'Right, you ready?'

Katsumi looked around, the sun had risen pretty high seeing as the trek into the wet and snowy countryside had taken a good couple of hours. Finally, they had arrived at the spot her father had decided would be the perfect place to train.

Dad stood in the middle of the clearing, his massive hands on his hips.

'One minute.'

He grinned as she took her shoes off and threw them to the side. They hit one of the many surrounding trees and dropped down next to her coat and jumper. It was cold and Katsumi couldn't help but shiver slightly stood only in a t-shirt and sweatpants. There was no point in keeping wrapped up though, she was sure in a few minutes her clothes would be soiled in mud and sweat. This was a stupid idea.

'Don't worry little Katsumi! I promise to go easy on you!'

'Tch,' she glared at him as she readied herself. She doubted the entrance exam would be anywhere as hard as fighting the number one hero, but for the past months her Dad had been teaching her to fight and it made sense for this to be the final challenge. It wasn't expected for her to win, but it was an opportunity to test her skills.

'I could beat you with my hands tied old man!'

She shot forward, all she had to do was rip a band-aid off the back of his neck. All Might didn't bother moving until she got a foot away from him. As she sidestepped, attempting to get around him he flung his arm to the side.

Katsumi gritted her teeth, quickly dropping down, barely dodging the attack. All Might turned around as she skidded along the floor, having covered the soles of her feet with plastic it allowed her to smoothly glide over the snowy mud. She immediately flung her body around to face him. Her knees and hands were already covered in the mud.

'What a basic attack!' All Might's voice boomed as he laughed, 'Did I not teach you better?'

'Hey Dad,' Katsumi let the plastic on her feet dissolve as she stood up, 'Have you noticed you only act all confident and shit when you're all buff?'

'Huh?' Her Dad furrowed his brows, without wasting a moment Katsumi jumped towards him again. This time she activated her quirk and stretched her arms out far, gripping his neck from a few feet away. Reeling her arms back she launched herself upwards over his head. The attack was quick, but the number one hero reacted without blinking and grabbed her by the wrist, tossing her to the side.

'Ack!' Katsumi shouted as her body hit a tree trunk with an audible crack. The force of the impact shot a dull pain from her back through her body. Just like her shoes only moments ago she dropped down and slumped onto the floor.

'Uh oh,' All Might rushed towards her and kneeled down, 'Are you alright?'

'Ugh…' Katsumi groaned.

All Might started to sweat, he thought he had been holding back, 'I'm so so sorry! I didn't mean to fling you so hard! Is your back okay? I can carry you back-'

'Haha.'

All Might pulled back slightly as Katsumi looked up, her mouth stretched into a wide toothy grin. She brought her hand up in front of her, a pink hello-kitty band-air was pinched in between her index and pointer finger.

'I win!'

'Huh!' All Might jumped back, trying to feel the back of his neck but his muscles made it so he couldn't reach.

'Ha!' Katsumi jumped up, as she watched her Dad flail awkwardly. She waved the band-aid in her dad's face, 'Never let your guard down pro!'

'I thought you were injured Sumi!'

'Katsumi.' She tossed the band-aid into her pocket.

All Might laughed, it was worth a try. 'Well, how'd'ya do it?'

'Just stretched two fingers to grab it, nothing impressive.'

'I wouldn't say that!' He grinned, 'You had your eyes shut, it's not easy to control your quirk without seeing what you're doing.'

Katsumi smiled, honestly it was pretty easy but she wasn't about to pass up on her father's praise.

'No offence Dad but I think fighting you is a pretty shitty way to learn.'

'Hey, I've taught you quite a bit. You can throw a mean punch and kick now!' He demonstrated as he spoke, punching the air in front of him.

Katsumi smirked and shook her head, 'Yeah but you're too strong, if I can't even get a hit in it's kinda pointless. I'll probably never reach your strength.'

'Katsumi,' All Might's voice was serious, Katsumi's eyebrows shot up slightly at the sudden change in tone.

'Yeah?' She cocked her head.

'You are serious about becoming a hero?'

She paused and leaned back against the tree, 'Yeah I guess.'

'Being a pro-hero is hard, it takes a lot of work and determination. To keep going, to be able to push yourself as far as you need to go you need to be motivated. You need to have a motivation Katsumi.'

Katsumi pursed her lips, 'I don't have one really.'

All Might sighed, 'I was worried about that, look, I know why you're here, it was your best option'

His daughter huffed and rubbed her tongue against her back teeth. She couldn't be bothered to have this conversation, she had already resigned herself to the idea of becoming a hero. It wasn't the worst fate she could have been subjected to by a long shot.

'Why did you beat up that kid?'

'Ugh,' What did that have to do with this motivation shit, 'I didn't beat him up, we fought. I just was better than him. It was for fun.'

'You clearly have worked on making your quirk stronger, most people don't bother doing that unless they want to use it,' He argued. 'Could it be that-'

'I don't really have a choice, Dad.' The scowl had been slowly creeping up onto Katsumi's face, 'I have to be able to protect myself, seeing who my Father is.'

'I'm not so weak I can't protect you Katsumi.'

Katsumi bit down a laugh, 'I'm your weak spot, Dad, if a villain really had it out for you they'd come after me.' She stared at his shrouded eyes, 'I don't want to ever be the reason you find yourself in a trap or a battle you can't win, so I will get stronger. If it's through becoming a hero, fighting, or whatever. I don't really care. That is my motivation'

He sighed and looked to the side, scratching his neck, 'But will you be happy about it, that's what I'm worried about.'

'Sure,' Katsumi pulled her lips into a smile, 'I mean if I'm in the same class as Izuku I'm sure it'll be fun!'

'Okay,' he walked towards her, putting one of his large hands on her shoulder, 'but please talk to me, if you are unhappy or having a hard time-'

'C'mon,' Katsumi interrupted, 'I'm not even accepted yet!'

'If you fail to pass the exam I'll be shocked.'

'Ah, thinking of that, I'm going to study with Izuku tomorrow.' Katsumi pulled out her phone to show her Dad a photo, 'We're going to this cafe, look at how cute the cakes are!'

All Might took a look at the cake and at his daughters beaming face.

'Say Katsumi,' her Dad's voice went back to his cheery tone, a bit too cheery, 'you and Midoriya huh…'

'Huh?'

They stared at each other in silence for a few moments, distant squarks of birds in the background.

'Me and Midoriya what.' Katsumi's eyes narrowed as she put her phone away.

'He's a very nice boy and you're very fond of him aren't you?' All Might's grin widened, 'You two have been spending a lot of time together, even hung out on Christmas Eve and I just wondered-'

'Dad! I know what you're getting at!' Katsumi whined as her face grew red, she buried her head in her hands as her Dad laughter filled the air.

'There's nothing wrong if there is something going on Katsumi,' He said smugly, waving his hand.

She shook her head quickly, 'No! N.O. Stop! Ugh why are we talking? I didn't spend hours walking up here to chat!'

All Might shook his head, getting his last little chuckles out, 'Okay okay, another round then, but don't expect me to let you win again.'