3 Chapter 3: Why me?

As Izuku looks back at his achievements and progress, he can't help but notice somethings from his past. 'Have I always had that healing factors? Mom said I lost some of my memories due to some bullies beating my head when I was trying to protect a kid.' He contemplated this while walking over to one tree branch where he hung his shirt to keep dry from sweat.

As he looked up at the orange sky he realized, 'I need to head home before mom calls a search party for me. There's also the fact that I have school starts tomorrow.' Izuku begins to run home, jumping from tree branch to tree branch like a chimpanzee would do.

'I hope Kacchan doesn't make a scene like last year. I just don't like to show my quirk; Is that so hard to understand?'

Ever since Katsumi got her quirk at 4 she has been getting compliments from everyone including me. This raised her ego to new found heights as she tried proving to everyone how inferior they are compared to her. When I was determined quirkless by that nutjob of a doctor, 'Seriously, who the hell determines things by only one x-ray?', she looked down on me even more along with the others, especially after I declared that I was still going to become a hero. By the time my quirk finally manifested, she didn't really care and still called me deku. The others didn't stop either since I refused to show off my quirk and they thought that I was lying. It was until I was ten and I was getting the hang of Revan's CQC styles though the names elude me to this day. Jar'kai, teras kasi, echani fighting, blind alley fighting, squib mystical arts, petranaki, stava, velanarian boxing, and so many more that it was overwhelming sometimes. Though they were effective as no one can even touch me without facing some sort of damage.

2 years ago…

"Really? Five against one? You guys don't know when to quit. I told you that I am not going to use my quirk and that's final." Izuku said while blankly staring at a bunch of high school students who's siblings I already took down for trying to gang up on a younger kid.

"Shut the fuck up and fight us. We know you are quirkless and just saying you're not." said one tall fit guy who's hair was clearly dyed blonde. "Yeah, come on we ain't got all day. I still want to head to the arcade before it closes." said another guy that had long nails that were filed to be sharper as he gave off a creepy feeling.

"No, I am leaving. Go to that arcade and leave me hell alone." Izuku said while walking past them until the fake blonde went in front of him and shove into a semi-circle of his group. "You either take the beating or don't. It don't matter to us." sneered the fake.

As he said this he threw a large left haymaker aiming for my temple which I took a step back from and tilted by head a 30 degree angle to dodge a punch from behind. "Just walk away guys, there is nothing you're getting out of this." Izuku said looking at them with a bored expression.

This only angered them as 'filed nails' just yelled out, "That's it! When we're done with you we are going to head over to that hot mom of yours to show us a good time and there is not a thing you could do abUGGH." He never got to finish that sentence as Izuku placed two fingers into his jugular and pulled down in a swiping motion which cut off the teen's circulation and knocked him out.

Letting out a deep sigh, Izuku said, "I didn't mind the threats you could do them all day, but..." Izuku popped his neck and glared at the group, "...never threaten one of my loved ones." Right after he said this, he slid his back leg downwards while putting his left hand onto the ground and rotated his body to kick out at two guys in their chins, knocking them out too. After finishing the motion, he launched off that left arm and jabbed under one guy's punch at a certain pressure point which locked his shoulder then proceeded to knee his solar plexus, taking him out of commission. All that was left was one guy who's quirk was rock fingers and the fake blonde whose quirk was his right fist that was on fire. I took out rock fingers with heel strike into the shin and a palm strike uppercut followed by ducking down and twisting my torso so that I tackled the bigger blonde and jabbed the underside of his floating ribs. While he was losing breath, I threw a knuckle jab at his sternum then an elbow at his temple. All five guys out cold around me in less than ten seconds.

"I warned you guys. Now next time I won't be some nice about it." Then I walked away, never noticing Katsumi who saw the whole thing go down.

Since then, she has been wanting to fight me for the longest time which I never gave her.

The next day while going to the door for school, my mom came up behind me and gave me my handkerchief, "Good luck in middle school and make sure to be a good boy like you always are. Right?" Inko gave off a dangerous vibe that made Izuku's senses scream out danger. "Right. See you at home today." And sprinted away from the now mischievous vibe of Inko.

Hours Later…

"Really Kacchan? Burning my journal, how childish can you get. Can this day get any worse?", said Izuku while walking into a tunnel where a sewer manhole was. Suddenly, a large sewage goop came out and blocked out Izuku's path. "Hmm, invisibility cloak..size medium to large..nice." The goop proceeded to lunge at Izuku who rolled backwards and got into evasion position.

"Never mind, it CAN get worse.", exclaimed Izuku, 'This guy is a liquid based quirk, meaning that most physical damage is not going to do shit. Just got to stall him...wait let's try this out' Izuku then stretched out his hand in a grasping motion towards the slime.

"Haha what the fuck are you doing, begging for your life? Sorry, this will be all over in 45 secWHOA!" the Slime guy then started to float and freeze in place.

'Got to hold this for at least a minute, but damn this wastes more stamina due to him constantly moving around.'

And just at the neck of time, a figure popped out of the sewer and declared, "Have no fear for I AM HERE!"

The man was at least 7' if not taller and over 250 lbs of solid muscle with blonde hair and blue eyes. This was All Might, the number one hero and symbol of peace, without his costume too. "ALL MIGHT!", Izuku cried in surprise, losing concentration and letting the villain go.

"Ha! Don't worry citizen I got this. DETROIT SMASH!", throwing his right fist and yelling out his signature move, the slime exploded into multiple chunks which All Might collected using a soda bottle.

"Oh my god! All Might, before you go, can you autograph this?" Izuku pulled out a journal where All Might then signed two pages and blasted off towards the buildings all without saying another word. 'That was too close. I almost lost my form right in front of that kid. Now just to take this bottle to the police and...what?' All Might reached down to his pants pocket and found it empty of any bottle. 'Shit, it must have fell out. I got to find it before...'BOOM! "Fuck."

'I met All Might. Now to go home and...'BOOM! 'Huh?' Izuku looked up from his journal and saw a crowd of people and a couple of citizens surrounding another tunnel.

'I wonder what villain is there this time.' As Izuku walked over to check it out he could others talking,

"Hey, aren't the heroes going to do something about that kid?" 'Kid?'

"One of them said their quirks weren't compatible with the situation and were going for another hero to come by."

"Poor girl, and she has quite the quirk too."

Izuku looked into the tunnel and couldn't help but widen his eyes at who he sees in there.

'Katsumi!'

Izuku saw the look in her eyes at that moment and at the next blink, he was already running towards her. "Hey, sewage waste! Over here! Let that girl go!"

"Hm, oh the cloak. Get lost kid! I got a new one and she has quite the body for it.", said the slime while looking down at his capture.

Izuku didn't know what came over him, but a hot boiling rage sunk into his gut which he pulled on for power. "I said, LET HER GO!" Izuku pointed his fingers at the slime and blue lightning shot out of his finger tips right into the goop's eyes.

"AGGGHH!"

Izuku ran up to Katsumi and pulled her out while the villain was distracted. "Are you alright Kacchan? Are you hurt anywhere?" Izuku was checking her over for any injuries while Katsumi was looking at with a small blush on her before shaking her head and screaming, "You idiot! I didn't need to be saved. I had it all handled." Izuku stuttered out, "S..s..sorry kacchan I don't know what happened. I saw your eyes in despair and my body just moved on its own."

"You fucking brat! I am through playing games, you're dead!", the slime roared then lunged towards them until a large muscular man blocked his way.

"Sorry kid. Guess I forgot what being a true hero is about. Let just say..DETROIT SMASH!" All Might threw his right fist again, only this time the wind picked up and rain started pouring.

All the bystanders and heroes had only one thought, 'Holy Shit, he changed the weather with one punch!'

Sometime later…

We see Izuku walking down the street after being interviewed by the press and scolded for going into danger like that. 'Idiots. They were just going to let her die like that. Good thing I gave them a piece of my mind.'

Yeah, the heroes dumbfounded faces were priceless as they were reverse scolded for waiting around like that. Plus the media ate it up like piranhas.

As Izuku was walking home, praying his mom goes easy on him, All Might slid into his view.

"Young Midoriya! Glad I could catch you. Don't worry about the press. I got rid of them. How? Because I AM ALL miBlegghh." in which All Might reverted back into his skinny form vomiting blood.

"Huh!? All Might! What? How? Impersonator?" Izuku looked genuinely confused about this entire situation.

"No, it is me. I am All Might." skinny Might said in a raspy voice instead of his baritone heroic voice.

"How?" questioned Izuku. "You know those guys who gets puffed up after a good workout? Yeah that's me."

"Then why are you here and why are you vomiting blood?"

"Okay well it all started..."

After an explanation of his injuries, time limit, and looking for a successor…

"Okay so what does that have to do with me?" Izuku still questioned.

"Izuku Midoriya. I am choosing YOU to become the next symbol and become my successor." All Might said going back into his muscular form then deflating again.

"ME! Why me? I don't I'm worthy at all." said the anxious Izuku.

"Because of your actions proved it. You moved without even thinking of your own safety just like how the heroes in the past described their debut." "Do you accept being my successor?"

"I..I do." stuttered Izuku. "I swear to reach then surpass you as your successor.", Izuku said, this time with determination.

"Then you are to inherit my quirk and I will train you to become the next symbol. One definitely better than me."

"What?! Inherit how?!"

And so All Might explained his quirk and where to meet up with him on Saturday.

Neither of them noticed the bloody red color flash by in Izuku's eyes that quickly went away.

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