Chapter 3: A Unique Meeting
The number one hero, All Might! Age, unknown! Quirk, unknown! Ever since he appeared, his overwhelming strength and charisma established him as the symbol of peace. Year after year, crime rates have decreased thanks to his very existence. And that man said "You can be a hero." it's all I wanted to hear my whole life, and the man I admire most said that to me. I couldn't wish for anything more, anything more…
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"I believe you are worthy of inheriting my power" Midoriya's face slowly looked up and had the face of someone that was looking at a maniac.
All Might then laughed, "What's that face? Listen young man! You have to decide if you will accept my power or not!" he said with blood spouting out of his mouth.
Midoriya started to wipe away his tears as he thought, 'His power? What's All Might saying?' All Might wiped off the blood on his lip.
"I'm talking about my power young man. Most people think it's "super strength" or a "power boost" when asked about it I usually detour away with a joke. Because All Might had to be a natural born hero, but I'll be honest, I'm the farthest away from that. My power was passed onto to me like a sacred torch!" All Might said.
"It was… passed down to you?" Midoriya questioned, "Yes, and now it's your turn." Midoriya then started to question everything by muttering how this was possible.
"You always start out with denial huh, NONSENSE!" All Might said making Midoriya stop his muttering, "I may have many secrets, but I never lie! My quirk is the power to transfer power, it is called One For All!"
"One For All" Midoriya said slowly, "One person cultivates the power, then they pass it on so they can cultivate it. It's the crystallization of power that spins together the voices of those who need help with a courageous heart." he said as a light shined in his hand.
"Why… Why would you give me such a power?" Midoriya said as he questioned All Might again, "I've been searching for a successor for a while, and I thought you could inherit it. You may quirkless, but you were more heroic than anyone else back there."
Midoriya just stayed there contemplating on his knees. "Well it's your choice if you want to or not. What do you say?" All Might said while rubbing the back of his head.
'He's told me so much! How could I not accept his offer, I mean this the chance I've always wanted. I can prove everyone wrong.' Midoriya then stood up and looked All Might straight in the eyes, "I accept!" he said determined.
"A straight answer, I'm not surprised. Now before we continue I need to ask something." All Might said smiling then he looked curiously at Midoriya.
"Oh, what is it?" he asked, "HOW DID DO YOU DO ALL THOSE THINGS BACK THERE?!" he yelled.
Midoriya jumped back in fear, "O-oh, I've been training my body since I was 4, and I've been taking martial arts classes for about 6 years, so….yeah." All Might just stood there with his mouth wide open.
"Why… would you start training your body when you were 4? And why would you take martial arts classes when you were 8?!" he said still flabbergasted.
Midoriya hesitated to tell him and looked down. All Might noticed his sudden nervousness and spoke, "Never mind, I can see that's it's a sensitive topic. You don't have to tell me, I just wanted to know." Midoriya nodded slowly then looked back up.
"So, um, exactly how do I receive One For All?" Midoriya questioned. All Might was surprised how quick he was to receive it, "Well, first things first, I need to know if you're a suitable vessel for One For All. It's the combination of many people's strengths into one person, you're arms will shoot off if you're not ready." Midoriya gulped.
After examining Midoriya's clear body strength and abilities, All Might decided he was more than a perfect vessel for One For All
He plucked a hair from his head, 'Why did he do that?' Midoriya thought as All Might Moved his towards Midoriya, "Eat this." Midoriya mouth dropped to the floor after hearing that.
"W-WHAT WHY?!" Midoriya screamed in shock, "You need to take in some of my DNA to receive my power, that's how it works."All MIght said embarrassingly .
Midoriya hesitated but grabbed the hair and was about to eat it till he spoke up, "Do have any water to help me swallow it?" he said desperately, All Might deadpanned, "Sorry, I left some water in my other pants." Midoriya grumbled but gulped it down all the same.
"Pleh, disgusting… I don't feel any different." he said, All Might laughed, "Of course, that's how the stomach works after all, you'll probably feel something in 2-3 hours or so." Midoriya frowned but nodded in understanding.
"Now I'm going to tell you this now, don't try to use it, your control will either be at zero or 100% and even your trained body won't be able to take the physical repercussions." he said warning the young boy.
Midoriya closed up a fist and looked at his hand with a determined face and said, "Got it." he looked happily, "THANK YOU ALL MIGHT FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR ME" he yelled, All Might immediately panicked.
"Don't say that!" then a walking couple could be heard, "All Might!" "Is he really here?" All Might then spoke quickly, "Repeat after me, I had the wrong person." Midoriya then followed suit, "Oh, I HAD THE WRONG PERSON!" the couple thankfully fell for it and kept going on there merry way.
"Anyway, it's no problem kid, just don't disappoint me." he said smiling, "Also I want to talk to you in 2 days at the Takoba Municipal Beach Park, okay?" Midoriya smiled and immediately responded, "Yes!" All Might smiled right back.
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Midoriya arrived home at about 8:00 and was met with very worried mother, "IZUKKUUU!" Inko came running in with waterfalls of tears spouting out of her eyes. She hugged Midoriya immediately after he closed the door to the house, "Mom, it's okay I'm fine." Midoriya laughed as he patted his mother's back as they hugged.
"B-but I saw the n-news and i-it said you were involved with v-villains." she said as she continued to sob into her son's shoulder. Midoriya lightly laughed, "If you heard about that than, you should have heard about All Might coming in and saving the day, and trust I'm fine." as he removed himself from the hug and held onto his mother's shoulders and said with a smile on his face.
"Are you sure?" she asked desperately, he nodded and so did she, "Alright, well dinner's in the fridge, go ahead and warm it up she as she went back to watch tv. "Thanks." he said and proceeded to eat his dinner and go to bed.
'I wonder what All Might wants to talk about?' he thought as he drifted off to sleep.
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2 days later…
Midoriya was trying to find his way through all the garbage that was left at the beach, 'Man, people really are so petty to just dump their garbage right here.' he then found All Might sitting down on top of a fridge i his true form.
"Young Midoriya!" All Might said excitingly as he turned into his muscle form and immediately crushed the fridge he was sitting on.
"Oh, oops." Midoriya sweatdropped as he number one hero casually kicked the broken fridge across the beach.
"Anyway… I'm glad to see to you. Now are you ready for what I have planned."All Might said putting up a thumbs up. Midoriya gulped and said proudly, "Yes! I'm ready for whatever you need me to do!" he said smiling.
All Might smiled wildly, and said, "Great! Now look at th-" but he was cut off by the sound of a girl coming to them.
"Hey! Who threw this object over there? It could have killed someone!" she said as she could be heard trying to get around the garbage, Midoriya looked back and forth between where she would probably appear and All Might.
"All Might, quick hide!" he said pushing the big man into another nearby fridge, "W-wait young Midoriya I can't fit in here and also why do I need to hide?" he said as Midoriya already opening the door and was forcefully trying to push him inside.
"Well it's your fault she coming here, it'll look suspicious if I'm with the number one hero, and you can fit if you turn back into your true form." he said the last part quietly, All Might immediately did so and went back to his true form only to reveal he crying sillily.
"I d-didn't know I was such an e-embarrassment to you young Midoriya" Midoriya just rolled his eyes, "Just get IN!" he said as he kicked the symbol of peace into the fridge and immediately shut it.
The girl finally arrived after Midoriya closed the door, she had short brown hair and eyes with 2 bangs on the side of her face, also pink dots on both cheeks that did not help Midoriya keep his cool. She was wearing a black tank top and gray pants, also gloves strangely enough to Midoriya, as she marched to Midoriya with a pout on her face, which again didn't help Midoriya keep his cool.
"Hey! I thought I heard you speaking to someone, is there someone else here?" she said getting too close to Midoriya for him to remain calm, "Uh, well, um, it's, uh, NO!" he said so nervously that he just yelled.
The girl was taken back for a second then recollected herself, "Oh, well okay." she said smiling. All Might however was just thinking to himself as that was the only thing he could do, 'SHE ACTUALLY BELIEVED THAT?!' he screamed inside his head.
"Anyway, WHY DID YOU THROW THAT...THING?!" she said surprising Midoriya on how she can go from carefree to seriously yelling in your face. "Well… technically it was kicked not thrown." he said hoping she would calm down.
She didn't, "SAME IDEA! SO ANSWER THE QUESTION!" she said cornering Midoriya with both arms on the fridge he was leaning against. Resulting in Midoriya's face to be too red for his brain to support him.
Smoke began to arise from his head, "I-I-I-I-I'm s-s-s-sorry!" he said bowing but ended up hitting her in the head. "Owww" she said to cutely for Midoriya to stop being nervous even if he was in pain.
All Might meanwhile was just silently deadpanning, 'Young Midoriya, against a serious villain that could easily kill you, you have no fear and look him in the eyes with a smile. But against a slightly forward girl, you're the most nervous wreck in existence.' he sighed.
"I-I'm sorry!" he said bowing again but now a step away from the girl that was still holding her head in pain. She slowly brought her head up. To Midoriya this scared him more than anything that has happened in the last week.
"It's okay, I guess I was being a little too assertive." she said apologetic, she said waving her hand in apology. Midoriya took a deep breath and recollected himself before he spoke again, "You're fine, I should have been more careful." he said smiling nervously with his eyes closed.
When he opened his eyes he saw the girl was once again right in front of him, examining him. 'Does this girl not know anything like personal space.' he thought as he started to sweat again.
The girls face suddenly then had a sudden realization, "You're Deku, right?!" Midoriya's eyes widened, "W-wait, WHAT?!" Midoriya screamed.
The girl backed away and gave Midoriya room to breathe, "Oh, aren't you the guy that was involved in that sludge villain incident?" she asked innocently. Midoriya hesitated but if this girl for some reason called him Deku, then she must know everything by now.
"I mean yes, but how did you find out about that?" he asked, the girl reached in her pants to bring out her phone. "Here, someone recorded the whole incident and it shows you going in there saving a boy." she played the video and it was how she said.
Someone was indeed recording the video and it showed everything, from him running in the beginning to him being saved initially, to him jumping from the roof and saving Bakugo. "Okay, I guess that makes sense, but why did you call me Deku?" the girl was surprised for a second but responded.
"Oh the kid you saved, Bakugo right? Called you Deku when they interviewed him for the news. Is your name not Deku?" he asked worried if she had offended him.
'I can already imagine the interview now, thanks Kacchan, now everyone that sees that video will think my name is Deku.' he thought with an annoyed face.
"No it's not, it's a nickname he calls me to make fun of me." he said annoyed. The girl looked apologetic again and bowed in apology, "I'm sorry!" she then brought her head up to speak again. "But I like Deku, it gives the idea to do your best"
"DEKU'S FINE!" he screamed right after she finished her sentence.
All Might sighed for probably the 5th time in the last 10 minutes, 'Young Midoriya, try to have some backbone, it was just an insult 10 seconds ago.' All Might still couldn't believe he was stuck in a fridge listening to a nervous wreck of a boy and a girl that can't even notice.
The girl giggled in laughter while Midoriya was beat red in the face smiling like an idiot. "My name Ochako Uraraka, nice to meet you!" she said extending her hand for a handshake.
He accepted and shakily shook her hand, "So Deku, why are you here?" she asked, Midoriya shook his head to calm down, "Oh, I'm just… training." she smiled and said, "Me too, except my training might be different compared to yours." she said while rubbing the back of her head embarrassed.
"Really, why?" Midoriya asked curiously, Uraraka turned around, "Well my quirk…" Midoriya wasn't able to hear that as All Might opened the door to peek out and grabbed Midoriya's arm in desperation. Midoriya was annoyed that he was being forced to ignore someone he just met.
"Listen, young Midoriya, tell her to leave." All Might said still desperate. "I can't just go up to her and say, "Can you leave please" also you're making me miss my opportunity to learn about her quirk." Uraraka started to finish.
"So, yeah I hope that makes things a little more clear." she as she turned around to see Midoriya leaning against the fridge with one arm, with a nervous face.
"Oh yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Anyway I'm sure you were busy before I interrupted earlier, you can go back to your training." Uraraka frowned, "You want to get rid of me already?" she said pouting.
Midoriya immediately panicked, "N-no of c-course no-" he was interrupted by a sudden force from the fridge, Midoriya looked back in frustration. "I mean, it's just I'm sure your training would be better done alone, right?" he said gulping after finishing that sentence.
"No it's fine, I'm just teasing. I don't want to be a burden. See you Deku!" she said running back to where she was 10 minutes earlier.
"No, t-that's not what I… meant." he tried to say, but she was already gone. All Might got out and stood casually next to Midoriya.
"Smooth" he said sarcastically, Midoriya slowly moved his head towards the number one hero, "IT'S YOUR FAULT!" he yelled frustrated. All Might didn't bother denying it, "Anyway, like I was saying before we got interrupted. Here's my plan." he then handed Midoriya a packet with at least 100 pages.
"I call it the Train to Fame, American Dream Plan!" All Might said proudly, 'Why American?' Midoriya thought but he kept it to himself. "There's even a sleep schedule." he said surprised on how detailed this was.
"Yes! The plan is for you make that developed body, even more developed. To be honest, this schedule is pretty hard to follow, are sure you can stick to it." he said as he slid right next to Midoriya to whisper it for some reason. "Yeah, I have to work a lot harder than anyone else, if I'm going to be your successor or even go to UA" he said looking confident at the packet.
"Oh yeah, you said you wanted to go to UA, right?" he asked, "Yes, after all it's where you went. Anyway, why are we at the beach?" Midoriya questioned.
"Well since your body was already a perfect vessel for One For All, all we need to do is help you gain more control and to train your body, so you can handle more than 5%." it took a couple of seconds for Midoriya to realize what All Might meant, but when he did.
"WAIT, I CAN ONLY USE 5% OF ONE FO-"All Might quickly covered Midoriya's mouth before he finished yelling One For All. "Are you crazy?! You do know that girl could still hear you!" he said looking frantically from Midoriya to where the girl left.
"Sawwi" Midoriya said trying to say sorry while his mouth was still covered, All MIght removed his hand and proceeded to the fridge.
"Your job young Midoriya, is to clean up this whole beach!" he said extending his arms out and transforming into his muscle form. "This... whole… beach!" Midoriya said flabbergasted while looking at the junk and garbage that surrounded him.
All Might gently knocked on the fridge, resulting in a big dent. "Yes! Heroes theses days only care about stopping villains and saving people to get fame and glory." while saying that, All Might started crushing the fridge with one hand like it was nothing.
When he finally crushed the fridge to the ground, it created a big eruption resulting in other nearby objects getting blown away and destroyed," Understand." he asked his successor.
Midoriya was so in awe that he didn't answer for a couple seconds, "Oh, Yes! I understand." All Might nodded in happiness.
"Now before we start, have you tried using One For All yet?" All Might asked, Midoriya shook his head, "No, like you said I shouldn't try to use it until you teach me." he said looking at his fist.
"Good, now I want you to try and use One For All on me." Midoriya eyes widened, "What?!" he said surprised, "Won't I hurt you I mean, with how you described it, my strength should be stronger than yours. Won't I injure you?" he asked worried.
"No, I'll be fine, I might be out of my prime, but I'm still the number one hero." he said then started flexing for extra effect. Midoriya gulped but agreed all the same, "Wait, I still don't know how to do it." Midoriya said.
"Oh, okay listen carefully young Midoriya. Clutch your buttocks, and scream this inside your heart SMASH!" he finished yelling and swinging a fist causing a small gust of wind to hit Midoriya. Midoriya sweatdropped and deadpanned at the same time, 'What the living hell did All Might just say?' he thought to himself.
"What? That's how it worked for me at least." he said defensively while folding his arms and looking away.
"Whatever, let's do this." Midoriya then took a fighting stance and prepared a fist. He took a deep breath and ran towards All Might, 'SMASH!' he yelled inside his heart and hit All Might in the chest, causing All Might to stumble back a couple of steps.
Midoriya's eyes were closed and then opened to see that he was unhurt, "Wow, I controlled it." he said excitingly. "Not exactly young Midoriya. I believe you held back on instinct as you still thought if you hit me with while you were going all out, it would have killed me." he said with a finger pointing up to signify how smart he was being.
Midoriya looked at his closed fist again, "Now the way to control One For All is, SENSATION!" Midoriya shushed him, "Sorry, but anyway, now that you have experienced using One For All, you can imagine it. How did it feel?" All Might asked.
Midoriya pondered it for a couple of seconds, "It was like a "bzzt" or a "whoosh" or... putting an egg in a microwave!" All Might laughed while spouting some blood, "Boring, but unique. Now just imagine setting the cooking time or how much or the power usage, anything so the egg doesn't explode. You have 10 months to accomplish that, it won't happen overnight, but I know you can do it." All Might said confidently.
Midoriya nodded, "Now are you ready for your training young Midoriya?!" All Might encouragingly. "YES!" All Might smiled. "ALL RIGHT LET'S GO!" he yelled as well.
"Huh, Deku, are you sure you're alone?" they heard Uraraka in the distance back from where she was.
"But first young Midoriya we must run, GO!" he said quickly and then sprinted away across the beach away from Uraraka's voice, Midoriya quickly followed suit.
And so my 10 months of hell began
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Midoriya sluggishly arrived back home and greeted his mother, "I'm hommme!" he said tired and was about to close the door until he was surprised by a skinny blonde stopping him.
"I AM HERE, YOUNG MIDORIYA!" Midoriya was so surprised that he dropped to the floor. He looked from All Might to the kitchen where his mother most likely was, "W-why are you here All Might?" he said quietly so his other couldn't hear.
"Izuku, is that you? Oh, is this?" Inko said from the kitchen until she came to the door to see All Might at the door. "I'm a friend of young Midoriya and I thought I might stop by."he said gently extending his arm to Midoriya so he could get up.
He accepted, "Y-yeah this is my friend…" he said hoping All Might might give a name, "Toshinori, Toshinori Yagi." he said extending his arm for a handshake. She accepted, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Toshinori." she said smiling.
"Likewise." he said smiling eyes closed, "But why are you here Mr. Toshinori?" Midoriya asked sounding a little hostile. "I actually came here to talk with you, and I had hoped your mother would be able to join us." he said sounding nervous.
"Oh, of course I would love to join you, I just finished dinner so you can join us." Inko went back to the kitchen to get dinner, "Great!" All Might said marching to the dining room.
Midoriya on the other hand was aghast at how much his mother was buying this unbelievable act, "Are you coming young Midoriya?" All Might asked cheekily.
"Yes sir." he said through the grit of his teeth, he walked to the dining room and sat down to eat inner with his mother and "Mr. Toshinori" Midoriya still wanted to find out why All Might came to his house, 'If he wanted to talk to me, he could have done it while we were training. What's his plan?' he thought.
"Izuku, aren't going to eat your dinner." Inko said worried that her son was just staring at his plate. "Oh, yeah sorry." he then began eating.
"So Mr. Toshinori, what did you want to talk about?" Inko asked, All Might finished swallowing before speaking, "Well, young Midoriya and I have started training for his entry into UA." he said.
Inko eyes started to sparkle, "Really?! I'm glad!" she said excited, "Yes, and this training is very hard, with diets midnight jogging, and all that kind of stuff." Inko was nodding along as All Might spoke.
"Are you sure that's all you wanted to talk about?" Midoriya said looking at him suspiciously, "Yes young Midoriya, but I want to finish this lovely dinner before we talk more." All Might said smiling to himself.
Midoriya sighed but complied all the same and ate dinner with a few conversations during it. They joined on the couch while All Might was standing contemplating how to start.
"Screw it, I'm sorry Mrs. Midoriya for leading you astray." Inko was very confused on how this conversation was starting. "For my true identity is, ALL MIGHT!" he said transforming into his muscle form and flexing.
The only thing that could describe the next 20 seconds was complete silence, until Midoriya decided to speak up, "So mom, what do you thi-" he cut himself off as soon as he saw his mother had passed out.
"AHH, MOM!" he said panicked while shaking her, All Might panicked, "WHAT DO WE DO YOUNG MIDORIYA?!" he yelled in total panic. Midoriya faced All Might angry, "YOU'RE THE ADULT IN THIS SITUATION! AND IT'S YOUR FAULT TO BEGIN WITH!" Midoriya screamed while pointing at All Might.
"That's true." he said facing away, "GROW SOME BACKBONE, YOU'RE THE NUMBER ONE HERO!" Midoriya yelled flabbergasted how the number one hero got depressed because he was criticized.
"Izuku…" Midoriya heard his mother and headed over there immediately, he grabbed her hand. "Are you okay mom?" Inko regained her surroundings and looked Midoriya in the eye looking weakened.
"Yes sweetie, I just had this really strange dream where All Might showed up an-" she was however cut off.
"OH, MRS. MIDORIYA! I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE ALRIGHT!" All Might yelled while holding her other hand and spouting tears of joy.
Inko however passed out again and more screams could be heard from Midoriya and All Might.
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10 minutes later…
Eventually after Inko passed out 3 more times, they were able to calm her down and explain the situation, Inko was sitting on the couch while Midoriya and All Might were standing in front of her.
"So… you're telling me, you want my son to be your successor and the next All Might, by giving him your quirk which is a sacred torch that was passed down to you?" All Might and Midoriya slowly nodded as they standed .
Inko slowly stood up, eyes closed, "I'M SO GLAD!" she screamed immediately hugging Midoriya with tears of joy spouting out like a geyser. Midoriya patted her back, "M-mom c-can't breath" he said losing consciousness.
She let go, "I'm sorry, but... I'm so happy for you." she then hugged him again only more gently. Midoriya gladly accepted until he felt big arms surrounding him, "I'm so happy to have this moment with you guys." All Might said hugging the Midoriya's and tearing up.
"All Might" Midoriya said threatening, "Sorry" he said removing himself, "Now, how can I help?" Inko asked finishing the hug.
"All you need to do is give young Midoriya your support, oh and also keep making your delicious dinners. On another topic, you wouldn't mind sending me some of your foo- oooff" he was cut off by a swift elbow to the gut by Midoriya.
"Ah, never mind that last part, just follow the food schedule I assigned young Midoriya." he said hoping he was pleasing Midoriya.
Midoriya nodded being smug about it.
All Might was starting to say goodbye to the Midoriya, "Well it's about time I leave, I will see you tomorrow, right young Midoriya?" All Might said leaving the house.
"Yes!" Also um.." Midoriya hesitated, "Out with it young man, I'm sure after everything else today, my self esteem will be fine. Hopefully." he said the last part under his breath.
"I'm sorry about yelling at you and hitting you, that wasn't right of me." All Might was silent for a couple of seconds until, "Oh, young Midoriya, I'm so glad to have a successor like yourself, YOU'RE SO KIND!" Midoriya sweatdropped as All Might hugged him in his muscle form.
"Anyway, thanks All Might for everything you've done for me." Midoriya said humbly, "Of course young Midoriya. Why? Because I am ALL MIGHT!" he said flexing and not turning back this time.
Midoriya laughed until he heard a some very familiar voices, "I heard All Might!" "Wait, really where?" they heard the same couple again.
"Well, it's about time I depart, goodbyeeeee!" he said very quickly and jumped away. Midoriya sighed and went back inside. "This is going to be an interesting 10 months." Midoriya said now going to bed.
End
Alright, that's the end of chapter 3, I apologize for this chapter to be literally all dialogue and if the dialogue wasn't interesting to you, then I'm even more sorry.
I would like to say that the first 2 chapters were written in advance before I posted the first one, and this one was written around the time the first one was published.
As you can obviously see I changed quite a bit in terms of character interactions, I know the beginning and the middle of the chapter was pretty copy and paste from the original, I just didn't know how to make that information be revealed differently, but I obviously couldn't just say, "And All Might told Midoriya all about One For All and how it works." because that feels even more lazy.
On a side note, from now on, things will be introduced way faster than in the original. I like to call this the beginning of the "10 Months of Hell Arc" because there will be a couple of more chapters between now and the entrance exam.
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