In an alleyway the sludge villain wakes up in a bottle. "Huh? What happened to me?" He has a flashback remembering Kagami taking him down. "Aug! When I get my hands on that kid, I'm going to kill him!"
Bakugo and his two friends were walking in the alleyway at that moment. "Hey, Katsuki, aren't you and Midoriya childhood friends?" On of the boy's asks looking to the other boy besides him.
"You went a little overboard today.
Bakugou." The other boy looks at Bakugo as he walks remembering what happened in the classroom. "It's his fault for getting in my way. If it weren't for that guy always protecting him I'd have put that damn nerd in his place by now!" Bakugou kicks the bottle containing the Sludge Villain. It hits a light pole and spills out.
"Come on man don't let it get to you." The first boy tries to sound assuring but deep down he knows Hoshino would wipe the floor with Bakugo. But Bakugo would never admit it. "That damn Hoshino he came out of nowhere and starts telling me what to do it pisses me off!"
'It's just that it's been my goal ever since I was little. And, well… I won't
know unless I try…' Midoriya's voice rings in his head, "Damn Deku! Hiding behind that freak's back like a little kid!"
"He's an idiot dreaming like a kid…" Bakugou explodes his soda can throwing it away, "… and just watching both of them pisses me off!"
"Then, why don't we go to the arcade for a change of pace?" The first boy suggested "You'll come, too, right, Katsuki?"
"Huh? Yeah whatever." He continues to walk thinking about the encounter, "Then let's go to the one in front of the station. There's lots of prey there." The first boy looked towards the second, "You're terrible."
"What?! If we get caught, it'll end up on my record!" Bakugo looked back at them angrily. The Sludge Villain appears in the entrance to the alleyway, the boys looked behind Bakugo to see the figure behind him. "What's that thing!"
"An invisible cloak with a great Quirk! How lucky am I!" The sludge villain laughed before lunging at them.
Back to the three on the roof. Kagami and Izuku both looked in shock at the true for of All Might. Kagami was too flabbergasted to say a word while Izuku...
"Ah… Y-Y-You're deflating!" He panicked holding on to Kagami, "Huh? Wait, up until now… Huh?!" Kagami pushed Izuku off of him still shocked he rubbed his eyes and blinked multiple times but still the skinny figure remained.
"Fake? A fake?! You're so skinny!" Izuku pointed an accusing finger towards All Might, "Haa… I am All Might…" While saying this he coughs up blood.
"Huh?! Ho way!" Izuku shook his head his head in disbelief, "You know how those guys at the pool are constantly flexing and posturing? It's like that." All Might tried to explain but the two were still not convinced.
"No way! That's impossible," Izuku was clearly no processing this revelation well but Kagami shill just looked like he saw a ghost unmoving, "I-It can't be… You can't be All Might... All Might is fearless… He saves everyone with a smile… He's the
greatest…" Izuku looked like he was having an existential crisis as his favourite hero turn into the shriveled husk infront of him.
"A fearless smile, huh?" All Might through to himself looking at the sky, "Well anyway what did you wanna ask? You caused all this chaos so you might as well tell me what you wanted to ask," Izuku feeling guilty at the trouble he had caused looked down hesitant but desided to go through with it.
He took a breath and steeled his resolve, "Even if I don't have a Quirk, can I become a hero?!" All Might looked at the boys surprised, "Can even someone without a Quirk be like you?!"
"Without a quirk, huh?" He seemed to contemplate the question before letting out a breath, "Well, now that you've seen me like this, young ones, make sure you don't write about it online, even accidentally."
"Huh…?" The boys looked towards All Might as he pulled his shirt up, revealing a large wound on his chest. It was red, covered most of his chest, and had a few stitches. Kagami looked at the wound visibly concerned and maybe a little bit disgusted. "How in the unholiest of hells did you get that?" Izuku shrieked look at the wound.
"It's an injury I got five years ago from a villain attack," He lowered his shirt covering the wound again. "Half of my respiratory organs were destroyed, and I lost my whole stomach. I've been emaciated from repeated surgeries and the aftereffects."
"As I am now, I can only work as a hero for about three hours a day before I go back to this form." Izuku was in shock again, "Wha… That can't be…"
"Five years ago… Was that when you fought Toxic Chainsaw?" Kagami assessed the situation, pulled himself back together, and look at Izuku, "Unlikely, Toxic Chainsaw was a formidable foe but to cause this much damage to All Might is outside his range of capabilities," All Might looked at the two smiling.
"I see you're both well-informed. But young Hoshino is correct a punk like that couldn't defeat me!" Kagami looked at All Might with curiosity clearly wanting to know the story. "This fight was not made public to the world. I asked that it not be made public."
"I will save people with a smile. The Symbol of Peace cannot be daunted by an evils." He put a hand on his forehead. "I smile to show the pressure of heroes… and to trick the fear inside of me."
"To get to the point Pros are always risking their lives. I cannot simply say, "You can become a hero even without power."
"Ahh… I see…" Izuku slouched down upset at the words he was hoping not to hear but knew were coming. "If you want to help others, then you could also become a police officer." All Might continued standing up and walking off.
"They're often teased because they get villains delivered to their doorstep, but that is also a fine occupation." Kagami glared but he knew deep down there was some truth to his words. This was a society where those with power thrived and those who didn't perished. He admired Izuku for his determination and would always support him but some truths were hard to ignore.
"It's not bad to dream. But you also have to consider what's realistic, young man." All Might exits the rooftop. He coughs as he walks down the stairs. Izuku being left completely crushed and Kagami trying to comfort him.
"Izuku, forget what he said you just have to try hard and your hard work will be rewarded one day." Kagami run him on the back putting on a reassuring smile. Izuku however did not respond, "Hey tell you what if you want I can find the best heroics engineer and have them build you something really cool." Izuku have him a side eye, Kagami just sighed seeing that, "Look I know you don't want me using my family's legacy to help you but it's so easy you won't have to do anything just come up with a support item." Izuku did not change his stance.
"Fine you stubborn little baby, we'll do it your way," Kagami rolled his eyes.
All Might was now out of the building, "Now, I need to quickly get this guy to the…" He reaches for his pockets realising they were empty. "Huh?" He sees an explosion in the distance, "Wait, don't tell me…"
The two boys hear the explosion from the rooftop. "Is that a villain! What hero will go to the scene?!" They run towards the exit but Izuku stops when he remembers All Might's poor state. His last words echoing in his head. "Come on Izuku let's go, stop thinking about what he said." Kagami grabbed Izuku by the arm and ran down the stairs.
On the streets below. All Might runs through the streets in his civilian form. In the Tatooin Shopping District, civilians run as explosions occur. Screams and shouts of panic could be heard from civilians. Death Arms and two other heroes arrive on scene. In the middle of the chaos the Sludge Villain holds Bakugou in his grip.
"A kid was taken hostage?!" Death Arms shouts, "You coward!" Death Arms charges forward and punches the Sludge Villain as he does his hand is pulled into the Sludge.
"What is this?! I can't grab hold!" The Sludge Villain kicks Death Arms away. The other hero Hitchcock calls out seeing his companion get kicked, "Death Arms!"
"Crap!" The other hero Slugger says seeing this. The Sludge Villain attacks the other two heroes. They dodge the attack. "Heh… Don't come near me!" The Sludge villain said as he attacked the heroes while Bakugo struggled in the Sludge Villain's grip.
"I won't let sewage like this swallow me!" He said trying to pull himself out, "You little --" he was silenced by more sludge. Bakugou creates explosions with his hands to cry and resist. The other villains panic as remains bound by the Sludge Villain.
'What power! I've hit the jackpot! With this Quirk and power, I can get revenge on that brat!' The Sludge Villain becomes even larger enveloping Bakugou.
"Woah, what's that? Could he be a big-shot villain?" A civilian in the crowd shouts looking at the scene, "Ah! She's here!" Another called out pointinnat Mt. Lady.
"The rookie hero, Mt. Lady!" Mt. Lady runs toward the scene but stops in her tracks. She tries to fit inbetween the buildings but fails, "Ahh! Ah, w-wait! I need there to be at least two lanes!" Meanwhile Bakugou's friends cower in the flames. Kamui Woods grabs the two boys and runs with them through the streets.
"I'm not good with flames! I'll leave it to someone else for today!" Backdraft fights the fire nearby. "Thanks for that. I have my hands full fighting the fire. The fire truck's not here yet?"
"How are things over there?!" Backdraft looked in the direction of Death Arms, "He's sticky and hard to grab, and a kid with a strong Quirk is struggling against him!"
"Thanks to that, it's a minefield! It's hard to do anything against this triple play!" Slugger continues. The Sludge Villain begins to swallow Bakugou while swinging at Death Arms and the other hero. They all panic to get out of the way of the attack.
"It's no use! There's no one who can take care of this at the scene right now!" Death Arms looks at the situation with caution.
Hitchcock takes a step back, "All we can do is wait for someone with a more suitable Quirk!" Backdraft continues to put out the flame while addressing the other heroes, "Then let's hold back the damage until then!"
"Don't worry, I'm sure someone will be here soon!" Kamui Woods reassures everyone. "I feel bad for the kid, but he'll just have to bear with it for a little longer!"
"Damn it… If only I had enough power to blow that guy away!" Death Arms glares at the Sludge Villain. "Hey, doesn't it look kinda bad?" A civilian says with a look of concern.
All Might sees the Sludge Villain in the middle of the scene. He remembers when he flew the two boys onto the top of the building. 'It was back then! I was too distracted by my time limit! I can't believe I made a mistake like this after admonishing that fan. Pathetic…'
Izuku and Kagami are walking to the scene. "Cheer up Izuku, what he said means nothing in the grand scheme of things."
"But he's a Pro Kagami, I guess I have to accept reality now." Izuku closed his notebook with a sigh. "Listen to me, it's just his opinion it doesn't matter who he is," he points towards Izuku's chest, "What matters is in-" an explosion interrupts him.
"Kagami I think we found were the explosions were coming from," Izuku points out looking towards the scene.
They both witness the sludge villain right in the middle of the chaos, "What's he doing here?!" Izuku turns to Kagami. "Was just about to ask that, I thought I got rid of him," at says covering his eyes due to all the commotion and emotions running amok.
"I thought he was with All Might! If he's here then did he get away from All Might? If that's true then..." Izuku comes to a conclusion looking down upset, "... Then it's my fault this happened, if I hadn't," Kagami places a finger on Izuku's lips, "Izuku I do not need your emotions flaring up as well, so please stop with the self deprecating attitude please."
"Why aren't those heroes doing anything?" A civilian close to them says, "They can't. Apparently the villain caught a junior high schooler. It's been like that for a while."
"Caught? It's been like that for a while? How can they bear that suffocation?!" Izuku speaks up looking closer, "I thought I'd die after a few seconds."
"Kagami who's the person in there," Izuku asks a very irritated Kagami who was rubbing his temples eyes closed, "I don't know! I don't like using my aura in crowded areas, I can barely focus right now! But I sense rage from them and fear lots of fear."
Izuku gets closer to see who it is until he sees Bakugou's fearful face in the Sludge. Without thinking his legs moved in the direction of the villain. "Hey kid, stop!" Death Arms tried to stop him but Izuku still ran.
"Ha? You again?!" The sludge villain prepared to attack him but he still ran. 'What do I do? What do I do?! At a time like this…' He remembers his own notes. 'Page 25!'
"Take this!" Izuku threw his backpack. His books fly out and hit the Sludge Villain in the face. "Augh! You little brat!" Bakugou's face is released from the sludge and Izuku begins to pull away at the sludge to free him.
"Deku!? Why are you here?!" Bakugou asked coughing out green sludge. "I-I don't know, my legs just moved on their own."
The sludge villain prepared another attack towards Izuku, "I'm going to kill you, you brat!" Before the attack could land it was stopped by a hand.