dad.
"Todoroki and Midoriya from class 1-A have attacked and evaded the obstacles with no problem. As expected from two of our recommended students!"
"Present Mic, please don't mention that." Izuku cries out, evading the sudden barricades of ice that sprouted in front of him. Glaring, he clenches his hands, crunching the ice and breaking them from the ground.
"Todoroki!" He yells, causing the teen to look around his shoulder.
Izuku starts pelting him with his own ice.
"What is this! A rivalry has started to appear between the two leading students. As Midoriya throws icicles at Todoroki!"
"Can you stop bringing attention to us." Izuku cried, not meaning to say that out loud but hopeful that the cheers coming from the crowd drowned out his voice. He looks back at Todorki, only to gasp and let himself drop before a larger and a more solid icicle could hit him. He lands on the ground softly, standing up and breathing harshly.
He was not giving up, and anyways, Todoroki was the one who started playing dirty, not him.
Looking up at the crowd, he tries to search for his mom but couldn't. Gulping, he turns around to look at the teachers' seats and finds his dad.
Once Toshinori notices where his son was looking at, he sends him a thumbs up.
Breathing in, he decides that this isn't the time to play anymore. He promised mom, and he wants his dad to feel proud, so proud, and to make sure that their two weeks they spent together was not wasted, neither was his health scare.
He breathes in, closes his eyes, breathes out.
And soars.
0o0o0
"That Midoriya kid came out of nowhere didn't he." Snipe said, catching most of their attention. Toshinori doesn't say a thing as he smiles. Number 13 glances at his side and gives him a thumb up.
While most of the staff knew about his dual identity, only the ones who are teaching Izuku's class knew about his relation with him. It was for security reason, in case someone found out that All Might has a dual identity, at least then Izuku and Inko would be safe.
He watches with pride as Izuku was head to head with Endeavor's son at the front, none of them gaining the lead over the other as they childishly threw ice at each other.
How ironic, for the number one and two heroes' sons to fight over a possession?
"There's going to be a huge fight on who's going to get these two as side-kicks."
"Both seem to acquire two quirks as well." Power Loader thought out loudly, but he glances at his direction before looking down on the obstacle.
Excluding the teachers who are directly connected to Izuku, only Principle Nedzu, Recovery Girl and Power Loader knew about his connection with Izuku. While the first two were a must, the last one was brought up to speed when he was reviewing the appeal process for every student's gadget. He needed to look up the child's medical history and other info to approve their appeal. When he noticed that the slot for the father's name had Yagi's own name, he has confronted him.
It wasn't pleasant, explaining the ins and outs of his identity, but at the end, the man nods in understanding and approves the form immediately after figuring out that there wasn't any favoritism involved.
"Let's see how the students will go through the fall!" Present Mic yells, catching his attention. He sees Katsuki blasting off above the large canyon with no trouble. He seems to be aiming at both Todoroki and Izuku. His other students managing to get by with varying degrees of difficulty.
"What do those two exactly have?" Snipe asks, looking at both him and Number 13 since they were their teachers.
"Todoroki's quirk is half cold and half hot. Midoriya's quirk is telekinesis. I am surprised by both their performances; it seems more elaborate than what they showed during the villain attack." Number 13 says.
"They have both probably trained since then." He replies, answering his question indirectly. Nodding, their attention was brought back into the race when Present Mic starts narrating once more.
"And now, we've been brought to the final obstacle. Truth to be told-" Toshinori sees both Todoroki and Izuku at the front of an empty field, only adorned with warning signs at the side. "It's a minefield!"
"I can see who's going to win then." Snipe says, leaning back on his chair, 13 nods in agreement.
"It's set up so that you can see it easily, the mines are for games, so they aren't as powerful as real ones. However, it's loud and flashy enough to make you wet your pants!"
"That depends on the person." A monotonous voice follows, causing most of the teachers to laugh finally hearing Aizawa's voice.
It was at that moment that something surprising happens.
An explosion occurred, only it wasn't from the minefield, rather, it was from behind the field, and a body of a male teen was blasted off following the sound.
The body was none other than Katsuki, and he has slammed himself on Todoroki, pushing them both onto the field.
"We finally got someone new in the lead!"
This has caused a loud reaction from the crowd as they start cheering on who's going to win against the other as the two kept stepping on mines and evading them fast enough to not be affected. At the back, Izuku was floating, an expression of disbelief painted on his face as he watches. He was then pushed from his place as someone else gets to the field, and another, and another.
Every one of them managed to push Izuku in some way.
Toshinori starts to get worried.
"Don't get worried." 13 told him quietly. But Toshinori doesn't operate that way. It must be Inko finally rubbing off on him, her consistent worry always rising for the smallest of reasons.
He was relieved, however, when he sees Izuku standing up after being pushed on the floor, his demeanor reminiscent to when he usually loses control. Yet he was still conscious.
"Blast!" He yells out, and from the screen, he can see Izuku punching the ground in an angle, letting his telekinesis flow through his fist, causing everyone behind him to be blasted off from their place and away from the field. On the other hand, everyone at the front either stopped or fell from the earthquake that was produced. The green haired child was seen flung above everyone, probably as the result of the surrounding bombs.
"Class A's Midoriya is in hot pursuit with a blast!"
He passes both Todoroki and Bakugou, causing more cheers to come out of the crowd.
"He has taken the lead!"
"DEKU! TRYING TO GET THE LEAD WHILE WE'RE DISTRACTED?!" No one needed the speakers to actually hear the young Bakugou yelling, letting an explosion release from his hands as he catches up on Izuku. Todoroki icing the whole field behind him forcing everyone at the back to slip while he ran to the front.
"The two formerly in the lead has stopped trying to slow each other down and are chasing Midoriya! Now that they have a common enemy, they stopped fighting! Yet the fight isn't over yet!"
"You're not making sense of yourself, stop contradicting your words."
Toshinori couldn't take heed of what was being said as he leans to the front, clenching his hands as the anticipation slowly kills him.
Izuku flips himself over, letting his back face the ground and his face catching the other two's attention.
His son had a sinister grin on his face, leaving no doubt that whatever he planned would not end raises his arms, snaps his fingers in both hands.
He raises his arms and snapped his fingers in both hands.
Just as the snapping was heard, two explosives were hurled out from below the ground, appearing right beneath Todoroki and Katsuki. Bothe of them had a face of shock as they watch the device slightly brightens up in a purple glow before exploding right underneath them, causing the both to fly upwards while Izuku kept flowing forwards.
"Did you see that! Midoriya has literally taken the field advantage and used some bombs to block his opponents behind him, effectively taking the lead-" Present Mic didn't even continue as Izuku snaps his fingers one more time, flinging all the explosives out of the ground, turning them all into airborne missiles of sorts.
They fell and only exploded right before it could touch the ground.
"He has cleared the field from the bombs in an instant! Are you telling me he could have done this a long time ago! What the heck, get on with it Midoriya!"
Izuku laughs as he flies away. Both Todoroki and Katsuki get out of the minefield with only a few scratches, both looking determined to get the lead.
"Eraserhead, what are you teaching your class!?"
"I didn't do anything, they all got fired up on their own."
They enter a tunnel which blocked their view, causing Toshinori to get even more stressed as he couldn't see who was in the lead anymore, and anything could have happened out of their sight.
Yet his stress was for naught, for Izuku appears, grabbing the finish line. He slows himself down and lands safely on his legs, showing the crowd the ribbon from the finish line.
The crowd cheers in excitement and joy to see their first champion.
"Midoriya wins! Could this be the emergence of a new fan favorite!" Izuku was turning around in his place, looking very lost, until he manages to catch sight of the teacher's seats. He stops and does a thumbs up.
Grinning madly, Toshinori stood up doing showing two thumbs up, temporarily forgetting that he was with fellow coworkers.
"Oy All Might, showing favoritism already?" Snipe remarks, chuckling when Toshinori noticed what he was doing and promptly dropped on the chair hiding his face behind his hands.
"Midoriya has always been his favorite, he knew him as a child." 13 told his sharp-eyed coworker.
"Oh, so you're the one who got him in with a recommendation?" Snipe asks, having been wondering how he never met the teen in the tests before, yet still getting in with it.
"Eraserhead gave the recommendation, not me. He has done it so that Midoriya could be put in his class and not any other."
"Man, that guy sure knows how to catch them. His class is already dubbed as the golden eggs of UA, Blood King must so angry about this right now." Another teacher says, leaning at the back.
Toshinori doesn't care, as he looks at the screen which showcases his son, smiling widely while saluting the crowd.
"It seems that I need to change places now."
"Who's replacing you?"
"Ectoplasm." Toshinori answers as he steps out, still feeling proud of what just happened. However, there were still two more tests, and he shouldn't be hopeful with them all ending in easy success.
He couldn't help it though. He smiles merrily as he passed the auditorium, he couldn't help but hear a bunch of student from the business department trying to market his son. Stopping for a second, he didn't need to get closer to listen in since his quirks enhance all his senses as well as strength.
"How do you think an agency will market him?" one of them asks.
"His looks are out of the picture." Another says. Toshinori felt sweat running down his face, that was a bit harsh, wasn't it.
"Huh, I don't think so." The third interrupts.
"What do you mean?"
"He might not be handsome, but he's more of the cute variety. Some people will definitely like him for his shota like features." The student finally says. Toshinori froze for a second, his mind reeling at what he just heard.
"Oh, now that you mention it, that's true. It's just I've never seen a hero like that recently."
No, no, no, no, nonononononononono.
"Then that'll certainly rocket up his popularity. Not to mention his nervous like attitude when not in action, and the complete shift in personality as he fights. People well like a hero with a nice personality that can and will be able to protect them. Don't forget, he has this naïve innocent look on him that a lot of people like."
"You know what guys," The first one who has stopped talking for a while finally speaks up. "Now that you mention it. Midoriya does look cute, like really cute. Do you think I could ask him out on a date?"
No.
No, you cannot.
It seems that he needs to protect his son, even if he does turn into a hero. This will not do, he will not let anyone date him unless they proved themselves worthy.
And anyways, he isn't going to be the only blockade to dating his son. Inko will be vigilant, although very sneaky about it – she'll suffocate them with so much kindness that they'll feel guilty if they tried to hurt her son. The bakugous are going to be hell, especially young Katsuki – if he himself wasn't interested in Izuku that is. Gran Torino will frustrate them to the point of giving up. And now it seems that Nighteye has joined the fray …
It was amazing. His son was amazing. A fight that has lasted for years between them has dissolved in a manner of days because of him, and he doesn't even realize it. He has been doing his best to avoid his sidekick for a long time, trying to decide whether Nighteye's choice was right for the inheritor. Nighteye was probably frustrated by him, since he kept ignoring him for years now, always talking to him with passive aggressiveness.
Yet the presence of Izuku and Inko slowly washed that negativity away, both of them charming the man into forgiveness …
Toshinori realized then that the cuteness those business students were talking about, the one that described his son, might have been inherited from his mother.
He needs to protect the both more vigilantly than before!
Oh, no! He needs to find Inko fast!
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Kamui Wood looks at the screen and watches in amazement as the teen that he has lectured a year ago steps out of the racing line, winning first place.
"Hey, isn't he that kid, from the slug incident?" He asks his current partner, who was looking in bemusement at Mt. Lady as she entertained some photographers. When he turns around to look at the screen, his face turns into shock.
"It's the disabled kid! Wait, how?"
"Looks like he didn't listen to us, that's how." Kamui says, but he doesn't feel angry, not at all. Strangely enough, he feels happy that the civilian child at that time has decided to ignore what they both have told him long ago and decided to become a hero. If what he saw that day at the sludge incident was an indication, then this kid will become one fine hero.
AN:-
Okay, yeah, I admit, it has been about three weeks since I updated, but to appease to everyone, I'll probably be able to update weekly from now on!
Probably, not quite sure.