Ch.8: Training.

Izuku was at the beach. The time was sundown and the afternoon breeze was blowing. 'I have 10 months until the U.A. entrance exam. In that time, I'll gain better control over OFA and my other powers...' All might was sitting on top of a fridge as Izuku easily pulled the fridge via a rope.

"Wow! Outstanding job, young midoriya! You'll have this power mastered in no time!" He cheered out while taking pictures. 'I told him about my other powers and he responded by asking if I got them from someone. I said no and he hesitated to accept such a response but soon shrugged it off.'

All might hesitated when he realized that a pawn of 'him' wouldn't aspire to protect others. Then again, 'he', has no logic and can turn even the happiest child into a war machine. 'If he manages to get his hands on young Midoriya, then I could only fear for the worse..'

The day went on with Izuku taking all the trash off the beach and putting it somewhere else. This took 3 months in total with his body getting even stronger than before. 'All might said that without the perfect body, I could explode. And with One For All, it boosts my other abilities as well...'

Though he didn't really like what one for all stood for, he couldn't help but appreciate its power. "Bakugo, I'm not doing the thing." Izuku sighed while staring at Bakugo who had sparkles in his eyes.

They were in a restaurant together. They were sitting at a booth and had ordered some food together. "Aw come on...please? I won't bother you anymore after this. I promise!" He begged while in a praying position.

Izuku sighed and nodded, causing bakugo to cheer out and get the attention a few. After some time, they looked away while Izuku made sure no one was watching. "Here.." He put his palm out to the side of bakugo's head and pulled back.

A coin appeared next which caused him to scream, "That's awesome!" Izuku couldn't help but give a soft smile at the sight of his cheery friend. 'Its a power that allows me to spawn coins behind a beings ear. This one seems useless but to me, it's amazing. I say that because of how happy it makes bakugo.'

"You're so easy to please, bakugo. I guess even the toughest of guys can have a soft side.." Bakugo became embarrassed and quickly looked away with his arms folded. "I-I'm not easy to please! I-Its because its you.."

Izuku cocked his head back then shrugged. 'He..has a way with words. Just towards the wrong...gender..' He drunk out his cup while looking out the window. 'Well anyways, bakugo has been training even harder these last 3 months too. He doesn't wanna be left behind and that makes me happy. Shows me that getting more power isn't something that'll stop him..'

"W-Well anyways, how's your training? You never speak about it." He calmed himself down and rested his fist upon his cheek while making an interested look.

"Its uh...its going okay, I guess. All might is very talkative which is sort of annoying though..."

"I see. Well, atleast you're able to see the number one every day. Most people would kill to have one on one time with someone like him.."

They both admired him from a young age. Bakugo liked how he was the strongest man alive, hoping to take that title one day while Izuku liked him because he was like superman in a sense.

"That's...true, I guess.." He shrugged and like that, the two continued to eat together, bringing up different topics to keep the conversation going. They eventually went different ways, bakugo going to go train while Izuku was going to go laze around.

He already cleaned the beach up and had 7 more months to do...something. 'I'll go rest for the rest of the day and will start back training tomorrow. I've been working my ass off and the backlash wasn't small...'

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Izuku landed in the sand, tears in his eyes. "Come on, young Midoriya! You gotta be stronger than that!" All might said while showing a slight frown. They were both on the beach, only 7 months into the 10.

All might decided to teach him some fighting skills since he had developed One For All to a degree of being able to control it slightly. "S-Shut up, old man! Do you know who you are?!"

Izuku shouted at him while rubbing his right cheek 'Expects me to take his hits... all might is delusional..' Izuku then got up, dusting the sand off his white shirt and grey sweatpants.

"In order to be a symbol, you must not only have a good heart but strength and intuition. To be frank, you sort of have the latter where as you need more of the justice part.."

All might could see that he had fight but when it came to saving people, he was still iffy about it. After all, he's lived two lives with the same ideal that saving strangers was just stupid. A couple of months wasn't going to change that.

"Yeah, yeah. Justice this, justice that. I accepted this power to save people and so they wouldn't experience what I had to on that day. What I'm getting at is that I don't think I'll be able to change myself but I can still save people. Maybe not with a smile like you, but with reassurance through my power. You get me?"

All might slowly began nodding. "I see. That's..fine, young Midoriya. Just being their is what a symbol like us is supposed to do. We make sure everyone feels safe when they see us. We make sure that everyone laughs and show bright smiles in our presence. That is what we do. If you think you can accomplish this by just being strong then be my guest. Prove to me that you don't need a hero heart in order to save someone. Prove to me that strength is what 'truly' matters.."

All might spoke in a way that would make Izuku nod in which he did. "Sure, old man. I'll show you.." Izuku smiled which caused all might to show one as well. They then continued sparring together throughout the last few months until the exam.

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