HE WANTS ME TO DO WHAT?!
Just as my focus left All Might to check on Estelle and Bakugo more wind blew past me, All Might had jumped away. I refocused on checking on Estelle,
"Please say that's not your blood covering your arm... and I'm sorry.. for leaving you back there... but I did learn some pretty valuable information." I say to Estelle while helping her to her feet,
"Never follow up an apology with a 'but' and for what its worth I accept your awful apology, as for the blood... some is mine, most is his... I tried to use my quirk to help him but his explosion made his arm graze my wind blade covering my arm in his blood..." She stood there quietly most definitely blaming herself for failing to save him and instead causing him harm, if she were a hero she would be heavily judged for the mistake.
"Its not your fault you know that right? You tried to help someone you knew for a fact made you friend go through hell, yet you still tried to help him and that means a lot more then messing up, even if no one else can see that I can" I reassure her as I pull her into a hug, and for once I didn't get punched for doing so.
The next hour was filled with getting checked for wounds by paramedics and us both getting ridiculed by Death Arms and Kamui Woods
"You kids could've been severely hurt, you got lucky this time, and you boy do you have a permit for that weapon of yours?" Death arms looked towards me with a stern glare when he brought up Vortex
"Of course, let me grab it out of my wallet" I say to him as I pull out my ID and Weapon License to hand to him
"You seemed to have quite the moves kid, did you train with a hero?" Kamui Woods asked me and for a few seconds I thought of how to respond
"No, my half-brother spent a lot of his life learning to fight and he trained me the last two years in America to help me master my quirk and how to fight with it"
"Oh.. then quick question, who do you think is stronger, your brother or me?"
"My brother would have you on the ground before you even know what hit you"
"And he's being generous" Estelle added
"If he's that strong why is he not a hero?" Kamui Woods had a good point, why was Percy not a hero in America? Don't the gods love when their kids do heroic acts, I mean in the stories their kids were literally called hero's
"That's because he'd rather train people into hero's" Estelle said saving me from the embarrassment from not having an answer
"At least he is putting his strength to use then" I'm glad Kamui Woods isn't one of those prideful hero's who are to full of themselves, hero's like that tend to cause more problems
"Your license checks out, just be careful kids and don't do anything stupid like trying to fight a villain" He said that last part while looking directly at me
Before we left I was lucky enough to be able to grab autographs from everyone but , she had left once she realized she wasn't needed
"YOU TOLD HIM WHAT! IZU DON'T YOU REALIZE MOST MORTALS CANNOT COMPREHEND THE WORLD OF THE GODS?!" Estelle went into a long rant about stuff I had already knew about once we got back to our apartment
"Estelle everything is fine, he didn't really believe me about the god stuff but he did make a good point about the prophecy 'Another land unknown, how far will he go, son of the sea, sail into danger, for a smile will be number 1' he said the last part could have been me being number 1 in something, something like the UA entrance exam maybe?" That got Estelle off my back as she headed to her room to think, and to probably call Annabeth.
That's also when my mom got home from work
"What did you do to make Estelle mad now?" my mom asked being nosey
"What makes you think she's mad at me?"
"The text she sent me saying she's mad and to leave her dinner by her bedroom door, and lets be honest sweetie she only can get that upset if it involves you" I couldn't really fight that logic especially since its true
"When showing her the way I used to walk home a villain appeared, but so did All Might. As All Might was about to jump off I grabbed onto him leaving her alone... I'll make dinner tonight you can go get your bath" before she could respond I went into the kitchen to start making dinner, I chose to make Estelle's favorite.
Holding Estelle's dinner I hesitate to knock on her door, she hasn't left her room since we got home, when I finally go to knock she opens the door
"I.. I made dinner..." She looks at the food in my hands
"Thanks" is all she said before grabbing it and going back into her room closing the door
I knock on her door and get no response
"Look.. I know I messed up and there's no good excuse for it, and I also know you must be furious about it but please talk to me, or at least eat at the table..." Then her door opened and she pulled me in before throwing me into her chair
"Why... why do all the cute ones have to be idiots" Estelle muttered under her breath but I heard it but I stayed quiet
"I'm upset about you leaving me on my own, I am more then capable of handling myself, but you... your still new to all of this, going off on your own is dangerous and stupid so extremely stupid. What if something happened to you? What if you got hurt? Did you even think for a second how that would make your mother feel? How it would make me feel?" I could see tears start to form in her eyes
"No.. I didn't... I've always had a tendency to find trouble and makes those around me worry... I promise next time I'll think before I act so you wont have to worry so much"
"I am always going to worry because we both know you would risk everything to save someone, to help that person feel important despite them feeling like their not!" At this point I can tell she was about to start crying so I get up and pull her into a hug
"Your talking about yourself aren't you?" I ask her gently while I have her in a hug and I can feel her nod
I decide to hold off on talking till she can speak and has eaten.
Once she managed to stop crying on my shoulder she ate and told me everything, apparently back in New York her classmates found her weird, and they invited her to a movie and told her to bring her imaginary boyfriend and that's why she brought me because she thought if she did then maybe they would stop.
When they didn't and then began to make fun of her for 'dating the moss head kid' I didn't even know of that nickname, everyday she went to school she felt awful but when we got to meet up and hang out or train she felt more important then those kids ever were.
What really sent her over the edge was when I was worried about her and didn't even for a second make fun of her for messing up.
She ended up passing out leaning on my shoulder, I gently laid her on her bed and pull her blanket over her, I had an important call to make.
"Hey Percy...
Yeah everything is fine here in Japan, we may have finally learned what the last line in the prophecy actually means...
But.. that's not why I'm calling you...
Long story short Este admitted to me that some of her classmates were bulling her.. it effected her confidence so bad that she broke down today after an incident that I'll give you the full details another time...
I figured sense your step-dad still works there, even has some of the girls in his class even...
She didn't share names but I know them because of one time Este bringing me with her to an outing to try and stop the bulling.. they only got worse after...
Don't go flooding the school!
Look I'm pissed to but I remember 1 of the girls had a line up for a nice hero school that even 1 mark of bulling would get her name removed from the list...
I know its not enough to make up for it.. we both know how it feels...
We also know we don't like it when someone solves that problem for us.. so lets slap their wrist till Este can cut it off...
Thank you.. I'll call you later to fill you in on why exactly she broke down.. bye"
The next few day we spent in her room, me listening to whatever she needed to say
"Thanks Izu.. that helped..."
"New nickname? Definitely better then idiot" I say chuckling to lighten the mood
I noticed how quiet Estelle got
"Still got something on your mind?"
"No... it's nothing.. nothing important anyway" She whispered that last part but I heard it
"Tell me or... I'll shave my head!" Still trying to keep the mood light but my curiosity not leaving
"...mumble..."
"I didn't quite catch that..."
"I.. I like you.. you idiot..." I was to embarrassed and red to acknowledge the return to the old nickname, but I guess my silence was misread
"I guess I said it to late your fe-" I cut her off by pulling her into a tight hug
"Now who's the idiot.. its not like I've been chasing after you the last two years, I know you noticed and I almost gave up until you said you were going to Japan with me...
You gave me hope.. rebuilt my confidence from scratch... I'd to die a thousand times before forgetting your name let alone how I feel about you"
I didn't notice at first but she was crying into my chest, I never seen her cry let alone two days in a row.
After that day we were officially something, even if I'm uncertain on what that is
The next week we had a permit to clean the beech with the help of our 'Quirks' and that's also when I finally got a chance to talk privately with All Might or rather Toshinori Yagi
"We should talk kid.. privately"
"Anything you need to say to me she can hear" I did let him know prior I haven't shared his identity with Estelle but if she asked I wouldn't lie
"I was worried you would say that.. your name is Estelle right? What I am about to say is confidential only a vary small group of people know this... I am All Might, I received a bad injury in a fight that I managed to hide from the public but it weakened me and I now have a time limit for hero work. Now for the information even less people know of... the truth of my quirk and what it is..." Estelle cut him off
"Lets go Izuku he must be cra-" then I cut her off
"Show her.. she wont believe you otherwise" I locked eyes with All Might when I spoke and he did just that, he inflated making him look like the All Might she seen the week before, but he didn't hold his form long
"Believe me now?" He managed to say while coughing up blood, that had Estelle silent
"Anyway I wanted to speak to young Midoriya about something important... but judging how close you two are he probably would tell you anyway. My quirk is called 'One For All' its a quirk that's been passed down the generations, it boosts the users quirk and physical strength, and the quirk only gets stronger every time it gets passed down... I want to offer you my quirk young man. The way you didn't so much hesitate to jump into action upon noticing the hero's lack of action, you jumping in there risking harm to yourself gave me the will to push past my limits and jump in the fight. You have the makings for a great hero and I want to help you reach even higher"
I couldn't believe what I just heard, the idea of a quirk that can be passed down was already crazy but the fact he wants me to inherit something like that overloaded me and I just stood there frozen, it took Estelle shaking me to knock me out of my daze
"I... I don't know what to say... I mean I'd love to be able to inherit your quirk but like I told you I'm not completely human.. is there someone you trust that knows your secret that has medical experience incase something bad happens?" before All Might could respond Estelle grabbed my arm and pulled me so only I could hear her
"You just promised me not to do anything rash and stupid, who knows what could happen if you do this, your already an enigma as is"
"I know all of that, but if this makes me stronger then its worth it. If his power increases my already existing power then I should be able to do things no other demi-god has, I mean even with my 'godly strength' my max is only 300 pounds which some strength quirks pass with ease... I'm not Percy, I doubt someone like him will appear again for centuries.. but if I can get even slightly close to his level of strength then the world will only be that much safer, think about it we haven't seen a single monster here yet, that can only mean 1 of 2 things.. Either they don't appear here, or their hiding among the villains of japan"
"I.. I just don't like you taking unnecessary risks... but I can't stop you so if this is happening were having a medical expert there" She said that last part directly at All Might
"Well the kid seems to more then healthy enough to take on 'One For All' I don't quite understand the hesitation but I am glad the kid is smart enough to be cautious about things like this and not just jumping into it" was Recovery Girl's official medical advice
"Well Este would probably have killed me had I not thought it through first, so All Might.. how do we do this? Is it done thro-" He cut me off with his hand while the other pulls a strand of hair out while he is in his big form
"EAT THIS!" He gestured with the hair in his hand
"Yeah no.. is there any other way?" He shrank into his normal small self
"This is the most sanitary way trust me kid, just eat it and in a few hours the quirk should manifest" I sigh and grab the hair from his hand and put it in my mouth washing it down with a bottle of water
"There now wh-" I was cut off by a pain in my stomach, I fell over and it felt as if my mouth dried up and I tried to say water but nothing came out
"Quick get the kid on the bed!" Estelle stopped them before they could touch me
"He needs water, water heals him!"
"I'll carry him to the pool Recovery girl please inform Nezu of the situation as you make your way to the pool" he activated his quirk before picking me up and rushing me to the pool, with the occasional scream leaving my mouth, luckily there was no students in the school to witness my screaming
"We're almost there kid hold on" Was the last thing I heard before blacking out from the pain
I felt as though I was in a dream, I knew I was underwater but the feeling in my stomach no longer felt like a wild torrent of pain. It was almost like how the sea can change weather in an instant
It wasn't long before I gained enough strength to get out, they had left me in the pool and I sank about half way and just stayed there, as I got out I willed the water to let me be dry
The way Recovery Girl looked when she realized she didn't have to bring me a change of clothes was a little funny but I held back my laughter
"So does someone want to explain what just happened? I know that he shouldn't have had a reaction to the quirk like that unless there was something you didn't share Toshinori" Recovery Girl scolded him and hit him on the head with her cane
"..Unfortunately I cannot share that information with you... me and Estelle should go for now, I'm feeling fine and its getting late I can't have my mom worry" I began to leave but Recovery Girl refused to let us leave till I had a full check up, everything came back fine
Author notes - Hello readers, I don't know if you recently checked the last chapter but I put and update about what has been going on, if you haven't noticed this chapter was shorter then the last 3 were. Part of that is because how I plan to spread the content out, but it is also because I needed this chapter to be finished so that I could get chapter 5 done before Christmas, specially sense I said I'd do a little holiday special.
As for the announcement, I plan on starting another story, when will this happen exactly? Probably after the new year. Why should you care? Because it will effect this stories upload schedule
What I plan on doing is work on both stories throughout the week, and post each story every other week or when the chapter is complete, so if you like this story then don't worry about a week with no upload it probably just means my other story had gotten its next chapter instead. As for what the story will be, it's going to be another MHA crossover but this time with One Piece, I know for a fact its not going to be crazy well written or anything but id appreciate it if you were to check it out once I release it.
Also one last thing, there is a good chance before chapter 6 that I will change some things in previous chapters, and also the fight from chapter 3 because like I said in those notes I really felt as though I could do better, it wont effect the story in anyway so you don't have to go back and read it but I figured to let you know incase it effects upload time
Until next time - Your Favorite Author
