One for One, All for All (on hiatus)

The Catalyst: Incident 0

"No matter how dark the night, somehow the sun rises once again and all shadows are chased away."~David Matthews

Everyone remembered that day, they could tell you what they were doing, where they were, how they were feeling, how the clouds looked, what was going on inside their mind. No one would ever forget it.

For our 8 year old protagonist, for him and his family, they were far too close to the epicenter for comfort. At the time they had been going on an innocent school picnic, not knowing of the horrors that would await. There was peace and happiness, before the sky turned black, before all they could feel was raw, primal fear. But if you saw the battle that they did, survived what they did, you'd remember that day better than any other. Remembering bad things that happen to you is your mind's way of protecting itself, trying to keep itself from living through that trauma ever again.

And what if you were just a child? One that has yet to see the uglier side of the world? The memories change you, your resolve, your aspirations, everything. it changes everything.

Whenever he recounts the memory, the first thing he remembers is playing on a sandbox, alone.

He was quirkless, an outcast, along with the other 20% of the population that were born that way, and the other children knew. They wouldn't let him forget it.

As the others went around, playing with their quirks "Why does Bakugo always get to play the hero?" whined one of Bakugo's friends.

The short and fiery Katsuki Bakugo, his palms crackling with small explosions, just cackled. "Because if any of us is going to become the next All Might..." He pointed toward a screen that loomed over the park, some distance away. At that exact moment, it was broadcasting an interview with the man Bakugo had just mentioned. "It's gonna be me!"

Sighing, the other boy just went quiet, but another one piped up in his place. "Why is he called the 'Symbol of Peace' anyways?"

Bakugo rolled his eyes. "Are you stupid or something? It's because he's so awesome that criminals are afraid to be bad, even when he's not around!" Bakugo flashed a wicked grin, cackling under his breath. "Because of that, we don't have a bunch of stupid villains running around making the world a warzone! He's so strong he doesn't even have to throw a punch to keep evil in it's place!"

"But, what if, All Might falls? what if he were to die?" one of Bakugo's Lackeys asked. "Don't be silly extra, All Might is the strongest person alive, he wont die to any villian, only I will be able to beat him" a 5 year old Bakugo proudly exclaimed.

Fate can always be tempted. It finds it very hard to resist temptations like those.

As a loud boom could be heard in the distance, the quirkless child turned to look at the source.

The world erupted with explosions.

In the distance, you could see 2 figures, duking it out. One, Blond and Muscular man standing at the height of about 2.2m who was non other than All Might, Duking it out with a lean white haired man with a business suit who was seemingly holding his own against the symbol of peace.

This was no sloppy spur-of-the-moment brawl; this was something else, a rapid and calculated exchange of blows. Their fists struck each other with such ferocity and so regularly that the wind-force created from the impacts shook the buildings around them, smashed the glass in windows. Civilians and children fled the scene as quickly as they could, leaving the little kid behind.

Grasping onto the swing even tighter, the child's eyes went wide. "A-All Might!?"

The Symbol of Peace didn't hear him, and why would he; he was far too busy fighting for his life. A decisive strike sent the villain flying right past the kid, crashing through a building in a blast of rebar and fire, and All Might followed in a blur. From what the kid could see, the villain was dazed and All Might had his senses completely in hand.