CHAPTER 1: A NEW JOURNEY
I'm falling into darkness, drifting in a void for what feels like hours, but it could be only seconds.
To every direction that I look there is only black, and the silence is deafening. I wouldn't even distinguish up from down if I was not falling.
The only thing I can see is myself. But who am I? You are questioning, well to answer this I have to come back a little.
200 years ago, a baby capable of emitting light was born in China. That was the first documented case of quirks.
Quirks, superpowers only seen in comic books, became real overnight.
Chaos befell the world. Governments crumble, riots were widespread, it almost seemed like all hope was lost.
But when darkness rises there is always a light that shines just as bright.
Heroes. People with brave hearts and a desire to do what is right.
Years have passed since then and heroics isn't just an ideal, it's a profession, a career, but for some, it is still a dream.
My name is Midoriya Izuku, and my dream is to be a hero.
But not all men are created equal.
That's a reality I learned at the age of four.
I'm quirkless. From that day on it seemed as if the world was against my dream.
"You better give up"
To put me down...
"I'm sorry Izuku, I'm so sorry"
To make me believe I am worthless...
"You useless Deku"
But not even the world can stop me from reaching my dreams, because I know that I will become a hero.
Why am I falling for what seems like forever? How did I get here? I can't remember.
I start to lose hope, when will I ever get out of here? A light hits my eyes, looking up (down?) I find myself standing on a pillar cutting through the darkness. On that pillar, a stained glass image of...
ME?!
I'm in a green tracksuit with white shoulder pads and gloves, the gloves go all the way to my elbows, looking more like gauntlets than gloves. On my neck is a metallic mouthpiece with some holes on it. I wore black knee pads and my usual red shoes, but with what looked like metallic black soles.
In the image I see myself reaching my right arm out as if I'm reaching for something… or someone.
On my left hand is what looks like a… giant car key?
A blade?
It had a green body (blade) with a silver edge, a black handguard and a red handle. A silver chain was attached at the base with a charm that looks like a silver star with two lightning bolts crossed at the middle to form an X.
Below my right arm are two disks, one with five pictures displayed in five directions, at the bottom are two people with mutant quirks, at the left a duck and the right a dog.
In the middle two there is a girl with straight hair and a kind smile while on the left a boy with long hair and a smirk.
The top and final one held a boy with spiky hair and a sunny smile, but the strangest thing is that he felt...familiar.
The other disk was void of any images, but I could feel that they would eventually be filled.
Looking around, I can see just how breathtaking the stained glass image is. I heard footsteps behind me. I panicked for some reason, I knew that people shouldn't be here, turning around I met face to face with…MYSELF?!
Standing before me is someone exactly like me, but their clothes were different. He (me?) is in a white t-shirt under a dark green jacket with a hood shaped with bunny ears, black loose pants, red shoes and two belts crossing and forming an X with some type of heart emblem.
But the biggest difference is his smile. It was brilliant and peaceful, as if there's nothing wrong in the world and that is enough reason to smile.
"W-Who are y-you" I asked nervously.
He laughed, as if the answer was obvious,"What type of question is that? I'm you" he said, putting his hands behind his head.
I jumped back, this was getting too weird, "W-What?! How c-can you b-be me?"
"I am, simple as that but that's not what you are here. You're here to get back something you lost."
"S-Something I lost, w-what?" What could I possibly lose and how me-HE (that is so confusing) know that I lost something?
The copycat placed a hand over his chest, "Something that you've kept close to your heart, but had to give away to protect the people you cared about the most."
"A-And what could i-it be?" What I could possibly sacrifice for someone, and who the someone might be?
"That would just ruin the surprise" he smiled, stretching the hand previously on his chest towards me.
I stared at it for a second and looked back at him, he still smiled encouragingly to me. With some hesitation I took his hand….and my world went dark.
"S̷̹̿́o̵̻̫̊́ŗ̷̪̭̏a̶͍̟̽́ come on!"
"We will go and find new worlds together!"
"Izuku get up! The storm is gonna take the raft!"
"Wait for me S̷̹̿́o̵̻̫̊́ŗ̷̪̭̏a̶͍̟̽́"
"Go find K̶͇͝͠ä̸̫̀i̶̹̕r̸͆͘͜i̸͙̹͐! I'll buy you time"
"If you wanna get my b̵͍̐̒r̵̠̊͗̔ỏ̸̠͉͝ṱ̷͓͇̑ȟ̴̳͜e̵͔͊͗̇r̷̢̰͓̊͠ ̶͈̀ you'll have to pass me first!"
"That is a big one!"
"Izuku aim for the face!"
"Huf huf we did it-woah!"
"S̷̹̿́o̵̻̫̊́ŗ̷̪̭̏a̶͍̟̽́ don't let go!"
"If I don't then I'll drag you with me"
"Then we go together!"
"AAAAAAAAA!"
Izuku woke up screaming, he bolted straight up the bed taking deep breaths. Once he calmed himself down, he turned to look out the window to see the rising sun.
Trying to understand what just happened, Izuku just stared and felt...sad. A lone tear swelled down his face, a normal occurrence for him. This time was different though, this time he let it fall and think...Why? What made him so sad if he couldn't even clearly remember it-ah that's it...he couldn't remember, that's what made him cry. Maybe it's just the heart remembering.
But Izuku felt that someday he would. "May your heart be your guiding key," he murmurs absent-mindedly, even if he can't recall where he heard it, it always makes him feel better...because he is never alone.
It's another day in Musutafu, the birds are singing, the flowers are blooming, a giant monster is destroying the street.
"RRROOOOOAAAARRRR!"
Perfectly normal.
Izuku, a boy with curly green hair and freckles, is making his way to where the commotion is located. There he saw a man with what looked like wooden armor, Kamui Woods fighting the giant villain.
Izuku is wearing a black middle school uniform, a yellow backpack, and big red shoes. While he would normally be excited to see the hero and villain fight, he currently has a far off look on his face, like he's not really here, lost in thought, "What was that dream about? It doesn't make sense, who are those people? Why can't I remember them? What are I doing with them…" He mumbled, holding a hand over his mouth.
CRASH!
Jumping in shock, Izuku is brought out of his thoughts and finally realizes the hero at the scene, "What-whoa a villain, and that's Kamui Woods, SO COOL!"
His previous thoughts are forgotten, taking a notebook from...somewhere, he starts writing, "He's climbing the ranks really fast for a relatively new hero and…" he mumbles, as he writes his observations from the fight.
When it looks like the wooden hero is just about to end the fight.
"Canyon Cannon!" a new hero appears, kicking the giant villain and knocking him out.
Izuku turns towards the new arrival, "Whoa, who is th-" only for a flash of what felt like a memory to pass through his mind. A being towered over him and his...he doesn't know, the only thing he is certain is of beady yellow eyes. He didn't remember this being, he had no memory of ever meeting it, but for some reason seeing it filled his heart with fear.
"Hey kid!" A man in the crowd cried, breaking the image."I know what you are, a fanboy!"
"W-Wha-yeah I-I am."
"Well, you want to be a hero?"
"Y-Yes!, more than anything"
"Well then go for it." the man said, laughing encouragingly.
Izuku gives back a smile, "Thank you, sir!" He takes off running (because he is not supposed to stop to begin with, he's late for school).
As he runs his mind once again goes back to the strange dream, and now the sudden vision. "What was that? And why did I feel so...afraid?"
Class passed in a blur for Izuku, he just kept thinking about his dream. He was so distracted in fact that he barely realized the disaster walking towards him.
BOOM! The sound of the explosion filled his ears as the sight of black smoke invaded his vision.
"What part of don't get on my way, you don't understand, Deku?!"
Slowly turning towards the voice Izuku is met with the sight of a boy with ashy blond hair and gleaming red eyes. The boy was holding up a sparkling and cackling hand as if in preparation for another explosion. Bakugo Katsuki. Izuku's childhood-friend turned bully. Who had decided to publicly confront him right after their teacher (disregarding all conduct norms) told the entire class of his plans of applying to UA.
The number one institution responsible for the most well known heroes in Japan. Best Jeanist, the number 4 hero and multiple time winner of the best jeanist competition. Endeavor, number 2 hero, the one with more cases solved. And finally All Might, the greatest hero of the world, the number one, the Symbol of Peace.
Of course at the first sign of the resident quirkless student expressing interest in the school, his classmates are quick to reprimand or mock him. They laugh at the very thought that the one person without superpowers can get into the prestigious school when they themselves have no shot at even entering. The written exam is said to be killer and while they can see Izuku passing that, the heroics exam would only kill the quirkless student.
But that doesn't stop Bakugo from getting furious, the smoking desk is proof of that. "I'm the only one in this shithole school that is going to UA!"
Izuku could only stare. Years ago they were friends, but now the walking bomb could only look at him with rage. Where did things go so wrong?
Bakugo takes the notebook from Izuku's desk, "Listen here nerd if you go, you're only getting yourself killed, so do us all a favor and don't bother!" He looks at the notebook, "Hero journal number XIII, are you serious!? How many times do I have to tell you so it gets on that fucking head YOU CAN'T BE A HERO!" He slams his palm against the notebook causing an explosion along the outside.
BOOOMM!
Izuku watches horrified as his notebook is blown up and thrown out the window.
Bakugo turns around and starts heading off with his followers, "That's the last warning, don't apply to UA Deku!" As if he hadn't had enough fun tormenting his former friend, he pauses at the door, "If you want to be a hero so bad, then pray that you'll get a quirk in your next life and take a swan dive off the roof."
At the sound of those words Izuku wasn't looking at his bully anymore, but someone with a black cloak, silver hair, and yellow eyes that seemed to pierce his soul.
Izuku shook his head, that didn't look right. As quickly as it happened, it was over with Izuku standing in an empty class, "Not again.." He got his things, and ran outside, looking for his missing notebook.
Finding it on the koi pond, he quickly retrieves it. "What was that about? Who was he and-" Getting rid of the excess of water he looks at the book, seeing most of the damage being external. He can still see the title, when his eyes pass at the volume he feels a sudden pang of dread.
Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, he put the journal back in his backpack and started heading home."How can this day get any weirder?" Izuku asked himself as he walked through a tunnel. .
"No frowning, no sad faces, our ship runs on smiles!"
He jumped at the seemingly random thought, he tried to recall where he heard it from but still nothing. Although, just thinking about it brought a smile to his face. "They're right, I have to keep going and smile, like All Might!" Izuku let out his best impression of All Mights laughter.
Only he wasn't alone under that tunnel, "A medium size meat suit, perfect."
Turning towards the sound of the voice Izuku came face to face with what looked like a giant pile of sludge. "A villain!" He could barely react before the villain threw himself at the younger boy.
"Don't worry kid it will only hurt for 40 seconds and it's over." The sludge man laughed maliciously, forcing himself down the boy's throat, the sludge blocking Izuku's windpipe.
'That's it? I'll die before even trying? No! Someone please HELP!' Izuku thought as he clawed desperately at the villain.
As if hearing his prayers the manhole at the tunnel entrance blows open and from it comes a man two meters tall who jumps out of it,"DON'T FEAR, BECAUSE I AM HERE!" He shouts with explosive intensity.
"No! Get away you bastard!" The Sludge Villain shouts, desperately.
The stranger doesn't listen, clenching his fist into a punch, "TEXAS SMASH!" He punches the air using the force of it to create a mini whirlwind blowing the villain away.
The villain had barely enough time to think, let alone defend himself before being soundly defeated.
Finally free from his sludge prison, Izuku falls on the ground, the last thing he sees is the shadow of the man who saved him.
"Izuku wake up!"
"Humm? S̴͚͂̔̏͒ơ̴̹̥̠̌̀r̵̨̤͎̝̈́͛å̴͉͊͆?"
"Where are we? R̴̡̜̗̔Ì̶͍̟͝K̵̢̞͎̒̕U̶̲͘!̸̳̔͑̇ ̷̣͕̮̅͌̉͠K̶̢͓̹͌̽̃A̴̳̾I̷̛̫̯̤̒R̴̡̠̀̎̃͋ͅI̵̫̓̍̅!̸̻̂"
"A Keyblade?"
"HEY KID WAKE UP!"
"Urhg w-what?" Izuku slowly, wake up, he feels someone lightly slapping his cheek.
"HAHA I THOUGHT I LOST YOU FOR A SECOND, SORRY FOR THE TROUBLE," His saviour says, "I TRIED TO CHASE THE VILLAIN, BUT THE SEWER SYSTEM OF THIS PLACE IS REALLY CONFUSING!" He places his hand over his face and laughs at the mixup.
Blinking the spots of his sight he finally sees his savior and…
"ALL MIGHT!"
Completely freaked out.
"W-What?! H-How?! Wait an autograph, I-I need an autograph!" Izuku panics this is a once in a lifetime opportunity, he can't miss this. He searches for his backpack. He needed a pen, marker, paper, anything!
Finding his stuff at his side he scrambles toward the discarded notebook frantically looking for an empty page. "HE SIGNED IT ALREADY!" Izuku started mumbling and bowing frantically, this was a dream come true. "THANK YOU! IT WILL BE A FAMI…"
"HAHA NO PROBLEM KID! NOW THAT I CAPTURED THE VILLAIN I'LL BE ON MY WAY" All Might showed two soda bottles containing the villain (somehow?) before putting them in his cargo pants pockets.
"W-What!? Are you already going?!" Izuku still had so many questions. "Wait, please I still have to ask you… I have to know if…"
All Might wasn't listening, he crouched down preparing to jump. Izuku was desperate at this point for any more time with the symbol of peace and now personal hero. It all happened so fast one minute he was on the ground the next he was in the air…
.
.
.
Holding onto All Mights leg. Flying over buildings.
"HUM?" All Might was none the wiser, until he noticed the extra weight, " WOAH KID I LIKE MY FANS BUT THAT IS A LITTLE TO MUCH! LET GO!".
"B-B-BUT IF I LET GO I'LL DIE!"
"OH, GOOD POINT, HOLD ON I WILL LAND ON SOMEWHERE SAFE" All Might turned his face away from him. 'I'm almost out of time' he thought, wiping a line of blood leaking from his mouth.
"I saw my life flashing through my eyes," Izuku is on the ground huffing and puffing from his trip on the symbol of peace. They landed on a rooftop.
"WELL KID KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND SOMEONE WILL LET YOU GO BACK DOWN, NOW I HAVE TO GO" All Might said, preparing to leave the fanboy to his own devices..
"W-What wait I have to ask you something!"
"NO, I HAVE TO GO NOW!" All Might approached the edge. He didn't have time for this.
"CAN SOMEONE QUIRKLESS BE A HERO?!" Izuku blurted, hoping against hope he would finally get the answer he wanted.
'What! He is-no crap not yet!' The hero pauses his walk before beginning to steam and deflate.
Izuku continued on, oblivious to his hero's dramatic change. He had his eyes glued to the floor as he poured out his story. "All my life nobody believed in me, but even with the whole world saying it is impossible, can someone like me be a hero like you-WHOA?!" Izuku looks up, only to see a skeleton of a man where All Might was. "Who are you!? What happened with All Might!?"
The man opened his mouth to answer, for an unhealthy amount of blood to shoot out of it.
"AAHHH!" Izuku understandably freaks out. "Are you okay? No stupid question of course you are not, I'll call help just wait a little and…"
As he starts to run towards the door, the man says. "Hey, kid hold on, I'm fine!".
Toshinori was surprised that the boy, who only a second ago acted like meeting All Might was the most important thing in the world for him. How could he not when this fanboy literally attached himself to him? Now this same fanboy is putting his well-being as top priority in this situation, when he went through all this trouble to ask a question.
Toshinori normally didn't like people treating him differently because of his appearance, but he couldn't risk letting his secret get exposed (more than it already is). Calming the boy and sitting against the edge. He tells the kid the truth and shows his wound.
"Five years ago, was it in your fight with Toxic Chainsaw?" The boy asked.
Again he was surprised but just told the kid that that fight doesn't go public by his request. "So kid with all this said I have to tell you no, heroes are always risking their lives and they need power, I mean look at me I had power and this job got me this, so someone quirkless without power, I don't think they can be a hero."
When Izuku hears those words it's as if nothing exists anymore, his whole world turns black, he can only think about those words.
Can't be a hero
After so much time is this really it? An impossible dream?
"We are heroes!"
"It doesn't matter how many times you put me down, I won't stop, I will get up and fight, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HEROES DO!"
Izuku looks up, All Might is gone, and the flash of the vision leaves him lost.
'That was my voice, but I don't remember saying that' Izuku stands in a daze and walks without thinking. 'Who I was talking to? And why do I feel like there's a pain in my chest?'
Lost in thought he kept walking barely realizing where, until...
BOOOMM!
Snapping his head up Izuku sees a scene of chaos and destruction. Buildings on fire, explosions and heroes trying to save the people.
He dashed towards the crowd, trying to see what was going on. He heard the people standing there talking to each other.
"What happened?"
"A villain got a kid as hostage and is using him to keep the heroes away"
"It is a middle schooler."
"That is low even for a villain"
Izuku starts to worry. 'A student, who is it? And why are the heroes not trying to do anything? People can get hurt-' his train of thought stops when he sees the villain.
The same villain that attacked him. The same villain that All Might captured. The same villain that is causing chaos in front of him.
'No, no no no it's my fault,' Izuku's mind spirals into a panic, 'the bottles were in All Might's pockets and I grabbed his leg, the villain must have gotten away, I used All Might's time, and now someone is going to die because of me-' The thoughts stop when his eyes meet a familiar pair of red eyes. Eyes trapped within the clutches of the villain.
Eyes he knew too well. Eyes that usually just show hate towards him. Eyes that are now screaming for help.
Before he even realized, Izuku was running towards the villain.
"The Keyblade is a wonderful weapon, capable of vanquish the darkness"
"Why do we have them with us?"
"Because they choose you two"
"But why?"
"Because you are worthy."
As he ran, Izuku unconsciously raised his hand as if to grab something. A flash of light and green sparks danced in Izuku's hand to reveal a blade about 120 cm in length, and broad enough to cover most of his body. It took a single look for him to recognize the weapon. It was the one he saw in his dream! Despite his appearance, it felt almost weightless in his hand.
Grasping it with two hands he continued running, it felt natural, like he has charged into danger with it hundreds of times.
Looking at the villain, he recalled a journal entry and knew exactly what to do. Twisting his body in a fluid motion he hit a stone on the street with a strike using his weapon, faster than a comet the projectile hit the villain dead on in the eye.
The Sludge Villain screamed in pain releasing his hold on the hostage just long enough for him to get a mouthful of much needed air.
Bakugo gasped and greedily took those breaths, using this chance he looked up and saw the usual cause of his fury running at him. "Deku what the hell are you doing here!"
Closing in and swinging his blade, Izuku sends blobs of sludge flying. "I don't know! My legs move on their own, but I can't just let my friend die!".
The Sludge Villain screamed in frustration, "You again, I'll show you to not mess with me your stupid brat!" The villain prepares to strike.
Izuku quickly puts his right hand on the handle above his head and his left arm on the flat of the blade. Getting into a stance that was both new and natural at the same time. He blocked the attack, but the villain continued to press on. The barrage of attacks makes Izuku's arms tremble, until finally his guard breaks causing him to fall to the ground.
"Now I'm gonna get rid of you!" Seeing the strike coming, Izuku puts his weapon in front of him, closing his eyes and waiting for the end.
BANG!
"I REALLY AM PATHETIC, I SAY THAT HEROES ARE ALWAYS RISKING THEIR LIVES, BUT NOW IT IS TIME TO PRACTICE WHAT I PREACH, DETROIT SSMMMAAAAASSSSSHHHHHHHH!"
With a single punch, it's over. Not only did the wind pressure defeat the villain, but it also put out the fires. The shear power and pressure of the punch even caused it to rain, leaving all bystanders gobsmacked.
Izuku got scolded by the pros for his trouble, but he wasn't paying attention . No, he was thinking about what he had done. How he had run head first into danger and that-his Keyblade manifested. How he knew what it was, it's as if he always knew, but forgot about it. Maybe that's what happened, if the feeling of finding a long lost friend was any indication.
After the metaphorical slap on the wrist, he was now walking home. Trying to understand what was happening, and why he felt so at peace with it. Until the sound of loud footsteps approached him.
"Deku! Wait up you bastard!" Bakugo runs to a stop in front of him trying to regain his breath. "Listen here you shitty nerd you better tell me why you lied!"
"K-Kacchan, lie a-about what?" Izuku tried to recall what he could possibly have lied about, only to think up nothing.
"What?! ABOUT YOUR DAMN QUIRK! All these years and you laughed at me while hiding it!" The blonde blows up (figuratively), but what he wasn't expecting was for the other boy to shout back.
"I don't have a quirk! I don't know what this is!" With a flick of his wrist the Keyblade materialized in a flash of green light and sparks. "I don't know why I have it! I JUST DON'T KNOW!" He throws it at the ground and both boys watch as it slides to a stop, before vanishing in another flash of light, reappearing in Izuku's hand.
They just stared at the Keyblade, after a long and silent minute the blonde turns around and starts walking away "I don't care that you have a toy sword now, I'm still gonna be the number one! So just don't get on my way and try not to die, Deku!". He still sounded pissed, but also in a weird way relieved. At least Izuku hopes so.
With a movement of the hand Izuku dismissed his Keyblade and started walking home again. But he was interrupted, again.
"I AM HERE" All Might surges from one alleyway, stopping the boy.
"All Might, what are you doing here? I thought the reporters had gotten you" At this point Izuku was too mentally tired to be surprised.
"HAHA! I ESCAPED FROM THEM, BECAUSE I'M ALL MIGH-BLEEG" In a burst of steam, the hero deflate coughing blood, "Sorry, but now young men let's talk for why am I here"
"I know what I did was stupid and I only got in the way, but no one tried to help Kacchan, so I just moved and-" Izuku started to rant, only to be stopped by a hand on his left shoulder.
"Kid, calm down, that's not what I want to talk about, what I want to say is, I'm sorry." Toshinori finished with a sigh, leaving Izuku completely lost.
"You're sorry? About what? I was the one that let the villain get away! If someone has to apologize it's me-" Izuku had his second rant stopped by one chop on the head.
"Geeze kid relax, now let me finish, I'm sorry that I said those things to you at the rooftop, but from the way you said it I thought you were quirkless and-"
Izuku promptly interrupts the man again, "I am".
"What"
"I said that I am quirkless"
"But young man I saw you use your quirk to fight that villain."
Izuku raises his hand, summoning his Keyblade again. "This isn't a quirk, it's a Keyblade" he's so certain of it even if he didn't have any idea what a Keyblade is.
"Well kid, if it's not a quirk then how did it just pop into your hand?" Toshinori points to the weapon like it is obvious.
"I don't know, I just started to run and it appeared in my hand!"
"Wait are you telling me that when you ran at that villain you didn't even know you could do that"
"No! I didn't even realize that I was running until it showed in my hand! I just saw Kacchan in danger and my legs moved on their own."
'This kid just threw himself into the fray without even knowing he had a quirk? Maybe he is the one? But first-'
"Young man, when you had your quirk tested when you were a child what the doctors say?"
Izuku, is taken aback by the question, "I don't know. I don't really remember, most of my childhood, it's kinda fuzzy, but I think he said something about an extra toe joint"
'So he really is quirkless! But then how can he do that? Maybe he's just an exception to the rule. I mean my quirk exists.'
"Well kid that doesn't change anything at the end of the day, you were the one who rushed to help where we, the so called pros, kept watching from the sidelines, so I have to rectify my answer."
Izuku was already at the brink of tears, All Might was praising him, it was like a dream.
The setting sun seemed to frame the hero like a light somehow making this moment just as memorable than he could ever hope it to be. "YOU CAN BECOME A HERO."
That was what broke the floodgates, falling on his knees, Izuku could only cry, finally someone said the words that he so desperately needed to hear.
"But that's not all, in the end who inspired me to act was you, your heroic spirit was what made me act, the greatest quality of one hero is the ability to inspire, and for that I choose you to be my successor, my quirk is yours if you accept."
"Hum?" Was the completely eloquent response, but that was to be expected in this situation."You can pass your power?" 'Why does that ring a bell?'
"Yes this quirk is called One For All," Toshinori raised his hand and from it a multicolored light appear, "One person takes the power and cultivate it, then passes it for another, that cycle has repeated eight times and I'm offering for you to be the ninth holder of One For All"
In that moment Izuku felt like he had done this before, that he was in that exact situation, so he followed his heart and said what he felt right, "I accept!".
"In your hand take this key..."
"So long as you have the makings, then through this simple act of taking…it's wielder you shall one day be"
And that is the beginning of the journey, of how a boy accepted two legacies, and rose to be a guardian for all those in need.
CHAPTER 2: THE DAY
"I'll find you guys sooner or later!" A boy, no older than four cried, walking on a beach. He was wearing a white shirt, green shorts, and slippers.
He looked around, cupping his hands over his mouth, "You two can't hide forever!" When he got no answer, the boy pouted, slumping forward. "Aw, why do I always have to search first?" His companions had gone off to hide and it was always so frustrating, looking for them.
"Who are you looking for?" A voice behind him asks.
"Whoa!" The boy jumps in surprise. Turning around he was face to face with a blue haired woman. "W-Where did you come from?" The boy asked nervously, his parents away said it was dangerous to talk with strangers.
"I could ask you the same thing, are you here all alone?" The woman kneeled, making herself smaller to the boy.
The boy shook his head, "No, I'm here with my friend and my b̴̧̲̱͖͍̓̅͝r̶̡͇͓̊̄ơ̶͚̦̠̪͊̈͑͌t̶̢̯̦̞̏h̶̢̹̟̓̈́͝e̷̗̭̓̈́̌̀ř̷̫͖͂̄́̚, my dad brings us here to play," he pouts, crossing his arms over his chest. "even if I have to keep my eyes on them all the time."
The woman giggles. "So you are the responsible one? I know how it is, you turn your back for a second and they run for who knows where".
"Yeah! Finally someone who gets it! I just want them to stay safe, so I have to look out for them"
"Well if you want to take care of them then you better have something to protect them and yourself" she raises her hand, in a flash of light appears a...key? She holds it by the body, offering him the handle.
The boy looked at it confused, he looked at the woman, she wore an encouraging smile, he shyly raised his hand to grab it. She smiled at him and started to say-
BEEP-BEEP
Izuku wakes to the sound of his alarm. The dream he was having is still fresh in his head. 'What was I doing on a beach? Who was that woman? Why was she so familiar?' Izuku slipped out of bed, getting ready for the day, All Might told him to meet him for training and he couldn't be late.
Taking a quick shower, putting on a fresh set of clothes, a simple t-shirt with 't-shirt' written on it, loose pants, and a belt. But when he put the belt he felt something off, like it wasn't complete. Looking at his wardrobe, he takes another belt, crossing it with the one he is wearing, forming an X.
He doesn't know why, it simply felt natural. Leaving a note for his mother he leaves the house.
After the incident with the Sludge Villain she had been worried about what happened to him, that is to be expected, but later she had that distant look on her face, Izuku tried to figure out what was bothering her but when he asked she would just change the subject.
While trying to figure out what could be wrong, Izuku arrived at the location All Might told him to go, Dagoba Municipal Beach. The place was a dump, with mountains of trash occupying the beach. That was a common sight, the beach became a junkyard years ago. Even though it was unlawful to dump trash, people just didn't care enough to do anything about it.
Izuku placed a hand over his chest, clenching where his heart is. Why did Izuku feel his heart aching? Looking at the state of this beach, it shouldn't be like this. It was tragic. He couldn't stand it, resolving himself he started to clean the beach. He was so wrapped up in his self imposed task, he didn't notice All Might arriving.
"Young Midoriya, I see you've already begun your training" All Might was in his skinnier form standing surprised that the boy is already cleaning without any prompting. That only makes the pro even surer about his choice.
"All Might! H-Hi, and what training? I'm only cleaning." Izuku tilts his head in confusion. He didn't see how cleaning a beach would be considered training, maybe to build character?
"Well young Midoriya, it would be quite the workout when you clean the WHOLE beach." Toshinori expected the boy to flip with such a task, but to his surprise Izuku smiled and nodded.
"You're right," Izuku clenched his fists, "that way I'll be able to prepare for the UA's entrance exam and clean the beach".
All Might nods, it seems this kid was getting it, "Yes, not all hero work is glamorous, so this is gonna be a good lesson of humility for you." He takes a packet of papers from his pocket, "You mentioned UA's entrance exam, this thing here is a training plan, it's going to be hard, but if you follow it I'm sure you will pass with flying colors!"
"Us three are gonna pass this exam with flying colors! Just you wait, we'll be masters in no time!"
Izuku shook his head at the vision, but he felt determined, he wouldn't be left behind. "Okay, I'll clean the beach in no time and be ready for the exam!" He takes the papers, reading through them, he sees that every day is planned, but one thing he doesn't understand is why there's quirk training time. "All Might, why is quirk training time on it? You're passing your quirk to me already?"
"No, my boy, this is for training your quirk."
"But I don't-never mind," Izuku stopped trying to correct All Might, it's not like he would accept any other answer than a quirk, "so I have to train with my Keyblade and my body." Izuku went back to hulling the trash, "Okay so I better get started" After a few hours he got a good space cleaned so he could practice.
Summoning his Keyblade he took on a stance, right leg back, body slightly turned, knees a little bent, holding his weapon with the two hands pointing forward. Taking some basic swings, he got the feeling that he's done something like this before-
"Giving up already?"
"Hey, look who's winning!"
"Come on S̸̭͇̲͇̀ō̸̡̳̭͚͘ȑ̴͉͂̃͝a̷͇̝̔̏̌́̕, let's show him!"
Another flash, another piece that Izuku could barely understand. His
mind can't remember, but his heart can, in a second Izuku is performing a series of strikes that send a pile of garbage flying.
Taking deep breaths to calm down, he hears the sound of clapping.
"Impressive Young Midoriya, if you keep that up your Keyblade quirk will be a force to behold!" All Might said, approaching the boy.
"That's not it's name"
"What?"
"It is a Keyblade, but it has a name."
"Well, then what is it?"
Izuku looked at the Keyblade, he felt a smile crawl onto his face, he lifted the Keyblade up towards the sky, "Heroes Rising." At the sound of its name the Keyblade glinted, although neither could tell if it was from the sun.
All Might gives one of his signature laughs, "That is a great name my boy, now I think that is enough for today."
Izuku realized that the sun is already setting. Had he really been out all day already?
He runs back home, entering the apartment he sees his mother sitting on the couch, "Hey mom," he smiled at her, since the day he got his Keyblade Izuku felt more and more relaxed in conversations, while before he could barely speak a sentence without stuttering, now he can talk to people relatively normally.
"Izuku, we have to talk" Inko says, doing her best to look imposing, a difficult task when she is shorter than Izuku, and her chubby complexion and kind face make her look absolutely not threatening.
Izuku frowned, what did she need to say that was so serious? Izuku sits next to her, "Sure mom, what's wrong?" He places a hand over hers, "If this is about my training to enter UA, don't worry, I got some help so I won't hurt myself"
"What-no, it's not about that, I'm happy that you're putting so much effort to go to the school you want, what I want to talk about is-" Inko's voice fails and tears start to flow down her face.
Izuku quickly hugs her, "Mom it's okay, you don't have to talk if you don't want to. I doubt whatever it is it can't be that important."
Inko gently pushed her son a little, "No, you deserve to know," taking a deep breath she looks Izuku in the eye, "Izuku you're adopted".
Izuku felt his entire world freeze, he had been expecting many upsetting things but of all the things that she could have said, Izuku was not expecting this, "W-WHAT?! But how-when-why?" Izuku couldn't even talk, the only person he had as family since ever was saying that they weren't related, that was impossible-
"Let's go boys, I'll take you to the play island today"
"Thanks dad!"
"Take care and come back before dinner"
Izuku holds his aching head, he knew them, a man with spiky brunette hair and blue eyes, and a woman with green hair and eyes that looked like him and his 'mother', Izuku in his heart knew them, but that wasn't important right now, the chubby woman crying and apologizing in front of him was.
Putting his hands on her shoulders, Izuku gently shook her, he felt tears fighting to fall out, but he kept them at bay, "Mom, look at me, it doesn't matter, you raised and loved me when no one else would, you stayed with me, you're my mother, okay?" He smiled at her, hoping to comfort her.
"IZUKUUUUU!" Inko hugs him while liters of tears falls from her eyes, "I'm sorry for not telling you, I'm sorry for not supporting your dream, but now I'll be there for you, I promise!"
"No matter what we will always be there for each other, it's a promise!"
"Yeah! Thanks S̸̭͇̲͇̀ō̸̡̳̭͚͘ȑ̴͉͂̃͝a̷͇̝̔̏̌́̕"
Izuku hugs her back with a tearful smile, "I know you will." Making his mind, Izuku ended the hug, "There's something that I have to tell you too."
He told his mother about the dreams he was having, his Keyblade, the strange visions. Everything except the entire meeting with All Might since that wasn't only his secret to tell.
Inko listened, when he showed his Keyblade she was elated, her baby boy could finally follow his dreams, but at the same time it worried her of what could happen to him, "It's getting late and you have to wake up early tomorrow, so go to bed Izuku".
"Okay…" Izuku stopped by his bedroom door, he had one more thing to say before turning in for the night, "and mom, thank you, for everything." He didn't wait for a response closing the door behind him.
"No, thank you Izuku, for being my light when I needed it the most," Inko whispered, happy tears in her eyes.
"Where are we?"
"Lookout!"
"I'm Goofy"
"Donald Duck"
"My name's Izuku"
"And I'm S̸̭͇̲͇̀ō̸̡̳̭͚͘ȑ̴͉͂̃͝a̷͇̝̔̏̌́̕"
"Let's go find our friends, together!"
Izuku slowly gets up, putting a hand on his chest, he softly whispers, "Together, right? Donald, Goofy." He quickly gets ready for the day, leaving his house. Running to Dagobah beach, he sees all the garbage he has to clean, "I have ten months to clean all this, so it's better get started!" With a determined look, Izuku starts his training.
"I am late, I am late! The queen will have my head!"
"This place doesn't make any sense!"
"Alice is gone!"
Izuku pushes a fridge up the stairs, putting it on a truck, All Might is at the side coaching him. He also makes sure that no accidents happen, since fridges can be dangerous when they fall on people.
"APE, A-P-E"
"We found the slides!"
"Another Keyhole..."
Izuku strikes a washing machine with his Keyblade sending it flying, he jumps cutting it clean in half.
"Let's fight in the games!"
"I'll take one head, you take the other!"
"I name you, junior heroes."
Izuku runs laps on the sand with All Might in his buff form on his back.
"We will help you find Jasmine"
"PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS!, inside a tiny little lamp"
"Genie, you are free!"
Izuku's jumps from one pile of garbage to another, he summons his Keyblade, points it up, "Thunder!" the tip of the weapon glows yellow. Lightning shoots out of the weapon before he hits the ground.
"WHOA, we're fish people now!"
"Keyblade wielders shouldn't interfere with other worlds."
"Interfering in things that don't concern us is what it means to be a hero!"
Izuku in his bedroom does push ups while reading a book of hero law. He is keeping up with his studies so he can pass the written part of the exam.
"I have to admit, these are some cool monster costumes."
"Come on guys, I want to see the Heartless dancing!"
"Happy Halloween!"
All Might throws cans up at the beach, Izuku threw his Keyblade at them, it spins like a buzzsaw destroying the cans before going back to his hand.
"That giant whale ate us!"
"Pinocchio! Wait up!"
"R̵̰̉̓i̸̟͋̋k̸̰͑͂ü̸̠̒!"
Izuku pushed All Might's truck down the road, in the driver seat the hero embarrassingly looked at the empty gas meter.
"K̷̼̗̒̓ā̷̜̞̑i̶̙̊̌r̶̠̰̾ì̷̗̓!"
"You brats are going to walk the plank!"
"We flew! No one will believe it hehe"
Izuku jumps high in the air before pointing his Keyblade down, diving in a trash pile and destroying it.
"S̵͚͒̕ọ̸̱͐͋r̷̛̼͎͆ą̶̮͑͑ don't! That's gotta be another way!"
"Ansem!"
"Kingdom Hearts is light!"
All Might walked to the beach, his successor was doing excellent, the boy has come a long way in just ten months. What before was a scrawny fanboy, now is a young man ready to begin his journey as a hero.
Finally arriving at the beach, Toshinori saw something incredible, "Oh my...my...GOODNESS!" The WHOLE beach was clean, spotless. On the sidewalk was a mountain of trash, and sitting on top of it watching the setting sun was Izuku, he was shirtless and covered in dirt, but even it couldn't hide his now muscular body.
"YOU NEVER STOP TO AMAZE ME, MY BOY! YOU EVEN CLEANED OUTSIDE THE AREA I MARKED, AND WITH A DAY TO SPARE!" Izuku jump off the pile and land in front of All Might, "NOW YOUNG MIDORIYA, I BELIEVE IT IS TIME" The hero raise his hand to his head and take one hair, "SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LUCK AND HARD WORK IS THAT ONE IS A CHANCE, THE OTHER IS A REWARD, THIS IS YOUR REWARD!".
Izuku, even with tears threatening to spill, had a smile as brilliant as his mentor. This was it, the moment he worked ten months for, nothing could ruin this for him.
"EAT THIS!" All Might shouted, offering his hair.
"Wait, what?" This isn't what Izuku was expecting.
"WELL, TO RECEIVE ONE FOR ALL YOU NEED TO CONSUME SOME OF MY DNA, AND THIS IS THE LEAST AWKWARD WAY!"
Izuku takes the hair, but his face clearly had doubt. He looked at the hair, steeling himself, "It can't be that bad." It was, the sensation of the hair going down his throat that almost made him puke, but he powered through it. Still coughing a little he turns to All Might, "I did it, but I don't feel any different?"
"YOU STILL HAVE TO DIGEST IT, SO GO HOME AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT OF SLEEP AND TOMORROW ONE FOR ALL WILL BE YOURS! BUT REMEMBER THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO ADAPT TO IT, SO BE CAREFUL!"
Izuku says goodbye to All Might and starts walking home, on the way he takes a notebook from...somewhere, on it is written 'Dream Journal Volume I'. Ever since the dreams and visions started he kept track of them. "So we beat Ansem in the end...somehow? and closed Kingdom Hearts...Somehow? Urgh, I can't remember, much of this part had so many pieces missing" Izuku complained frustrated, some dreams were relatively complete and he could understand, others were just random bits and pieces.
Izuku ended his notes before entering his house, after a quick dinner with his mother, he turned in for the night.
Izuku slowly opened his eyes, looking around he saw himself back on the pillar surrounded by darkness. On the edge floated eight orbs of light, each one a different color. Something in Izuku told him that they shouldn't be there, but they weren't a threat either. They approached Izuku, with each one entering his chest, one by one.
The final one floated in place, "Don't be afraid, because no matter what, we will always be with you."
Izuku rose from his bed and stretched, the sun was rising, its light illuminating the bedroom, "It's today!" jumping out of bed Izuku rushed to prepare for the exam. Taking a shower, eating a small breakfast and putting on his school uniform and crossed belts so fast, that when his mother woke he was already at the door.
"Izuku wait!" Turning around, Izuku saw his mother smiling with small tears in her eyes, "I just want you to know that don't matter what happens today, I'm proud of you."
A warm feeling filled his chest, Izuku returned the smile. "I know, don't worry I'll be okay." Quickly putting on his signature red shoes he gets up and leaves the house.
One short train ride later.
Izuku stands in front of the massive gates of UA, the cherry blossoms blooming and the main building at the distance makes for one breathtaking view, "Out of my way!"
It's a shame some people don't know how to appreciate it.
Izuku looked over his shoulder, seeing a familiar blonde, "Hi, Kacchan!" After the Sludge Villain incident, Katsuki had been on almost civil terms towards Izuku at least for him.
"Move it, shithead!"
Almost.
Passing ahead Bakugou shouted over his shoulder, "Don't go dying on the starting line Deku!"
Hearing it Izuku smiled, 'He really cares, in his own weird way' With renewed vigor Izuku started to walk to the building...only to trip in a loose brick on the road.
'Sorry Kacchan, but I won't die in the start line, I'LL DIE RIGHT NOW' Izuku panicked, trying to put his arms in front of him to break his fall. But the impact never came, looking down he saw he was floating.
"Sorry about using my quirk without asking, but falling on an exam is bad luck" A voice said from above Izuku before someone helped him stand, turning to his savior, he saw a girl his age, she has brown eyes and hair, two bangs framed her face, that have two permanent blush marks in the cheeks.
Izuku cheeks reddened in a slight blush, as he nervously scratched his neck, "Thanks for the save, I would have died from embarrassment, are you here to take the exam?"
"It was nothing and yes I'm here for the exam" The girl replied with a smile.
"Well, we better get going then, my name's Izuku, Midoriya Izuku" They started to walk again. Izuku and the girl match their paces to keep talking, "I'm Uraraka Ochaco, it's nice to meet you Midoriya-san." They keep with some simple talk along the way before parting ways to take the written portion of the exam.
Some hours later, the students were all in a huge auditorium waiting for the instructor, Izuku was seated beside Katsuki, the explosive boy gave him a small nod that could be measured in nanometers. Not long after, Present Mic, the pro hero and teacher began explaining the physical part of the exam.
"HEY LISTENERS! I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE HYPED TO THE PRACTICAL PART, SO CAN I GET A HEY!" The hero only got silence, Izuku was sure that every person in the auditorium was too nervous to even speak. Looking around he saw everyone with serious faces, the tension was getting to him too. Poor teacher, he was just trying to lighten the mood.
Present Mic was unfettered though, "KEEPING IT MELLOW HUM? OKAY SO I'LL GO STRAIGHT TO BUSINESS THEN!" The hero made a short introduction of the three types of robots and the point system. A student interrupted him to ask about the fourth type, but it is just an obstacle to avoid. So why is Izuku having a really bad feeling about it?
"NOW I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THE SCHOOL MOTTO, AS GENERAL NAPOLEON BONAPARTE ONCE SAID 'A HERO IS ONE THAT OVERCOME LIFE'S MISFORTUNES', GO BEYOND PLUS ULTRA!".
After the speech the applicants were sent to change into more comfortable clothes. Izuku changed to some old black pants, and an All Might hoodie, but kept the belts and shoes.
Katsuki and Izuku were in different battle centers so they parted ways after changing. As Izuku entered the bus, he saw a familiar brunette, "Uraraka-san!"
The girl in question waved and offered the open seat beside her, "Midoriya-san it's good to see you, lucky there was a spot open, the bus got full really fast."
Sitting beside her Izuku looked around and saw that there were only a couple seats free, "Whoa, everyone sure is eager to begin."
"Well yeah, we are trying to get on UA! I just hope we pass" Ochaco bubbly attitude turned grim.
The change didn't escape Izuku's notice, "Uraraka-san is something wrong?"
"Is just that... I'm afraid I won't pass, there are so many people, and my quirk isn't good for combat" Ochaco replied, with a downcast look.
"Hey don't say that! Your quirk is amazing, and if you're so worried then we can do the exam together!" Izuku's unwavering determination shocked Ochaco, but not so much as his offer, "Would you do the exam with me? You would do that? Aren't we competing for a spot?"
"Well sure we're competing, but there's nothing in the rules that says we can't do the exam together. We can help each other out, I mean isn't that what friends are for?"
"Would you protect something that doesn't really exist?"
"Of course, isn't that what friends are for?"
The vision barely lasted a second, but the smiling blond girl in his vision is replaced with Ochaco smiling just as bright, "Okay, let's do this together!"
The rest of the short bus trip was spent planning how to match their strengths, some minutes later they disembarked, and were greeted by giant metal doors. "I'll give an eight out of ten" Izuku commented, absentmindedly.
"What?" Ochaco tilted her head confused, wondering what her new friend was talking about.
"The doors, I've seen bigger" Izuku replied pointing at it.
Ochaco laughed, "Why would someone need even bigger doors?".
"I don't know, it's not like giants lived there" Izuku shrugged with a small smile, which only made the girl laugh more. A hand landed on his shoulder suddenly, turning back he was face to face with the student that interrupted the presentation, he was taller than them, had dark blue hair and eyes of a lighter blue, and his calves looked like car exhaust pipes.
"If you won't take this exam seriously, then leave, this is not a place for fraternization."
"Hey! We are taking this seriously, and talking is better than being nervous!" Ochaco tried to defend them, but Izuku could feel that the other boy was just as nervous as she was, so in turn he placed a hand on his shoulder, "Hey, don't worry, just do your best and I'm sure you'll do just fine."
The gesture surprised the other two, but the taller boy felt reassured, so even with his first assumptions he gave a perfect ninety degree bow in thanks. Before anything else could be said they heard the voice of Present Mic, "START!",
Izuku quickly grabbed a hold on Ochaco's and the boy's hands and started to run, pulling the two with him.
"Wait, there was no countdown" the still unnamed boy cried, "We must not be disrespectful to our fellow test takers by dashing off before the proper protocol has been met!"
"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? THERE'S NO COUNTDOWNS IN REAL LIFE, GO GO GO!".
The applicants who stayed behind quickly started running, but the trio already passed the gates. Izuku saw a mob of robots ahead, letting go of the other two hands, he summoned his Keyblade and threw it towards the robots. The weapon spined like a buzzsaw cutting three one pointers in half before hitting a three pointer, throwing it off balance, "Come on, we have a test to pass!" Izuku said, retrieving his Keyblade in a flash of sparks.
While the hero hopefuls fought, in one room with a long table and various monitors, the members of the teaching body of UA discussed the ongoing exam, a small figure sat at the head of the table. That was Nezu, the principal of UA sipping some tea, "The exam this year is doing well, we can perceive some individuals with fine qualities for hero work…"
"The ability to gather information…" One monitor held a tall figure with six arms on the top of a building, the tip of his arms had extra eyes and ears.
"A calm mind in the face of danger…" Another monitor had a blond boy that seemed to sparkle calmly destroying robots with a laser fired from his navel.
"Speed to breeze through obstacles…" The boy with exhaust pipes in the calves rapidly maneuvered and destroyed robots in another screen.
"Raw destructive power…" Bakugou was seen on top of a smoking pile of destroyed robots in another one.
"But the most rare in today's society, is the capability of foregone personal success and work with others to achieve a common goal" Nezu smiled while looking at one screen where Izuku was distracting robots so Ochaco could use her quirk on them.
"And to think a Keyblade wielder would come to my school, this will be one interesing year," Nezu's voice was so low that no one heared it, no one except one man in a sleeping bag at the corner of the room.
"Well I think it is time to give our potential students a real challenge," Nezu nodded towards another figure. That person opened a case with a big red button and promptly pressed it.
A couple minutes early
Izuku and Ochaco fought five one pointers, with a Blizzard spell Izuku froze one of them, letting the others that charged behind crash into it. Ochaco then made all of them float with her quirk before jumping back, letting Izuku send the robots flying upwards with a couple strikes from his Keyblade, she pressed the small pads in the tips of her fingers together, releasing her quirk, making the robots fall from six stories high, to the ground below.
"And that makes fifty each!" Izuku shouted with a fistpump. Ochaco was about to reply when the ground started to shake. Suddenly one building next to them exploded, from inside a massive robot came out.
Ochaco saw a piece of rubble fall their way, "Midoriya, look out!" She only had enough time to jump and push Izuku out of the crash zone.
BAMG!
Izuku looked up from the ground where he landed, only to see a pile of rocks.
"Look out!"
"Goofy, no!"
"This isn't happening, it can't be happening"
With a desperate look, Izuku rushed to where he last saw Ochaco, "Uraraka! Where are you! Please say something!" His heart fell at each second of silence.
"Midoriya, I'm here!" Came the weak voice from the pile of ruble, but to Izuku it was the best sound in the world, quickly approaching the place from where he thought the voice came he found Ochaco below one of the bigger rocks. Her leg was stuck and she was in a position where she couldn't use her quirk in it.
Izuku needed very little prompting, he only saw his friend in need of help and he wanted them to be okay, "Wait just a second I'll get you out of there!" He grasped the larger rubble in an attempt to get her out.
"No, you have to run!"
"What!"
"Look behind you" Izuku did as she said, seeing the massive figure of the zero pointer towering over them. He felt like he was back at that fateful night, with another being looming over him and someone else, a pair of beedy yellow eyes in the place of red lenses, pure darkness in the place of metal. Looking back at the terrified face of his friend, he knew what he had to do.
As the metal colossus stretched his hand to end his victims. Izuku jumped on it, running up the arm of the giant.
In the observation room a skeletal figure stood up, All Might thought that after so many close encounters with death he wasn't easily scared, but when his successor was almost buried by a mountain of debris he almost coughed blood. But now, seeing that flame in the boy's eyes, All Might couldn't help the smile that came back at full force, watching the heroic display he couldn't help but stand and say the same words spoken to him so many years ago, "The most important quality of a hero, self sacrifice, putting oneself into danger to keep another safe is the true essence of a hero!".
Izuku ran toward the head of the metal behemoth with his heart burning, but that was not the only thing that answered his heroic call in him, a power passed from generations flowed through him.
With a final jump that got him above the head of his enemy, the power of One For All flowed from his arms to his Keyblade, from it a giant blade of light formed. At that moment the words from Izuku's mentor once again passed through his mind.
"To use the power of One For All…"
"Clench your buttcheeks…"
"AND SHOUT FROM THE BOTTOM OF YOUR HEART"
"SMAAAASSSSSSHHHHHHHHH!"
Izuku brought the light blade down, tearing the robot's head in half, but it didn't stop, the blade kept going until it sliced the zero pointer clearly in half all the way down.
In the observation room almost everyone cheered, who wouldn't with such display, not just of power, but of heroism. Nezu softly clapped, he knew that someone chosen by a Keyblade would not do any less, especially in a situation where lives were at risk (even if the security protocols would have stopped the robot before anything serious could happen).
The only person not showing any type of reaction was the man in the sleeping bag, because he paid attention to what that reckless stunt caused.
Izuku landed on the ground hard, his arms were heavily bruised, he was pretty sure his left one was broken, the blade of light dissipated in tiny glowing specks.
Looking up, Izuku saw the two halves of the robot falling backwards, with a bang the giant pieces of metal crashed to the ground, but Izuku was already running back to Ochaco, he barely heard Present Mic announcing the end of the exam.
"Uraraka are you hurt?".
"Me? Midoriya look at your arms! You have to go find help!" Ochaco was shocked and amazed, this boy who she barely knew had done so much for her, and even while hurt he was still worried about her. With watering eyes she said, "don't worry about me, you're hurt, just leave me here and go. The exam's over."
"Sorry, I can't do that, I can't simply leave my friend behind." Izuku, even with the state that his arms were, he still tried to lift the rubble pinning Ochaco. It was the scene that the tall boy with engine calfs found.
Running towards the scene he placed his hands under the rubble, "Let me help you." They lifted the debris enough for Ochaco to crawl out. When she was safe, Izuku felt the strength leave his legs, but the other boy caught him before he could fall.
"Thank You... I don't think we got your name yet"
"Ah yes, my name is Iida Tenya, it is a pleasure to meet you"
"I'm Izuku, Midoriya Izuku, and my friend here is Uraraka Ochaco. Thanks for lending a hand, mine got a little busted wrecking that robot." Izuku, now seated in the ground beside Ochaco, pointing to the pile of smoking metal with his relatively good arm.
"Yes that was impressive, but it looks like there is a serious drawn back, but even then you did the best in that situation"
"I just did what any hero and friend would have, after all it was only the right thing to do.'' Izuku smiled at Tenya and Ochaco, the two looked at Izuku and couldn't help but smile themselves.
"Oh dearie, your own quirk did that to you?" an aged voice said, the three turned and saw an old woman in a hero costume and a giant needle she used as a cane.
"Recovery Girl! The youthful heroine, with one of the best healing quirks ever registered, can you please give me one autograph" Izuku entered his hero fanboy mode and pulled a notebook from...somewhere.
"Calm down now dearie, you don't want to make your injuries worse" Activating her quirk, Recovery Girl's limbs extended, and with a kiss in the forehead of the three teens, she healed them with a green light.
"Huh, it's almost like a Curaga spell" Izuku mumbled, checking his arms, they both completely healed, but he started to feel sluggish, "Now you three get going, the results will be sent soon, so go home and have some rest".
"That was fun don't you think?" Izuku said, as they headed towards the buses.
"How can you call that fun! We almost died!"
"Come on Ochaco it wasn't that bad, and Tenya even helped us in the end." Izuku commented while walking back to the bus, not noticing the surprised faces of his companions.
"Midoriya-san, it is inappropriate to call us with such familiarity when we've barely met!" Tenya shouted while doing hand chops in the air.
"But, we're friends aren't we? There's no problem in calling you by your first names then." Izuku replied like it was the most obvious thing in the world, once more overlooking the shock of the other two. It was surprising that he already considered them friends.
In the end Ochaco smiled, "You're right Izuku-kun, we beat the exam together, and now we'll go to UA, so we can all be friends, right Tenya-kun".
To say that the young speedster was surprised wouldn't be enough, but seeing the happy and kind smiles directed to him, even with his formal upbringing, he saw himself wanting to agree with them, "I suppose you are right, then why not trade numbers and staying in contact, then we can get to know each other better".
And that is how the day ended for our young Keyblade wielder, a challenge surpassed, new friends, and his dreams closer than ever.