A/N: Wow, just wow, I wasn't expecting this much praise so soon. I mean over twenty favs and follows in less than a week, I'm really flattered that everyone is liking it. I've gotten some tips on the story like a limit on Izuku's quirk, the length of the chapters and my writing. So, thanks for all the feedback, I'll try and improve on these things and I hope that you enjoy the chapter. BTW I updated this chapter because of major spelling mistakes that I forgot to fix, as well as sentence structure so I just wanted to fix that before I work on the next chapter.
It was a decade since Izuku discovered this quirk, and his life had changed drastically. For one Izuku was no longer looked down on. After he returned to school people started to treat him better, but they weren't really friends with him. He was more respected for the fact that he beat Bakugou and his two cronies and his powerful quirk, but not for his personality. People only really hung around him because they knew Bakugou wouldn't mess with them if he was around. Not that he didn't mind standing up for people, that's what a hero is supposed to do, but it gets kind of lonely. And it felt like he was just surrounded by yes men and yes women, always agreeing with everything he said and always saying how great he was and never getting to know the real Izuku Midoriya.
Another person changed by Izuku's quirk was Bakugou, after the whole school found out about what happened to him and his cronies Bakugou kind of lost all the praise and admiration that he got, and this changed him. His two main cronies moved schools so Bakugou was all alone, his hatred for Izuku growing and growing. One thing that surprised Izuku was why Bakugou never acted on his feeling, he could certainly do so. As much as it pained Izuku to say Bakougou was still better than him, at least in a combative sense. He was in better shape than Izuku, had better control of his quirk and because of these advantages he could beat Izuku to a bloody pulp and the teachers would not bat an eye. But nothing happened, not that Izuku cared he couldn't afford to get into fights with his old childhood friend anyhow. This was because if he got a bad reputation in this school it would mean that he couldn't go to his dream school, UA. UA is the number one ranked high school for heroics and is also the school that taught Izuku's idol, the symbol of peace, All Might.
All Might is the world's best hero, he had so many saves under his belt. When Izuku was younger he constantly watches the video showing All Might's first appearance, everything was on fire, there was panic, there was no hope left until he appeared. The people he saved went into the tens then the twenties and kept rising until everyone one was saved and All Might said this most famous catchphrase "Never fear because I AM HERE!" All Might meant the world to Izuku, it was All Might that inspired Izuku to become a Hero and it was the things that All Might said that allowed him to stay strong during the bullying he had received for being quirkless. And Izuku felt that because of all that he owed it to All Might to become a hero and make him proud. Despite how ridiculous that sounds, but the first step to making both All Might and this mother proud is to get into UA. He just had to get through the rest of this boring week and then he could take his practical exam. And so how good of a hero he could be.
But this week would be anything but boring. To start off with once Izuku arrived at his final class on Friday his teacher asked the class what they wanted to bee then the graduated, naturally everyone said a hero. They then had a talk about why they wanted to become heroes and what agencies they would like to join and what their futures hero names would be. And while it was an interesting discussion, Izuku wasn't impressed by most of his piers motivations for going into the hero profession. It was a fifty-fifty split between the pay is good and because of the fact its cool. Which annoyed Izuku, a hero is supposed to be above that, a hero is supposed to make people feel safe and help them not care about selfish things like fame and money. Heroes are meant to inspire people to be better and to have his entire class have such selfish motivations greatly annoyed Izuku greatly. After his, they mentioned hero schools, and most of his class said that they would like to apply for Ketsubutsu Heroics high school because they had a much better chance to get in that school than UA as UA had such a low acceptance rate compared to Ketsubutsu. The teacher then mentioned about Bakugou wanting to apply for UA, this caused Bakugou to quickly jumped on the table as the rest of the class talked about how it was impossible to get into UA. Bakugou then proudly replied to that with
"That's why it's the only school worthy of me. I aced the mock tests. I'm the only one in this crappy school that stands a chance to get in. Ill become even more popular than All Might! I'll be the richest hero in the world! Everyone will know my name, and it all starts with UA high!"
Everyone was shocked at Bakugous sudden burst of speech as he usually just stayed quiet during class and didn't talk to anyone unless he was picking a fight. However, Bakugou's pride was suddenly shattered after their teacher mentioned how Izuku also wanted to apply to UA as well. And Izuku could literally see the smugness drain form Bakugous face as he turned to Izuku giving him a look that, if looks could kill, would leave him in a state that his body would be unrecognizable. After that, the teacher told Bakugou to sit down, before he did he sent one last hate-filled glare at Izuku.
After the period ended Izuku pulled out his phone to check social media to see if there had been any interesting hero fighting he missed, or if any were going on. But before he could leave to check out the fight going on between Mount Lady and some brand new villain, Bakugan came up to him, He then put his hand on Izuku's shoulder and activated his quirk causing his jackets shoulder to char.
"Deku, don't even think of applying, this is my destiny and my chance to get the praise and respect I deserve. If I see you at that practical exam, ill blow up your ass so much, they'll be finding pieces for weeks."
He said with a smile on his face that reminded him of the joker from those old superhero movies his mother liked to watch. After Bakugou finished his creepy smile he started to walk away laughing to himself
"But hey, don't lose hope Deku, maybe if you'll become someone great in your next life, all you have to do is take a swan dive of the school roof!"
His comment sparked something in Izuku, he never thought he would do this, the last time he fought Bakugou he only won on accident and he knew that he wouldn't be able to beat him, but something, something, made him do this.
"I understand why you're saying these things Katchan."
This caused Bakugou to turn around, surprised that he was getting some resistance.
"You're only saying this cause you're scared, I mean I get it, the last time you and I went up against each other you ended up face down in the past"
Bakugou suddenly slammed his hand on a nearby desk, his quirk causing an explosion that charred the desk almost turning it completely black "
"The Fuck you saying Deku!"
Izuku suddenly took a big gulp, he was terrified, and knew what he was saying wasn't heroic but something about this felt right.
"What I'm saying is that I think you're afraid that if me and you go head to head again, it'll be the same as last time"
Bakugou clenched his fists tightly, completely consumed by rage shouted
"DEKU! IVE NEVER BEEN AFRAID OF YOUR WEAK ASS! THAT WIN YOU GOT AGAINST ME WAS LUCK AND YOU FUCKING KNOW THAT! BUT IF YOU THINK YOU CAN BEAT ME THEN PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR FUCKING MOUTH IS! IN CITY CENTRE THERE IS AN ABANDONED WAREHOUSE MEAT ME THERE FOR ONE HOUR AND ILL SHOW YOU HOW WORTHLESS YOU ARE!"
Bakugou screamed as he stormed out the class, still shouting swear words and insults as he left.
Izuku was shocked, he had no idea why he did that. Maybe it was bottled up emotions, or maybe just him wanting to prove himself but there was no turning back now. Even him he failed to appear at the warehouse Bakugou would come to his house and fight him there and neither his mother or his neighbors needed to see that. So, had no choice but to fight.
But even though the thought of fighting Bakugou made him feel sick, Izuku still wanted to check out that fight between Mount Lady and the villain now known as Green Thumb. Apparently, Green Thumb's quirk allows her to summon large roots from out of the ground by touching the ground with her thumb. Her quirk has caused lots of discussions on Izuku's quirk theory group about its limitations so Izuku really wanted to check it out. But unfortunately for Izuku that wasn't going to happen.
Izuku decided to take the shortcut to the fight by passing under a small bridge, it was in an obscure location, not many people knew about it, it was hidden in the forest behind the school and is very, very old pretty much crumbling away. But it was still safe to travel under and past that bridge was a path that could lead him to the city center in less than 5 minutes. But unfortunately, he wouldn't get there, once he began walking under the bridge, Izuku could smell an awful smell, like a mix of sewage water and moldy egg. Izuku could also hear a heavy breathing sound. Izuku then looked up to see a large blob of dark green mud staring down at him, he had two large bright yellows eyes which felt like they were staring into Izuku's very soul. And large nasty teeth which looked like All Might's but only ten times the size. The blob dropped from the ceiling of the bridge and began to stare at Izuku.
"He is looking for me, but he is not looking for some puny high school student. Besides your quirk might come in handy."
The monster than rushed towards Izuku, Izuku was shocked, but he quickly regained his composure, he dodged the initial attacked and took a deep breath, he then shot out a large burst of flames at the villain, but the villain took it on directly with no damage and just laughed
"Nice try kid, you might have a powerful quirk but it's useless against ME!"
The monster shouts as he rushes towards Izuku again, Izuku tried to dodge but the villain used his large sludge hand to punch Izuku in the leg causing him to fall to one knee. The villain then used the rest of his body to surround Izuku covering up to the neck in the villain's body, the sludge monster turned his face towards Izuku and gave him a look like the one Bakugou gave him earlier.
"Don't worry. I'm just hijacking your body. Calm down. It'll only hurt for about 45 seconds... then it'll be all over."
The monster says as it starts to wrap its self fully around Izuku's body. The creature then started to shrink so it looked more like Izuku was wearing a green sludge coat unlike before, where his body was completely hidden in the large blob or sludge. Izuku was struggling to breathe, the sludge kept on getting in his mouth and his ears, he kept try to spit it out or use his quirk, but it was no use. The monster was too strong.
"Maybe Katchan was right." Izuku thought to himself "My quirk is useless, and there is nothing I can do, he's going to take control of my body and use my quirk and hurt so many people, there is nothing I can do." Once Izuku finished this thought he could feel everything going dark and numb, his vision faded, and his muscles relaxed, it was over.
"NEVER FEAR, BECAUSE I AM HERE!"
It was the symbol of peace, All Might.
"ALL MIGHT!" "DIE!"
The sludge villain yelled as he made is hand grow to a large size and slammed it on the ground. But All Might dodged, he then dashed towards the villain and saw Izuku's shoulder sticking out and vulnerable to grab. He then grabbed Izuku's shoulder and ripped him out of the sludge monster. He then placed Izuku to the side and yelled...
"TEXAS…SMASH!"
When he punched the villain creating a large gust of wind the blowing the green monster into bits. All Might then picked up the remaining pieces of the villain and placed them into an empty coke bottle, not the most professional, but hey it'll do for now.
After the incident All Might began to gently tap the child's cheek to make sure that he was alright, he would hate to be responsible for this child's death. Izuku felt weird, he felt stiff and his right shoulder was in pain, once his vision returned to him he began to see a man, well at least his lower half, he had two block shoes on as well as dark green trousers. He began to look up to see a white shirt and face that Izuku instantly recognized. It was his favorite hero, All Might
"HA HA HA, GOOD TO SEE YOU ARE STILL WITH US MY BOY, THOUGHT WE LOST YOU THERE"
All Might said while now relaxing knowing the child was ok.
"I MUST SAY THAT YOU DID A GREAT JOB AGAINST THAT VILLIAN, I GOT TO SEE YOU QUIRK BREAIFLY WHILE I WAS MOVING IN TO CONFRONT ARE SIMMEY FRIEND HERE"
All Might said as he held up the bottle containing the sludge monster.
"I-I R-really couldn't do anything, H-he completely destroyed me," Izuku said while still in shock at the fact that his idol, All Might was praising him.
"NONSENSE, THE OPPONENT YOU WERE FIGHTING WAS COMPLETELY IMMUNE TO YOUR ATTACKS AND YOU STILL HUNG IN THERE, YOU SHOULD BE PROUD MY BOY" All Might reply while getting into a jumping stance.
"All Might I was wondering if you could- "
"DON'T WORRY MY BOY, I CHECKED OUT YOUR NOTEBOOK, CHECK MY OWN PAGE IN THAT AND YOU'LL GET WHAT YOU WANT" Izuku then turned to page 1 of this hero notes book to see All Rights signature next to his hero bio Izuku had written, along with the words plus ultra.
"Thank you so much All Might"
"NO PROBLEM, MNOW THEN I MUST BE OFF, BETTER GET ARE FRIEND HERE TO THE POLICE STATION" All Might said as he jumped away at high speeds.
Though something felt wrong, he felt like he just got 100 pounds heavier, he could also hear a quiet screaming ringing in his ear, confused by this, All Might looked down to see the young boy that he had just saved hanging onto his leg and holding on for dear life.
"What are you doing kid!? I love my fans, but this is too much!" All Might said in a mix of shock and anger.
"I-I can't, if I let go I'll die," Izuku said like holding All Might's leg as tightly as he could so he would fall off and splat on the pavement down below them.
"Ah, good point," All Might said as he realized that if the young man let go then he would surely die a painful death.
To prevent the risk of the young man dying All Might deiced to land on a building close to city center, something he was hoping to avoid as he has short of time and needed to get the villain to the police station as fast as possible and didn't have the time to deal with all his fans and admirers. Once the two landed Izuku quickly rushed towards the bin on the roof to throw up, after his he returned to talk to All Might.
"I am so sorry about this All Might, it's just I wanted to ask you about you knew any techniques for improving one's quirk"
While Izuku was saying these things he was unaware that smoke had now covered the number one hero and this body began to shrink, gone was the muscular All Might, and instead of him was a skinny, weak looking, almost skeleton like figure. Izuku then turned around
"So what do you-"Izuku stopped dead in his tracks as he bared witness to All Mights new form.
"W-who are you? W-where is All Might?" Izuku asked both scared and shocked
"You're looking at him kid" All Might replied
"N-no way y-you're a fake, yeah that's it an imposter," Izuku said still in denial that the skeleton man before him is his idol.
"Sorry to break it to you kid but I am All Might" All Might then held up his shirt revealing a large purple would on All Mights right side.
After seeing that, Izuku gasped in shock that All Might had this kind of wound and kept fighting all these years.
"Yeah bad isn't it? I got this after I was injured in battle five years ago and I now can only stay in his hero form for a short time, about three hours"
"Kid I may smile, but I use that smile to hide the fear I have, the fear that one day will be unable to save people and the fear that I will let people down."
"Now I'm sorry, but I really must go now, I have got to go to the station but as for your question It would be best to ask a fire quirk user, bye kid"
All Might began to make his way down the stair of the roof
"And do me a favor and don't go telling anyone, I don't want anyone losing faith in me, and if people find out this weakness, it could cause the crime rate to increase. And I don't want that"
All Might said as he left. Once All Might began his way down the stairs he checked his pockets to see if the villain was still in his trouser pocket, so he reached into his baggy pocket and the villain was gone
"Oh no! When that kid grabbed me that villain must have escaped" All Might shocked that he never realized that while the young boy was grabbing him but before he could think about it more he heard an explosion snapping him out of his thought, he quickly ran down the stairs well as fast as he could and was shocked by what he saw.
He could see a large crowd of people surrounding a warehouse with a giant hole in it, all might move to the side to see a large fire, and a bunch of heroes escaping it. All Might thought that everything was fine now and that this was unrelated to his villain problem, that the crock is still in that empty bottle back at the bridge. But he was wrong he could see the villain covering another young man, wearing the same uniform of the other young boy he had just finished talking to. The boy was struggling against the monster trying to get free but physically, he was no match.
The building was shaking apparently being shaken by the boy's quirk, the ability to create explosions and it was making it tough for the heroes to help because of the fire and continues explosions. He heard that the heroes were struggling even more than he thought, all their quirks were useless against the slimy enemy and all they could do is wait for a hero with a better quirk to arrive but there was no one, no one could help and there was nothing that All Might could do. There was no hero to save the boy, no hero to stop the villain, no hero to save the day.
"KATCHAN!"
Izuku yelled as he dashed past the shocked civilians and ran into the burning building, ignoring the heroes telling him to stop Izuku didn't listen. It was his fault that Bakugou was in the building that the villain went to, it was his fault that All Might dropped the bottle that contained the villain. It was his fault. He was going to fix. He ran into the building and saw that the villain had almost finish possessing Bakugou, had had to stop this but his quirk was useless, wait, his bag.
He threw the bag towards the villains right eye, all his books flew everywhere, except one, the one hit the villains in the other eye, temporarily blinding him, during his period of blindness he let go of Bakugou exposing the top half of Bakugous body, Izuku used this opportunity to dash up to Bakugou and front flip over him. He then grabbed Bakugous right shoulder and used all his strength to rip Bakugou out of the villain's body, dislocating his shoulder in the process, but it was worth it to free Bakugou. Bakugou took a second to recompose himself, but after that, he was back up
"DEKU! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Bakugou asked clearly pissed at Izuku for his actions
"Katchan, I know that your angry, but take that angry and use it against him" The two then turn to see the slime villain increasing the size of his body to look for Intimidating, he got so big the he was touching the roof of the building or at least what is left of it.
"YOU! You're the kid that I ran into earlier, judging by your clothing I'd say this is your classmate, I think it's cute your trying to help your little friend here but sorry to say you're going to die, but since I'm I nice guy ill tell you what my plan is. First I'm going beat up the both of you then I'll take your friends body and make sure the last face you'll see is his!" The villain yelled
"You ready Katchan?"
"DEKU! I DON'T NEED YOUR FUCKING HELP" Bakugou heled as he put his arms behind his back and created mini explosions ton boost his speed and launch him into the air towards the villain
"NOW DIE!" both the villain and Bakugou shouted simultaneously as their fists were about to collide but the villain dodged Bakugous strike and was about to strike back but the punch was blocked.
It was All Might, he was sweating heavily, and smoke was coming out his body, but despite the pain, he was in he was going to fight.
"Kid, you've made me realize something today, it doesn't matter what the odds are, how much they are stacked against you, a true hero fights to protect others no matter the risks!"
"DIE ALL MIGHT!" the villain screamed as he used his spear hand to attack the symbol of peace but All
"DETROIT SMASH!"
Once again, All Mights punch made connection with the villain but this punch was much more powerful than the last one this punch not only reduced the villain to small pieces and blew both Izuku and Bakugou over. But shock wave acted like a slice causing the rest of the building to collapse and fall to the ground, luckily the rest of the heroes protected the people in the area from the shockwave.
Everyone was quiet as if the world stopped, there was not a single sound, not until the sound of slight rain appeared as the punch that All Might had changed the very weather, everyone was shocked, unable to believe how powerful the symbol of peace was. All eyes were on All Might looking at him, waiting to see what he would do next. All Might looked towards Izuku and Bakugou, raised his arm up and did a thumbs up, and the crowd went wild, All Might had saved the day. All Might always saved the day
After the battle both Izuku and Bakugou were praised for their actions, Bakugou for fighting back against the villain and for his strong quirk. And Izuku for freeing him and stepping in and helping fight the villain. They were both told by some of the heroes on the scene that they would like to have them both as sidekicks, though Bakugou was annoyed that Izuku was said to be on par with him. After that and getting questioned by the police the two decided to not fight as they were both to tried to do so. After that Izuku left for home while Bakugou stayed behind for more questioning but before Izuku left Bakugou wanted to speak to him.
"DEKU! Just because you saved me today, that doesn't make you any better than me! You can apply for UA for all I care but just know that I'll get a score so high, yours will look fucking pathetic!" Bakugou said before going into the questioning room
Izuku then made his way home after meeting All Might, finding out his secret, fighting the villain and the police questioning, he just wanted to sleep and was looking forward to doing so, but on his way home he heard a loud noise but had no idea on what to do but he had his guard him, the sound got closer and closer and then he saw him again, it was All Might.
"I AM HERE!" All Might said just after stopping but as soon as he finished his sentence he suddenly vomited out blood and reverting to his weakened form.
"A-All Might w-what are you doing here?" Izuku asked clearly surprised that All Might was meeting up with him and again and even seeking him out personally
"Young Midoriya, we need to talk"
And that's a rap I lengthened this like I was recommended to do and I hope it is now better. I was going to wait till after the new year to make this but after all the positive feedback I decided to have it come out sooner. Now I know what you're thinking am I giving Izuku one for all, well maybe, I have three ways the story can go.
1: He gets it now
2: He gets it later
3: He never gets it
Now I have 3 ways this can go and plans for all three outcomes, but I want some more advice, which sounds the best and if Izuku doesn't get it, who should? Let me know through reviews and PM's anyway that's this week's chapter I hope you enjoyed, Reviews and constructive criticism are always appreciated, and I hope you guys had a good Christmas
Thanks for reading