"So that's about it. I battled a villain and most of my internal organs were destroyed." All Might said raising his shirt to reveal a gaping scar on his left side to the younger boys. After the shock had left Izuku and some energy returned to Hayato: the number one hero decided to explain his sudden change in appearance, comparing it to someone flexing at a pool, and his time in the form everyone recognizes being limited to three hours a day from his near fatal injury. "Sorry you boys had to see me like this, I understand it must bother you."

"Actually, not really." Izuku said speaking up for the two of them. "You've been our hero for years and knowing that even the best hero to exist has his own kind of low point is refreshing for some reason. But anyway, All Might, can you answer my question from before?"

"Oh...if a Quirkless person can become a hero? I'm sorry but I cannot say, 'even without power, you can be a hero'." All Might said hiding his blue eyes with his hair. Izuku grit his teeth and looked down nodding, understanding what his idol meant, while Hayato looked away, disappointed by his answer. "I must be off, please don't write about this online or in any way. I would really appreciate if this wouldn't find its way into the outside world." All Might said as he made his way to the exit of the roof. He made his way downstairs before hearing the door slam open.

"Is that really all you can say to him?!" He looked up to see Hayato at the top of the stairs, beginning to vibrate. "He risked his life to be able to ask you that question, he's dreamed his whole life of being someone just like you! Saving people with a smile on his face, a fearless smile that gives everyone hope they'll live to see tomorrow, it's been his life's goal and you're just gonna stand there and tell him he's better off being a cop?!"

"I'm sorry but this job isn't for someone like him-"

"Screw that! He might not be faster than a bullet, he might not be stronger than a train, and he might not be able to jump over a building in one go...but Izuku's got the heart and courage to be a real hero! You're the person who inspired him, so why would you tell him that he has no chance to be a hero?!" Hayato asked walking down to face his hero.

"I never told him he has no chance, I said that I cannot say that he can be a hero without power. It should be a given thought." All Might said stopping Hayato in his tracks. "What I witnessed in that tunnel was something else, you risked your life to save him but you didn't notice why the villain caught him in the first place. Normally, a civilian would keep running as fast as their body could take them to safety and where a hero could see a villain was after them. Instead, when that villain attacked you and slammed you against the wall, he stopped running and started heading towards you even if it meant he could get taken by the villain so that you would have the chance to escape. I just assumed that he wasn't willing to show off his quirk but to know he didn't have one, that was a moment of pure heroism to me." All Might explained walking forward to the boy and placing a hand on his shoulder. "And you? You remind me of someone I was once really close to, someone who jumped to the defense of his friends almost immediately. Now I'll see you boys around but I must hurry and turn this villain in to the authorities." All Might said patting his pocket, only to feel that it was completely empty inside. He frantically searched every pocket in his pants only to see that they were all empty. "Shit!"

"What happened?" Hayato was answered by a loud explosion and the two looked out a nearby window to see a colossal cloud of smoke in the distance.

"When your friend grabbed me before, he must've knocked the villain out of my pockets and he escaped. How could I have made such a rookie mistake?" All Might said beginning to run downstairs. Hayato ran back to the roof to get Izuku, only to see his Quirkless friend was missing again.

"Damn it, Izuku!"

Meanwhile where the smoke was coming from, the Sludge villain was laughing as he was surrounded by fire and a crowd of civilians stood not too far away, watching him in fear.

"What's the matter heroes? Too afraid to get involved?" He asked looking at the colossal woman and the man who looked like he was made of wood standing in front of the crowd.

'Damn it! I can't do anything without possibly hurting that boy!' The wood hero thought as he focused in on what was currently in the middle of the Sludge: a familiar ash-blond boy trying his hardest to breathe while his arms were being used to shoot explosion after explosion everywhere.

'Fuck this asshole! What the hell was he doing in that random soda bottle in that alleyway?!' Katsuki struggled to get control of his arms, or even close his hands to stop the explosions.

"Now now, you know you can't move your body as long as I'm in control of it." The villain said moving an eye close to Katsuki's face.

'Fuck you! I swear, I want to blow your fucking ass to pieces right now!'

"Kacchan!" Katsuki moved his eyes towards the crowd to see Izuku standing near the front, looking at him in pure horror.

'Deku? What's this shit nerd doing here?'

"Kamui Woods and Mount Lady?" Izuku said noticing the gigantic woman shrink to the size of the wood man as they turned their attention to each other.

"Mount Lady, I need you to focus on evacuating these citizens and getting them as far as possible. I'll try handling this villain and rescuing the boy."

"But I thought your quirk wasn't that effective against him, especially with all the fire around...shouldn't we wait for back up?!" Kamui Woods looked at the fire in the area before back to his blond teammate.

"Sometimes being a hero means putting your own body at risk." Hearing what the wooden hero said, Izuku took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

'This is my fault...I knocked that villain out of All Might's pocket and now Kacchan is being used to cause all this damage. I couldn't get to Hayato fast enough and I almost wound up like him, but Kacchan...I can at least try to save Kacchan!' Izuku dashed past both heroes and jumped over and under the debris keeping him from reaching the Sludge villain. As he reached him, he extended his arms into the sludge, grabbing Katsuki's collar and pulling his nose mouth free.

"Deku?! What the fuck are you doing?!" Katsuki yelled finally getting oxygen into his lungs.

"You looked like you needed help! I wasn't gonna stand by and watch you die!" Izuku yelled smiling in fear at his childhood bully before seeing the villain turn his attention to him.

"You again? Well not that HE's not here to stop me, I wouldn't mind using your body either." The Sludge villain said as he forced Katsuki's left arm to aim an explosion at Izuku's head.

"Haven't you heard? Don't look at bright light without protection!" Izuku yelled pushing Katsuki back and himself to the floor, making the explosion instead hit the Sludge villain's eyes, effectively blinding him.

"Damn it! I'll kill you!"

"Are any civilians hurt?" Kamui Woods and Mount Lady turned around, hearing the iconic voice known across all of Japan, and shook their heads in response. They took a step back and let All Might, back in his muscular form, step forward to face the villain. 'You risked your life to save that young man, you incapacitated that villain using his own weapon, how can I deny that someone like you can become a hero?' Katsuki and Izuku looked at the number one hero in surprise as he suddenly appeared before them and effortlessly pulled the former from the Sludge and threw both towards the heroes behind him. Kamui Woods thrust his arms arms forward, causing them to become long tree branches, catching and wrapping around the two boys and pulling them towards him. "Now, you. I'm gonna make sure you go away for good!" He pulled his arm back as blood began to stream from his mouth. "Detroit...SMAAASH!" He thrust his arm forward as strong as he could creating another blast of wind that blew up the villain yet again, but this time the air pressure created changed the weather and it began to rain: extinguishing all the fire in the area.

"You think Bakugo's gonna be pissed you helped him?" Hayato asked as the two made their way to the Midoriya home. Following All Might's second victory against the villain: Katsuki and All Might were both interviewed by the press reporting on the incident, the former being praised for his bravery and resilience while the villain had him in his clutches by them and the heroes responding to the incident, while Izuku was being scolded by Mount Lady and Kamui Woods for getting involved when he shouldn't have. Hayato arrived minutes afterwards and the two decided to make their way back to Izuku's home to have dinner with his mother.

"Hey, Deku." The two turned around hearing Katsuki's voice to see him walking up to them. "Don't expect me to thank you or owe you for helping me out. If I had an ounce of control over myself, I would've left that bastard in pieces."

'Here comes the insults.' The two thought as they saw Katsuki grit his teeth.

"But, I partly take back what I said today in class. You've got something heroic in you, you bastard. Just make sure you stay out of my fucking way." Katsuki said pushing past the two of them, continuing to his own home, leaving the two looking at him in surprise. "And the next time you talk to me that way, Speed Freak, I'll kill you."

"Did Bakugo actually just thank you?"

"I think he did." Izuku said before feeling an arm wrap around his neck.

"Good job today, I'm seriously proud. Everybody else might not see it, but you were a real hero to me today." Hayato said ruffling his hair.

"It wasn't just you who saw it." The two watched as someone else appeared in front of them. This time, it was All Might still in his muscular form, running right in front of them.

"A-All Might?!" Izuku asked in shock as the hero began to laugh. "How did you get away?! All those reporters were interviewing you right now!"

"That was easy! Why? Because I am All Migh-" He reverted back to his near skeletal state, spewing blood from his mouth, making Izuku scream. He wiped the blood from his lips and looked at the two. "Young man, I come with an explanation, thanks, and an offer." Izuku looked at the two confused as Hayato let him go and took a step back. "As I had explained to your friend before, what I said wasn't meant to discourage you. Anyone can be a hero, Quirk or Quirkless, everyone has the potential within them to be a hero. Is it normal or safe for a Quirkless person to be one? Definitely not, having a Quirk reduces the danger the job brings. Seeing how you ran into danger today, without a second thought, reminded me of my younger days. I guess you could say that you re-lit the flame dying within me since my injury, that's why I risked lowering my limit to be able to save you both. And for that, I thank you."

"Y-You're welcome! But it was my fault for even making you drop him in the first place. It was my frustration of being Quirkless that made me say all of that and get in the way of your hero work." Izuku said looking down at the ground. He felt something hit the back of his head and turned around to see Hayato had thrown his hero notebook at him and was pointing to the man in front of him.

"But it was because of the timid and QUIRKLESS you that I was able to act and see firsthand: your heart and courage. The top heroes always have stories from their school days, and they all share one thing in common: that their bodies moved before thinking." Hearing this, Izuku's lips began to quiver and his eyes began to water and he hung his head down, hearing his mother apologizing for him being quirkless in his head. Hayato smiled seeing tears begin to stream down his best friend's face as he clenched his uniform shirt. "The same was true for you too, wasn't it?"

"...yeah..." Was all Izuku could let out as he quietly sobbed in front of both of them. All his life he waited to hear these words, and to hear them come from his idol felt like a dream for him but he knew that this was reality, that his dream could actually come true.

"I'm sure of it: you can become a hero." Izuku dropped to his knees and continued sobbing while All Might looked at Hayato, mentally shrugging. "And for that, you are worthy of inheriting my power." Both boys looked at the hero in surprise as he took a step forward towards Izuku.

"What?"

"Inheriting your what?"

"Listen, young man. You need to decide whether or not you'll accept my power!" All Might said pointing at Izuku, uncontrollably spewing blood as he did.

'Wh-What is All Might saying?'

"My power, young man. The press called it 'Super strength' and a 'boost' while I avoided talking about it during interviews with a joke. Why? The Symbol of Peace, All Might, had to be a natural-born hero. But young men, I'm going to tell you the truth." All Might explained before extending his arms to the side and looking up towards the sky. "My Quirk was passed on to me like a sacred torch."

"Your quirk was..."

"...passed onto you?"

"That's right, and now it's your turn." All Might said lowering his arms and turning his attention back to Izuku.

"W-Wait! Wait a minute! It's true that your Quirk is a mystery, anytime you go online you'll see conversation over conversation about it. But I don't know what you mean about inheriting a quirk..." Hayato facepalmed and All Might sighed as Izuku began doing his trademark muttering due to his confusion.

"Izuku, dammit."

"I may hide a lot of things, young man, but I don't lie!" All Might yelled snapping Izuku out of his trance. "The power to transfer power...that's the Quirk I inherited!" All Might yelled extending his hand forward as it began to shine brightly. "I was crowned with 'One for All.'"

"One for All...?"

"That's right. One person cultivates the power and passes it on in a cycle that continues from one person to the next." All Might said as his hand stopped shining. "It's the crystallization of power that spins together the voices of everyone who needs help with a courageous heart."

"Why are you...Why are you giving me something that sounds so amazing?" Izuku asked looking at his hero confused.

"I've been looking for a successor. And then once I saw you in action, I thought it would be alright for you to inherit it. You were just a Quirkless fanboy but you more heroic than anyone else back there." All Might explained making Izuku's eyes begin to water again. "But it's up to you, though. What'll you decide?" All Might asked only to see the boy wipe his eyes and stand up.

'He said all of those things to inspire me, he told me his biggest secret, why would I turn him down?' Izuku looked at his hero and nodded, now with determination burning in his eyes. "I'll do it."

"That's what I'd hoped you'd say." All Might and Hayato said smiling at Izuku.

"Excuse me sir, how much do you charge to move garbage?" Hayato asked eating his breakfast, watching Izuku attempt to pull a fridge while All Might sat on it in his muscular form. It had been two days since Izuku accepted becoming All Might's successor, and now they were at the garbage filled "Dagoba Municipal Beach Park" to build up muscles for the new One for All inheritor. Izuku gave a fake laugh before collapsing, after spending over five minutes attempting to pull the fridge. "Considering how well you've done it, I'd say cheap."

"If you could move it even a little, this would be a little easier." All Might said as Izuku regained his composure.

"B-But you weigh 274 kilograms don't you?!" Izuku asked looking at his idol in shock.

"No, I've lost weight, I'm only 255 kilograms in this form now."

"Yeah, can't you see just how skinny he is now? He went from bodybuilder to in shape dad-bod." Hayato said opening one of the nearby broken appliances and throwing his trash inside.

"But, couldn't we just go to a gym if this is to build up my body?!" Izuku asked as All Might jumped off the fridge. This sort of training was All Might's suggestion after explaining that an unprepared body would explode if it were to receive One for All.

"We could, but moving this trash has a completely different meaning as well. You see, I spent some time on the internet and I found out that trash has been building up on this beach for many years." All Might said as he knocked the side of the fridge, leaving a giant dent on the outside. "You see, heroes today are all for show. But the basics of being a hero is community service." He slammed his hand on the top and began pushing down making it begin to compress. "So, you will be moving and cleaning all the trash here, as step one of your training." Izuku and Hayato looked at him in shock as the fridge became more and more flat. "And clear the horizon for this part of the beach!" He flattened the fridge entirely under his hand, blasting away the trash behind him to reveal the sunrise.

"Clean...this...all of it?!" Izuku asked seeing the mountain of garbage surrounding them.

"Young Midoriya, you want to go to U.A., right?" All Might asked looking at his new disciple.

"Yeah, because you went there! So I figured if I'm gonna be...then I might as well...and U.A. is definitely the way to go!"

"Once a hero otaku, always a hero otaku."

"But, as I said: becoming a hero isn't easy when you're Quirkless. And U.A.'s hero course is the hardest one to enter."

"So in the ten months until our entrance exam, I have to have my vessel ready!" Izuku said realizing what All Might was trying to say.

"That's why I came up with this, my Aim to Pass: American Dream Plan!" All Might yelled taking out a stack of papers, handing it to Izuku. He quickly looked through the papers, reading it as quickly as possible.

"Even sleep schedules are set here."

"Frankly, this is a super hard schedule. Can you follow it?" All Might asked making the boy nod.

"I always knew I had to work harder than anyone else, I have to otherwise I'll never be worthy of your power." Izuku said before returning to move more garbage. All Might then turned to Hayato who sat watching videos on his phone.

"Young Hayato, you're not off the hook either." All Might said grabbing the phone.

"But I'm not getting your power! Why do I have to move these?!"

"No, but I don't need a foresight Quirk to see that you two will be partners. So I took it upon myself to ask another speedster for advice to make a training regimen for you." All Might explained as the two of them walked away from the garbage and to the actual beach. "So before I explain it to you, explain your Quirk to me."

"Well my Quirk was given the name 'Breakneck,' and how it works is that my body uses my electrolytes to create what my grandpa called a 'Kinetic-Zone' that surrounds my entire body like a sort of suit. Depending on my electrolyte levels, I can go from being as fast as an Olympic runner to being as fast as a bullet. But the faster I go, the faster my electrolyte levels go down." Hayato explained grabbing a rock and throwing it at the water, watching it skip over it.

"And that vibrating you did when we met, that's the Kinetic-Zone?"

"It's what I look like when I activate the Quirk."

"I see, so your love for dairy, and why your breakfast was yogurt and a banana, is because of this ability?"

"Yeah, I always do my best to keep my levels as high as possible."

"Well then, this is going to be your training." All Might said using his foot to make a line in the sand as the two walked back towards the nearby pier. "That line is 30 meters away."

"Really? I can cross that like nothing."

"But, you have to cross it in under two seconds." All Might said before quickly returning to the line and taking out a stopwatch. "Ready?!"

"Bring it, old man." Hayato said getting into the starting position again, beginning to vibrate.

"GO!" All Might pressed the button on the watch and watched as Hayato lunged forward, appearing in front of him seconds later.

"That was definitely under two seconds."

"Wrong, that was 4.5 seconds." All Might said showing the time on the watch making Hayato groan in defeat. "That bullet speed, that's what you COULD achieve if you put the work in to train your quirk. And once you pass the two second mark here, we'll increase the distance further and further until you can go faster than you ever imagined." All Might said placing a hand on Hayato's head before turning to see Izuku struggling to move giant tires. "Both of you will accomplish what seems near impossible right now, as long as you both put your faith in me and yourselves."