One For All: First Man!

"Hello." – Regular Talking

"I am here!" – All Might Talking

"Detroit Smash!" – Special/Signature Move

What's happening? – Izuku Thinking

"Izuku!" – Flashback Dialogue

Random Location – Random Time… – Time and Place

Chapter 2: The Chance of a Lifetime!

(UPDATE: AS OF 1/31/21 THIS IS NOT A HAREM FIC. FULL EXPLANATION IN MOST RECENT CHAPTER (CHAPTER 3))

AN: Hey, this is a message to let you guys know that I have edited this chapter a bit. I hope that my edits have improved the quality of this chapter.

Edit Posted: 1/30/2021

AN: Sup? Got some edits for ya. Done in conjunction with the release of Chapter 4

Edit Posted: 5/14/2023

"Young man. You can become a Hero"

Yes! My dreams will no longer be dreams. They'll be my reality! Yes! Yes! Yes! I thought while crying tears of pure joy, kneeling on the floor. Everyone told me that I couldn't be a Hero, but today the person I look up to, my idol, tells me the one thing I've always wanted to hear. The day has come. The day when I could become a Hero!

"Yes… Your actions today prove that you are worthy to inherit my power." She said.

After she said that, I suddenly stopped crying and turned my head up to look at her with confusion.

"Inherit your power?" I ask, befuddled at her bizarre statement.

"What's with that face? It's only a suggestion!" She said enthusiastically. She then pointed at me.

"Listen, young man. You need to decide whether or not you'll inherit my power!" She shouted at me while she was spitting blood, most likely because she was overexerting herself shouting at me.

What is All Might saying? I mentally questioned.

"I'm talking about my power. You see, the tabloids called it 'superhuman strength' and a 'boost,' and I always avoided the question with a good joke because the Symbol of Peace, All Might, had to be a natural-born Hero." Then she looked up and had her arms wide open and said, "The truth is, my Quirk was passed on to me like a sacred torch."

"W-wait a minute! It is true that your Quirk has been debated for quite some time. So, much so that everyday people are talking about it. But, well, I don't know what you mean by passing down a Quirk. I mean, how could you do that? It is…" I started to mumble again, rambling on about her Quirk.

"Denying the truth ain't gonna get you anywhere, young man!" She shouted at me, putting me out of my rambling.

"I may hide a lot of things, but I don't lie. The power to pass on Quirks. That is the power I inherited…" She said

"I was gifted with 'One For All'"

"'One For All...'" I repeated in wonder. That's what it's called…

"One person cultivates this power and passes it on to another person, who also cultivates it and passes it on to another person… It is the crystallization of power that spins together with the voices of those who need help with a courageous heart," she explained.

"Why… why are you giving something so amazing?" I asked.

"I've been looking for a successor, and you showed me that it'll be you. Even though you were just some Hero fanboy, you proved yourself to be more Heroic than anyone in that crowd." When she said that last statement, tears began to well up in my eyes because All Might herself called me Heroic. Me, Izuku "Deku" Midoriya.

"Haha! No need to worry though. It's all up to you, young man." She told me.

She has told me so much to encourage me, she even told me her secret… I thought while clenching my hand. Is there… no. There isn't. There's no reason to say no! I stood up wiping my eyes of my tears and told her with resolve, "I'll do it!"

"An immediate response, huh? I like it!" She said.

Somehow, I could tell that inheriting her power was gonna be no easy task.

Two Days Later – Early Morning At Dagobah Municipal Beach…

Today was my first day of training, and I was attempting to pull a fridge with All Might sitting in it.

"Hrrgn!" I grunt in pain.

"Who knew fridges would be this comfy? You know, young man. It would be a lot easier if you could move this!" All Might exclaimed.

"It would!" I groaned as I collapsed to the ground. "How much do you weigh?"

"Hey! Don't you know it's rude to ask a lady how much she weighs?" I sighed out of tiredness.

"Could you at least tell me why I'm picking up trash?"

"That's 'cause your body is not ready!"

"I need to prepare my body to inherit your Quirk?"

"Why of course, young man! If your body wasn't ready to handle the immense power of 'One For All' your limbs would fly off and your body would explode!" All Might said. As she was answering my question, she was taking multiple pictures of me on the ground. I took some notice but ignored that as a more important revelation just happened.

"EHH!? I'd… die!?"

"Yes, you would. 'One For All' is the peak power of many people put into one person, after all."

"Okay. So garbage pickup is my training…" I slowly said, processing what she told me.

"Exactly young Midoriya!"

You know I wonder why –

"Oh, I should probably explain why this beach is the dump that it is." She said sheepishly, interrupting me.

"I did some research on the internet and found out that due to the strange ocean currents around here, the trash that was in the ocean ends up at this beach. Because of this phenomenon, people had begun to use this place as an illegal dumping ground. No one has made an attempt to clean the beach up." She explained with a somewhat wistful expression. Then her expression changed to a determined face and said, "That is why we must clean up this beach. After all, a true Hero always helps their community! Heroes these days are focused on being so flashy by fighting villains that they've forgotten that Heroes should be doing some community service." Then she lifted the fridge that I was attempting to carry and crushed it with her two hands like it was nothing. Then she threw it into a garbage truck nearby. That's when I knew I had to get to work.

"Oh, and one more thing…" She said reaching into her back pocket. She then pulled out a thick packet and said, "Here, take this!"

"Uhh… what's this?" I asked her looking at the packet. On the front page, it said in large bold letters: 'AIM TO PASS: AMERICAN DREAM PLAN'

"Well, it's simple. It's my training regiment that I designed for you. It has all the exercises that you need to do outside of our training sessions. It also contains a diet plan and a schedule of when to do certain things." She answered. I gave the whole packet a quick scan and then went to my backpack to put it away. I then walked back to where All Might was. The rest of the morning was spent with me continuing to attempt to lift up heavy loads of trash off the beach.

On the Way Home…

Every muscle in my body was aching, every bone in my body was moaning, and every limb of my body was tired. I had cleaned up so much trash that morning that all of my energy was spent. I sure was lucky that it was the weekend. I definitely needed to relax. On the way home, I ended up on the same tunnel where I encountered the Sludge Villain. It filled me with… strange and complicated feelings since this is where I had my first meeting with All Might, my dreams being crushed, a near-death experience, and, ironically, my dreams being revived. I dragged myself through the tunnel. I began to think about the implications of my becoming the first male Hero. People are gonna go crazy about this! I mean, a male Hero! That's something unheard of! I'm sure that there are gonna be some people who'll say that this is a hoax – I would probably think the same thing – and call me a fraud. Not just that, who knows how the Heroes are gonna react? This is gonna cause a societal upheaval! This will-

"Oi! Deku!" An aggressive feminine voice shouted from behind. I was shaken out of my thoughts, and I knew who it was.

"Tacchan! Hey…" I nervously replied. I began to wonder why she was seemingly looking for me. I turn around to face her. She looked pissed off, more so than usual. Her eyes told me that she had become very impatient for some reason. She had her arms crossed and her foot was tapping furiously onto the pavement. She was wearing a short-sleeved red blouse that loosely hung over her shorts.

"Where the hell have you been!? I tried calling you, but you didn't answer your phone! What the fuck have you been doing this morning!" She roared in anger.

"Wait… why have you been looking for me?" I asked.

She gave me a sharp glare in return, "Does that even matter, Deku!?"

I could only respond with a quizzical and slightly fearful look, "Uh, yeah. It kinda does…"

"Ugh, look. I just need to talk to you."

"About what?" After I asked that question she narrowed her eyes at me, filling me with a familiar fear. She then began to walk towards me, and with each step, I felt impending doom. As she got closer, my heartbeat grew louder and louder, thumping against my chest. I knew she was gonna do something to hurt me so I put up my hands to guard myself. This seemed to piss her off more because her frown deepened and her eyes gave a piercing glare. My breathing quickened as she got closer with each step. Sweat began to crawl down my face, and my body shuddered in anticipation and fear. I hoped that whatever she was gonna do to me would be quick.

When she arrived in front of me, she stopped. I had my guard up in case she would punch me or something. She, however, stood still. She did not move for what seemed like minutes, so I began to lower my guard. Big mistake. The second I had let my guard down, she grabbed me by my shirt's collar roughly and pinned me against the walls of the tunnel.

"I just need to make sure that I get this through your thick skull. You. Didn't. Help. Me. I don't owe you jack shit, alright? You got that?" She said, gritting her teeth. While she was telling me this, I noticed a blush – like the one I saw yesterday when she told me this after the Sludge Villain incident – but it was brief.

"O-okay. Well… even if I did do something, I wouldn't ask for any-"

"Quit that Hero bullshit!" She quickly interrupted. "I don't care about what you would do if you were a Hero because you could never, ever become one! I've told you a million times before to quit it."

"S-sorry…" I meekly replied. She then let go of my collar which dropped me to the floor. I ended up laying on the ground due to my exhaustion from the workout I had finished earlier. As I was on the floor, I see Tacchan look down on me and ask, "Why do you look so tired anyway? What were you doing that caused you to ignore me?" I began to rest my back on the wall so that I could relax briefly.

"Well, I'm working out now with the help of a… personal trainer."

"Wait, what!? Why do you need to work out? How did you get a personal trainer of all things? It's pointless for someone like you to work out, anyhow."

"Well… my personal trainer is…" I had to come up with some reason as to how I got a "personal trainer."

"Your personal trainer is what?" She impatiently asked.

"Well… We met by chance at a… café. I was getting breakfast there one day, and we bumped into each other by accident and started talking to each other. She decided to help me work out." I answered. This was the best lie that I could come up with since I added a little bit of the truth.

"Hmm. Alright. You still haven't answered my other question. Why do you want to work out now? Is it 'cause of your 'dream' to be Hero?" It seemed that she bought it.

"Not really. I just want to be… healthier. It's important that I stay… fit, y-you know?" I said to her. She seemed to be somewhat okay with my answer as her expression softened a little. I then slowly got up from the wall, still feeling the pain across my whole body. As I got up, Tacchan was walking away. Before she left, however, she decided to leave some parting words.

"Remember what I've been telling you a hundred times. Give. Up. On being. A. Hero. Got it, Deku?" She then left to go off where ever. I still don't get why she seriously hates the idea of me being a Hero, I thought. I get why I couldn't be a Hero before, but why does it seem like she wants me at all cost to stop. What's her deal? She's been doing this ever since she got her Quirk. I then sighed out of exasperation. Whatever. I'll figure it out some other time.

I then began the rest of my journey home. As I began to think about home I realized something. I need to give my mom an explanation as to why I went out so early. I also have to tell her about my "personal trainer."

This is gonna be a long day

AN: Hey everybody, I finally posted chapter 2! I am so sorry that it took so long to update this story, I got caught up with school and I was also being pretty lazy. This chapter is shorter than the last one, so I hope that's okay. I'll probably have longer chapters in the future. The first half of this chapter is a straight-up novelization of the show. So I'm sorry about that. I hope you enjoyed this new chapter anyway. Also, happy belated New Year! I don't know when the next update for this story will be. I hope that I can get it out quicker than this one. I will probably not update my other story for some time, so sorry if you were also waiting for another chapter for that story. Anyway, thank you all for reading. Leave a review. Constructive criticism, please!

(UPDATE: AS OF 1/31/21 THIS IS NOT A HAREM FIC. FULL EXPLANATION IN MOST RECENT CHAPTER (CHAPTER 3))

Posted on 1/18/2020