My Infinity Hero
The streets of Musutafu were busy, filled with the hustle and bustle of everyday life, from people going about their normal day to day. The streets were filled with people doing their own thing, heroes were out and about doing their patrols, while there was to occasional scuffle about car insurance needing to be traded after accidents.
None of this really seemed to matter to a family of four, as they made their way down the streets, with their youngest holding his mothers hand, while eating an ice cream, while the oldest was walking next to her father. It had been a bit of an upsetting time for them, the boy specifically, as he'd just gotten back from the doctors, with some rather upsetting news that could potentially end his dreams for the future.
"Mama, Papa?" He asked. "Do you still love me?"
"Of course we do sweetheart." His mother said. "You're an amazing person, and we'll always love you, no matter what."
"Even if my Quirk isn't all that powerful?"
"We don't even know what your Quirk is yet kiddo." His father chuckled, ruffling his hair. "The doctor said your Quirk Genes were already awake and active. We just gotta do some tests to see what makes it work."
"Besides, we'll always love you, whether you have the weakest Quirk in the world, the strongest Quirk in the world, or no Quirk at all, we will always love you." His mother smiled.
"That's right little brother." His big sister smiled. "Even if you don't have any powers, we'll always be here for you. Besides, you're Quirk is probably gonna be more useful then mine anyways."
"But… I really wanna be a hero." The boy said. "What if I can't be a hero?"
"I know you wanna be a hero buddy. But it's okay." His father said. "You just gotta remember, a true hero's worthy, is not measured by the size of their strength, but by the strength of their heart."
"So even if society thinks your Quirk isn't all that great, just believe in yourself, and you can make any dream possible." His mother said. "Because you are Hiro Masutā, and as long as you believe in yourself, and work you hardest, your dreams will come true."
"Hey, I got an idea." Hiro's sister said. "Let's get some temporary tattoos. Those always cheer you up."
"Okay." Hiro said.
"Sounds like a great idea Inku." His father said. "What do you wanna get Hiro?"
"I wanna get a Superman." Hiro said. "Because he's not afraid of anything."
~The Following Day~
"Well, aren't you gonna fight back, loser?" A bully questioned, pushing Hiro down.
"Leave me alone Burrito." Hiro tsked. "I'm not in the mood for your antics today. An' isn't it kinda lame to be picking on an elementary schooler, when you're in middle school?"
"What did you just call me you little shit?"
"What, isn't Burrito your name?"
"It's Borutto. Get it right." He stated, grabbing Hiro by the front of his shirt. "Oh I know, I'll go around the school, and tell everyone you're Quirkless. That should shut your mouth for good."
"Go ahead, the teachers know it's not true." Hiro stated.
"Fine then, maybe I'll give your big sis a visit. You know, give her the time of her life. I mean, I do share a classroom with her. Maybe she'd let me give you a niece or nephew. If not, then it wouldn't really matter, I'd still have my way with her, if she were willing or not." Borutto said.
Hiro's eyes widened in anger, before he gripped Borutto's wrist in reflex, showing the superman emblem on the back of his right hand, in a crude temporary tattoo that began glowing.
"Eh, what's the little crybaby think he's gonna do?" Borutto asked sounding amused.
"Leave my sister…" Hiro paused, before his grip on Borutto's wrist grew tighter.
"What the?" The middle schooler questioned, flinching in pain as the kids grip increased.
"ALONE!" Hiro cried out in anger, twisting around, and pulling on Borutto's arm, before throwing the middle schooler like a softball.
This sudden act of strength coming out of nowhere shocked the other middle schoolers who'd joined Borutto to pick on Hiro. Unfortunately for the main leader of the group, his lackeys were too shocked to do anything, or even notice how half the Superman emblem on Hiro's right hand had burned away. When he landed hard against the tree, Borutto was dazed, but not so dazed that he couldn't move to avoid Hiro as he came at him with incredible speed, and rather then punching the young man who'd threatened to defile his sister, he punched the tree, and shattered it at the base just above the roots, causing it to fall over as Borutto had managed to evade the strike.
"What the hell? What's wrong with you?" Borutto questioned.
"I won't let you, hurt my sister, or defile her like that." Hiro stated, unaware that the last of the Superman emblem on his hand, had burned away.
"Okay, I'm sorry. I won't do anything to her, I swear." Borutto said, getting on his hands and knees.
"You promise?"
"I swear on my grandfathers grave, I won't do anything harmful to your sister." He pleaded. "Please, I'll do anything you want. Just don't kill me."
"I'm not gonna kill you." Hiro said. "But go get me a fizzy apple juice."
"Yes sir." Borutto said, getting to his feet, and running for the nearest vending machine, while leaving a trail of dust behind him.
"That was so cool." Hiro smiled, looking at his hands. "It's as if I knew what my powers were, and how to use them. Super strength, and super speed." He said, before looking at the back of his right hand. "No way."
~Vending Machine~
"I can't believe I managed to piss of such a monster. I thought he was just some weakling, but he's actually a beast." Borutto said, pulling the can of fizzy apple juice from the vending machine. "I'm just glad this happened after school ended. I don't think my dad would appreciate another call from the…"
Borutto stopped talking, as something zipped past him, in a flurry of speed. Looking to where the blur ran off to, he realized it was Hiro.
"Hey wait, what about your…" He paused when he realized he wasn't holding the bottled drink anymore, but rather enough change to buy the drink. "…drink?"
At the same time, Hiro smiled as he ran through the city. He'd lucked out on having a sharpie marker in his backpack, and he found that he was right about his power. Throwing the now empty can in the recycling, he looked down at his left hand, where he had a crude drawing of the Flash's emblem, drawn on the back in sharpie, but it was quickly burning away.
"I knew it. I can't wait to tell Mama, Papa, and Big Sis about my Quirk." He cheered happily, running through the streets, towards his house. "Mama, Papa, Inku. I have a Quirk, it's amazing, and…"
~Aldera Jr. High, Present Day~
"So, as third year students, it's time to start thinking seriously on what you want to do with your lives." The Teacher said. "I could pass out some career aptitude tests, but why bother? I know you all want to go to the hero track." He said, tossing the tests into the air causing the students to cheer. "Yes, yes. You've got some very impressive Quirks, but no power usage allowed in school, get a hold of yourselves."
"Uh, teacher?" Hiro asked, raising his hand. "Would you mind holding still a bit? I'm almost done with my sketch."
"Ever the art enthusiast aren't you Hiro?" The teacher sighed with a smile. "Make it quick."
"Hey Teach. Don't lump me in with this bunch of losers. I'm the real deal. But these guys will be lucky to end up as sidekicks to some busted D-Lister." Katsuki Bakugo said, sounding confident in his words, as he sat leaning back in his chair, with his legs up, and feet resting on the desk as if he owned the school.
"You think you're better than us Bakugo?" One of the other students asked.
"Let's go I'll take you all on." Bakugo said.
"Huh, you've got impressive test results, maybe you will get into U.A High." The teacher said.
"He's gonna try for the National School?"
"That school has a 0.2 acceptance rate. It's impossible to get into."
"An' that's exactly why it's the only place worthy of me." Bakugo said, jumping up onto his desk. "I aced all of the mock tests. I'm the only one at this school who stands a chance at getting in. I'll end up more popular than All Might himself, and be the richest hero of all time. People all across the world will know who I am, and it all starts with U.A High."
"If fame and money are all you're wanting out of being a hero, then give up now." Hiro sighed. "Because with your mentality, you'd make a better villain, then a hero."
"What was that, you damned extra?" Bakugo questioned, a vein bulging on the back of his hand.
"Oh yeah, Midoriya, don't you and Masutā wanna go to U.A as well?" The teacher asked.
"That's right. I have been training to get in since I first found out what my Quirk was, and I believe, I aced the mock tests with a higher score then a certain Pomeranian with explosive paws that we all know." Hiro said.
Sitting next to Hiro was a young girl, wearing the female school uniform. An' Bakugo's anger was directed right at the two of them, as this was the first time hearing about their intentions of attending U.A. But the fact that the girl beside him, was trying for the National School, was apparently enough of a reason that gave cause for all the other students to start laughing and making fun of her for dreaming so big, when she was Quirkless.
As the laughing continued, Hiro quickly pulled a ruler from his desk, and used it to redirect Bakugo's explosive hand, from the girls desk, to the ground between their desks. The act of defying Bakugo alone, was enough to give pause to the other students. But to stop him from tormenting Midoriya, was something else entirely that no one, wanted to discover the consequences of.
"What the hell was that?" Bakugo questioned, looking right at Hiro, as the teens gloved hand put the ruler away. "You wanna be blown to bits as well?"
"Please, you and I both know, you don't intimidate me Bakugo." Hiro said. "Plus you just proved my point. You're nothing more, then a wannabe villain, if you use your Quirk on your fellow students, and try to crush their dreams."
"Please. Deku's dreams are unobtainable. The only way she'd be able to make it big, is if she sold herself out, and became the best whore in Japan." Katsuki said.
"Wow, how unoriginal of you to say something that's so villainous." Hiro said, before Bakugo grabbed him by the shirt and raised him off the desk.
"You wanna go art boy? I can kick your ass from here to the US and back, before you could even say ow. I'm the strongest there is." Bakugo growled.
"Just try it." Hiro said, grabbing Bakugo's wrist, and clenching it tightly.
"Bring it on!" Bakugo glowered.
"Alright, that's enough." The teacher said, chopping them both on the head. "Sit back down. It's the first day of the new year, and you're both already acting like a couple of morons."
"Fine, whatever." Bakugo tsked, letting go of Hiro, before looking to the green haired girl with a sneer of anger. "Listen up Deku. You're even worse than the rest of these damn rejects you Quirkless piece of trash. You really think U.A would let someone like you in, when they could have someone like me? You would die in the exams. Are you trying to compete with me or something?"
"An' how about you back off, before I make you, Bakugo." Hiro glared. "Just because she's Quirkless, doesn't mean she can't try and reach her goals."
"I said that's enough break it up." The teacher stated clapping his hands. "I do hate to say it Midoriya, since it's a teacher's job to support their student's in achieving their dreams, but I highly doubt you'll be able to get into U.A's Hero Course, without a Quirk. That's just the reality of it. With your IQ however, I'm sure you'll make for an excellent support item engineer and technician. You might even be able to help Masutā by making his gear for him." The teacher said. "Now everyone back to your seats, so we can get started on today's lesson."
~Marketplace Noon~
"HEY SOMEONE STOP THAT VILLAIN."
Through the crowded streets of the Musutafu Market, a green sludge villain was running off with a large amount of money in his body.
"Yell all you want suckers, this cash is mine." The villain called out, as he was making his way through the crowd.
"Dude where are all the heroes?" One man said at their location across the street.
"Weird normally someone would swoop in right away."
"Maybe they're still busy from that scene this morning." The man questioned as a skeleton of a man, came walking out of a convenience store, spotting the crime in progress before beefing up into his more muscular form.
"Remember when we didn't have to worry about Rambo's with Quirks all the time?"
"Seriously there's no stopping 'em."
"Yes, there is. Do you know why?" The muscular man said, surprising the two talkers as he stepped up, and moved past them. "Because I am here."
~Hiro~
"Ugh, another day, another boring lecture from my teacher." Hiro sighed, walking down the street, hands clasped behind his head. School had let out a while ago, and since Hiro wasn't part of any clubs, aside from the art club, he had the rest of the afternoon left to himself since meetings never lasted long, and he was the VP of the club.
"I wonder what Bakugo was up to after class today? Was he picking on Midoriya again? I mean, I don't really know her all that well, but still it's not right that she should be treated so horridly just because she's Quirkless." He thought aloud.
Heading down the street, Hiro kept pondering on what he should do for dinner, but his thoughts were interrupted, when the sound of an explosion going off, came from the alley he'd just passed. Racing back to the alley, Hiro dropped his bag, when he saw the cause of the explosion was a villain, whose body was made entirely out of sludge, while having taken a hostage.
"Crap, I'd recognize that Pomeranian hair and that explosive Quirk, anywhere." Hiro hissed. "Bakugo you dumbass."
Rolling up the sleeve of his uniform, Hiro quickly pulled out a blue sharpie from his pocket, and in quick succession, drew a detailed image of an X in a circle.
"Iceman powers should do the trick for grabbing Bakugo's stupid lackeys." Hiro said, before his body turned to ice, and the mark he drew began to glow, with an icy mist pouring out from his gloved hands. "Let's hope it lasts long enough."
Quickly throwing his arm forward, Hiro began skating along the ice, just like how the Icy Mutant X-Man would, as he did a quick roundabout, evading the villain, and grabbing the two lackeys who followed Bakugo's every word, before making it back to the alley's entrance, just as the mark burned away, and his body returned to normal, with all the ice melting away.
"What are you doing?"
"Get back in there and save him."
"That's all I can legally do with my Quirk." Hiro said. "Sorry but Bakugo is on his own, so he's just gonna have to hold out, until help arrives."
As the time passed, heroes eventually showed up, before Hiro was forced to stand back as the Pro Heroes got to work. Unfortunately, they didn't seem all that capable of handling the situation.
"Damn it, we can't get a grip on his weird body. Plus the kid's Quirk is causing explosions left and right." Death Arms said.
"This is a shutout. We've gotta rally and knock him out of the park somehow." The baseball themed hero said before the villain noticed them, and attacked, forcing them back. "Incoming." He cried out as another attack came their way.
"It's no good. None of us have the right Quirks to stop a villain like this." Death Arms said.
"We'll do damage control until someone with the right Quirk shows up to handle this." Another hero said.
Hiro just kept looking on, with his anger slowly rising, as the heroes were so quick to just give up, and wait for someone with the right type of Quirk to handle this. Gritting his teeth, Hiro clenched his fist, as the crowd of people watching the scene, continued to grow.
"Why aren't the heroes doing anything?" One of the other civilians asked.
"It looks like they've met their match. Plus the villain captured a kid. Things aren't looking good for him." Another civilian said.
"Wait, I'm confused, isn't that the villain, All Might was chasing earlier today?"
'What?' Hiro questioned.
"What? All Might? No way he lost, where is he?"
"Well, can someone call him or something?"
"Seriously, why hasn't he shown up to help the heroes?"
"Out of my way." Hiro said, pushing through the crowd and throwing his jacket over his bag. "The law be damned, I'm not just gonna sit back and watch Bakugo die."
"Hey kid, stop. You can't go near that thing." Death Arms said.
"Well someone's gotta save that hostage, and I don't see any heroes around here, willing to do anything, but sit on their asses and letting them die, just because their Quirk isn't a good match up, against the Villains." Hiro said, throwing his shirt off, revealing his muscular build, and a diamond shield shaped emblem on his chest as it began to glow through his undershirt.
"Kid, I'd watch your tongue. Besides, you said it yourself, none of us have the right Quirks to deal with this sort of thing." Death Arms said.
"So? You think that stops All Might when he's in the same situation?" Hiro questioned. "Stay here and sit on your asses all you want. But I'm not gonna let an innocent life vanish, because you're too scared to put your own safety on the line."
His words echoed around the heroes, as the emblem on his chest, began to glow brighter. Taking in a deep breath, Hiro let it out as he glared at the sludge villain.
"Hey, Sewer Freak." Hiro called out, gaining the villain's attention. "Just what the hell, do you think you're doing?"
"What's it to you brat?" The villain questioned, throwing a tentacle at him.
Hiro didn't even flinch as he let the tentacle slam into him. But to the surprise of the villain, and the spectating heroes, Hiro just kept moving forward. His course having remained unaltered from the hit.
"That Pomeranian happens to be a classmate of mine. Let him go." Hiro glared.
"Not a chance."
"Fine then."
Hiro didn't even flinch as the villain continued to throw attack after attack at him. The impacts just kept splattering the sludge tentacles everywhere, before Hiro was standing right in front of the villain, less then an arms length from Bakugo.
"A fine mess you found yourself in, huh Bakugo?" Hiro questioned, before he sighed, and reached up his hand.
With a shiver of disgust, Hiro reached into the shocked sludge villain, before grabbing onto Bakugo's uniform, and pulled him out of there, and without winding up, threw him to Death Arms, as if he were a pro pitcher on the best baseball team in Japan. This shocked the villain, as he'd been sure he had kept a tight grip on Bakugo earlier.
"I got you kid." Death Arms said, catching Bakugo.
The heroes looked to Bakugo, before looking to Hiro, as he was starting to look a little wobbly, with the glowing light of the emblem, flickering in and out like a light bulb about to burn out.
"Oh great. I've reached my limit already. This isn't good." He groaned, before the sludge villain slammed a tentacle down on him, sending him into the ground. "Ow." He wheezed.
"This is the end for you little boy." The villain laughed. "You'll make for a fine skin suit with a Quirk like yours."
Meanwhile, in the crowd of the onlookers, a familiar head of green hair belonging to a Quirkless girl, couldn't help but stare in horror at what she was witnessing. Hiro was knocked down and was gonna be the next hostage of the sludge villains. The final straw to break the camel's back, was when Hiro looked up, and opened his eyes, revealing the pain and terror he felt in that situation, after he'd ran out of stamina, but kept the smile on his face, as if looking right at her, and telling her everything was gonna be all right.
Almost instantly, Izumi's eyes widened and she went running through the crowd and past the heroes towards the villain, her body moving on its own, as she ran right for Hiro, just as he was picking himself up again.
"Midoriya?" Hiro questioned, as he spotted her running towards them.
"No stop that kid. He'll kill them both." Death Arms called out.
Izumi pulled on Hiro's arm, wanting to drag him away from the danger, hoping to at least be able to help him out of the alley, and away from harm.
'What do I do, what do I do? Why am I doing this? Why can't I stop? My legs, they moved on their own. What can I do? What would a hero do right now?' Izumi thought. 'Page 25 right.'
Jumping back, Izumi removed her bag from her back, and spun around, before throwing it at the villain, blinding him before her All Might pencil holder actually stabbed him in the eye, causing him to cry out in pain, and reel back from his tentacles slithering out to grab Hiro.
"Midoriya, what are you doing here?" Hiro questioned as she began pulling on his arm.
"Hiro." Izumi said, with a terrified smile on her face, and tears in her eyes. "I couldn't just stand by and watch you die."
Those words seemed to light a fire in Hiro, just as a giant tentacle came down on them both. The impact created a cloud of dust, only for it to disperse and show Izumi on the ground, leaning on one of her arms, gasping in shock as Hiro was now on one knee, with his arms crossed over his head, the crest on his chest, shining brighter then it had been before, making her think it was about to burn right through the undershirts material. Looking up from his shirt, Izumi blushed when she saw his muscles were bulging out, with veins visible from under the skin, as he grit his teeth, letting out a deep breath, with steam visibly pouring from between his teeth.
"Sorry to worry you Midoriya." Hiro said, a smile spreading across his face, showing he was missing his right upper canine. "But it's gonna be okay now. Because I am here."
"That's my line young man." A booming voice echoed through the air, forcing Izumi to gasp and look over her shoulder to see the Number1 Hero, All Might, running up on the scene, with his fist pulled back.
"All Might? But I thought…" Izumi began, before Hiro silenced her, with his hand over her mouth.
"Detroit: SMASH!" All Might cried out, his voice echoing off the alleyway walls, as the large blonde haired musclebound man, slammed his fist into the villain, sending him splattering everywhere.
With the villain defeated, Hiro relaxed as he put his hands on the ground with a sigh, before he looked up, just before he was pulled into an embrace from Midoriya, her arms wrapped around his head, while burying his face in her chest. At the same time, the huge gust of wind that the blonde hero had created with his attack, had darkened the skies with storm clouds as it began to rain.
"Thank you, for saving me." She said, crying softly from the fear, while keeping her hugged grip on Hiro's head.
~Later~
Hiro sighed in annoyance as he sipped his soda, while he and Izumi were both sitting in an ambulance. Hiro was wearing his uniform blazer, over what had remained of his undershirt, while both he and Izumi were getting chewed out by the heroes.
"You morons. Do you both have a death wish or something?" Kamui Woods questioned. "I don't care if you didn't actually use your power against the villain, and exploited the loophole in that law. It was still too dangerous without assessing the situation."
"There was absolutely no reason for you to put yourselves in danger like that." Death Arms said.
"Well you weren't exactly doing anything so… pot meet kettle." Hiro said, buttoning up his shirt. "Besides, I assessed the situation, and found my intervention was necessary, since you were all being a bunch of cowards, and putting your own safety, before the hostages."
"What did you just say brat?" Death Arms questioned.
"You heard me." Hiro said, grabbing his bag while standing up. "You were useless, you did absolutely nothing, while me, and a little girl did your jobs for you."
"There was nothing that could have been done."
"Bullshit!" Hiro stated. "You know, this is exactly the kind of cowardice that Stain is talking about when he hunts heroes. The true mark of a hero is their courage, not their power. It's when they do their job, and fight, even if the odds are against them to the high heavens, just like they were today. There were three of you facing off against one villain, and you did squat, all because his body, was made of sludge. The three of you could have teamed up and saved Bakugo, but you didn't. Instead you just stood there and watched, expecting the hero with the right kind of power match up, to come in and handle that guy. When you should have been fighting, not hiding."
"I was not hiding." Death Arms said, grabbing Hiro by the front of his shirt.
"Oh yeah? Then how come I can see the pain of the truth resonating in your eyes?" Hiro questioned.
"Just shut up kid. I'm the pro here, I don't need you telling me how to do my job."
"Then how come you're acting like the villain, and roughing me up, when I'm still injured?" Hiro questioned.
"Death Arms." The pro hero turned around to see All Might, coming towards them. "This young man is right. The true mark of a hero isn't their pride or power, but it's their inner strength, the courage to do what needs to be done, no matter the odds. You should have continued to fight the villain, instead of just standing around, even if it was a bad match up. Pros risk their lives on the daily, to ensure the civilians remain safe, no matter the cost."
"But All Might…"
"No buts. You call yourself a hero, then live up to the name." All Might said, before looking to Hiro and Izumi. "You two are free to go. An' be sure to take proper care of your injuries young man."
"Yes sir." Hiro said, as Izumi grabbed her bag, and followed him out of there, before turning back around to the blonde hero.
"Thank you." Izumi said, bowing to him, before following her classmate again.
~Later~
"Oh, I was really wanting to apologize to All Might. But he became swarmed by interviewers again, it would have been rude of me to interrupt, and all I got to say, was a simple thank you." Izumi said.
"It probably would have been a good reprieve from them if you had stepped in." Hiro smiled. "It seems to me, that All Might hates when the press surrounds him like that. At least from what I saw."
"Deku, Art Boy."
Hiro and Izumi turned around to see Bakugo running towards them.
"Kacchan?" Izumi asked.
"Listen, I would never ask for a weakling like you to help me." Bakugo said, obviously talking to Izumi. "Don't think you can look down on me. Huh, got that? You're just a Quirkless failure who won't even cut it as a rent-a-cop. You didn't help me, you did nothing, and don't forget it. I don't owe you anything."
"You could at least act grateful to us for risking our lives to save yours you know." Hiro said, grabbing his shoulder strap and readjusting it.
"An' you…" Katsumi said marching up to him. "How the hell did you manage to take those hits, without even getting a scratch one moment, and then end up beaten and bloodied the next?"
"Did you honestly think, I told the whole class the true nature of my Quirk when I introduced myself first day of our first year in middle school?" Hiro questioned. "There's facets about my Quirk that even I'm still discovering and learning to control."
"Fine, whatever. Tell me, don't tell me, it won't matter, I'm still gonna be number one." Bakugo stated, before marching off. "Your weak ass Quirk, won't be enough to get you by on sheer luck forever you know!"
"What was that?" Hiro questioned. "He could at least say thanks."
"He's right though." Izumi said. "It's not like I did anything to help today. I just stood by and watch you get hurt after saving him."
"That'd be where you're wrong Izumi." Hiro smiled. "What you did, inspired me to push past my limits, and keep you from getting hurt as well. An' not just me either. All Might pushed through his daily limit and he stepped in before I ran out of juice again. You basically reminded the Symbol of Peace, what it means to be a true hero."
"Wait, you know about All Might's daily limit?" Izumi asked.
"Who do you think his fight from five years ago, was for anyway?" Hiro asked. "The villain who put that hole in his stomach, had taken a keen interest in me, and All Might was forced to fight his enemy to get me back."
"I am here. Intercepting you on your way home Young Midoriya, and Hiro." All Might said, running out from around the corner, startling Izumi.
"All Might? Where'd you come from, how'd you get rid of all those reporters?" Izumi asked.
"Hahahahahahaha. I stand for justice, not soundbites. Because I, I am All Mi…" All Might stopped, as he poofed into a skeleton of a man, and coughed up copious amounts of blood.
"You gonna be okay there big guy?" Hiro asked.
"I'll be fine." The skeleton man said. "Young lady, I came here to thank you, and also to discuss with you about your question from earlier."
"Huh?" Izumi was confused.
"You told me you didn't have a power, so when I saw this timid Quirkless girl try to save a life, it inspired me to act to. I think Hiro can explain the rest from here."
Izumi was surprised at Toshinori's words and looked to Hiro as he smiled, and began to step forward.
"There are stories about every hero, about how they became great. Most have one thing in common. Their bodies moved, before they even had a chance to think. Almost on their own." Hiro smiled, taking his place next to Toshinori, as she began to cry.
"Young lady." Toshinori began. "You to, can become a hero."
"Hey, take it easy, take it easy." Hiro said, crouching down in front of Izumi as she fell to her knees crying, clutching her chest, right over her heart.
"I deem you worthy of my power. My Quirk is yours to inherit."
"Huh?" He broke Hiro and Izumi.
~2Days Later~
The morning sun was rising early, as the UV rays glistened off the trash that littered the sandy shore of the beach, as in a shadowy part of the beach, Izumi Midoriya, was pulling a double door fridge, with ropes wrapped around her body, and All Might sitting atop said fridge. But there was a problem, she was having trouble with.
She couldn't move the damn thing even an inch.
"Hey-hey-hey. It's pretty comfy atop this fridge, how you doing down there?" All Might questioned, before Midoriya slipped on the sand, and fell flat on his face. "People move these every day you know, and most of them don't even have any Super Strength."
"Well yeah but, there's an extra six hundred pounds with you sitting on top of it." Midoriya said, pushing himself up.
"Nah, I've lost weight, so I'm down to five sixty these days, well in this form anyways." All Might said.
"Don't give up Izumi. This is your chance to make your dream come true through more than just your tech and gadgets. Don't you want that?" Hiro questioned, squatting down and handing her a water bottle.
Izumi looked up at Hiro and couldn't help but blush when she saw he was wearing only a pair of shorts, a muscle shirt, sneakers, and wraps that went up to his shoulders, as he was doing his own training alongside Izumi. But she kept getting distracted by his sculpted body.
"Y-yeah I do want that, but there's just something… keeping me from focusing." Izumi said, sitting up and turning around, putting a hand over her nose to hide the nosebleed she was getting.
"Huh?" Hiro questioned, before a sleeveless hoodie was thrown on top of him.
"Put that on Hiro." Someone new said. "You're the poor girl's distraction."
Izumi, Hiro, and All Might turned to see who had thrown the sweater, and saw a young woman, her arms and the visible portions of her torso, covered in tattoos, while wearing a matching pair of a white sports bra, and gym shorts over a pair of black leggings, with a sweatband on her forehead underneath a pair of goggles that looked like they were meant for zooming in on something. She had a piercing through her right nostril, and the left side of her bottom lip.
"Sorry, you know I like doing my workouts without a constricting clothing." Hiro said putting the sleeveless hoodie on.
"Ah, Ms. Amerika, it's good to see you once again." All Might smiled.
"Sorry I'm late, was up a bit later then I intended last night working on a new design." She said, before looking to Izumi. "Hi, you must be Midoriya. I'm Itami Amerika."
"Izumi Midoriya, nice to meet you." Izumi said.
"It's a pleasure to meet you as well." Itami smiled, before she returned her gaze to Hiro. "You'd better get going. Everyone at Ryōzanpaku's waiting on you Hiro."
"Right." He sighed. "Whose turn is it to train me today?"
"Apachai." Itami stated.
"Great." He sighed. "I'm gonna have to use my Quirk just to keep from dying during training."
"You'll be fine Hiro." Itami said. "Now get going, before Apachai comes looking for you himself."
"Right." Hiro stated, before he began running off for wherever he was going.
"Where's Hiro heading off to?" Izumi asked.
"He must not have told you." All Might laughed. "Hiro's a student at the famous dojo Ryōzanpaku. His masters have even talked about moving him in to begin the next stage of his training."
"That's incredible." Izumi said in awe.
"All Might, I got confirmation back from the school." Itami said. "They've agreed to allow for Hiro to take his Middle School finals, so long as the Principal is there to preside over him taking the test, they've even said that he can take it alongside your disciple. Is that acceptable?"
"That's fine." All Might said.
"Uh, I'm a little confused, what's this have to do with me or Hiro?" Izumi asked.
"Ah, well Ms. Amerika here, requested Hiro be given a chance to take his middle school finals, in the coming days next week." All Might said. "An' they've agreed to let him do it, but it appears they've offered you the chance to take them as well."
"What exactly does that mean?" Izumi asked nervously.
"If you pass, you no longer have to go to classes, as you'll essentially be graduated from middle school." Itami said. "Meaning you'll have more time to focus on training."
"An' if I fail?" Izumi inquired.
"Then you fail, and still have to attend classes until the school year ends." Itami stated. "Nothing seriously bad will happen. You could even sign up for Martial Arts at Ryōzanpaku."
"I guess learning to fight like that, wouldn't be so bad." Izumi said. "But I'm a little concerned that they might pick on me."
"Midoriya, I'm gonna let you in on a little secret." Itami smiled. "The Elder of Ryōzanpaku, is Quirkless, but so much stronger then All Might."
"He's what?" Izumi gasped.
"It's true." All Might laughed. "That old man could give my power a run for my money. But it's not just him who's Quirkless."
"All the Masters at Ryōzanpaku are Quirkless. Their power comes from their dedication, hard work, and determination to become the masters of their crafts." Itami said. "Even the Masters Granddaughter is Quirkless."
"Okay, as cool as that is, there's something I still don't understand." She said, looking to All Might, before looking around the beach. "Remind me again, why we're here at the beach turned dump, with me dragging the garbage across the sand?"
"It's part of your training." All Might said hopping down from the fridge. "Your body isn't ready to handle the full strength of your power, so we're getting you in fighting shape to use it to its fullest potential, and since it's so similar to mine, I thought I'd put you through a similar training regimen I went through."
"I can see what he's getting at. With the way you are now, if you were to try and use your Quirk at its max strength, then your arms and legs just shoot off your body like baking soda rockets in a science fair." Itami said. "I'm here to supervise, and to make sure no elicit or unsavory rumors about All Might start spreading since he's a guy and you're a middle school girl."
'I guess she doesn't know the true nature of All Might's Quirk. Makes sense.' Izumi thought. "So… this whole trash thing is like some sort of intense hard core gym workout, and you two are my trainers." She said, looking to both All Might and Itami with a worried expression on her face as it went pale.
"Oh no, I'm not here to train you." Itami said. "I'm just here to make sure he doesn't do anything weird with you."
"You can thank Hiro for choosing this as your training. He did a little research the other day." All Might stated, walking back to the fridge, while visibly annoyed at Itami's teasing remark. "Turns out, this part of the beach used to be beautiful, but it's been a complete mess for the last few years." He said tapping the fridge with the back of his hand, causing a dent to form.
"That's right." Izumi said, looking around. "Because of the ocean currents, anything that's dropped in the water ends up here. People take advantage of that when they're illegally dumping their trash. Now the locals just avoid this place."
"Heroes these days are all about showing off, and capturing flashy villains." Itami stated, as All Might went behind the fridge and placing one hand on top of it. "They don't see the smaller details, and only pay attention to the bigger problems like actual villains."
"Things were different before Quirks. Service is what mattered. Back then, heroes were those who'd help the community!" All Might exclaimed, crushing the fridge with one hand. "Even if it was kinda boring." He finished, slamming the fridge flat into the ground, the wind pressure causing the trash and garbage behind him to be sent flying, revealing the sunrise creeping up over the horizon. "You'll restore the coastline, for this entire section of the beach. That is the first step on your path Izumi Midoriya. Towards being a hero."
Izumi was taken aback as she realized she had to clear out all the trash on the beach. "Um… All this?" Izumi questioned. "But… there's so much. That's impossible."
"Midoriya, you're wanting to get into U.A, right?" Itami questioned.
"Well yeah, of course I do. It's where All Might went. So it's gotta be the best around." Midoriya said. "It's a long shot, but I'm gonna reach for the moon, and get into U.A."
"You got a lot of spirit Fangirl." All Might smiled. "However, I know you'll be able to get in on your smarts. Might not be the hero course, but the support course is still good. U.A's the hardest Hero Course to get into, but if you're wanting to be able to use your Quirk, before the exams start…"
"Then I have to prepare my body for your Quirk real fast. U.A's Exam is in ten months." Midoriya said, picking up where All Might trailed off.
"Not to worry, I've got you covered." All Might smiled, holding up a stack of papers. "It's the Aim to Pass American Dream Plan, Hiro went through before he began his martial arts training. I've adjusted it to your body type, and for the best outcome results. Follow this workout plan to the letter, and the beach should be cleaned up with time to spare before the exams. I also detailed every other aspect of your life while I was at it."
"Even my sleep is scheduled." Izumi said, looking over the regimen plans, with Itami looked at them over the younger girls shoulder.
"If I'm being honest, this is gonna be super hard. I mean, you can't really survive a training regimen like this without an iron will." Itami whispered to her. "I saw what Hiro went through when he did it, and it was brutal, even for him. You sure you wanna do this?"
"I have to try." Midoriya said. "I have to work twice as hard as anyone else, to get into U.A, so I'm gonna succeed no matter what."
"That's the spirit. Now then, let's begin your training." All Might said, with a boisterous laugh.
~A/N~
Hiro: Krio translation of Hero. Masutā: Master.
Also, this isn't an official crossover of, My Hero and, Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple. But a few of the Ryōzanpaku masters will be making an appearance here and there.