Hopes and Dreams (Part 3)

Izuku was walking with heavy steps to his home. He was thinking about what Arata said to him. He chuckled.

"I might have said that to him, but can I really follow through with my words?"

He was doubting himself and his resolve. Would he really be able to make it? Can someone like him really become a hero? Arata was working so hard, and his dream wasn't even to become a hero! Meanwhile he was the delusional twerp that thinks that he can become a hero through some miracle.

He sighed, he put on his ear phones and started a track from Akanes album. Maybe this will at least put his mind somewhere else.

But before he could play a track, he was suddenly assaulted by a strange slime villain.

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Akane was still secretly stalking Izuku. She was worried that the boy's thoughts might go astray if left alone. She could feel it, she could feel his hopelessness, his self-doubt, even some self-loathing.

Akane just hoped that the boy wouldn't crush himself with his hopes and dreams. Then she saw it, she saw him playing one of her tracks. Akane felt pride in her swell, she remembered that many fans of her said, that they had suicidal thoughts before listening to her music, but after listening to her they found new hope.

She was proud that she decreased the suicide rate japans by a few percent, but she wasn't really happy with that. It was simple, these people were only clinging onto life because of her. What would happened if she died? What would happen if she became there only reason to live life? She didn't want that, all for that she hoped for was them trying a bit longer with life.

Well, that was a problem for future Akane, at the moment she just hoped that her music would stray him away from the bad thoughts.

Akane paid attention to her surroundings again, just to notice that Izuku was apparently hugging it out with a slime villain.

...wait, what.

Akane rubbed her eyes and changed them into rainbow mode, just to see that her echolocation didn't fail her. Izuku really was assaulted by a slime villain.

Her brain stopped working for a moment, this was a first for her, something completely out of her calculations happened, this situation just seemed ridiculous for her, simply because this literally happened without any indications whatsoever.

She grasped the bridge on her nose and made a note to herself.

"Note to myself, life is turbulent, things can happen suddenly without any indications or signs or whatsoever that it will happen."

"Glad you realized that now, partner, but shouldn't you help out the struggling boy? I mean, wasn't he a point of interest for you in Aldera?"

"You worry too much. I know for certain that someone more suited for the job is nearby."

"Oh, and how do you know?"

Akane opened her eyes and revealed cyan eyes. In the same moment a buff man with casual wear came out of the manhole and started to declare things.

"Do not worry kid! I, All Might, is here!"

Chara facepalmed herself internally, right. Cyan, Patience gave her the ability to feel the presence of every soul in a 25-meter radius. Akane knew that All Might was going to appear on scene.

"TEXAS SMASH!"

All Might just coiled his fist back and threw out a mighty punch. To her surprise, All Might didn't aim outright at the villain, but beside him, creating strong wind pressure that evaporated most of the villain's body. Chara gulped.

"As expected of the number one hero in Japan, All Might. He makes such a ridiculous punch seem easy. Hey partner, when do you think we will be able to do this?"

"We won't."

"We won't!"

"Yes, my style is more of an aftershock. I throw out my punch and it connects with the enemy, no pain, simply because the force isn't concentrated with the impact of the punch. The pain and the impact will come shortly afterwards with refined muscle movement as a basically second impact after the hit. I try to maximize the damage I do, having knockback would be suboptimal."

"Oh, right that stuff. I still don't understand what you mean. But the gist of it is, that you punch someone twice with one punch."

"If that's how you want to describe it, then fine be my guest."

"We should follow that villain though. We can't let it wreck more damage."

"You are already following it, Chara."

"Yeah, I am. I am surprised that he survived though, All Might was sloppy."

"Not really, I think Izuku being there and him needing some supervision distracted him. He is the symbol of peace with a reason. He is big softie that tries to be there for his people."

"A burdensome title. It's pathetic how everything is only holding together because he is here. Anyways, aren't you worried that you are going to lose Izuku at this point? I am sure he already clung to All Might to follow him or something."

"Don't worry, even if he did something reckless like that, I already put a mark on them with Integrity, I will know where they are."

Akane smiled. She was hopeful, she hoped that the symbol of hope would encourage Izuku to his dream and make him realize that his ways were wrong. She expected that All Might wouldn't deny the boy of his dream...

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Izuku clung onto All Might as he wanted to leave with a big jump.

All Might cursed inside of his mind.

"Not good. Not damn good in any sense of the word! I can already feel it, I can't hold this form any longer. I can't let someone outside of the association, no! Only the people I can trust most, can know about it. I can't let an outsider know about my condition! It won't bring any good! The symbol of peace can't crumble. The symbol of peace won't crumble!"

All Might landed on a roof and put the boy carefully down. That should be enough. All Might sighed internally, why did he have to meet such a crazy fanboy today?

All Might wanted to leave already, but suddenly the boy shouted.

"No, wait!"

But All Might couldn't wait.

"No! I can't wait!"

And with that he wanted to end this and get away from here, but the boys next word stopped him.

"Can I become a hero? Can I become a hero, even when I don't have a quirk?"

All Might stood frozen there. Becoming a hero? No quirk?

"Is it possible for someone without a quirk, to become like you?"

He thought about the boy's words for a moment, until he felt a strong sting in his upper, right chest.

"Dammit, why now?"

And so, his form slowly started to evaporate into steam.

"Because I have no quirk, people laugh at me. No, it is probably not only because of that, but still. They laugh at me all the time. But I think the job of a hero is really admirable, saving people. I want to save people too! I want to become one of the best heroes, just like you All Might! Someone that saves people with a smile on their face...!"

Izuku saw up again, just seeing now that the previously buff All Might was replaced by someone else. By someone really scrawny and thin, he almost seemed like a skeleton.

All Might sighed. He was seen now. The next couple of moments were spend with All Might explaining his condition to the boy.

He first explained that his muscle form is basically flexing and holding his form for a while. Then he continued with the wound that put him into this position. Izuku squeaked upon the sight of the wound.

"Five years ago, I got this wound. The results were rather drastic, my respiratory system got semi-destructed, my stomach was removed. My face is emaciated and my eyes only work because of multiple surgeries. I can work as a hero three hours a day top, before some rather bad things happen to my body."

"Five years ago? The time you fought against venomous chainsaw?"

"You know your things well, boy. You must know that the things I told you today were never publicly disclosed, so I must ask you to not tell anyone about this. The symbol of peace who save people with a smile, absolutely can't afford to bow down to the forces of evil."

Izuku gulped, that was heavy information that got unloaded on him now.

"Heroes always put their lives on the lane on their job. So, I can't openly encourage you to continue on your dream of being a hero. Being a hero isn't possible without a quirk. There is just no way. I am sorry my boy."

Izuku already stopped listening, he already knew the next words. It was words that said to him that it isn't necessary to become a hero to help people, he can still aspire to be a policeman, firefighter etc.

He didn't want to hear the repeated words anymore. First his mother, then his childhood friend, Arata, and now even All Might.

He understood. He should give up trying. He should give up on his dream. He should stop.

"I am sorry, boy, but it's just..."

"You don't need to say anything anymore, I understood, All Might. Thank you for your advice."

All Might was surprised, he thought that the boy was going to insist, but he was glad the boy gave up so fast. It saved him the headache of reasoning with someone stubborn.

The boy just bowed down and then left with the stair case. All Might sighed in satisfaction about his job, he hoped that he led the boy onto the right path.

He waved back at the boy and prepared to leave once again. Until he heard a rather loud scream from behind.

"YOU BIG ASS MORON! ARE YOU EVEN AWARE OF WHAT YOU JUST DID?!"

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By Katsuki and his gang:

Katsuki and his friends were currently walking down the street.

"Hey, Bakugou, weren't you going a bit too far just now? I mean you two were childhood friends, right?"

Katsuki just clenched his fist and created an explosion.

"It's his fault for getting in my way. Even since we were little, that useless idiot was the jerk that believed into his dreams. I am getting angry just remembering that."

He suddenly turned around.

"And you! Stop smoking! It will make me look bad, if your stupid ass gets busted!"

"Dude just chill, it just a smoke."

In this moment a cloud of dust hit that group right into their eyes.

"Argh! Something got into my eye!"

"Me too! It hurts!"

"Stop whining you damned extras! It's just some dust!"

They don't know, but they should be happy that just dust grains flew into their eyes. After all, in another timeline they were assaulted by the person that turned into dust just now.

Glow literally just saved everyone's asses that were in that street today.