The Hero From Nowhere: Himawari

by Doze12

Lucas is a young man who has strange powers, an unknown origin and a father who is a dog/bear/mouse. Life only gets stranger from there when he enters the UA Hero Course, Lucas wants be a kindhearted hero who saves the people, while learning about the past he doesn’t have. The young man from Nowhere will meet and make tons of friends, family, and enemies in this life of his.

35. True to Yourself

Chapter 35:

(Thirty Five chapters! A lot, you know? That's nothing compared to how many chapters there are in MHA's manga, though. Heck, Mother 3's story had 8 throughout the course of the game. Anyways, I'm just saying it's just a lot. I'll probably won't make it halfway through this by the time MHA ends. Anyways, Izuku vs Shoto! This fight I remember the most out of anything I saw throughout Season 2, so I'm excited. Enjoy the chapter!)

Shoto cried into his mother's chest, "—But honey, you do still wanna be a hero, don't you?" He could hear his mother asked, Rei gave him a caring smile. "Just remember, stay true to yourself."

(I'm not ready for this)

"I had forgotten…so much of what she said in those days." Shoto thought to himself.

The memories of Izuku and Shoto's prior exchange with each other were all leading up to them walking onto the arena.

"I suppose your relationship with All Might doesn't actually matter. I WILL defeat you using only my right side." Shoto said.

Izuku stood, determined. He was ready to win, "I can't lose this, either. I owe it to everyone who's supported me to try my best. I WILL beat you." He said to his opponent.

The crowd was waiting for this fight with a great anticipation. Class 1-A, the UA Faculty, and finally Endeavor.

"It's the first match of the second round! These two heroes in training have both been frontrunners in the Sports Festival! It's Midoriya!"

Izuku predicted what Shoto's first attack would be in his head.

"Versus…Todoroki!" While the other strategized how he was going to keep his opponent from using his Quirk so frequently.

"But which of these rivals will advance to the next round?" Hizashi asked the audience,

"So, as soon as we start—" The two said to them, "Begin!" Hizashi said. Shoto sent a path of ice toward Izuku. Izuku immediately responded, by using One For All with his middle finger. The ice was barely forming, but once that happened, shard of it shot off towards Shoto and the audience, feeling the power of gust of icy wind Izuku had created. Shoto kept his signature glare, "Hmph. Just as I expected." Shoto said, seeing Izuku's now broken finger. "He's prepared to injure himself to counter me."

Izuku's glare was unsettling in the moment. He was legitimately serious about this.

Toshinori could that Izuku had no way of knowing how powerful Todoroki's attack, "…so he abandoned restraint and fired off a shot at 100 percent. It's true that this was likely the only thing he could do against the ice barrage. However…" Toshinori thought to himself.

Shoto sent another wave of ice towards his opponent, Izuku retaliated with a repeated Smash! Shoto covered himself, Izuku's arm was twitching slightly from the pain.

"I don't know much about Todoroki's fighting style. His attacks are so fast that it's hard to collect data on him." Izuku thought to himself, "So, during this fight, I need to focus on finding an opening somewhere." Izuku noticed that Shoto had made an ice wall behind him. The green-ette surmised that it was to keep Izuku's attacks from pushing him out of bounds. "Which means…I was right to break my fingers. If I'd spent my whole arm on a full-powered smash and the ice held up, I'd be doomed. I can figure this out." Izuku kept his glare on, trying to find a weak spot. Izuku was going to use the six chances he had, sparingly. "His match with Lucas, he was relying on defense and counterattacks. I'll need to find a way to break through those obstacles!" Izuku concluded his thoughts, now gaining a better scope of how he has a chance against Shoto.

"Let's continue." Shoto said, breath freezing upon exhale. He sent another wave toward Izuku, who once again used his power to break through it, now having it down to five more chances.

(Meanwhile)

Eijirou rushed to make it back to his seat, realizing he was missing the match. "Hey, nice job making it to the next round, Kirishima." Denki said. Eijirou smirked, "Looks like I take down Bakugo next!" Katsuki only stared at the match, "I'll kill you." The boys threatened, "Heh. Yeah, sure. In your dreams." Eijirou responded in stride. "No, but seriously. It's crazy how you and Todoroki both have moves that blast the whole stadium! Must be pretty nice!" Eijirou said, "Plus, you don't have to pause between attacks." Sero had said, Katsuki's concentration was unwatered, "It's not as easy as you think, ya morons." Katsuki said, "Hm?" Eijirou was a bit confused, "If you overuse your muscles, you risk tearing them apart. If you sprint too much, you run out of breath." Katsuki looked at his arm, remembering the limit to how much power they can produce. "That's why I designed my costume the way I did—so that I'd be able to fire off bigger blast than my body usually allows me to." Katsuki thought to himself. "Quirks are physical abilities, too. They can get worn out. You can't just use them nonstop." Katsuki explained, "It makes sense when you put it that way. I wonder if that's how Midoriya thinks he's gonna beat Todoroki."

(Meanwhile with Lucas)

Lucas looked on, studying and trying to analyze the match. "I don't know much about Shoto's Quirk, but it's possible that he himself needs to regulate between temperature." Lucas thought to himself, "It's entirely possible that he'll use his left side to heat himself up, soon." Nezu wondered why Lucas didn't seem too concerned for their friends's safety, "You're not worried, my boy?" Nezu said, "A-About their injuries? A-A little, but there's no avoiding that, unfortunately." Lucas said, realizing they WILL get injured. Lucas tried to be mature about the match, "I may as well learn how these two fight if I'm gonna be helping train them." Nezu nodded his head in understanding. "Not only that…But I'm hoping Izuku can remind Shoto that he needs to fight as himself." Lucas then thought to himself. He looked at Izuku's expression. "His glare…it looks a little like…Bakugo-san."

(Back to the match!)

"You want an endurance match. But I'll end this quickly." Shoto said, sending another shot of ice, wasting another one of Izuku's chances with One For All. Izuku had lost the usage of all his right hand fingers, and was now visibly bleeding. "Todoroki withstood Midoriya's power and is now rushing his classmate!" As Present Mic stated, Shoto created pathway of ice to get for higher ground, and ran for Izuku this time.

Izuku growled, keeping his angry expression on, using one of his already broken fingers. He used One For All to demolish the icy path, but that was not before Shoto could jump off and then attempt to attack him from the air!

Shoto was ready to punch Midoriya. However, his efforts were in vain, due to Izuku having already dodged out of the way. Shoto's stone-cold glare aimed at Izuku, before he used his Quirk and incased his foot in ice. "Oh, no. Not good!" Izuku kept whatever fear he had in the moment under wraps, and now used One For All completely by his arm! The gust of wind more powerful than each one he created before!

Izuku grunted in pain! Shoto was otherwise busy with trying to keep himself from falling out of bounds, dust now flying throughout their arena.

Izuku had broken his arm, "That was much more powerful than any of your previous attacks." Izuku was shocked to see Shoto, "You're trying to keep me away. Smart." Shoto admitted, respecting the tactic.

"It's not just that his Quirk is powerful. His judgment, ability, reasoning…All of his abilities…are incredible." Izuku thought to himself, watching Shoto get back to his feet and exhaled frozen air. He could hear people from the audience giving Shoto praise for his skills, saying he's already better than the average pro. "What's the matter? Are you really that worn out from defending against my attacks?" Izuku grunted in pain, keeping his aggressive look on his face. Izuku's eyes widened a little when he noticed that Shoto's right arm was shaking. "He's shaking. Is he reaching some kind of limit?" Izuku was shaking through his pain, before putting his head down. "I've got to keep fighting!" He thought to himself.

"I'm sorry about this, but thanks for drawing it out. Look at him." Shoto took a glance over at his father.

There Endeavor stood, displeased with the performance. "He's furious I'm not using his power." Shoto said, Izuku memories of Shoto's vow to reject his left side ringing through his head at that moment. "With your hands like that, you can't anymore, can you? Why don't we end this?" Shoto said, launching a fast paced path of ice Izuku's way.

Hizashi was watching this with great anticipation, wondering if this would be the finishing move.

(The people watching)

Toshinori looked on, wondering if Young Midoriya was going down in that moment.

Lucas looked on, worried, he could see Izuku's eyes for a moment. "H-He can't…" Nezu looked on, slightly concerned about this match. "Izuku could completely lose his arm's usage if he does that…" Lucas looked over, seeing Todoroki. "No…" Lucas said, "Sakai?" Shuzenji asked. "Shoto, you didn't do THIS to yourself in your match with me, what are you doing?" Lucas could see what Shoto was doing to himself as well.

(Back to giving it their all)

"I am not done yet!" Izuku shouted, which surprised his opponent. Not only that, but everyone in the audience watching! Another shockwave was sent toward the ice, pushing Shoto back with a mightier force than before! The walls he made to keep himself from being pushed were being destroyed, one by one! The last one barely enough to save him from being out of bounds. Shoto was furious, he could see, Izuku used one of his already broken fingers for another attack. "Why are you going this far?" Shoto asked.

Izuku looked down, straining through the pain. "You're trembling, Todoroki." He said, which stunned his opponent. "It's easy to forget that Quirks are physical abilities, and that means there's a limit to the cold your body can take, right?" He asked, seeing Shoto's limits, clear as day. "I get it. Usually you'd make up for the drop in temperature by using the heat from your left side. But you refuse to do that, now." Izuku said, "Listen. We're all giving it our all…To try and win…To make our dreams into a reality. To become number one!" Izuku said, to the surprise of all the students of UA watching.

"You think you can win with half your strength?" Izuku said, leaving Shoto stunned. "Look at me, Todoroki. You haven't managed to put a single scratch on me yet."

Shoto's brows tightened in anger, "So come at me with all you've got!" Izuku shouted.

Everyone looked on, Toshinori looked on, stunned by Young Midoriya's encouragement.

Endeavor merely went "Hmph" remembering Izuku's words to him about Shoto's individuality.

"He may be your son, but he isn't you."

Shoto was baffled by those words, Midoriya was starting to sound like Lucas.

"Midoriya, what are you trying to do here? You want my fire? What, did my monster of a dad bribe you or something?" Shoto ran toward Izuku, almost impulsively. "Now I'm mad!"

Both Izuku and Katsuki realized his movements are slower.

"Is it because he's got so much frost on his body?" Katsuki thought to himself, "Maybe his Quirk is like a magic meter in a video game. If that's true, he could be running on empty." He wonder if he wasted some of his energy fighting Flower-Boy in his first match.

Shoto kept his thoughts on striking Midoriya. "In close quarters, there's no way he'll be able to dodge me." Midoriya then chose that exact moment to counter. Shoto gasped, "The instant I lifted my right foot! He's coming!" Izuku kept his glare. "Imagine the egg in the microwave." Shoto flinched a slight. Izuku was going to punch him in close range. "It won't explode. I've got this!" Izuku thought to himself, landing what Present Mic openly called, "A solid punch!" Shoto quickly reacted by freezing Izuku's arm, cushioning the impact of the powered up punch. "That's the kind of action I like to see!" Izuku could feel the pain, alongside the cold.

The audience was in awe, Midoriya's incredibly beat up, however. To everyone here, it's impressive!

Shoto picked himself back up, coughing. "Why?" Shoto froze the ground ahead once more, but Izuku realized the attacks aren't moving as fast now.

Shoto ran up to him, Izuku face himself toward his opponent, trying to attack in close range. Izuku used One For All and launched him into the nearby ice.

The boy was about to use his power once again, Cementoss asked Midnight if this should be where he stepped in. "Midoriya knows Recovery Girl will heal his wounds after the match, so he's being reckless and hurting himself. He's full of adrenaline." Cementoss explained his case, believing that Midoriya may not even realize how much pain he's in, currently. Broken and bruised up bones, alongside a frozen cast on his arm. "They probably can't be healed in one go." Cementoss said.

Meanwhile, both Lucas looked mortified by the damage Izuku's done to himself trying to counter Shoto. "Even with my powers, that damage will still be there for weeks." Lucas thought to himself, concerned for his friend. "Still, this is all he can do for now. Izuku's giving it his all!" Lucas kept watching, while the being hiding could observe the fighting alongside him. "This battle certainly is lighting a fire in you, Lucas." The being said to him, "While instilling great trepidations in you, no less."

Toshinori clenched his fists, unsure of how this will occur.

Aizawa watched on, seeing how Midoriya was fighting. Izuku took his wisdom seriously,

"His power has lessened, but he's gained some control. It's not that he's fighting recklessly. He's just doing everything he can to win the match within his current skill level." Aizawa lamented that even those it could be healed, that pain and determination comes from an absurd amount of resolve. "What's driving him? Why's he so intent?"

Izuku remembered when he told Shoto his motivation, believing it to be even weaker compared to Shoto's. However, he wasn't going to let Shoto win! Izuku readied himself for another attack, and Shoto sent the next wave of ice. "I can't make a fist, but…" His fingers barely twitching when he moved. He put his thumb up to his mouth. Shoto was shocked by how quick to think Midoriya was. "Smash!" Izuku thought to himself, sending another gust of wind toward his opponent.

Shoto was knocked through some ice, before putting up another back wall to keep him from out of bounds. "Why are you putting yourself through this?" Shoto asked, not understanding why Izuku's still standing with all this pain.

"I wanna live up to other expectations." An answer which surprised Shoto, "I wanna be able to smile while doing something good for them. I wanna be a pro!" Izuku explained, being the one to run towards Shoto this time.

"Whatever it takes to be a hero!" Izuku shouted,

a flash of Shoto's mother came to memory for Shoto. Shoto took another solid hit.

"That's why I'll give it my all just like you should be!"

Shoto looked visually stunned, when Izuku said that, it reminded him of when Lucas shouted at him. "Shoto, that better not be all you have!" Was what he said.

Shoto looked up at Midoriya once again, "There's no way I can know what you've gone through, or why you're even here. Your life has been so much different than mine… but right now…" Izuku trailed off, "Stop screwing around!" Shoto stood, even more confused. "If you want to reject your father, fine, but you don't have the right to be number one if you aren't going to use your full power." Izuku said.

Shoto stood there, now beginning to recall his memories.

(Here we freaking go…)

"Now stand up. If you get hurt that badly, you can forget about beating All Might, or even a small time villain." Endeavor said, aggressively pushing the gagging and coughing Shoto to stand up. His mother, Rei Todoroki, "Please stop pushing him! He's only five years old!" She pleaded for her husband to stop. "He can take it. Get out of my way!" Endeavor shouted, hitting his wife. Shoto looked up, fear staring through his tears, "Momma?" Shoto asked.

Shoto snapped his head out of the memory, telling Midoriya to shut up. But the memories keep going back through his mind.

Shoto cried into his mother's arms. "I don't want to, Mom. Please, I—I don't want to be the kind of guy he is." Shoto pleaded for his mother to stop this, "I don't want to be someone who bullies you and hurts people, Momma!" Rei caressed her son's head, brushing him gently. "But, honey, you do still wanna be a hero, don't you?" Shoto stopped crying in a moment, looking up at his mother's loving smile.

Izuku drew closer in the moment, preparing another close punch with his unbroken arm. Shoto's mother's advice ringing through his head, "Just remember, stay true to yourself. You can be the kind of hero you want to be when you grow up." Rei said to him, Izuku's fierce power shined through, "That's why, I'm going to win this! I'LL SURPASS YOU!" Izuku shouted, landing in punched!

Shoto's was about to be launched once again, more memories flying by, the want to go play with his older siblings, Natsuo, Fuyumi and Touya. "Ignore them, Shoto. They live in a different world than the one I'm training you for." His father's words came out, the latter trying to break free of his father's forceful grip.

The straw that broke the camel's back, "Mom. I feel like I'm going crazy. I can't take it anymore." Rei was on the phone with Shoto's grandmother when he walked by the kitchen, she was boiling water, as well. The next thing Shoto started to wish he never overheard. "Every day, the children seem more and more like him. And Shoto…That child's left side sometimes looks unbearable to me. All I can see is his father. I can't raise him anymore. I want to run away from this life."

Shoto was confused, "Mom, what're you saying?" He asked, concerned. Rei was startled, before turning to her son. The pot of boiling water steaming to its great level. Rei was scared to turn around to Shoto, but when she did, her face was chock full of what anyone could imagine as beyond fear.

Shoto remembered what happened after that. That was the day Shoto's mother poured the boiling water on his face, scarring him for life. He had to go to the emergency room and had bandages over his left eye. "Moronic woman. To hurt you at such an important time." Enji had said, "Where did Momma go?" Shoto asked, unsure of what emotion to feel. "Huh? Oh, she hurt my masterpiece, so I put her in a hospital to keep you safe." Shoto clenched his fists, angry. How could Enji not see why this truly happened?! "That was YOUR fault." Shoto had said, "Huh?" Enji looked back at his youngest. He saw the tear-ridden face of an angry toddler. It wasn't bratty or anything, he was enraged with so much psychological turmoil. "YOU'RE the one who made her hurt me!" Shoto said. It was that moment that made Shoto want to reject his father.

"I refuse…to use my left side…" Izuku's anger had reached its limit in that moment, "IT'S YOURS! YOUR QUIRK, NOT HIS!" Izuku shouted, Shoto gasped at those words and remembered something All Might had said in his childhood:

"Children often do inherit Quirks from their parents or develop similar power sets. But the most important thing to remember is that a Quirk is what you make of it, regardless of your history." All Might had explained so long ago, "You decide how you'll use it. That's what I mean when I say "I am here." Only you can decide to become a hero, no one else. Take this to heart, kids! You've got it!" Shoto could remember the light that came after the darkness with Rei and All Might meaningful words. Rei inspired Shoto to stay true to himself, and All Might taught him that his Quirk was what he made of it.

"I didn't realize how much I'd forgotten." Shoto thought to himself, he could even remember Lucas's words as well: "Your flame is yours, Shoto." Was what he said, realizing that he was telling him that, alongside Midoriya. "And Shoto…Fight as yourself in there. Not your dad or the path he's laying out for you. Fight as Shoto Todoroki." Lucas said to him before he went to fight Izuku.

"You are not a prisoner of your lineage. It's okay to use your power to become who you want to be." His mother said.

In that moment, Shoto began defrosting his body, icy mist replaced by pure flame.

The audience was gobsmacked! "Is that..?" Present Mic asked, "He's using his fire!" Ochaco said, feeling the heat.

(Let's get some comments from the audience)

Tenya remembered the words Shoto said during the cavalry battle about never using his left side. "Incredible." Tenya said.

"You made him use father's power." Toshinori could see, "Midoriya. Don't tell me you were trying to save Young Todoroki this whole time! You're helping your opponent." Toshinori realized that's what was going on.

Lucas took a deep breath, seeing everything on a screen. "Nice job, Izuku!" Lucas shouted, Nezu was startled by the boy's sudden passionate outburst. "Give it your all, Shoto. And don't forget…You guys've got this!" Lucas shouted. Nezu could see that his son was not only giving his support to Mr. Midoriya, but Mr. Todoroki as well. He could see that Lucas had made another friend in Mr. Todoroki. Nezu turned back and kept watching, "This fight will only go one way, now." Nezu said.

(Playing Counterattack now)

"You fool." Shoto called Izuku, Izuku could see that fire burns outrageously bright and powerfully. "Even though you wanna win this battle. Now which one of us is screwing around?" Izuku was shocked by how powerful Shoto appeared. Emotional empathy aside, Izuku's reaching to Shoto now was going to be his downfall. "I want it, too. I'll be a hero!" Izuku shouted, Shoto stood, handling both ice and fire at once. Izuku got ready for whatever would come next. Shoto smirked victoriously.

Endeavor smirked, flames burning high and bright. "Yes, Shoto!" The audience was surprised by Endeavor's reaction. "Have you finally accepted your purpose? That's it. Very good." Endeavor walked ahead to behold the sight of his son's fire Quirk. "This is the dawn of a new era for us. With my blood in your veins, you'll surpass me. You will live up to the reason I created you!" He said. "Endeavor suddenly shouts words of…encouragement? What a doting father." Hizashi said over the mic.

Izuku smiled, "Amazing." He said, "Why are you smiling?" Izuku waned when Shoto asked him that question, "With those injuries…In this hopeless situation…You must be crazy." Izuku grunted, ready for what came next.

"Don't blame me for what happens next." Shoto stomped his foot, incasing the floor in ice.

Izuku readied One For All, powerful gusts of wind.

The two were going to take this to an even further extreme. "That's it, Midnight! One of them could be killed!" Cementoss had said, preparing his Quirk. Midnight pulled her sleeve and released her Quirk, "His body won't hold up!"

Shoto then launched a huge block of ice Izuku's way! Izuku lifted himself above the ice. "Gotta try and get close and give it everything! COME AT ME WITH YOUR FULL POWER, TODOROKI!" He shouted in his mind, Shoto rushing across with ice and being set ablaze like a comet.

Shoto lifted his hand up for an attack. "I see now, Midoriya." Izuku was ready to use his other punch that he had left.

"Thank you." Shoto said.

Cementoss bent the concrete to block both attacks, said attacks which easily shattered the walls he created.

It was made to pretty much act like an explosion, the wind pushing people out of their seats.

"This is crazy!" Denki shouted, "What's happening down there?!" Momo asked.

Lucas's eyes went from excitement and turned to fear, worried for everyone in audience. Worried for his friends, he ran out of there, "They'll need immediate attention!" Lucas shouted, "Lucas!" Nezu and Shuzenji shouted. "Hold on, guys! I'm coming!" Lucas thought to himself, rushing to make it out to the field.

The dust shot up into the air. Cementoss realized that simply because you have a good Quirk didn't make you a good hero. "…But these two are amazing." He concluded, "What happened just now? What the heck is up with students?" Present Mic said to Eraser Head, fallen from his seat. "The air around the ring had been thoroughly cooled down and then rapidly expanded heated up." Hizashi immediately sat back up, "Wait, THAT'S what caused the explosion?! How hot did that fire get? Jeez, I can't see a thing! Is the match still going on, or what, huh?" He asked.

Nemuri's mask fell off and she picked herself up while the smoke cleared.

There they could see Izuku's red shoes emerge from the clearing, everyone was surprised. He survived all of that AND he's still standing?! Izuku looked down, and his body started flinching, before he completely fell over.

"There. Midoriya is…Out of bounds." Midnight called it.

Izuku was launched out of bounds during the last moments. He had lost the Sports Festival.

"Todoroki wins! He advances to the third round!" Midnight said, calling it.

The voice of the audience roared, as Shoto caught his breath.

(Okay, we're at the end! I hope u guys enjoyed this chapter! So, I hope I didn't take away from the over all story with the added stuff. I tried my best not to take away Izuku's big moments with Shoto or any of the better memories his mother and he had with Lucas now in the picture. I hope I've handled it well, and I think I did. The font's style changing was intentional. Whenever a bad memory or something bad was spoken, it would be in bold. Meanwhile the advice Shoto needed to latch onto, but couldn't was underlined. Onto other matters, I'm still open for criticism and ideas on where to keep going: More specifically the internship part I mentioned. I've only heard one comment that helped me come up with something, but I'm open to other ideas. Anyways, stay strong and awesome! And trust me when I say I know this can be hard to do but:)

Matthew 5:44

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good unto them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;