Towards Change (Rewrite)

#2

Over the years, Izuku had seen a lot and had faced a lot. There was this one time where a random robber tried to take him hostage and the hero who patrolled the area somehow violently saved him and didn't aid him in anything after. Izuku was also caught in the middle of a verbal war between two wild adults when he was six. There was also this one time where he almost fell over a bridge had it not been for a drunk woman casually pulling him away.

The point is, Izuku was barely terrified of walking on the road, even when someone grabbed him, but having a disgusting slime trying to take over his body and choking him in the process terrified him beyond imagination and for the first time since that fateful day lost in his past, Izuku wanted to give up fighting.

"Hey… hey kid… helloooo?"

Izuku opened his groggy eyes and tried to recognise his surroundings. He was not in a hospital… definitely not his home… It was a street? There were two bottles filled with some weird liquid and there was All Might staring into his soul.

There was All Might staring into his soul.

Oh.

THERE WAS ALL MIGHT-

"Gahhhh!" Izuku jerked up in surprise and winced at the muscle pull.

All Might was quick to support Izuku's shoulders. "Don't be so hasty, kid. You've been through… I almost thought I lost you there" he spoke, drawing his hands away, "Are you alright?"

"A-All Might??"

"HAHAHA! INDEED, IT IS I! I'M GLAD YOU'RE ALIVE, KID"

Izuku tilted his head in confusion when All Might suddenly stepped away from him in alarm. At first, Izuku observed something akin to thin smoke rising from the hero's arms but then a feeling of sadness washed over him, thinking that All Might backed away because he was Quirkless. Then again, how would he know?

"All Might…. I…. I'm f-"

"YOU'RE FINE? THAT'S GREAT, KID! UNFORTUNATELY, A HERO IS ALWAYS BUSY SAVING THE DAY SO I GOTTA GO! MAKE SURE YOU STOP BY THE CLINIC NEXT STREET TO GET CHECKED AND OH, I SIGNED YOUR NOTEBOOK WITH THE DATE SO YOU CAN SHOW IT TO ANY MEDIC/HERO TO GET A FREE CHECK-UP! TAKE CARE NOW, HAHAHA"

And with that, the hero shot into the skies to save another person's day.

Izuku always wanted to fly.

And All Might wondered if he accidentally put on ankle weights.

Blue eyes met green and both widened like saucers, each yelling in disbelief and fear.

"KID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! LET GO!!"

"IF I LET GO NOW, I'LL FALL TO MY DEATH"

"Fair enough…." All Might mumbled and landed on the next building he could find. Izuku let go of the hero's leg and fell flat on his back, panting due to the adrenaline rush. All Might turned to face the teen, irritation etched on his shaded features. "What were you thinking, kid? That was so reckless!"

"W-well I um.. All Might-"

"Sorry, kid. I don't have time to talk. Let's get off this building-"

Izuku clenched his fists and willed himself to speak up, suppressing the immense urge to flap his hands and dance around the hero, worshiping his entire being.

"All Might… I just… I just need an answer… a-and you're the only one I-I know will have it…"

All Might frowned and scanned the kid from head to toe, taking note of the remnants of cinder on his yellowed uniform and the slight tremble of his body.