Chapter 7:- Choices

"The choices we make, not the chances we take, determine our destiny." - John C. Maxwell

(Timeline:- Few Months After All Might's Final Battle Against AFO)

(Location:- Recovery Girl's Hospital)

(All Might's Inner monologue)

'Ever since I got that Injury from my final battle with AFO, keeping my buff state is getting even more harder. And by the passing of every day, every week, and every year, my body is getting weaker and weaker to the point that I can currently only maintain my buff state for 3 hours a day at max, and if I try pushing myself, I lose consciousness and end up on Recovery Girl's hospital bed like I did just now.' thought All Might as he laid on the hospital bed as becoming a hero was getting harder for him.

"Recovery girl, who just patches my wounds and nothing else other than the bare minimum, every time I end up here.

Well, I don't blame her; afterall she isn't the only one acting like that.

Gran Torino, Nighteye, and Recovery Girl, all of them sort of cut all of their connections and limited themselves to just casuals and doing the bare minimum." said All Might, sighing.

(Flashback No Jutsu:- Just After All Might's Final Battle With AFO)

After the final battle with AFO ended, AFO was wiped out of existence and All Might ended up in a hospital with a damaged stomach and half of his respiratory organs destroyed.

All Might was surrounded by many of his colleagues namely, Gran Torino, Sir Nighteye, Recovery Girl, Principal of UA Nezu, Detective Naomasa, and many others, and all of them said just one thing, "Now that AFO is finished, you should retire, take rest and pass on your legacy to some worthy successor."

Nezu even said, "UA has many rising stars who are inspired by you to become heroes and are more than suitable enough to take the responsibilities."

Yet All Might denied them saying, "Not right now, I can still go on, it's just some organs, I can easily go for few more years without worry, the country still needs a symbol of peace, especially when AFO is no more, criminals will be on the rise until I can make sure that everything is okay."

Hearing this Sir Nighteye lashed out, "Don't be ridiculous, I have seen you die, and a brutal death at that, I don't know who killed you, but one thing is sure that you will die a really bad death, so I need you to stop being a hero, retire, I beg you as your sidekick, I just want your wellbeing." said Sir Nighteye as he practically had tears in his eyes by this moment.

However, All Might nodded his head in denial, "Sorry, I can't do that."

Seeing that Sir Nighteye's plea went to waste, He said, "If that's the case, then I can't be your sidekick anymore." saying this Sir Nighteye left the hospital

And others who hadn't left had a disappointed look on their face as they didn't say anything.

(Flashback No Jutsu Ends)

'As All Might was lying on the hospital bed thought, 'And that's why Sir Nighteye stopped being my sidekick and went on complete radio silence with me, only sending me some pieces of information if required via someone and never met me after that.

And I totally understand his actions, seeing that he was one of my biggest fans and sidekick for the longest time, he cares too much about me, and seeing me die might be too much for him.

I understand others, as well, as it is my selfish wish to neglect all the rest and worry they have for me and do what I want. I understand them not talking or doing anything much. I mean that's the price I have to pay for maintaining the peace of Japan.' thought All Might lying on the bed

Soon a smile formed on his face as he said, "Even if they don't talk to me, I still have my wife and kid who love me and care for me and that's enough for me."

(Symbol Of Fear-Izuku's POV)

In a distorted future, Izuku could be seen, sitting on what looked like a throne, but on closer look, it was a throne, but not some ordinary throne, but a throne of corpses, corpses of all famous pro heroes.

"Yes, he totally forgot that he had kids, not just one kid, he totally forgot by this point that I even existed.

He was so full of himself and blinded by hero work that he forgot what was happening in his own house.

The same mistake that Nana Shimura made, she was so worried about her child's safety that she pushed him away not knowing the consequences of her single choice.

Her son grew up to hate and despise heroes to the point that he even beat his son just for talking about becoming a hero.

Which her grandson Tenko Shimura, didn't take nicely, as he associated all the bad things happening to him as the fault of heroes and it multiplied to the point that he became Tomura Shigaraki, successor of AFO, whom she, Nana Shimura, died fighting.

And All Might did the same, He discriminated between his quirkless son and son with a powerful quirk to the point that he totally forgot about the former pushing me to my mental limits causing me to take drastic measures.

Yet he was so blinded that he had to be reminded of my existence by an outside party, I don't know if Nana Shimura's actions were right or not but one thing is for sure, as parent both of them had failed, and that's why I had decided to make sure that All Might's fall would be far worse than Nana's along with making sure the title symbol of peace is despised and dreaded to the point that they forget all the good things he has done.

Of course, I was going to make sure that his fall was the worst and that I did, stick till the end and you'll see All Might's mighty fall

However, he wasn't the only one whose choices changed his life.

There was someone else as well." said Izuku as a wave of nostalgia washed off him.

(Aldera Middle School)

"Okay this is going too out of hand," Mr Miyamoto said to himself as he slammed his hand on the table.

Seeing which other faculties look at him, seeing which he takes his hand off of the table.

'Seeing Izuku's condition getting worse by the day, crushes my heart. I knew Izuku's state and how many people really cared for him. I knew one thing for sure. His family has forsaken him, as, if they hadn't then his twin brother who is healthy as hell wouldn't have openly bullied Izuku using his quirk when his state clearly said that he wasn't getting proper nutrition.

And how no one did anything when he came to school or went home strapped in bandages.

Heck, I could even say I forgot how that boy looks given most of the time he is covered with bandages.' thought Mr Miyamoto as he thought about all this and his rage started building.

'And if that wasn't enough when I tried talking to the principal, he just shut me up saying that all I should focus on is teaching and that if I try acting smart I will lose the job and be blacklisted by every school around. Fucking bastard.' Mr Miyamoto said in his mind as other teachers still surrounded him,

So, Mr Miyamoto decided to stop doing extra indulgence in his matters and focused on teaching but he also made sure no one bullied Izuku when he was around.

Yet it just meant that Izuku would be bullied twice as much as he did every day when Mr Miyamoto's period wasn't there.

And it caused poor Izuku's state to deteriorate. Izuku's bright smile which could once blind anyone was also slowly fading away

With him rarely even smiling. All of this was acting too badly for Mr Miyamoto's mental health.

'Dammit, I have a kid, and every time I see Izuku's battered and bruised condition I can't help but see my own son in his place.

It ached my heart too much and I couldn't take it anymore so I complained to the local authorities about it.' said Mr Miyamoto as he couldn't take it anymore and complained to the local authorities.

'Alas! All the kids that bullied him were somehow related to bigshots or had a powerful quirk and the local authorities were bought. Due to this, my plea went unnoticed and I lost my job.' said Mr Miyamoto as he gritted his teeth.

'Although I didn't care about my job as much, as I could do anything to survive, I was sad that I couldn't do anything for Izuku and it tore my heart away, killing me from the inside.

I even thought about ending the lives of those kids who bullied Izuku as even though they are kids with powerful quirks they don't deserve to live if all they do with their so-called powerful quirk is just bully people.

But I stopped myself, afraid if I did anything else, my own family might get attacked as I am but an ordinary teacher and knew very well if those bigshots wished I and my family would be wiped from the face of the earth and no one would come to know anything,

Even imagining seeing my wife and son getting killed dreaded me to the point I would have nightmares every day.

Thus I decided to not go any further and just prayed for a miracle to happen to Izuku that would change his life.' Mr Miyamoto thought as he regretted his own powerlessness.

(Symbol Of Fear-Izuku's POV)

"I knew he was helping me from the background and I couldn't have asked anything more from him.

For me, he is a true teacher.

And I was glad to have him as my teacher.

And I could never hold him for thinking for his family as unlike my family who had forsaken me for being quirkless he had a family he cared for.

And whenever it was his period he always treated me like his own son.

That is more than enough I could have asked from a teacher.

And that's why two people who could have been my teachers had such an opposite fate than each other, all because of their choices." said Izuku in a menacing tone.