Chapter 3 - Mentor and Student
'I truly overdid it.'
"What is the meaning of this?" The man said while coming down the stairs towards the boy, "Using your quirk recklessly, throwing such heavy things up in the sky like that, it's dangerous, you could have hurt somebody, explain yourself." He finished speaking as he now stood in front of the teenager.
Izuku took a better look at the man, he was unnaturally thin, his cheeks were sunken, he looked like someone who should be bedridden, but there he stood, in an imposing, almost intimidating figure, also, for some reason the boy could not quite explain, the man seemed familiar.
"I-I-I'm sorry sir." He quickly apologized, "I was just testing my quirk out, it activated a few weeks ago, I was trying to see what I could do." The boy said in an almost pleading manner
"What do you mean by 'activated a few weeks ago'? How old are you?" The adult questioned.
"Fourteen, I was told that I am a 'Late Bloomer' by the doctor that evaluated me when I was five." Izuku did not see it, but the man in front of him flinched a bit when the words 'Late Bloomer' were mentioned.
"I understand, still, that was dangerous, something that big and heavy could cause a lot of damage to property and people, you should be mindful of what your action looks like to others, if some pro hero saw this, you would get far more than just a scolding." The skeletal man finished his lecture, his aura of intimidation was now gone.
Izuku knew he was in the wrong here, he was so excited about his quirk that he forgot why pro heroes exist in the first place, quirks should not be used recklessly with no concern to the surroundings or the people, only villains do that.
"I'm sorry, I spent all my life without a quirk, and now I have one, I should not let it go over my head, I'm truly sorry." The boy said in a regretful tone, then started speaking in a normal tone again, "But that safe was not gonna hit anybody."
"What do you mean?" The man was now curious.
"My calculations tell me exactly where it was gonna fall." Izuku stopped for a moment, processing what he just said, 'If there are equations related to the place the object will fall, maybe that could be changed as well.' He was getting excited again, maybe he could do more than just throwing things up in the air.
Before the man could inquire more, a new voice was heard, coming from the same stairs that he came from.
"Mr. Yagi, please, do not run off like that." The voice belonged to an energetic young man, he is tall and muscular, he has blond hair which is arranged in a cowlick, and held a big smile on his quite simplistic face. He came down the stairs and walked towards them, "I take it that you're the one who's making rain big blocks of metal?" He spoke in a goofy manner while looking at Izuku.
"My name is Mirio Togata, I'm a second year student at U.A., nice to meet you." The young man spoke in a carefree manner, Izuku beamed up at the mention of the school, 'He's a hero in training, there's so much I wanna ask him.'
"I'm Toshinori Yagi, nice to meet you." He said to the green haired boy remembering that he did not introduce himself.
"I'm Izuku Midoriya, nice to meet you too." He wanted to start firing questions at Mirio, about the school, about the staff, and most importantly, about the entrance exams, but he did not get his chance as Mr. Yagi started speaking before he could.
"Young Midoriya, you mentioned something about calculations, what do you mean by that?" Toshinori asked, taking the conversation back to the original topic, Mirio was curious about the boy as well.
"It's part of my quirk, you see…" Izuku explained to them, how he suddenly got better at anything that is related to numbers, his tests with the pen, and then told them the same thing he told his mother about the way his quirk worked.
The explanations did not make much sense to the duo, especially to Mirio.
"I have a question, why are you doing all of these tests? What's your motivation?" Asked Mirio, interrupting the boy's mumbling.
Izuku stood still for a second, he was always laughed at whenever he spoke about his dream of being a hero, the reason he was ridiculed was because everyone thought he was quirkless, but that was not case anymore, he had his quirk, he knew he can be a hero, and now he needs to show his resolve.
"I want to be a hero." He took a deep breath and then continued speaking, "Ever since I first saw All Might's debut video something happened to me, I felt what it means to be inspired by someone great, I want to save people like he does, I don't need fame or recognition for it, I just want to help." The duo were listening intently to the boy, "My quirk took some time to appear, I cannot deny that the thought of me actually being quirkless crossed my mind more than once throughout my life, everyone around me besides my parents certainly did, but I already decided, even if I was quirkless, I would still do my best, I would still be a hero, I WILL be a bero." The boy finished, he had a really determined look on his face.
The duo looked at Izuku's eyes, they both saw the same heroic spirit they themselves possessed, as the years go, true heroes were becoming scarce, but the boy was definitely one of them, they both smiled at that.
"I see, that is certainly a noble goal." Mirio was the first to speak, "Are you planning on going to U.A.?" Izuku quickly nodded, "Ok, as your future veteran I shall help you." Before Izuku could answer he continued, "You see, Mr. Yagi here is my mentor, and he will also join U.A.'s staff next year." Toshinori wanted to reprimand Mirio for revealing his information like that, but Mirio continued speaking, "He gave me a task, which is to clean this beach, tell you what, you help me with this, and I help you train with your quirk, and everything else you will need to pass the exams."
Izuku was holding back his tears, someone did not doubt him, Mirio is already in the school he wants to enter, and he would have someone that is willing to help with his quirk, which he still did not understand completely, he accepted it.
"T-Thank you so much, when do we begin?"
"Next monday, after school, you will start to come to this beach, we will clean it thoroughly, at the same time we will learn about your quirk, and I will train you on everything else." Mirio held a big smile at the happiness apparent in the boy's face.
They exchanged contacts, Izuku apologized for his recklessness one more time, Mr. Yagi had already forgiven him, he thanked Mirio again before picking up his backpack and running home, leaving mentor and student alone.
"That boy got potential." Toshinori said with a small smile forming, "If I had not already chosen you as my successor, it could have been him."
"It could still be him." Mirio responded in his goofy attitude.
"I don't think he would need my quirk to achieve greatness, 'Late Bloomers' are always powerful." Mirio picked up on the dark tone his mentor last words had, but decided not to question it.
LATER THAT NIGHT
Izuku was at his desk again, he already told his mother about what he would be doing starting next week, she was worried that Izuku would be with a complete stranger but accepted nonetheless, her son seemed to trust said person, and she trusted her son's judgement.
He was now at the position he had been in the last few days, sitting at his desk, with a pen on top of it, but this time the pen was sitting at the left border of the desk, he wanted to test out the new idea that came to his head earlier today, if he could change the position where the object lands after being sent up.
The calculations were going off again, they were becoming faster and faster as the days go by, he knew his quirk was developing, he remembered when Kacchan's quirk activated, he could only do very small explosions that could not hurt anybody, and now that same quirk is a true force of destruction, Izuku was getting excited again, 'My quirk is gonna become more powerful, I'm sure of it.'.
He reached a result, he tapped his hand, the pen went up from the left side of the desk, making an arc motion in the air, landing on the right side of the desk.
"It works."
A/N:
The reason All Might seems weird when 'Late Bloomers' are mentioned is because in this story, his nemesis, All For One, is a late bloomer. I refuse to believe that someone with a such a powerful quirk would have it developed and ready to use by the time he was five.
Also, about One for All, Mirio will be the one receiving, sorry if I disappointed anybody, but he will receive it much later in the story.
As always, I welcome any review and criticism, see you guys in the next chapter.