Hero of Courage: Fulcrum

Chapter 2: Willpower & Determination

3rd POV:

Many years have gone by since that day with the bully in the hallway. Even though they have grown older and have made it to their last year of middle school, Izuku still gets bullied constantly and teachers still ignore it or even encourage it. However, Izuku is closing in on graduation from middle school and he would need to decide what to do with his life. His mother had discovered his plans to train to be a quirkless hero and she just accepted it. She knew his determination was far too strong. She told Izuku one day when they talked about it that "You inherited your father's determination to not give up until the last breath. It was how he got me to marry him after pestering me for years to date him. He would keep coming up with new ideas like flowers or random notes as we grew up through the middle school. I finally broke down and agreed to a date and years later there you came. I hate the fact that you want to be a hero since I don't want to lose you. I love you and I don't want to lose you but I also know that if your father was here he would be saying the opposite of what I would be doing and encouraging it. I have to take his views into consideration and understand that you will leave my home one day. I need to accept that you must live your life as you want to even if I might hate something of it." Inko said as Izuku just hugged her and thanked her for supporting him even though it hurt her. That is how they converted Izuku's father's office into a small gym since it was just collecting dust. 

Izuku had submitted his paper declaring that he was going to try for UA near the end of the year. They still had a year left of middle school and then the entire summer break before the exam would start. Izuku knew he would need to figure out a workout plan to better help him train. However, his thoughts were cut off. One of the bullies had just poured milk onto Izuku's head... Izuku was so glad the end of the day was here and he could go home. After stopping at the bathroom to clean some of the milk off he left home and decided to take a long way home to just relax. That was how he found himself at 5:00 PM on a Friday afternoon kneeling on the ground of a roof after having his dream crushed. 

'Why.... why All Might?' Izuku thought as he picked himself up. Cheeks stained and soaked with the tears he had shed after talking to All might he could feel sobs wanting to break through the surface and make him start crying again but Izuku refused to stay down. He hasn't gone all of these years to stop now just because of All Might. Izuku grabbed his bright yellow backpack and started to walk down the staircase. His body that usually felt light due to all the training he has done to be physically fitter than in the past now felt heavy as he felt his muscles move as he went down each step. It felt like he was walking down the stairs and going into hell where he would find reality being the actual hell. 

Now someone might wonder why Izuku is feeling like this and why he was saying All Might's name... well he had an incident on his way from school. Since he decided to take the long path home he had run into a villain. This villain was a villain made of sludge. The villain was escaping from a hero which turned out to be All Might. Izuku had gotten attacked but kept his distance until All Might had shown up and defeated the villain. Izuku saw All Might and wanted to ask the question so when All Might had jumped away Izuku had grabbed onto him and that is how he found himself on the roof where he was only 10 minutes ago. 

Izuku felt numb after talking to All Might, sure he refused to give up but when the number 1 hero says what he said then it does hurt far more than anyone else's opinion. As Izuku stood on the roof with a cold breeze going through the air he had asked All Might a question after the hero stopped reprimanding him for his action. Izuku had asked him about quirkless people and if they could ever be a hero. "I am quirkless and I want to be a hero. I know I can't be a top hero like you but I just want to save people and make them feel safe when I arrive. Do you think it's possible?" Izuku had asked. 

The cold air felt bone-chilling when All Might spoke. The words All Might stated echoed into Izuku's ears. 

"The world of heroics is a dangerous place. As such, it is the job of the Pros who must be willing to risk it all, day in and day out to save people and defeat the villains. Trust me when I say even top heroes get injured in the line of duty. As such, without a Quirk? I should think not." All Might stated. He then started again on his words as he had a sad smile.