Inquisitor

- Chapter: 16 -

Izumi and Katsuo walked together in the direction of their houses. Their conversation was on the same subject that it almost always was. The only difference about their normal talk of heroes is they were now talking about something that they themselves had played a role in.

"Hey Izumi, you did a good job back there. If the villain didn't have such an annoying quirk I'm sure you would have beaten him no problem!"

"N-no way. I-I'm not th-that strong, you-you just think I am..."

"Really? Again with the self doubt?! What did I tell you about doing that?"

"U-um... that i-it creeps y-you out and to st-stop it..."

"Exactly! You deserve more credit than you give yourself, I mean come on! You hit a giant piece of slime in it's eyes and rescued KATSUKI of all people!" Katsuo was extremely excited that Izumi had been able to use her training in a real life setting, however premature the setting was.

"Even though you did something that amazing you still don't see how amazing you are and instead you start talking about how you failed. How can you be so pessimistic? You should just rejoice instead of getting all gloomy." Katsuo was speaking truthfully, he really couldn't understand how Izumi was able to only focus on how she failed or how she wasn't perfect. He tried to get her to stop doing it because it reminded him of his father's own brand of pessimism to much, and Katsuo didn't want Izumi to devolve into another Juice Pouch drinking bum.

"O-okay, I-I get it!" Izumi's cheek's had turned a bright red color from the praise Katsuo had given her. She didn't want Katsuo to see it, knowing he'd tease her. So, she hid her face inside of her green capture scarf.

Katsuo let go of his rant after Izumi cut him off. He personally wanted to continue ranting but he could tell that Izumi wanted to talk about something else. He knew that she would being it up eventually so he stayed quiet.

Eventually Izumi decided to ask her question. "K-Katsuo, why di-didn't you u-use your quirk when th-the vill-villain was a-attacking y-you?"

Katsuo immediately stopped walking when he heard Izumi's question. He knew that at one point or another he would have to explain himself to Izumi at some point. He didn't expect for her to outright ask him about it. He had assumed with her timid nature that she would try her best to steer clear of anything that could upset the person she's talking to. Luckily for him he didn't have to explain himself quite yet as a certain blond haired Pomeranian showed up. He never thought that he would feel relief when Katsuki showed up.

"HEY, DEKU! KATSUO!" Izumi and Katsuo both turned around and looked at the blond boy. Katsuki was looking straight at the ground, visibly trembling with rage.

"I never asked for you to save me! As if you could!! I could've beaten him myself! Don't pity me you bastards! Trying to win me over?! Don't you dare mock me!" Katsuki then spun around in a circle and immediately started walking away, throwing some more insults over his shoulder at his classmates.

Katsuo started laughing when Katsuki was outside of ear-shot, bending over as he did so. He didn't know if he would be able to hold in his laughter until after Katsuki had left. He didn't know why but he just found the fact that Katsuki had followed after them just to yell insults at them extremely funny.

When Katsuo started laughing it only took a few seconds for All Might to jump out from an alleyway whilst yelling "I AM HERE!". Izumi and Katsuo both looked at the number one pro hero in surprise. Izumi was the first to speak as Katsuo was still recovering from laughing.

"A-all Might?! Why are yo-you here? W-what a-a-about the, the press?"

"Shaking off some reporters is nothing to me!! After all I'm All Mi-ACHK" All Might deflated and spit out blood in the middle of saying his own name. Katsuo was just about to have been done laughing, but then he saw that and started again.

All Might seemed to ignore Katsuo's laughing and spoke to Izumi. "Kid, I've come to thank you and to revise what I said earlier... I also have a proposal. Without you.. If I hadn't heard your story... I would have been nothing but fake muscles and insincerity!! So thank you!"

"That... No. I mean. It was all my fault from the start! I g-got in your way... even though I'm quirkless I da- MHRG?!" Izumi was cut off by Katsuo covering her mouth with his hand. His hair floating above his head and his eyes glowing a crimson red.

"Izumi... what did I just say...?" Katsuo's eyes flared brighter red. "Talking about your quirkless nature in a negative light so soon?"

"Oh, I, um, no, eh..."

"Y-young Aizawa... could you uh... please let go of her face?" All Might asked waving his arms around.

Katsuo's head turned to All Might as if it was on a swivel. His eyes burning red staring right into All Might's soul. Katsuo didn't speak, instead making a simple noise to convey how he felt. "HUH?!"

All Might took a step back, arms flailing around even more. "S-stop looking at me like that!

We'll be right back!

Katsuo sat in seiza on the ground tied up with rope,his held bowed. All Might and Izumi stood a little distance away from Katsuo, recovering from what had just occurred. Izumi was always amazed by how scary Katsuo can get.

All Might was the first to speak in the silence that had slowly grown uncomfortable. After all, he was a pro hero, this child couldn't scare him... too badly... "What is your name young one?"

Izumi looked surprised that All Might had asked her name, so she took a moment to respond. "I-Izumi Mi-Mido-Midoriya?" She mentally kicked herself for sounding like she was asking a question.

"Young Midoriya, I met your friend - Young Aizawa - a little under 6 years ago. He accidentally took my quirk and saw my true form then. I had him swear to me that he would keep it secret." All Might had decided that he should explain first how he and Katsuo knew one another to the girl. Then he could ask her about his proposal and see if she would accept.

"W-wait... you two meet six years ago?"

"Yeah, it was after an event at one of my previous schools. I bumped into him and activated my quirk by accident." Katsuo spoke up from off to the side, standing up with the rope untied in his hands. "I'm going to go home now, I missed the time to train and really want to sleep." Katsuo walked back to his house with a small smirk on his face. 'Let's see what Izumi decides to do about an offer like the one All Might has. If she accepts then she'll suddenly need to take a break from training.'

All Might continued with his speech. "Young Midoriya, did you know that many of the top heroes showed signs of greatness even as children. Many of them claim that their bodies moved before they could think. Back when you ran forward during that villain attack... that's what happened to you right?" All Might turned to look at Izumi and saw that she had tears rolling down her face.

Izumi nodded her head slowly in response to All Might's question. A smile spread across her face as she understood what All Might was saying.

"You can be a hero."

Izumi started to lightly laugh at his words. She wiped away her tears and looked up at All Might, smiling her 100 watt smile. "Yes, I can."

"Young Midoriya, I believe your worthy of... inheriting my power!!"