Izuku didn't know how much time had passed but it hadn't gotten dark either so it mattered little to him how long he had been wandering the busy streets of Musutafu.
After his little talk with All Might it was as if the world had collapsed on the green-haired boy.
He had to simply accept it and move on with his life... and on second thought a part of him always knew that his dream was just that, a dream.
Ever since the doctor told him that he didn't have a Quirk everything changed for him. It changed for worse.
He liked to think that his father was a hero, of course he had absolutely no memory of him, but his mother never had a bad word to say about him so he must not have been a bad person.
He could still remember how she clung to him apologetically after she found out he didn't have Quirk.
He didn't want her pity, he wanted her to support him.
Of course Izuku had no problem with his mother, and under no circumstances would he say he had a bad mother.
But it was hard to keep your dream afloat when everyone around you simply tells you that you are incapable of achieving what you want.
It's hard to know that, even if they don't say it, your family won't support you either because they know it's impossible for you to achieve it.
Izuku still remembered as if it was the day before when he told Tohka about his condition, mistakenly thinking that she would hate him too.
"Umu, I don't remember who said it but if you want to make it you must follow your dreams!" She said.
Izuku smiled a little at that memory, but even with that the best he could do was to resign himself and pursue something else.
All Might was right, even if he wasn't a hero he could still be something to serve society, be a policeman or something like that.
Young Izuku walked and walked until he decided it was time to go home, his mother and Tohka were waiting for him and he shouldn't worry them too much.
Although his path was stopped when he collided with someone and they both fell to the ground "Aham" and he heard a female voice as he fell.
"Hey, be careful where you walk" Izuku opened his eyes and when the first thing he saw was a pair of breasts he just stood up blushing and stammering "S-s-s-sorry!" And he walked away a little.
But when he did he blushed even more when he saw who he bumped into.
He didn't know her personally but she might be one of the most popular people in the world right now.
Long green hair, she looked like she was wearing a full body suit under her clothes, accompanied by a witch-like hat, a... a broom? Broom? in her right hand.
Natsumi Toshinori, the daughter of All Might, her idol.
"HMP!" She held out her hand and when Izuku understood why he quickly helped her up "Now my suit is dirty!"
"Ni-Ni-Nice to meet you! I'm Izuku Midoriya!" Seeing her angry he simply bowed and extended his right hand as if to shake it.
"Haa? You think I care what your name is? I don't know you kid and after this I don't want to know you either" Yes, now the daughter of his idol hated him.
Yes, this day couldn't get any worse.
"Ohoho, looks like you met someone like you" Came a second voice with an amused tone "I didn't think there were more people with green hair Natsumi-chan".
When Izuku looked in the direction where this voice came from she saw another girl.
Clearly smaller than Natsumi, this one had blue hair and a straw hat with a flower on it, she had a long white dress and most striking, a puppet in the shape of a white rabbit with a patch on one of its eyes.
Yoshino Toshinori, the second daughter of All Might.
This day could definitely get worse.
"Why are you looking at Yoshinon so much? Could it be that you fell for Yoshinon's charms? Hehe" Izuku blushed again and looked away from the girl, she also quickly denied the question she was asked.
"Did you have any more luck Yoshino? Yoshinon?" Ignoring the scene Natsumi approached her sister.
"I'm afraid Yoshinon didn't find All Might-san, although we did see something a little more interesting looking for him" Izuku only just realized, but the puppet's voice was with a level of ventriloquism worthy of a professional.
The girl nodded at her puppet's words? She could speak, he thought he heard a tender voice say, "That's right." But Yoshino let his puppet speak...he thought.
This was a bit weird but Izuku preferred not to make it worse.
"I need to hand in the letter of recommendation TODAY, where is this stupid dad?"
"Kekeke, don't worry Natsumi-chan, I'm sure if we follow the path Yoshinon found we'll see All Might soon."
"Eh... Dis-excuse me!" This was the chance to fix a bit of the bad first impression they got from "I-I-I-I know where All Might went...".
"Uh?/Are?" And the shy boy shrugged his shoulders as the stares fell on him.
"Kekeke, so Midoriya-san was saved by All Might, how heroic" As I was leading them towards the police station that All Might was supposed to be at both Yoshinon and Natsumi were teasing me.
"HAHAHA, classic dad, always saving the day with his commercial smile" This was starting to get embarrassing... why did they get a laugh out of that!?
I almost learned the hard way that 'Yoshino and Yoshinon' should be treated as separate entities, never as a puppet to Yoshinon.
Damn, that rabbit could be terrifying when he wants to be...
"And you clung to his leg like a little kid?" Damn rabbit, why did I tell you everything in details?
"HEH" Don't laugh too Yoshino!
Somebody please stop this...
"You still did well for someone who doesn't have Quirk" Natsumi mentioned "Most people would have just given up before daddy came to save them."
Needless to say, there were a LOT of people watching us and I could even see someone filming us. At what point did I think this was a good idea?
"P-please stop it...:" Damn, so much attention makes me nervous, where are you, Tohka?
"I'm serious Midoriya-kun, you should feel proud to be alive right now" Even though Natsumi-san told me that seeing Yoshinon laughing while covering his mouth didn't help...
"Bu-Well, we're here" THANK GOD "This was the closest station All Might should have gone to with the villain that attacked me."
"Kekeke, come on Yoshino."
"Thank you very much..." I heard Yoshino say in a low voice.
"Yes, thank you for the help, and also for the good laughs!" and with that everyone went inside.
'I should call Tohka' Although I was still feeling sad I must admit that talking to them helped a little.
BOOM!
"What happened!?" I heard an explosion and I can see fire up ahead I have to go quickly to see what happened.
"Midoriya-Kun!" I hear Natsumi-san call me and I see that she is with a serious look on her face, she doesn't need to say any more words as I understand perfectly "You shouldn't go, it's dangerous!"
She was right, it was dangerous to go, even more so since it seemed to be something powerful whatever caused that explosion. But I couldn't stop, I had a bad feeling, as if something bad was happening.
"Midoriya-Kun!" Sorry Natsumi, I have to go, don't... I HAVE to go.
I never thought I could run so fast but people often say that in the face of something dangerous the adrelin can make you do something you normally couldn't do.
When I arrived I saw a lot of people watching the scene, policemen, firemen, a few heroes, but all that was unimportant since the one who caused the explosion was not a stranger...
"Damn it, I can't get into the fire".
The slime that attacked me before was there, controlling Kaa-chan.
Or at least trying to since I could hear him shouting at me and explosions were coming out of his hands.
"Co-How?" All Might had captured him, he wasn't supposed to be there.
But a memory came into my head...
It was me, when I held onto All Might the jar where I caught him must have fallen.
It was me... Me and my stupid childish idea of being a hero was what caused the villain to escape and now attack Kaa-chan.
Damn it was me, me who distracted All Might with my stupid questions as if I was a little kid.
And only I should do something to fix it.
"Hey, kid!" I heard a fireman yell at me as I started running to where Bakugo was, but I don't care.
If I can't be a hero I should at least help the heroes.
"Hey kid! Don't go!" Shouted one of the firemen who was in the area but didn't do much to try to stop him either.
The slime-shaped villain that attacked Izuku earlier had managed to escape and captured Katsuki Bakugo, discovering that his volatile Quirk was powerful enough to forcibly control him.
Of course that didn't stop him from trying to take possession of his body, which brings us to the current situation.
The heroes who had arrived first couldn't help him immediately, Kamui Woods was unable to help because his body would burn when in contact with the fire and explosions and Mount Lady was too big to access the boy through the tall buildings.
This left them no choice but to simply wait for a hero with a more suitable Quirk to come along, the police and firemen were simply there to control the situation.
If they knew what the villain wanted no doubt they would have rushed more, at this moment only Izuku, and Bakugo knew what his real objective was.
The green-haired boy continued running towards where Bakugo and the villain were, of course those who saw him running shouted at him to come back but he did not pay attention to them.
Izuku ascended through the gelatinous body and arrived to where the young blond was, neither Bakugo nor Izuku knew what he was going to do to help him to get him out of that situation.
Quirkless. Izuku and Bakugo knew that without the power of the Quirks it was practically impossible to do anything.
But that wasn't going to stop the green-haired man at this point.
With some speed and desperation Izuku began to tear off the slimy parts surrounding the blond boy's mouth and arms.
"What are you doing you damn Deku!?" Anyone would think that in the face of someone's help one would simply be grateful for saving his life. This was not the case with Bakugo who looked furious.
Despite his bravery and effort Izuku was still unable to free him from the villain.
But it would not be necessary for him to be the one to pull him out, as suddenly they heard a thunderous voice "Texas Smash!" And as it happened earlier, when Izuku was saved, a strong air current reached them freeing Bakugo.
Hero #1 had arrived.
Everyone watched as All Might beat down the body of the slime villain, his bright smile on his face as he bludgeoned the one who hurt the 2 student boys.
Once he was defeated a slightly less heroic scene awaited the green-haired boy.
"That was very irresponsible!" Hero Kamui Woods called out Izuku for his reckless action, the scolding was harsher than he expected, especially since it came from the heroes he admired.
But Bakugo was showered with praise, saying several times how someone with his powerful Quirk would be a great hero in the future.
Quirks, that was all that mattered, not feelings or will. If you had a powerful Quirk you were sure to be a great hero.
After the scolding Izuku left the scene with his head down.
"EY!" All Might tried to get to the young man but it was too late, the press and reporters had already arrived and were holding him back.
By the time Izuku could be released he was long gone. Of course, when All Might met his daughters it only took one look for his daughter, Natsumi, to know what he wanted to do.
"Really? Him?" He really appreciated his daughter's opinion, but he had already made up his mind.
When he ran off to find the young man, his two daughters just followed him.
"I don't need you to save me again stupid Deku!" The blond shouted at him when they met, they were practically neighbors so it was normal to meet in the street.
Although Izuku had long preferred to keep his head down so as not to provoke his anger "I'll be the #1 hero, I don't need someone useless like you to save me" And with that Bakugo simply left.
"Wow, that guy is definitely a jerk" A female voice that sounded familiar to Izuku spoke, and when he looked back he saw a green-haired girl in a witch-like outfit flying a few inches above the ground.
Flying on her broom.
"H-Hello Natsumi-san" Izuku greeted timidly when he saw her "What are you doing here? Still can't find All Might?"
"Hm? Oh yeah, actually the reason I'm here is because of my dad, he should be here right away."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"I WALK DOWN THE STREET LIKE A NORMAL PERSON" From the corner of the street appeared All Might accompanied by a blue-haired girl, Yoshino, his daughter.
"A-A-A-A-All Might!" Izuku was very surprised and quickly stood up straight and put his hands on the straps of his backpack, somewhere between nervous and excited to see his idol again.
"Kekeke" Yoshinon was the first to 'speak' "You know Midoriya-san? Yoshinon always knew you must have something special, I thought it was your way of shaking a lot but I see it's because of something else Kekeke."
Although nervous Izuku watched them with confusion not knowing what they were saying.
"Young Midoria" All Might began "When we met back in the day you asked me a question: 'Can I be a hero even without a Quirk?' I told you no" His fists clenched tighter, thinking he would simply be scolded again about his dreams, this time by the one he most admired.
"Clearly I was wrong and I'm so sorry!" But the scolding never came "Even without a Quirk you bravely faced that villain all to save your friend. That behavior is just what it takes for someone to be a hero!".
Izuku continued to listen, feeling something he hadn't felt in a long time...
Hope.
"A strong Quirk helps form a powerful hero, but what matters most at the end of the day is that your heart is in the right place" All Might smiled at him "And that young Midoriya, is what you showed me today, so I offer you something."
All Might extended his arm and opened his hand a little, as if he was holding something, from his hand a strange light showed "One for all, my power".
"The One for all is a great power that has been passed down from generation to generation like a torch."
Izuku listened with surprise but also with a lot of emotion to All Might's words.
"Young Midoriya..." This time he smiled at him with a certain degree of affection "Today, I name you my successor, the successor of the One for all."
Inevitably a smile of happiness flashed across Izuku's face as he nodded excitedly.
At this All Might's smile grew even bigger, on top of the broom Natsumi put a hand to her forehead even though she was also smiling, and Yoshino clapped with Yoshinon while Yoshinon laughed lightly.
It seemed that this day could only get better.
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