The Troublemaker's Tainted Heart

Chapter 3

• Izuku's POV •

• 5 Months Later •

I earned All Might's quirk after I cleaned up the beach within 5 months. "Okay, since you cleaned up the beach... It's time to teach how to use One for All... But I won't be teaching you... Someone else will be doing that," he said, looking a bit shaken up. "Okay, All Might, you look so traumatized. That must be one hell of a mentor to leave you shaken up like that."

He hesitantly stepped aside and there was a short old man holding a cane. We didn't say anything to each other. We just stared into each other's eyes. "Um... Young Midoriya, this is Sorahiko Torino also known as Gran Torino... S-sir, t-this is Izuku Midoriya." All Might stuttered, fidgeting around. "Yeah, nice to meet you." I held out my hand and the old man took it.

"Hmm... Honestly, I was kinda expecting you to be rude to me because I'm an old man," Gran Torino said, shaking my hand. "Yeah, no. My mom didn't raise me to be rude towards the elderly." I could feel my heart sink to the pit of my stomach when I mentioned Mom. I've never mentioned her to anyone since I keep everything to myself.

"Now that you mentioned it... You never mentioned your mother until now."

"Yeah, I keep everything to myself, All Might. If you're thinking about meeting my mom then it's not happening."

"What do you mean, Young Midoriya?"

"Don't push it."

All Might opened his mouth to say something but Gran Torino stopped him. "Leave the boy alone, Toshinori. Well, we're going to have to wait a few hours for One for All to kick in," Gran Torino said, whacking All Might in the stomach. "Okay... Should we leave then come back later or stay here and do nothing?" Gran Torino thought for a moment then shooed me away.

I walked a decent distance away from them until I heard loud whimpers coming from the end of an alleyway. The whimpers continued as I decided to check it out, I kept my guard up as I got closer. I hid beside the dumpster as I heard loud footsteps, I took a peek and saw a drunk man with a bottle but I couldn't see what he was looking at.

Then I heard aggressive growls and barks which caused the drunk guy to get angry. "Shut the fuck up," he yelled, bashing his bottle against the wall. He aimed his broken bottle downward so I quickly ran over to him and stood in front of him using my arms as a shield. I groan in pain and see blood oozing out.

I grabbed his arm and used my flames on him then he yelled in agony making him drop the broken bottle and pass out. I let go of him and turn around to see what made him so angry. I saw a dirty beat-up box and inside of it was a puppy. I kneeled down to pick him up but he growled at me. "Shh, I'm not going to hurt you. I just got injured," I said, raising my injured arm.

I groan in pain by the sudden movement and see large cuts on my arm. The puppy whimpered by the sight of oozing blood so I covered it. "See? I got hurt but you didn't which is a good thing," I said, holding out my hand. He sniffs it but starts growling so I quickly pull my hand away from him. "Playing hard to get, huh. How cute of you." I decided to try a different approach.

"If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea
I'll sail the world to find you
If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't see
I'll be the light to guide you"

The puppy got close to me so I picked him up and held him in my arms. "See? I told you that I wouldn't hurt you," I said, getting up. I notice that he's a gold labrador retriever but there's a green tint on his fur. "Well, aren't you a cutie! I'll take care of you." I picked the drunk guy's pocket to get some money and got rid of the evidence. I called the police on a payphone and ran away from there.

• 1 Hour Later •

I arrived home and took a shower to clean my wounds. I patched up my wounds and started washing up the puppy. "Hmm... I should give you a name," I said, drying him with a towel. I started thinking a name for the puppy until there was a low growl. "Someone's hungry. Good thing I dropped by the pet store," Then I smiled when I figured out a name for the puppy.

"Your name will be Matcha. Welcome to your new home, Matcha."