"In recent news, The Symbol of Peace has been placed into early retirement due to loss of his quirk and recent scandal of showing his true form and revealing his long injury. The number one has not commented on his retirement for the time being. In other news, the daughter of the CEO of Tetsuya Intelligence has returned home after being kidnapped two weeks ago. The father of the four year old has brought justice to his own hands and killed the entire Yakuza that kidnapped his daughter. He stated, 'The heroes failed to save my daughter, so I took this matter into my own hands and got her back'. The CEO would have been arrested for homicide but stated that he has a license to kill and used it for self defense when the Yakuza boss threatened to kill him."
Izuku and Midori walked past by the television sets displayed near them and headed towards the Dagobah Beach, the once beautiful area, now a field of waste and illegal dumping. The green haired rider wondered about the area and why Midori brought him here, "Midori why are we here? Shouldn't we be training?"
"Izuku, I want you to punch that washing machine" Midori told him, which confused the boy, "Use all the power given to by our merging"
"Oh." He concentrated his fist and cocked it, "Hurricane SMASH!" He yelled and punched the machine but only to hurt his hand, "Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow!" He held his wrists while waving his hand in pain, "How come this is different than yesterday? I thought I had a quirk?"
"In reality, you don't" The ridewatch floated towards his comrade, "I have the quirk, you just have the strength but none of the power. You're like a strongman, but with no power or force to back up the look"
"How will I reach that strength that I have yesterday?"
"Easy. Train your body and mind, and when we turn into Kamen Rider, then our strength might double or even triple in power alone. Besides, you lack the body to even think of becoming a soldier of justice"
"That's a bit harsh but you're right…." he muttered, knowing that he never did tried to workout but what was the point when none of it matters to the people who don't believe in him,
"Besides. You have to depend on your own strength outside of being Deku" He zapped an electric shock to Izuku, making him move, "Now get to it and begin training. You have ten months before the UA Entrance Exams!"
"Right!" He quickly began cleaning out the beach, on the road to UA.
Within two months of his training, half the beach was cleaned, thanks to Midori and his drill sergeant ways of shaping his owner up. Everyday, he acted as an alarm to wake up Izuku exactly at six in the morning with a threat of shocking him, then follow his meal plans he set out for the green haired teen and made sure he eats accordingly to plan. Then make him workout at the beach in his free time until night with a daily quota in how much trashed picked up per day. If he misses the quota then his workload will double the next day. Izuku did this a few times and learned the hard way, but eventually picked it up. There were days that Midori demanded that Izuku rest and made sure that he listens in order for his body and mind to adjust to the plan. After two months, the duo were happy with the results.
"Man, you sure know how to work hard" Midori complimented,
"It's all thanks to you, Midori"
"No. I just make sure you stay on the path, you did the work by yourself." The watch looked at a washing machine, "Now punch that machine"
Izuku nodded and quickly readied his fist and then punched the broken appliance. His fist made a mark on the machine and Izuku hasn't felt a single inch of pain so far, "Wow!"
"See. This is your strength so far, keep it up and soon you will be the strongest of them all!" MIdori then let out a cackle like a villain, "Now, your quota has permanently doubled from now on!"
"What!?" Izuku exclaimed, "Yo can't be-"
"You have one month to complete this! Fail and I'll end up merging to find a better suitor!"
With that thought of his hard work going down the drain, just like that. But he will not let it slip again and quickly get work,
Midori sighed happily, "Nothing like making a big threat to make people work harder. Like I'll break ties from the boy. This kid has potential to be the next hero of his generation" he said to himself, "Maybe even greater if he works harder."
At Tetsuya Intelligence
"Got you!" the teenage father exclaimed as he grabs his daughter in a playful manner while she giggles, he rubbed her hair and kissed her little horn, "You're never going to leave my sight, my little angel"
Eri smiled at her father and hugged his chest, "Together forever, daddy!" Seeing her smile so bright made Max teared up as he is forever blessed to see his daughter in his arms again. Soon his assistant, Izu came with a man with green hair, it was Sir Nighteye along with Mirio, his sidekick/intern. Izu apologies and takes Eri to the kitchen, where she will not hear any of the possible yelling and cursing from her father.
Max smuggly grins at them while preparing a tall glass of….apple juice?
"It seems you gentlemen are not too happy for the slander I put upon you" he sips his glass, "But it's your fault for leaving her to suffer from those bastards sick experiment!"
"If you had listen, I see-" he was cut off,
"Your quirk ain't shit. You're not the only one who uses time. I defy the fate you said and butchered them like pigs" his crimson eyes glow slightly,
"Then I have to arrest you for illegal quirk use and homicide. Mirio, get the cuffs" The second year quickly tried to leave the building, but was stopped by the sight of two cards hitting the walls,
"Unfortunately the law isn't on your side. Those cards, one of them is my hero license, just not given a hero name. And the other…."
The boy grabbed the other card and went into shock, "A License to Kill!" which made his boss blood turn cold,
"H-How are you able to?"
"I have done many things in the past in order to survive. Things that made me quit and took this job." He finished his glass and walked over to grab the two cards, "The reason I come to you over the fact that you used to be All Might's sidekick. And the fact I made an oath to them that I will never invoke my right to kill without reason. Guess now they know. They'll be coming for me." Max pours more juice into his glass, "You modern day heroes make me wonder why I should even trust you in the first place. All I hear are lies and false hope"
The pro hero snapped at him, "You seriously believe that!? How foolish are you?"
"Foolish? Then tell me where were you heroes when I needed you? Where were you bastards when me and my daughter were starving in the street!? No one came!" The glass broke from the fit of anger, blood dripping on the floor, "The one of the things I hate the most is two-face bastards like you. You promise to protect and serve, but I see are lies that grants you a fucking paycheck!" He walks up to Nighteye, "Get out of my home." He said it in a low stern but hearable voice.
The hero understands that he should leave, so he and Mirio left. It took a few minutes before Max began his walk to the bathroom and cleaned his bloody hand. Wrapped in bandages and then start to clean up the broken glass on the floor, no need to have a child step in that. He fixes himself as he regains his composure before heading to the kitchen, where Eri is earring lunch while drawing on a few blank pieces of paper. The Humagear female is also sitting next to her like a mother to a daughter, which makes Max smile again, 'Komi, I know you are watching over us. I hope you are happy that our daughter has someone to look up as a mother….' He walks over to the two, "Hey you two, what are you doing?"
The little girl showed a picture of her, her father, and Izu holding hands like a happy family, "Mommy made me the best cheese sandwich and I drew you, mommy, and me in this drawing!" She said it so purely, it makes her father want to cry a little inside,
"That is so nice, Eri. You would make a great artist" He kisses her horn. Izu slides a plate of grilled cheese next to Max,
"I made one for you too, Max"
"Thank you, Izu." he took a bite of the sandwich, though he never did what was coming next from his child,
"Daddy, how come you never kiss mommy?" She asked, which made her father choke on the toasted bread,
"Um well you see-" He was cut off by the sudden kiss from Izu. The feeling of her lips felt so good, he returned the kiss back to avoid Eri asking more questions about his relationship with Izu,
"Your father sometimes doesn't have the time to show his love to me. He spent it all on you and he has done a very good job" She smiled at her 'daughter' and petted her head.
And without any further questions, Eri continued eating her meal while Max just looked astounded that she bought it, and mouthed, "Thank you" to Izu. But noticed her eyes were forming digital hearts as she sits next to him and holding his arm, 'I didn't programmed this into her?' he thought to himself, 'What is going on with her?'
Dagobah Beach
After two more weeks of pain, misery, and electroshock persuasion; Izuku finally cleaned the entire beach as he screamed into the sky in victory. Midori floated around his owner and the sound of his voice showed that he is proud of him, "Way to go! I've never seen a beach this clean!"
The green rider's body went into a significant change throughout the course of two and a half months, he no longer looked like a wimpy middle schooler with a pretty boy face! He is now a tough looking middle schooler with a pretty boy face! HIs heart was beating fast as he began to tire out from these moments of hell he had to endure from Midori, but it was worth it as he fell into the sand and rested. He stared into the early morning sky, "So what happened next, Midori?"
"We train your One for All ability. You may have the punch but you need to work on his speed agility" the rider nods and gets up but is stopped by his comrade, "Not today. Rest for a couple of days, let your body relax." With that said, Izuku's stomach growl,
"Good I could go for some breakfast right now" they both laughed but then heard a police siren going off in the distance, "Maybe breakfast can wait."
Midori turned into a driver and strapped himself to Izuku's waist, "Time to test your speed," he said, while Izukui pose and say the magic words,
"Henshin!"
The Ninth Hero! Deku!
He quickly got into his rider form and ran off to the scene of the crime. His speed is better than he was at, a few months ago. But it is still small and has a long way to go, so he is catching up to the police cars. The driver of the car was astounded by the sight of the rider keeping up with the average speed of the car, then leaped towards the direction they were heading.
Meanwhile….
Max finishes his paper to approve the new A.I. being sent to UA, and wondering who to sponsor for recommendations. He hasn't met someone his age worthy to be in the UA, in his own opinion that most of the kids are a bunch of jokes and his choices won't matter. Most of the kids he heard are bad examples to be heroes. All the people care about are power and having a powerful quirk automatically makes you hero material. Well he wants none of that. He turns on the TV and see a villain attack going on along with some arson happening not too far from where he is at,
"We're live on the scene. We see a villain wearing some sort of firefighter suit spewing fire from his hands. Police advise evacuation while waiting for pro heroes and fire department to arrive. Wait ...this just in, the Kamen Rider vigilante has arrived onto the scene!" The image of Kamen Rider Deku appeared and Max quickly grabbed his new belt and cassette, yelling to Eri and Izu to wait as he left.
Izuku never thought he would be facing a villain so up close, he started to have second thoughts. He could die in a painful fiery death or be arrested for interfering. He thought he should let the pros handle it, but Midori reminded him why he trained so hard for, he can;t let that go to waste. He quickly runs up and jumps into the scene of the crime. In his eyes under the compound bug like eyes, he sees many civilians getting caught in the crossfire,
"Midori! We have to save those people!" he yelled,
"I know. As Kamen Riders, we are the soldiers of justice." Both of them quickly break down damaged walls and gather the people out of the burning building. The quirkless boy sweated rapidly under his suit and breath heavily from the deadly heat in the building. They quickly enter the building and reach the source of the flames. He sees a man wearing a burnt greenish yellow firefighter outfit with a broken respirator and safety goggles with a charred hat,
"Who the hell are you!?" the villain asked,
"I am the soldier of justice! Kamen Rider Deku!"
"HA! A hero who is literally worthless. I am going to enjoy roasting you alive!" he blasted fire at the rider but he quickly dodged the increased heat from the attacks, quickly dehydrating the rider faster. He can't keep up to the heat as he gets hit by a few scorching balls to his exhausted body, the sweat has already stinging his eyes, blinding him from the next attack. After being blown into the edge where the bystanders watch the young rider be cooked alive,
"Face it, Deku. You will never beat me! My flames will help your family save money on funeral costs as I cremate your remains!" the villain boast as he already won,
'Midori...he's right…. I am way over my head ...I am getting dehydrated by the second….. I am going to black out….' The green rider breaths started to become more heavy like being trapped in a hot car with the windows up,
'Izuku! Don't make our training a waste! Remember when you henshined, you absorbed the elements of wind, fire, water, and earth! Use one of these abilities to fight against him! Concentrate!' The device gave him a hint and Midoriya quickly focused. He remembered that his power created rain, the same rain that helped put out the burning street months ago. Then the mental image of his ride form but in a navy blue color pallet holding some kind of staff, a halberd maybe.
Meanwhile, the villain was about to end his life, "So long worthless rider!" He throws his flames at the hero but then, a burst of cold water comes out of Deku, extinguishing his flames and the flames around him and he hears a loud roar from the hero, now holding a halberd. The villain couldn't see from the steam forming from the taken out flames, but he make out the image of a new hero similar to Deku but in a navy blue color holding a halberd with a blue handle and golden spear tip,
"I am Kamen Rider Deku and this is my storm form!" the hero announced, then charges towards the man and punched him, knocking him into a charred wall,
The fiery terrorist growled and ignited his flames, "You think you can wind just because you use rain clouds now!? Think again!" he threw his fire balls at Deku, but he blocked them by twirling his halberd. He grew irritated now, seeing his attacks won't work like usual to someone with water at their disposal,
"Now it's my turn!" He slashes the long weapon to the floor and summons a splash of water, "Wave Storm!" the splash hit the villain, making him soaking wet. The fire terrorist tried to use his quirk but they kept flickering out like a useless lighter. Deku took approach and disarmed the criminal when he pulled a gun out and uppercut him with the bottom blunt end of the halberd, knocking him out.
The fire of the building was extinguished by Deku's storm, and the villain was dragged out of the building and Deku is surrounded by a group of people who are thanking him for saving them and most of their homes. He deformed back to his civilian form in front of them, which surprises everyone that their hero is a junior high schooler. He explained that he is quirkless and he did it because that what Kamen Riders would do,
"And I want to show people that quirkless doesn't mean useless. I showed my identity because I am willing to show that I am not afraid and will not hide in the shadows like a criminal" He looked at the crowd, waiting for the response but met with silence, now worried that they will reject him like everyone else. But he heard a clap and footsteps coming towards him, a boy his age, wearing a red hoodie under a black sports jacket, his white hair was noticeable as were his red eyes, he recognized him. It's Max Tetsuya!
"Charming words, Deku" he puts on his driver, it looked new. Black with a red arrow on the left side and a silver arrow on top of it, a green circle on the middle turbine with some kind of scanner, "A real hero would never hide in the shadows. So can you practice what you preach?" He pulled out a red cassette device and activated it,
SLASH!
"Henshin" He scan his device and inserted it into his driver
AUTHORIZE
PROGRISE!
Izuku looked surprised at the CEO and that he is also a Kamen Rider too, "Who are you?" he asked,
"Kamen Rider Reaper and your fate is sealed!" With that, he throws his punch at Izuku. He tried to dodge but couldn't for some reason, then get a kick in the ribs, making him lose air in his lungs. He was on his knees, he quickly changed into Kamen Rider Deku and throws his fist at Reaper but the rider dodges his attacks,
"Too slow!" He threw a left hook, knocking him down, "With proper training, you could have a shot at beating me" He picked Deku up and punched him repeatedly, "You have a hard body, Deku. You must be training your body to take hits like this!" He inserted his fist into the green rider's guts. Izuku and Midori never thought of another rider being so stronger than him, they tried to fight back but suddenly fought in the air for some reason. Then feel irritating pain in his back, "Too slow…" Reaper said in a quiet, menacing yet playful tone, then kicked him into the ground.
Izuku then quickly deformed and lay on the ground, feeling every part of his body in pain. He was right, he is still slow and facing the reality that someone stronger will attack him, facing the CEO has become a lesson for him to learn. But he had to get back up! With every painful huff and shaken arms to lift his weight off the ground, Izuku got back up from the ground and raised his fist, "I can do this all day!"
Mis now impressed, this guy definitely can take hits and still want to fight, "So really? My strikes didn't make you cower in fear?"
"Compare what the students back at my school did to me, this is nothing!" Which surprises Max,
"They beat the shit out of you? My my my. Well you proved to me that you are worth my time. And you're quirkless, willing to fight back." He deformed and offer his hand to the green haired teen, "Be my apprentice"
"Huh?"
"Join me and I will teach you many ways of combat. Make you the hero you desired to be. This is also a golden opportunity for you to gain a huge support from the biggest tech company in the world. So what do you say?" he asked,
Izuku looked at the boy CEO, then thought of the chances he'll get at UA. With Tetsuya Intelligence, he could gain more support especially since this CEO is offering a lot to him. He took the chance and shook his hand, "Yeah. I will accept your offer"
"Good" he smiled and walked him to his limo, "Now before we start your apprenticeship, tell me about your driver…."
Happy New Year, everyone. Let's start this year with a chapter of One Rider for All. Boy this took long. Sorry, but college and depression have been beating me with a pipe and been working on both this and Timeless Heroes, which is almost done. Anyway, kinda glad people are enjoying this, so I can continue this with joy.
So far, I decided to make my ideas for riders with a hint of Zero-One. Like Max, he creates Progrise Keys based on weapons and warriors contrast in the show with animals. His rider form is based on Spectre Knight from the Shovel Knight came because I really like the design and made me think of the Grim Reaper but as a knight. So yeah the next rider is a Knight motif and since I took down Infinite Masks, I decided to add Percy and rework his character. So stay tuned for the next chapter.
A/N (6/6/20): Finally finish this. Even if I didn't look well, that's because I just changed some scenes and added new things that will make sense later on in Max's backstory.