With that interaction, Izuku's head was a little less fuzzy. He started for home after leaving the building, watching the sidewalk.
"I can't do this anymore." Izuku refused to walk around shoving rose tinted glasses on his face as a coping strategy any longer. But.... the fact of the matter was that heroism was all he wanted to do.
It brought a certain level of control over where, when, and how to save people. He didn't just want to save the people he was ordered to, he wanted to be able to reach out.
Other heroic careers like the medical field or support wouldn't give him that.
Not that they would take me anyway.
Ignoring that depressing thought, Izuku directed his thoughts back to home. He needed to fix himself up, desperately. He had within the hour before his mom came home from work to make himself presentable.
As Izuku was mulling over his thoughts, there was a sudden explosion to his right.
Izuku raised his head and looked over to see a crowd starting to surround the entrence to an alley way. Police tape crossed the width of the alleyway, and Izuku could see three heros from where he was. He made his way over, and as he did, Izuku saw Bakugou trapped in that sewage monster.
For a fleeting moment, they made eye contact.... and Bakugou looked scared.
Izuku was running before he could register what he was doing. He pulled off his backpack and slung it towards the sludge's eye. In the moment of distraction, Izuku grabbed Bakugou's arm and tugged.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE, SHITTY DEKU! I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP!"
'Now is really not the time for that mindset.' Izuku mentally retaliates.
Both boys toppled onto the dirty rough concrete. Izuku's heart was racing faster than his mind, and it took him a moment to comprehend what the crowd was saying.
"He's here!" "It's him!"
'What?' All of the sudden, a massive gust of wind tore through the alleyway and the villain was blown to smithereens.
Izuku couldn't help but be in awe of the display of power.
All Might was here.
'Oh no, All Might is here!' The reminder of what happened earlier snapped Izuku out of his stupor. The other heroes stepped forward as All Might hopped away again. With rain starting to drip down, Izuku got a stern, if not then unnecessary, scolding by the bystanding heros.
"You could have gotten seriously hurt you know!" The woman, Mount Lady if Izuku remembers correctly, said.
Kamui Woods nodded in agreement. "There is a reason why we need licenses for these situations."
"You are lucky you didn't use a quirk and it's a first time offense or I would be putting you down for vigilantism."
Izuku sighs, so much for victim handling. He slips away as they are praising Bakugou and slides back into his thoughts.
That is, he did until he was interrupted a block later.
"I AM HERE- ACh." All Might depuffed and started coughing. Izuku waited for him to finish. It took a while.
"Sorry, my boy. I just... wanted to speak with you. You showed great bravery and quick thinking in that moment of danger, and you made me think," All Might coughed again and hit his chest, "You, my boy, can be hero!"
And after everything that had occurred in what Izuku assumed to be the last two to three hours, he was not going to take this at face value.
"Why?"
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Verb: Fusillade (Mha)
Fanfiction- A pyrokinesis Izuku AU He lies to himself, and he knows it. At one point it was the only thing keeping him afloat besides his mom's kind nature. That is, until the universe decides that he can't ignore himself any longer. Standing in the mirror, c...
