All Might: "Young man, you too can be a hero."
Y/n: "See Izuku, I was right. All Might was wrong." he said as he cried seeing his best friend hear the words he needed to hear from his idol.
-No One's POV-
As Midoriya sat on his hands and knees taking in what his hero said with his best friend giving him his support, All Might continued.
All Might: "I deem you worthy of my power, my quirk is your's to inherit." he said and after a moment both boys looked at him confused.
Midoriya/Y/n: "Huh?/Come again?" they asked respectively with blank faces.
Midoriya: "Wait what do you mean inherit? Inherit what?" he asked further while cleaning the tears from his face. All Might just laughed at the boys' faces getting a kick out of their confusion.
All Might: "You should see your guys' faces right now. Don't worry I'm not gonna force this thing on you." All Might said as he walked closer to the boys. "Listen well young man, this is your choice. Do you want to accept my awesome power or not-BLARGH" he tried to ask Midoriya as he threw up more blood because he got too intense with it. As Midoriya was still confused as to what All Might was going on about, Y/n was getting concerned about the amount of blood All Might had spit up today.
All Might: "There are a couple things you should know about my abilities." he said, getting the pair's attention again. "Journalists always try to guess my quirk is super strength or some kind of invulnerability. When people ask in interviews I always divert it with a joke and dodge the question. It's because the world needs to believe their symbol of peace is a natural born hero, but I'm not. There's nothing natural about my ability." he paused to let this info sink in. "You see I wasn't born with this amazing power. It is a sacred torch passed on to me from another person." he said as he held out his hands dramatically.
Y/n: "Someone gave you your quirk. That's not possible, is it?" he asked thinking about the possibilities that could mean.
All Might: "Yes it is possible, young man and your friend is next, I can give you my abilities." he told Y/n as he finished his sentence looking at Midoriya.
Midoriya: "Hold on, this is a lot to process." he said interrupting All Might. "It's true there is a lot of debate on what your quirk accualy is, but no one has ever figured it out. It's one of the world's greatest mysteries, people are constantly talking about it online. (mutter mutter mutter..)" his explanation turned into rambles as he lost his train of thought as All Might began to become concerned, but Y/n looked to be treating it like a normal thing that happens.
All Might: "I think you're overthinking this whole inheriting thing!" he deadpanned.
Y/n: "Do you want me to do the honors?" he asks, checking his phone as All Might nodded. Y/n then puts his phone away, clears his throat, and deeply inhales before yelling.
Y/n: "QUIT NERDING OUT, FANBOY!" he yelled right into Midoriya's ear causing him to fall over on his ass.
All Might: "Thank you my boy. Now you have to expand your reality and accept this new truth, I can transfer my quirk to someone else and that's just one fact of my secret abilities. The true name of my power is One For All." he said as he held out his hand.
Midoriya: "One For All?" he thought out loud.
All Might: "Yes, one person improves the power and hands it off to another person, then it continues to grow as it passes along. It is this power that allows me to save those in need of a hero. This is the truth of my strength. I have had a handful of confidants that know the truth of One For All that is why I've told you both becauseof the bond I have seen you two share, but make no mistake this is a heavily guarded secret that must never be made public." he further elaborated.
Midoriya: "But why would you choose to give me a gift like that? What if I can't live up to it...?" he asked, doubting himself.
All Might: "I was on a long hunt for a worthy successor and then I watched you two jump into action as the rest of us stood idly by. Your friend here may have jumped in at the same time, but you did not hesitate even though you do not have a quirk. You acted like a true hero." he told Midoriya as he praised him, making him cry even more.
Y/n: "Buddy, you've gotta stop crying so much if youre gonna be a hero." he deadpanned, earning a dry chuckle from All Might.
All Might: "He's right my boy, if you're going to get my quirk you should get that under control." he said joining Y/n in bagging on the greenette as he cleaned his tears.
Midoriya: "...Okay I'll do it!" he said standing up with a new found confidence on his face.
All Might: "No reluctance that's exactly how I figured you'd respond." he said with a smirk. A look of realization crossed All Might's face as he slapped his forehead. "I can't believe it almost slipped my mind. What are your boys' names?" he asked with a sweatdrop on his head. Both boys straightened up to answer.
Midoriya: "My name is Izuku Midoriya, sir!" he said with a nervous smile and a bow.
Y/n: "Y/n, Y/n L/n, pleasure is mine." he said stepping forward holding his hand out for a handshake.
Allmight was stunned for a second taken aback by the name.
All Might: "L/n, there's no way, is he? No it must be a coincidence." All Might shock the thought away taking the boy's hand. "If I may ask Young L/n why do you want to be a hero?" Allmight asked the young man. Y/n paused to think and looked at the ground before he answered.
Y/n: "...When I was younger I was in an accident that could have been stopped easily if a hero was there..." he paused before continuing causing Midoriya to look at him with concern because he knew what he was talking about. Midoriya is the only person that knows even a little of what happened, besides Y/n's aunt and a few close family friends.
Midoriya: "Y/n..." he said in a concerned tone.
Y/n: "...I want to be the hero that everyone can depend on. The hero that no matter what, everyone knows I will help! That's the hero I want to be!" he said looking up at All Might with a look of utter determination and a calming smile on his face. All Might was shocked by the aura of determination the boy radiated, before his face changed to a sad smile.
All Might: "He really is your son isn't he Jacob." he thought fondly to himself. "It's a pleasure to meet you two!" he said, giving the boys his classic smile.
Timeskip
Two days later in the early morning the three were at Dagoba Municipal Beach in workout clothes. Midoriya was pulling a refrigerator with Allmight sitting on top and Y/n laying next to him trying to go back to sleep, but failing due to Midoriya's wailing.
All Might: "Hey hey hey. It's pretty comfy up here don't you agree Young L/n?!" he shouted, startling the boy awake.
Y/n: "Huh? We move yet?" he asked groggily sitting up. Midoriya struggled to pull to the refrigerator and fell in an effort to do so.
Allmight: "People move these everyday, you know? And they don't even have super strength." he said looking around at the beach.
Midoriya: "Well yeah, but there is an extra 800 plus pounds with you guys up there." he said looking up at the heavy set pair.
Allmight: "Ehh, I've lost weight so I'm down to 560 these days, in this form at least..." he said acting like that is being 7'3" and 560 pounds is completely normal.
Y/n: "204 over here, so he's not far off." he said, laying back down whilst raising his hand like he's in class as he spoke.
Midoriya: "Great, much better..." he said sarcastically while looking around.
Y/n: "Why do you have him dragging trash around the beach at the break of dawn anyway?" he asked sounding irritated, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
Allmight: "Take a look at him, he's not ready to inherit my power!" he said, taking pictures of Midoriya's rather pathetic state.
Y/n: "I'd actually have to agree with the big guy Izuku, you could stand some more meat on your bones." he said, also taking pictures to drive the point home.
Midoriya: "But I thought you said I was worthy?!" he said while going into a depressed state thinking he'd been tricked.
All Might: "I'm talking about your weak body." he said walking up to the overly emotional boy. "My quirk One For All is alot to handle. The power of everyone who's ever used it makes a hurricane of power, an unready body can't fully inherit it. Your arms and legs will shoot off if you try!" he explained surprising the boys with the very important detail he failed to mention.
Y/n: "Woah Woah Woah! Timeout!" he said waving his hands like a referee. "You never said said anything about that!" he yelled sounding concerned.
All Might: "Did I not? Oops..." he said as he shrugged his shoulders, stunning Y/n with his carelessness.
Midoriya: "Okay so this whole trash thing is somekind of hardcore workout and you're like my trainer?" he asked, looking up at All Might.
All Might: "That's correct and there's another reason too." said giving a thumbs up and turning away. "I did a little online research yesterday. Apparently this part of the beach used to be beautiful, but it's been a total mess the last few years." he informed the boys while tapping the refrigerator and denting it, scaring Y/n causing him to look at the dent in awe.
Midoriya: "That's right, because of the ocean currents anything that's dropped in the water ends up here. People take advantage of that when illegally dumping their garbage. Now the locals avoid this place." he said standing up and looking around at the makeshift junk yard.
Allmight: "Hero's these days are all about showing off and capturing flashy villains. Before quirks, service is what mattered. Back then heros were those who helped the community even if it was kinda boring." he said while reaching up and crushing the refrigerator with enough force to blow away the wall of trash behind him "Oh sorry Young L/n." he apologized to the boy that was on top that was blown away on his ass.
Y/n: "That's nice and all, but what does all that have to do with ME being out here this early?" he asked standing up and dusting himself off then looking around with his hand blocking the sun from his eyes.
All Might: "Moral support for Midoriya of course! And don't you want to be trained by the number one hero, too? Plus I had hoped training you for free would convince you to keep your mouth shut about me." he said with a raised eyebrow.
Y/n: "As long as you help Izuku that's all I'm concerned about and of course I'd loved to be trained by you, but why this early?" he asked, wanting to get back to sleep more than anything.
All Might: "The early bird gets the worm!" he replied with far too much enthusiasm for that early in the morning. "Now you two will restore this section of the beach. That is the first step, young men, toward being heros." he said with his back to the sun dramatically silhouetting him.
Midoriya: "A-all this but there's so much, that's impossible!" he said, getting rightfully nervous.
Y/n: "You're shitting me." he deadpanned wishing he ignored Midoriya's text that morning.
All Might: "Young Midoriya you want to go to UA don't you?" he asked, reminding the boy of his dream.
Midoriya: "Well yeah you went there so it must be the best school around right? It's a long shot, but I'm gonna shoot for the moon." he said with a spark of determination.
All Might: "You got a lot of spirit fanboy, but as I mentioned before, hero business isn't easy to do without a quirk. It's not fair, but that's the reality. And UA is the hardest hero course to get into." he explained.
Y/n: "Then he'll have to prepare his body for All For One fast because the entrance exam is in 10 months." he said, understanding what All Might was getting at as he pulled out two packets for paper.
All Might: "Not to worry my boys, I've got you covered with my aim to pass american dream plan!" he said as he gave both boys a packet. Each sheet was a detailed workout and dietary schedule. "Follow these to the letter and the beach should be cleaned up just in time." he finished
Y/n: "He even scheduled when we sleep, what the hell?" he mumbled to himself. "Hey All Might, how did you get the info on me to make my sheet?" he asked, weirded out by the amount of detail in his schedule.
All Might: "Why young Midoriya of course!" he replied.
Y/n: "And how pray tell do you know this stuff?" he asked while side eyeing his friend with a tone of suspicion in his voice.
Midoriya: "W-well you a-are pretty e-easy to r-read." he answered shying away from Y/n's gaze.
Y/n: "Well why did you tell him?!" he asked, pointing his thumb at Allmight who just waved as a response.
Midoriya: "I couldn't just say no when he asked, could I?" he said while turning his head and scratching his cheek. All Y/n could do was sigh and accept it now.
All Might: "I won't lie, this will be very hard. Especially to you young Midoriya, all I did for young L/n was slightly alter his day to day, are you sure you're up to it?" he asked in Midoriya's ear as if there were other people around.
Midoriya: "Y-yeah sure after all I have to work way harder than anyone else to get in, so what choice do I have right?" he said, sounding like he was trying to convince himself more than anyone.
Then they started the "Extreme Smallmight to All Might Regiment from Hell" program. Each day they would work on different muscle groups by moving different types of trash around the beach. While Midoriya was solely working on his body, Y/n was working more on his quirk because over the years he had not trained with it as much as he could have so it has become underdeveloped in some areas. All Might would have him pick up large boulders on the beach and use them to crush the trash Midoryia moved to compact it. The boys would train before and after school, even on weekends causing them to have to focus to stay awake in class. The taller of the two failed miserably at this, but that is not the workout's fault. The only thing that kept him awake was the annoying sound of Midoriya's constant muttering trying to figure out his schedule. All Might would teach them better techniques for workouts and push the boys to their hardest. It was grueling, especially on days when Y/n wouldn't wake up so Midoriya would have to carry him to the beach in the morning.
When the Midoriya had shown the dietary change to his mother he told her Y/n had one similar so she insisted on making his as well much to Y/n's behest. Inko knew of Y/n's living arrangement of living alone. His aunt who was very busy with work would not see him for months on end except on video calls now and then paid for the apartment so he could focus on going to school. Inko felt sorry for the boy so she invited him for meals most nights and acted like a mother for him should the need arise, he won't say it but he greatly appreciates what she does for him.
There were days Y/n had to carry Midoriya home because he would be too weak to move. Then some days All Might would have to carry both boys in his muscle form. Whether it was in pouring rain or not they still trained on the beach.
One day they were jogging on a path with Midoriya holding a safe and Y/n carrying another one he had found in the piles while All Might rode a segway. As they were jogging Midoriya was struggling and dropped causing both Y/n and All Might to stop.
Y/n: "Dude are you okay?!" he said dropping his safe, almost hitting All Might.
All Might: "Hey hey look alive now, you only got three months left. Are you going to give up after all this work?" he said trying to get the boy to pick himself up. As Midoriya struggled to even move, All Might realized what was wrong. "...You're overworked." he stated in a disappointed tone. "Your plan was made with your body in mind, it was fine tuned to make sure your progress was swift and manageable. Which means you haven't been sticking to it. You're overdoing things that's going to have the opposite effect of what we want!" he said accusingly to Midoriya.
Midoriya: "...I have to work harder or else I won't hold a candle to the other applicants...I don't just want to go to UA, I want to excel! I want to be like you! I want to be the greatest hero in the world, so I'll keep on trying until I've got what it takes to do that!" he exclaimed with determination on his face. All Might looked down at Midoriya as he turned into his muscle form.
All Might: "You got spirit, that's what I like about you fanboy, it'll serve you well. That said now's not the time to go and rush progress. Fear not I can get you back on track!" he said as he picked up the downed boy. "Leave it to this old man to adjust your plan." All Might said carrying Midoriya as Y/n shrugged and grabbed both the dropped safes and followed behind them on All Might's segway after doing a few spins.
On the morning of the exam Y/n woke up, got ready and walked up a floor in their apartment building to get Midoriya. When he knocked on the door Inko answered.
Y/n: "Good morning Mrs. Midoriya, is Izuku up yet?" he asked the older greenette.
Inko: "Good morning Y/n, Izuku left in a hurry earlier. I thought he would have woken you up. Would you like breakfast before you meet up with him?" she asked with a smile on her face making Y/n's smile widen.
Y/n: "No thank you ma'am I already grabbed a quick breakfast. I'll see you later!" he said holding the banana he grabbed from the counter and running off.
Inko: "Those two..." she said to herself as she closed the door.
Y/n made it to the beach at the same time as Allmight, but before they could exchange hellos they heard someone yelling. They both looked up at Midoriya standing on top of the garbage that they had piled up for ten months letting out a scream of victory towards the ocean. Midoriya had cleaned the last of the beach on his own and neither All Might or Y/n could be more proud of him.
All Might: "Holy-freaking-SUPER-CRAP!" he shouted as he turned into his muscle form. Midoriya had begun to fall as Y/n rushed to catch him before he ate the sand. "Excellent work." Allmight said as he walked up to the boys.
Midoriya: "I did it...I finished everything Allmight... Do you think I'm ready now...?" he asked near exhaustion.
Y/n: "Not like I helped at all huh?" he said with a smirk on his face.
All Might: "You did good boys I'm impressed, I knew you had it in you but this is beyond." he said while digging for his phone as Y/n put Midoriya down. "Look at this." he said as he held up the picture he took before the training showing Midoriya the progress he had made. "It's you crying ten months ago." he said as if it wasn't obvious. "Look how far you two have come." Allmight said gesturing to the boys.
It's true that Y/n had built some more definition to his muscles, but the far more obvious improvement was how ripped Midoriya had become in just ten months.
All Might: "Such improvement! There's still a long road ahead of you before you can inherit the full range of my power, but it's starting to look like you can do it." he said to Midoriya.
Midoriya: "...All Might, do I really deserve this?" he asked, looking down at his hands.
Y/n: "Hell yeah, you do! I can't think of anyone else who does more!" he said with a closed eye smile patting his friend on the back.
All Might: "He's right Young Midoriya. It was your hard work that did this." he agreed. "Now for your reward, Izuku Midoriya." he said, getting all eyes on him.
All Might: "Someone told me this once. There's a difference between being lucky and deserving, one's an action and the other a reward. Never get the two confused." he said. "Take that to heart young men." he said addressing both boys. "This gift, you earned it with your own valiant effort." Allmight said as he held out a piece of his hair. "Eat this!" he said, earning blank stares from the boys. Y/n recovered and started laughing hysterically. "To inherit my quirk you have to ingest my DNA. That's how it works!" he explained not fixing his case.
Midoriya: "That's not how I imagined it happening!" he cried as Y/n laughed louder.
All Might: "Come on just do it or you'll be late for the exam! EAT EAT EAT!" he yelled as he force fed Midoriya the hair, making Y/n hunch over from laughter.
Timeskip
After the boys rush to the exam at UA, they stop out front to catch their breath.
Midoriya: "We made it just in time." he said, a little breathless.
Y/n: "Maybe if you ate the hair faster we'd have been here sooner." he said in a teasing voice.
Midoriya: "Please don't remind me." he said looking pale as they walked through the gates.
Bakugo: "Stupid Deku." he said walking up behind them.
Midoriya: "Kachan?" he said as he turned around to the pissy hedgehoug.
Bakugo: "Get out of my way now before I set you on fire." he threatened.
Midoriya: "Ohheygoodmorninglet'sdoourbestout thereokaygoodluck!" he said all in one breath as Bakugo passed him only to be blocked by Y/n who looked down at the ash haired maniac.
Y/n "Well...?" he said as he stood there with his arms crossed. Bakugo clicked his tongue and walked around Y/n.
Bakugo: "I don't have time for this." he said, walking away. As he walked Y/n heard whispers about the sludge villain incident from the other examinees. Ever since that day Bakugo had been less of a dickhead, but how long would that last.
Midoriya: "I guess I was just scared out of habit." he said to himself.
Y/n: "That's just pathetic, man." he said turning to Midoriya making him sweatdrop.
Midoriya: "That doesn't matter thanks to All Might, I'm actually going to be a hero." he said with new found confidence. Then he tripped on his own feet and was going to bite it. Before he hit the ground face first a nice looking girl with brown hair in a bob cut style and rosy cheeks stopped him from falling midair by making him float. As Midoriya began to panic she giggled.
Brown haired girl: "Are you okay?" she asked sweetly. As Midoriya stopped panicking she set him upright and touched her hands together.
Brown haired girl: "I stopped you with my quirk. I'm sorry I didn't ask first, but I fiqued you wouldn't mind me catching you." she said with a cheery smile. "Isn't this all like nerve racking?" she asked as Midoriya stared at her with a blush on his face and began to stutter. "Well guess I'll see you guys inside." she said with a wave as she ran inside. Midoriya stared blankly ahead before he got the dumbest look on his face.
Midoriya: "I just talked to a girl!" he said loud enough for only Y/n to hear.
Y/n: "Sure you did champ, let me know when the wedding is." he said, patting Midoriya's shoulder and walking into the building.
Inside they sat down in the orientation hall for the hero course examinations according to their student number after picking up a hand out from a person at the door. Y/n sat to the left of Midoriya while Bakugo sat to the right. Soon a man walked onto the stage. His outfit consisted of a black jacket with a very tall collar, upturned and complete with studs, and matching black pants and knee-high boots. He sported tan shoulder pads and a red belt and elbow pads, all studded, and black fingerless gloves. His neck was obscured by a directional speaker. He was wearing a pair of headphones with the word "HAGE" written on the headband, and a pair of orange-tinted shades. It was the Voice Hero:Present Mic.
Present Mic: "What's up UA candidates thanks for tuning in to me your school DJ. Come on and let me hear ya!" he yelled to the crowd to get no response.
Present Mic: "Keepin' it mellow huh? That fine I'll skip straight to the main show. Let's talk about how this practical is gonna go down, okay? Are you ready?!" he asked the crowd again, getting no response.
Midoriya: "Oh my goodness, it's the voice hero Present Mic! I listen to his radio show every day of the week!" he said as he fanboyed over the hero.
Bakugo: "Will you shut up?" he rudely interrupted.
Y/n: "I knew I heard that annoying voice somewhere before..." he said getting a chuckle from Bakugo.
Present Mic: "Like your application said you delightful boys and girls will be competing in mach battles in suburban settings. After I drop the mic here you'll head to your specified battle centers, sound good?" he asked making sure the instructions were clear. The three boys picked up their cards to look at them.
Bakugo: "I see their splitting us up so we can't work with any of our friends." he said looking at his card then looking at Midoriya's
Y/n: "Wait, mine says I'm in the same one as Midoriya." he said, curious about the mistake.
Bakugo: "It doesn't matter if you two work together you'll still never compare to me." he said letting his arrogance show again.
Present Mic: "Okay Okay let's check out your targets. There will be three types of faux villains in every battle center, you'll earn points based on their level of difficulty, so choose wisely. Your goal in this exam is to shed as many of these villains as a mid song guitar solo, but check it to make sure your keeping things heroic attacking other examinees is a UA no-no, ya dig?" he explained.
Suddenly a boy in a sleek uniform and glasses stood up and raised his hand.
Blue haired boy: "Excuse me sir, I have a question." he said.
Present Mic: "Hit me!" he said as he pointed at the boy and a spotlight opened on the boy.
Blue haired boy: "On the print out you listed four types of villains not three." he said pointing to the paper in his hand. "With all respect if this is an error on official UA materials it is shameful. We are exemplary students, we expect the best from Japan's most notable school, a mistake such as this won't do." he said as he pointed back at Midoriya.
Blue haired boy: "Additionally you with the unkempt hair." he said as Midoriya realized he was addressing him. "You've been muttering this entire time. Stop that. If you can't bother to keep this seriously then leave you're distracting the rest of us." he said accusingly. Y/n then stood up addressing the boy for Midoriya.
Y/n: "I apologize for my friend here, when he gets nervous he tends to babble like an idiot." he said trying to diffuse the situation.
Blue haired boy: "That does not matt-" he tried to argue back, but Present Mic cut him off.
Present Mic: "Alright, alright examinee no. 7111 and no. 2232. Thanks for calling in with your request. The forth villain type is worth zero villain points, that guy is just an obstacle we'll be throwing in your way. There's one in every battle center. Think of it as a hurdle you should try to avoid." he answered as best he could.
Blue haired boy: "Thank you very much. Please continue." he said as he bowed robotically and sat down, as did Y/n.
Present Mic: "That's all I've got for you today, I'll sign off with a little present. A sample of our school motto. As General Napoleon Bonaparte once laid down "A true hero is one that overcomes life's misfortunes." Now that's a tasty sound byte. Are you ready to go beyond? Let's hear a "Plus Ultra"!" Present Mic tried one last time to hype up the crowd and again failed.
Midoriya: "Well this is it. Time to put our ten months of training to the test." he said next to
Y/n.
Y/n: "Hell yeah, let's show 'em who we are!" he said while dripping confidence.