My Hero Automata

Chapter 19: Meetings

Summary: Momo and Izumi learn a bit more about Momo's unexpected new power, and the staff meet to settle on the final weighing of the brackets for the Day 3 1 vs 1 Tournament...!

Chapter 19: Meetings

While most of the other exhausted students had already left the campus, some of them barely seeming conscious as they did, a still fresh-looking Momo and Izumi found themselves in a familiar office. Specifically, Dean Nedzu's. Aside from the Dean, All Might was the only one present. They'd been informed of the need for this meeting literally the moment Momo was done with her run at the mountain zone. And neither of the younger pair was even a little confused about why. Momo, after all, wasn't supposed to be able to fly.

"Well now! Interesting developments abound! I'm sure I don't need to ask this. But you didn't happen to add flight capability to your suit, did you Miss Yaoyorzu?"

Momo, looking very confused, mutely shook her head at the Dean's entirely too cheerful opening question. Before Nedzu could say more, however, Yagi spoke up. He'd deflated from his All Might form the moment they'd entered the office, and there'd been a melancholic and conflicted expression on his face. It was such an odd look for the normally boisterous blonde that even Nedzu had seemingly decided ignoring it was the best policy. Now, however, his voice was firm as he interrupted whatever build up Nedzu had been working towards.

"That was Float."

Every eye turned to him at the absolute certainty in his voice. The Dean seemed to be the only one who actually knew what he was talking about, however.

"Your predecessor's Quirk? Are you certain? I admit that was my own conclusion as well, but I have no evidence yet."

All Might nodded, not a trace of doubt on his face.

"Yes. Not only would I know that Quirk anywhere...but I've suspected for decades that I had partial access to it. Even if I never knew why." Seeing the confused and demanding look on the faces of everyone else in the room, he sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck. "No matter how much I have talked about 'managing' the damage of landings in class, the truth is that my All Might form weighed almost 280 kilos at one point. That amount of weight, coming in at terminal velocity, should cause a lot of damage. Except that it only does so only when I want it to. It was something that David Shield noticed as an oddity of my Quirk when I was partnered with him in the States."

Recognition had clicked in three sets of eyes, but it was Momo that actually spoke up.

"Why didn't you say anything about this before?! If you knew I should be able to use Float? Also, what is it, exactly?"

All Might sighed and slumped a bit.

"Because I didn't know if you could. I was never able to consciously control the ability, no matter how hard I tried. For me, it didn't do anything but soften landings and possibly grant me a bit more hang time than physics said I should have. Aside from that, the only other oddity I noticed with One for All was the ability to reduce other people's momentum with it, a little bit. Mostly that was only useful so victims weren't injured when I moved them at high speed. I showed you that one, remember? Or I tried, anyway."

Momo frowned. He had tried to show her that. But it hadn't worked properly for her, causing her to need some adjustment to his methods. With Izumi and 2B around, it hadn't been that hard to figure out, since All Might's basic technique was merely rough, not flawed. More importantly, Izumi had long ago needed to figure out how to move people safely at high speed herself.