"... Or you'll regret it forever" Midnight cracked her whip as she sauntered into the room. Their first class back after the sports festival they were told to pick their Hero names. The entire class was bubbling excitedly. Many wrote down their names right away, clearly they had been picturing this a long time.

Eager to start things off Bakugo marched up to the podium and proudly presented his board.

"King Explosion Murder God" he half-yelled with not an ounce of insincerity.

Izuku tried to hold back his laughter, he really did, it was a losing battle however. The whole class fought to hide their snickers.

"Rejected, no murder and its too long" Midnight corrected.

Following that incident other students began to come forward with more success.

"Froppy"

"Cellophane"

"Tentacole"

"Red Riot"

Izuku wad consumed with the joy of his classmates, so transfixed watching on he didn't realise that it was soon down to just a few students. Looking around he noticed that the majority of the class were looking towards Iida, Todoroki, Shinso, Bakugo and himself.

Izuku gulped deeply, steeled his nerves and pushed his way to the front of the class, dropping a note on Bakugo's desk as he went.

"I, I, I" he stuttered, in a panic he looked towards Bakugo, afraid he was ruining his introduction. Bakugo looked up from the crumpled note and smiled.

"Just say it already Nerd"

With a deep breath, he collected himself and continued "I want to be a hero who brings people together. I will be 'The Connection Hero : Link."

"I like it it's clear, effective and alludes to your quirk as well, Approved." Midnight gave a thumbs up and a salacious wink.

Before Izuku could even move away Bakugo pushed past him.

"You extras better memorise the name, because I'm going to be number 1 soon. Villians will DIE at the hands of 'The Assured destruction hero : Warhead"

"It rides the line, but it definitely fits your theme, Approved."

Izuku shook his head at Bakugo's antics, while he may have come up with the name the epithet was all Bakugo.

There was a small cough from the front to bring everyone's attention. Shinso stood hunched and shy at first, gradually he gathered himself. He stood straighter and said proudly, "Comandeer : The first responder."

Midnight quickly approved while from the giant yellow caterpillar on the floor came a slight snort of amusement.

The class sat in silent anticipation for the final two members to present their names.

"If you can't think of anything you can just put your name" Midnight offered.

Iida nodded in agreement.

Todoroki however slowly pushed his way to stand from his desk however, "Sorry it took so long but I do have one idea." He turned his board showcasing the single word he had chosen for his title, 'Balance'.

"Good, now that that's sorted you all have some important decisions to make. Here are the list of offers for you all, the number of offers vary wildly. Sorry to those of you without flashy quirks, you will still have options provided by the school."

Todoroki - 4123

Midoriya - 3002

Bakugo - 3001

Iida - 1326

Sero - 264

Yaoyorozu - 183

Hitoshi - 69 (nice)

Etc.

"I hope I can find a marine rescue hero, Kero"

"We get to work with real hero's, it's gonna be so Manly"

"I don't know how I'm going to pick, they all seem so great"

"You have until the end of the week to give back your choices, look through your choices. I will be checking your choices, don't come to me with anything dumb, there will be consequences" Aizawa remarked, before slamming the door as he left the room.

"Hey Nerd, pick for me" Bakugo asked as kindly as he could.

"I'm not going to go through all that for you, come to me with your top 5 choices"

"Midoriya can you help me pick" Shinso asked.

Ashido, Sero, Kaminari and Kirishima Hearing this rushed over. Izuku was swarmed for information on hero choices.

"Uh, okay. Shinso, you need to get people talking, Ms Joke is an option, or if you want to focus on your weaknesses maybe a more physical fighter. Gunhead is famous for his own fighting style or you could see if you got an offer from someone who uses support equipment like Eraser-head or Yoroi Musha." Shinso reeled back from the deluge of information, Izuku was undeterred however. " Ashido, maybe look for someone who also uses a liquid quirk, like Adhese or Backdraft. They should help show you new ways to use your quirk. Sero, check if you got an offer from Kamui Wood, if he can't give you an offer you could try someone else at his agency like Deatharms." Izuku was on a roll now and his peech continued to speed up, the others struggling to catch what he was saying. " Kaminari, you need control and basic fighting so you don't have to rely on your quirk, same fighters as I said for Shinso. For electricity control you should look for Mjolnir, Thunder fists or Electrocut. Kirishima, look for someone with enhanced strength, they have similar issues dealing with ranged fighters and they should be able to help train your hardening against stronger blows. Check Fourth Kind, Deatharms or even Fatgum."

Izuku clutched his chest as he caught his breath. When he finally regained his bearing he was enveloped by silence, looking around every eye in the room was on him. A mixture of amazement and confusion filled the other students before they seemed to collectively agree on amazement.

"Wow Midori, thanks heaps for the info"

"Woah can you tell me next"

"You have a gift of discerning weaknesses, a dark gift indeed"

Izuku was so occupied for the rest of the study period he didn't even have time to check his own list.

When lunch time finally rolled around, he brought out his list. His eyes immediately shot open upon reading the first 2 names. The offers were listed in rank order and on his sat the names:

1. All-Might

2. Endeavour

4. Best Jeanist

5. Edgeshot

6. Crust

9. Ryukyu

10. Gang Orca

Seven of the top ten hero's had sent him offers. But more importantly then that he had gotten an offer from All-Might, he didn't bother looking through the rest of the names, transfixed by All-Might's name on his page.

"EXCUSE ME, PARDON ME, COMING THROUGH. AH, THERE YOU ARE YOUNG MIDORIYA, CAN I HAVE A WORD?" All-Might intruded as he pushed his way through the crowded cafeteria.

"Of course All-Might." Izuku quickly got up, said bye to his friends and followed All-Might to his office.

Inside the office there were a scattering of old photographs, they showed All-Might's early days with David Shield and a back to back photo with Sir Nighteye. Also in the room were five individuals a police officer, and four students. They were all bigger then Midoriya, likely upperclassmen.

"Well All-Might, I hope everyone IS HERE" A blonde buff looking teen with a cartoonish face joked.

"HAHA, Well said Togata" Nezu remarked as he popped up from behind the desk.

"PRINCIPLE NEZU" all the students exclaimed together.

"Am I a bear, a mouse or a dog? Who knows, one thing I definitely am is, your principal. That being said, I need you all to look through these NDAs, this will be a rather sensitive situation."

"Principle Nezu, this mentions an injured party. Can we help them?" The second year student said.

"Kind of you to offer Fuwa. They have received treatment, please consider the whole contract and sign accordingly. If you are uncomfortable I will have to ask you to leave however."

Izuku's mind raced as he tried to put the pieces together, an NDA, someone Injured and All-Might. Finally it clicked, All-Might had been working less and less, now he was teaching.

All-Might was injured.

Needing no more information Izuku signed the agreement. The other students all eventually signed, but the dark haired third year needed a lot of cajoling to agree.

"THANK YOU, NOW WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO LEARN IS DANGEROUS AND I MUST STRESS THAT IT'S SECRECY IS VITAL. EVEN BEYOND THAT NDA. This is what I really look like." Suddenly the hulking form of All-Might became shrouded in mist, the smoke slowly blew away more and more, revealing the hollowed out husk that was All-Might's true form.

"I received this injury five and a half years ago fighting a villain" He lifted his shirt, presenting the cavity in his chest, from half of his ribs downward was just a mangled crater covered in scar tissue. "My stomach was destroyed and half my lung, I can barely sustain my form for three hours a day at this point."

All the students stared back, horrified by the walking corpse in front if them.

"Toxic chainsaw can't have done that" Izuku questioned.

"No that punk couldn't do this, the villain who did this to me was kept secret for the safety of society as a whole. That being said, I will now tell you. As the second half of the NDA alluded to there is a few quirks that you must keep secret. The first is the villian's, the second is my own."

"The Villian's name and quirk are the same 'All For One', it is the power to take another's quirk and either use it yourself or pass it on. Since the early quirk wars All For One has run the criminal world from the shadows. He had a brother however, a sickly man who didn't have a quirk of his own, he abhorred the vile acts All For one commited. In an act of generosity or mocking All For One gave his brother a quirk, a stockpiling one that built power as time passed. Unknown to either brother the younger did actually have a quirk, the ability to pass down his power. The stockpile and the inheritance quirk merged to form a new quirk One For All."

"For seventy six years the wielders of One For All have fought All For One, I am the Eighth wielder of this holy torch. The quirk constantly gains power, but so too does the demon king expand his arsenal of stolen abilities."

"I thought that I had finally destroyed him, but with the events of the USJ I fear he survived our last battle. You are the winners of the sports festivals and the runner's up for the third years, I hope that one of you could be my successor. Know however that it will not be easy, All For One is a frightening foe and the weight of our society will be on your back."

With those solemn words All-Might sat back.

"This is all a bit big for me, I will of course keep this a secret but I don't think I can do that." Fuwa the second year stated. The officer gave a nod and she was permitted to leave.

"Obviously, I can't pick without knowing you better. That is why I extended you that internship offer young Midoriya, I hope we can spend some time getting to know one another. Likewise for you three, my time is limited so I will spread you out so I can focus on each of you individually. Do you all accept?"

The students all nodded. "EXCELLENT" All-might exclaimed as he buffed back up, "Now Midoriya my time is limited so you can still chose another internship and I'll just borrow you at night. When you pick, let me know and I'll sort out the details."

"Sorry students, before you leave can you please verbally state a promise to keep what you have learned to yourself" Nezu interjected.

The three third years and Midoriya did. They received a nod from the police officer before being excused.

"Wow that was a lot, Huh Midoriya" The blonde spoke. "Oh right we should probably introduce ourselves, I am Mirio Togata, this is Nejire Hado and the shy one trying to bury into the corner is Tamaki Amajiki. We may not seem it, but we're known as the big 3."

"I thought that was the case, congratulations on the sports festival, you all did so well. I was rooting for you Togata."

"Why would you root for Mirio? Is it because your quirks can do similar things? Do you think he's attractive? Why didn't you want me to win?" Hado questioned dramatically.

Izuku flinched back from the taste of his own medicine as he worked his way through those questions.

"Um, Yes because of the quirk. I guess so and I guess your quirk just looks so flashy that Togata seemed like an underdog to believe in."

"Well we'll see you around anyway. Let me know if you want a hand with your permeation, I know it can be really tricky." Togata offered.