11 Chapter 11 - I want to know

"We just got together recently..."

Itsuka started telling everything when he was in 2 months coma and how her feelings rose not wanting to regret not being able to see it true without trying. This inadvertently made the two young girls motivated to see their feelings towards the speedster.

They were able to feel how much she valued her feelings towards Izuku that made her blush and unable to continue her story. 

"W-Well that's all I could say."

"Lucky you, first impression Midoriya-san seems like a really great guy." (Jiro)

"He is."

They turned to the side as Izuku hadn't noticed them talking about him and kept bickering with Bakugou. After eating their meal they continued their training for the rest of the day.

A month had passed since then and had progressed in controlling the speed force. Izuku found a few major things the more he got used to the environment of tapping to the speed forces.

His max speed is at least at the speed of Mach 3 and further would drain his stamina too quickly or even start to gain too much friction that it slowly burns him. He was forced to create high heat resistance and friction clothes.

From his training experiment and research, his speed forced him to answer some questions that had been bugging him, namely how he doesn't just die from the kinetic energy that he builds up every time he runs. 

He discovers with the help of Gideon that his body generates a sort of force field or aura that protects him and the people he decides to surround it with. It took him a while to consciously control the speed for an aura. 

It was still thin which is why he still could burn himself from the friction generated but the more he trained, the thicker it got. He also found that he was capable of generating electricity which paved the way for many versatile Railguns as he was able to absorb and transfer kinetic energy.

This made him wonder if transferring the electricity to coins replicates the same effect as a rail gun. He is still unable to do it as his control over electricity was still meager. 

"I didn't expect the others to be busy today."

Izuku thought while walking around the city instead of running as it was still illegal to sue quirk in the public unless you're a hero or self-defense. 

Though, he can use his Speed Force with less collateral damage than before having more control over his Speed Force. The aura can prevent the aftershock every time he breaks the sound barrier. 

He went through a tunnel passing a sewage hole then his instinct kicked in easily evading tendrils before time resumed at normal speed. 

"Damn brat, hold still!!"

Izuku finds himself face to face with a slime quirk who tries to ensnare him using its tendrils but is unable to catch him due to his speed. 

This made the villain increasingly frustrated that he kept slipping away. He analyzed his opponent trying to figure out its weakness.

'Its body is malleable and can't be touched normally. Hmm, the only thing I could find was hitting its eyes and teeth.'

He zoomed past the tendrils every time it tried to grab him and built up more energy. Izuku didn't want to just use his quirk when he's not yet a hero but at this moment it was in self-defense.  

"Stop moving already and let me have your body!"

"Bleh! That sounds gay dude….but anyway, it should be fine."

"Finally caught you!"

Izuku stops for a moment letting the slime leap forward to wrap its body around him only to find him vanished in thin air. He was confused about where the speedster was only to sense him behind him. 

Everything slowed down into a crawl as Izuku's body generated white lightning that he mixed with gold before taking a stance taking deep breaths.

Before the slime had time to process everything had its body obliterated as Izuku did precise consecutive punches that had the same force of a cannonball. 

This causes the slime to be slammed into the wall creating a spider web crack across the wall knocking the person down.

"HAVE NO FEAR-"

Izuku heard a voice that he knew far too well turned to see a tall muscular man with blonde hair that had a V antenna hair strand wearing a white shirt and army-colored pants carrying a plastic hand while having a wide smile that makes you feel safe.

"I AM HERE!"

He spoke his iconic words before pausing seeing a young man standing close to the villain that he was chasing knockout. 

"It appears a good citizen did my job for me, I feel ashamed!"

The muscular man roared in laughter while getting closer to check up on Izuku who was stunned seeing him.

"Are you alright, young man!?"

"Y-Yes! Holy crap you're All Might!"

"Hahaha it's nice to see a fan of mine!"

He placed his hand on his shoulder, slightly impressed seeing the firm muscle that the young man had. 

"Well, normally I would've reprimanded you about illegal use of your Quirk in public, but I will let this one go because it's self-defense."

All Might said before taking out a water bottle from the plastic bag he was carrying. He emptied the content and was about to place the villain inside of it.

"Wait, let me do it for you, Sir Allmight!"

Before the number one hero had the chance to react and witness Izuku move at supersonic speed, taking the bottle from his hand and taking the villain into the bottle.

"Here, Allmight!"

"Hahaha, well thank you, young man!"

"No problem but can I take a picture with you?"

"Sure thing, young man!"

Izuku took out his phone to snap a photo of his hero having the same smile that he always saw when he was a child and not when he came face to face with his idol. 

 

"Well, I'll be off!"

While the speedster was excited looking at the picture saw Allmight about to leap into the sky recalling something that he wanted to ask his idol.

"Wait, Allmight!"

However, he was already midair when he was able to take a hold of Allmight pants and was dangling in the sky several meters above the grounds.

"Young man, what are you doing!? I do love my fans but you should know about personal space!"

"If I let go I'll die!!"

"Oh right, good point!"

Allmight looked for a place to land while the bottle of slime fell from his pocket as his mouth started to bleed. They landed at the top of a building dropping Izuku off.

"Well, then I think you can get down from here."

"Don't go, I want to ask you….what does one need to be considered a hero!?"

The number one hero was about to leave when his step halted and felt something that this day will be the start of a new beginning. 

"Can someone quirkless be a hero?"

He had wondered if even he had a quirk and wanted to know what would happen if he hadn't gained a quirk. 

"I admired heroes for their work in saving everyone, especially you who always put a smile on your face and wanted to be a hero at that moment. But up and until recently, I was labeled quirkless and my dream had been ridiculed."

'Shit I'm running out of time!'

AllMight's body began to steam as he listened to the young speedster's life story. 

"Yet I did not let it get to me and train myself, dreaming to be a hero without quirk. That's why I want to know….what is it that one needs to become a hero!"

Izuku shouted his heart out hearing everyone else having the same opinion from people. He looked at Allmight then blinked several times.

"Who the heck are you!"

"I am all-blaaah."

The young speedster saw was not Allmight from before but a man that had a frail body and sunken eyes the contrast of the powerful number one hero. Izuku could not hope but be astonished that the man before him was the same.

"...*sigh* don't tell anyone about this…"

Allmight showed a large wound on his chest explaining the reason for his sickly body that shocked Izuku that someone capable of harming him to this degree. 

"As for your question…."

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