CONTENT WARNING:

Villain attack, oblivious authority
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On his way home, Izuku could hear explosions and yelling coming from an alleyway further down the street. There was a crowd starting to form at the entrance. He pushed through to the front of the crowd to see a familiar boy being attacked by the sludge villain, and the heros were just standing there.

"HAVE YOU CALLED BACKUP?!" One, Deatharms if Izuku was correct, yelled.

"YES, BUT THEY ARE TOO FAR AWAY! THEY WON'T GET HERE IN TIME!" Another, Backdraft, yelled back.

Izuku froze. 'Why aren't they doing anything?!' Then he locked eyes with Bakugo. Wide, pained, and terrified eyes glared back at him. Next thing he knew, he was throwing his shoe at the villain's eye and pulling Bakugo from the gelatinous, slippery, and smelly blob.

He grasped Bakugo's arm and pulled him from the MvA reject. "LET GO OF ME DAMN DEKU! I CAN HANDLE MYSELF!"

Both boys toppled onto the dirty rough concrete. Izuku's heart was racing faster than his mind, and it took him a moment to comprehend what the crowd was saying.

"He's here!" "It's him!"

'What?' All of the sudden, a masssive gust of wind tore through the alleyway and the villain was blown to smithereens.

Izuku couldn't help but be in awe of the display of power.

All might was here.

Thoughts of what happened earlier snapped Izuku out of his stupor. The other heroes stepped forward as All Might hopped away again. With rain starting to drip down, Izuku got a stern, if not then unnecessary, scolding by the bystanding heros.

"You better be glad that you didn't use your quirk, kid, otherwise you would be put down for vigilantism."

"Running in there put both of you at risk of injury."

"You are lucky this is a first time offense."

Izuku only half listened. His head was in another place. Eventually, Izuku was free to return to his thoughts and home.

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About a block from his house, he almost ran into the same scrawny, ugly, stick-figure, old man again. "W-what are y-you doing here?"

The sorry excuse for a number one hero chuckled. "My boy, you have inspired me. I saw how you saved that boy with no hesitation, and I want to offer you something."

"W-what?"

"Your actions have proved to me that you might have what it takes. I want to pass my quirk to you, and make you my successor."

Every thought in Izuku's head came to a record scratch. "You what."

Oblivious to Izuku's tone, All might continued, "Of course, it would take training and hard work, but with my quirk and your determination, you would top the charts!"

Izuku saw red.

"You seriously have the honest audacity to crush a child's dreams, leave said child on a roof, and expect said child to be buddy-buddy with you?!"

All might had the decency to at least look ashamed with his obvious confusion.

Izuku continued, "Not only that, but you completely ignored protocol when handling that event. Your stick-figure ass should have taken me to the authorities, or a hospital, for an injury check and statement." He paused for a breath, "Your detainment and situational analysis are subpar at best, and horrendous at worse. No wonder your limit is dropping so fast, you choose to brute force your way through everything."

He glared at the stunned man in front of him, "I need to get home. Leave."

The man, at least aware the 'conversation' was over, stepped aside.

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Toshinori did not expect that from the young green haired boy. Though, he probably should have. When he thought about it, everything the kid said was true. He felt instant regret the moment he realized this. He fucked up.

However, there was a more concerning part of the accusation. The kid said that his time limit was dropping fast. He didn't tell him that.

He should tell Tsukauchi about this.

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