21 Chapter 21 - A Hero Rising

Walking into the classroom, I went over to Izuku to see how he was doing. I knew by this point he should have accepted the offer to be trained by All Might, but I wanted to confirm he actually got the offer.

"Hey Deku, I heard you were involved in some sort of incident yesterday.", I stated, "Everything okay?"

"Yeah, everything is good.", he said.

Waiting for him to elaborate, I was disappointed he wasn't going to tell me about it. Deciding to brute force this I sifted through his memories to review what happened. Sure enough he did run into the sludge villain, and he did get the opportunity to meet All Might. Hoping he managed to get the offer I kept looking for my answer. When it came time for the offer to come...All Might didn't offer the power to him.

'WHAT!?', I thought, 'This is how the story should have started off!! What the hell happened!'

About that time, I got a text from Melissa. Pulling my phone out, I looked at the message she sent me.

"Uncle Might said that he is going to make me his successor!", she wrote, "He told me everything about his Quirk, and offered me the inheritance to his Quirk!"

Reading the text several times I fell back into my seat with hardened expression.

'Ah...I should have thought this might happen. All Might knows her better than Deku, and knows she has the heart of a Hero.', I thought, 'He is passing it on to her because of the growth I helped her achieve both academically and physically. I...I fucked Deku over on getting the Quirk...shit.'

Feeling rather bad that I had stolen his opportunity, I decided to help Deku out a bit as repayment. I had been doing research into Quirks lately so I was confident that I could force a latent family Quirk to manifest in Deku. Usually I wouldn't dabble in something like this, but for a buddy I didn't mind.

After school I did research into his family tree. I knew his mother could pull small objects to her, and his dad could breath fire so that was a start. His father's parents had an lightning discharge quirk and gust inducing quirk, and his mother's had a telekinesis and the other was Quirkless. Seeing that I understood where his poor luck came from...he had just a bad draw on his genetic traits. Further past that the Quirks were a lot more vague as documenting them wasn't done very well at that time because World Governments were still trying to figure out how to deal with the situation.

"Alright here...so I have a few Quirks to work with, but honestly the only one I can really work with is the Lightning Discharge Quirk.", I said aloud to myself, "It's good, but I can improve on it. I can make him a device that he can charge up, and then discharge the stored energy at a greater voltage. He could become quite the powerhouse in his own right with just that. Not only that I can add in a few things to help him that can run off the energy he produces."

Locating a bit of his DNA and his grandfather's thanks to a medical database, I started synthesizing a drug to spur the activation of the latent Quirk locked in his DNA. The process wasn't that difficult thanks to my advance knowledge in the medical field. Finishing the injection in a single night, I immediately flew over to see Deku. Knocking on his door he came to answer with a downcast look.

"Hey Clark...", he said.

"Deku, I want you to know that I made something for you to reach your dream of being a Hero.", I stated.

"A suit like Melissa's?", he asked with a depressed look.

"No, can I come in and explain?", I asked.

Nodding his head, I sat down with him and his mother. Setting the vial on the table, I explained how the serum worked and that it would awaken a latent Quirk in his DNA. Stating that it was part of a project I was working on to help give people the opportunity to have a Quirk, Deku just stared at the serum.

"What will happen if his body doesn't awaken a Quirk?", she asked.

"Nothing, it won't do anything to him. This serum only stimulates the Quirks that are already in his genetics. In my testing if it were to awaken more than one they will blend together like they would have during a natural awakening.", I stated, "I won't force you to take it Deku, but I wanted you to be the first to know about this."

"Why are you developing it?", he asked.

"Deku, you and I both know that Quirkless people are looked down on even though they are no less human than those with Quirks.", I stated, "This is their opportunity to have something that many Quirkless people want."

Looking at his mother, and then back to me he said he wanted to try. Injecting him with the serum the results manifested in minutes. It started out small, but gradually started building. Watching lightning dancing around in his hands Deku started tearing up as he laughed with joy.

"Mom!! Mom!! I...I have a Quirk!!!", Deku said with sheer joy.

"I can see that!", she said starting to cry as well.

Within an hour the Quirk fully awakened, and even evolved to a higher power than what was recorded for his grandfather. Able to generate shields out of pure lightning, and make weapons out of it Deku was having the time of his life.

"Now Deku, I don't think I need to tell you this but you will need to learn how to control it. I don't think you want that discharging while you are in water.", I chuckled.

"You are right!!", he said nodding his head, "It will also be bad if I touch electronics."

"Yeah, so focus on training it.", I stated, "Now last thing I want to say, please don't go telling anyone about this Deku. The stuff is in clinical trials right now so it's got to stay under wraps. If a villain finds out about this stuff, it could be very bad."

"Of course, I won't tell anyone!", he said with a salute.

Leaving it at that I flew home. The next day, Deku was sharing his newly discovered with all our classmates. Dumbfounded that he had somehow awakened his Quirk many of them backed down from harassing him as now he wielded a very powerful Quirk. Smiling at him I wished him the best of luck honing that Quirk to it's maximum potential. Seeing the look on my face Toru and Toga walked over to me.

"Did you have something to do with his Quirk manifesting?", they asked.

"Maybe.", I said teasing them.

"You realize that it shouldn't be possible right?", Toru stated.

"Nothing is completely impossible for me...except avoiding taxes and skipping out on date night.", I chuckled.

"Better believe it.", Toga laughed.

Over the course of the next month I kept tabs on Deku to ensure that there were no weird aftereffects. To my satisfaction the Quirk factor in his body melded to him perfectly since it was a part of his DNA to begin with. Introducing him to his Hero costume, which I took some inspiration from his drawings and All Might's costume, Deku was over the moon to have something to wear that would work with his Quirk. Thanking me repeatedly I told him if wanted to thank me he needed to get into U.A and become the Hero he always wanted to be. Nodding his head he said he wouldn't let me down.

Around that time period All Might handed over the One For All Quirk to Melissa. Just like Deku would have run into, the Quirk didn't accept her right off the bat. Having me help her train it, since All Might sucked at explaining how to use it, we got her up to using 20% of One For All's power by the time the testing for U.A came around.

---Test Day---

Arriving with the girls at U.A today was their big day to see how well their training paid off. Their goal was for all of them to make the top ten in their testing. Giving them each a kiss for good luck I said that we would celebrate by going out tonight for a meal as a group. Liking the sound of that they said they would do their best, and ran off following the other students.

"You must be Guardian Angel, or rather Clark Wayne.", a voice said coming up from my right.

Looking over to see Nezu approaching me I nodded my head.

"Yes sir, my name is Clark.", I stated looking at the school.

"I assume Midnight already told you that you will have to keep your relationship private, yes?", Nezu asked, "She spoke to me about it already."

"Yes, on the premises I will keep things as student and teacher. Off the campus I will do as I please.", I stated.

"I can't stop you.", he said.

"If you don't mind me asking, why was a special class made for me?", I asked.

Handing me a card, my eyes went wide with disbelief. In my hands I was holding an International Hero License, something I literally thought I would struggle to get given how persistent the government was.

"I am sure you are surprised, but the government has reached the point where they can no longer hold back the other governments from demanding you be allowed to help globally. Now there are a few restrictions till you graduate just so you know.", Nezu said, "You grades have to maintain a 4.0 at all times, and you are responsible for meeting the hour requirements. Your Hero work internationally will be counted as your Hero Courses, and your classes will be self-study."

"Any limit on the number of hours?", I asked.

"The license permits you to work whenever you want, but obviously don't go crazy. Overdoing it will cause quite a stir in the Hero community. You have no idea how many Heroes fought to stop you from getting that.", Nezu said, "A lot of Heroes are worried you will drive them out of business."

"For the time being my plan is to help in the areas where there is little to no Heroes patrolling.", I stated with a smile, "That should keep them happy, and make the governments happy. Anything outside of that I will await a call from the world leaders."

"Haha I will pass it along.", he said, "Now about your Hero name, do you know what you want to be known as?"

"Absolutely.", I said giving him a grin, "Superman!"

Writing it down, he said that the license would be on my desk once school started as he took back from me. Grinning ear to ear I felt a rush of excitement from the aspect of being able to do Hero work again. Awaiting the girls return, they came out a few hours later looking thoroughly exhausted. Seeing my smiling face, Ochaco asked what was going on.

"The principal told me that I got my International Hero License!", I said with a smile, "Doing actual Hero work will be counted towards my Hero Course hours!"

"Really!!", they shrieked with excitement, "So that means you are a real Hero now!"

"It does! My license gets activated the first day of class!!", I shouted.

"Congratulations!!", they said with excitement.

"Now we really have to celebrate!", Mina shouted.

Giving them a smile, I took them home and told my parents. Hearing about my license, my mother fainted and my father looked a bit concerned. I always knew they were hesitant about me becoming a Pro Hero, but I wasn't expecting such a traumatic reaction. Asking them why they were acting so weird about it, my father sat me down to talk.

"Son...we never wanted you to be a Hero, but we accepted it because you wanted to be one.", Dad said, "You see, your grandfather on your mother's side was a former Pro as well. The public knew him as Ironwall, and he was a Pro in the US. A few months before you were born he was supposed to retire to be a grandpa, but...his last job cost him his life."

"Oh...", I said.

"The group that you have been fighting...", he said gripping his pants, "Their Rank 1 member was the one who killed him. There wasn't anything left to bury after that fight...an entire city was wiped out with a snap of his finger."

"Dad I-"

"We didn't tell you because we thought we had time, but it seems fate had other ideas.", he said, "Your mother and I want you to be happy...it's all we have ever wanted. Promise me that you if you run into a situation that you can't handle, save those you can and flee."

"Dad, you know a Hero can't flee. It's our responsibility to stand up, and do what's right regardless of the danger.", I said.

"Your mother took the loss hard son...if she lost you too, I don't think she and I will be able to continue living.", he said, "You are pride and joy, the most important thing in our lives. If we have to bury you..."

"Dad, I can assure that I will be fine.", I said with a firm expression, "I can guarantee that I can take on whatever danger may arise. You can trust me when I say there isn't anything that posies a threat to me here."

"I hope you are right son.", he said.

Once mom was awake I told her we could have a family meal tomorrow to celebrate. Explaining to her he told me about her father, she said dinner would be fine. I felt bad for making her worry, but I would show them there was nothing to worry about.

Letting the others know Yu and Nemuri immediately said we should go out to party. Suggesting we rent a karaoke room, they said they would meet us there. Rumi said she would attend, but there was no way in hell she was singing. Nejire and Melissa said they would also be in attendance as well. Pulling out of the house to go sing, news was quickly spreading of my acquisition of an International Hero License.

---AFO Hideout---

Disconnected from the machines that were keeping him alive, AFO was working out how to proceed. Even though he was unhooked, he still had a long road towards recovery. Receiving the news through his information network, he was a bit shaken how quickly the process went. He attempted to threaten politicians through proxies, but none of them listened.

"The moment he becomes active things will become quite crazy.", AFO said to the doctor.

"Both projects are nearly completed Master. We will soon be in the final testing stages.", the doctor said.

"I am grateful for your hard work doctor.", AFO said, "Do we have enough subjects?"

"The last subjects arrived today, our operatives erased any potential connections too us.", the doctor said.

"Excellent, the live specimen will be the basis for our announcement that we are ready to fight.", AFO said looking at the people they had acquired to be used in Project Overdrive, "I look forward to the results."

---Somewhere In Europe---

"This is disheartening news...", a woman said sitting in a video conference.

"It is...two of our members have been taken out by him.", an older man said, "In a few weeks we will have him to contend with globally."

"It's become quite a hassle with Section 13 breathing down our necks now that the scale has been in their favor for a while. Dealing with him on top of that is going to drop our profits.", another woman said.

"I say we just take his family hostages and force him to submit.", a young man said.

"You are truly an idiot.", the oldest member said, "Carelessly lashing out will only push him to target us harder. I recommend using him to our advantage. There are many upstart organizations and those under us that need removal. I say we use him to clean house for us till we are properly ready to engage him."

"So...you want us to indirectly help him find those people we find troublesome?", the young man asked, "That will only embolden the public and Section 13 to rally behind him."

"Yes, but then when we crush him it will cause far more damage than you realize. If he becomes the world's Beacon of Justice, and we crush him at his height...", the oldest member said.

"Oh the world would be in turmoil.", the women said, "They would become reliant on him, and when he isn't there-"

"We swoop in with no opposition, I like that plan.", the majority of the men said.

"I still think it's a waste of fucking time.", the young man snapped.

"If you act, you act alone.", the oldest member said, "Don't dare involve any of us, or you won't live long enough to regret it."

"Are you worried about him gunning for you?", the young man asked, "You have a history with his family."

"I may have a history, but it's unlikely he will immediately go for me...unless someone leaks my whereabouts. If that happens, I have no issue wiping you and your whores out of existence in a flash.", the oldest member replied.

"Don't you fucking call the whores old geezer, those are my fucking pets. Don't compare them to common trash.", he spat, "I done with conversation, and I will be the first to greet the new Hero. Watch me kick his ass!!"

Disconnecting from the meeting the oldest member sighed.

'That child is about to learn that not everything in this world revolved around what he wants.', he thought, 'When the Young Hero finds out what you do to Heroines and women that catch your eyes...you will find that death by my hands is preferable to his.'

Having seen aerial footage of my fight with Vlad, he knew the youngster wouldn't be a threat to me. He knew that I could be far more aggressive than any villain if the right buttons were pushed. The Vlad incident was just attempted murder, he didn't want to imagine what would happen to the person who actually did hurt them.

'Old friend, your grandson certainly takes after you in charisma. It's unfortunate that you were there that day...', he thought reflecting on their last meeting, 'You were the last person I wanted to kill...you were my best friend growing up. Even after all that I have done you still tried to save me to the very end, and even shed a tear for me when my wife died. I will do what I can to ensure your grandson doesn't end up like you, but I fear that is impossible to stop now.'

---Madrid, Spain---

Slamming his computer shut the young villain was infuriated that the others were underestimating him. He killed the previous member that held this seat using his Quirk to manipulate his family into doing it for him. Given the name Cupid by Section 13, his Quirk allowed him to produce pheromones to effectively mind control people from a range of about ten feet. All he needed to do was get close, and he could drug his enemies easily. Another reason why they called him Cupid was that he had a habit of collecting women he fancied with his Quirk. He used them as puppets to do things as proxy for him, and if they were caught they'd kill themselves before selling him out.

"The hell do they know, I could easily kill all of them if I wanted too. Just too much work running the whole operation alone.", he mumbled to himself.

Walking into his own version of the Garden of Eden, he was immediately greeted by the women he called his pets. All of them once we're proud Heroes who underestimated him, and ended up under his control. His pheromones were incredibly addictive, and the few women that had managed to run away suffered terrible withdrawals for months afterwards. Taking a seat on his throne the women pampered him as he looked over a report about me.

'He has himself a harem, no surprise there, but I can work with that. Surely one of them can tell me his weakness.', he thought looking over the women his informants said were among the group, 'Ew...those three Heroines are too old, and most of these other ones are far too plain maybe I should...'

Stopping when he saw Momo his smile widened.

'Curvy, young, and rich...my three favorite qualities a woman should have.', he said, 'I was about to say he has horrible taste, but she is beautiful. I will have to arrange a meeting to have a heart to heart with her.'

Ordering a few of them to book him a private jet to Japan, he wanted to leave as soon as he got his shipment off new drugs from Asia. Current on their way to him he wanted to be here when they arrived as he had enemies here who would certainly steal them if he didn't receive them himself.

---Karaoke Booth---

Settling in for the party, I was sitting back and watching Momo and Ochaco singing their hearts out. Nemuri and Yu were already partially drunk, and Rumi was trying her best not to seem interested in singing. The other women were picking out songs they wanted to sing.

"Hehe, just a few more weeks stud!", Nemuri said.

"We have to make it special!! I made my debuted as a Pro Hero!!", Yu said with a hiccup.

"Did you have to tell Nezu?", I asked Nemuri.

"I wanted to be your instructor!!", Nemuri said, "I could've...educated you well!"

"You are part of the reason he put me in my own course.", I teased.

"We gonna roleplay some? I got a teacher outfit!", she laughed.

"Nemuri...you realize we have to be professional in school, right?", I asked.

"This isn't school!!", she said jumping on my lap, "I have been holding myself back like I promised!! You get to be flirty with all of the younger girls, but don't do anything with us!!"

"Nemuri, I have taken you three on several dates.", I said, "We have visited different worlds, gone on picnics, and watch movies together all the-"

"You don't kiss us!!", she whined rocking side to side like she was on a boat.

"Speak for yourself.", Rumi said.

"Don't lie, you practice in the mirror!", Nemuri snapped.

Her ears shot up immediately as she glared are Nemuri.

"You agreed to keep that between us.", Rumi said.

"Oh well, don't act like you don't care.", Nemuri stated.

"Bite me.", Rumi stated.

"I understand, and admit I have been a bit lacking. How about I make it up to you three by making you dinner?", I asked.

"Maybe...maybe make a carrot cake too?", Rumi asked.

"And those Devil Eggs.", Yu said.

"Maybe some steak too?", Nemuri asked.

"Haha I can do that.", I replied, "You let me know when, and I will make it happen."

"Same day as your start at U.A.", Nemuri said, "It will be just the four of us, and we will make a man out of you."

'I can safely say, this was worth the wait.', I thought.

Giving her a kiss, she got really into it grabbing my shirt by the collar. Pressing herself up against me she gasped a little as we kissed. Parting lips she looked me dead in the eyes like a lion eyeing a meal.

'Haha this will certainly be an interesting relationship to say the least.', I thought.

"Ahem...", Nejire said, "You gonna sing, or just get a lap dance."

"I am good here.", Nemuri said, "I can feel something rising, and it isn't your Hero Rank."

Trying not to laugh it was clear she thought what she said was sexy. Giving her another kiss I got up, and sang a few duets before taking a seat again. I honestly thought I was a terrible singer, they thought I was pretty good.

When I sat down again both Yu and Nemuri wanted attention. I could see both of them were very frustrated having waited this long for a night together. Deciding to give something to tide them over I used my psychic powers to stimulate their mental pleasure zones while I kissed them. Stimulating them caused the two to experience pleasure they hadn't had before. Every inch of them felt like they were on Cloud 9.

"Damn it was worth the wait.", Yu panted into my ear, "You really are out of this world."

"You sure you can't come over tonight?", Nemuri asked.

"When I come over, I will spend the night.", I said.

"So it is dinner, sex, sleep, and breakfast?", they asked, "Sounds nice."

"Don't worry, I am not gonna run off like-"

"Oh that's not what we meant.", Yu laughed, "It will be nice waking up with you in bed. You know women our age are looking to settle down. Sure you have a few years before you can, but it's nice to have that treatment once in a while."

"You coming over Rumi, or you want your own night?", Nemuri asked.

"Yeah I can come over I guess.", she said.

Grabbing a healthy handful of their butts, the two laughed and got comfortable. Falling asleep on me within fifteen minutes, I ended up flying them home before taking the others back.