Inquisitor

- Chapter: 18 -

Izumi's life became hell.

Izumi had thought that her previous training was difficult, she was wrong. Before Katsuo was simply teaching her different things, ranging from combat training to quirk assessment. Now he only focused on combat training. She also had to go and clean the beach with All Might so she could inherit his quirk.

She cleaned the beach three days a week and had training with Katsuo for three days. The last day was reserved for rest. Her three days with Katsuo focused on having her catch up with him in their sparring matches. Every time that her training with Katsuo would finish Izumi would be sore from how much he threw her around. When she trained with All Might she carried trash off the beach for hours on end, or until she collapsed. Even her days off weren't enjoyable as she was so exhausted that she couldn't relax.

After three months Izumi was getting used to carrying the trash off the beach. Then she had to move more stuff thanks to Katsuo predicting this and making the regimen kick up a gear.

Izumi continued to suffer in training until the eighth month. That's when she managed to hit Katsuo for the first time.

She and Katsuo were sparring without their capture gear. Katsuo tried to punch Izumi, who blocked the punch and went in for a counterattack. The moment she deflected the punch she kicked Katsuo in the face, knocking him over. She instantly got worried about Katsuo thinking he got injured. She went forward to try and see if he was okay, only to have her arm grabbed as she was hauled up into the air, then fell down hitting the mats hard. She heard Katsuo speaking over her "You finally manage to land a hit, and you blow it by getting worried. It takes more than a kick to the face to get me out of a fight. Good job, you can take a break."

After that happened it took her another week to land a hit on him. Then it took her three days. Then one day. Until she was able to hit Katsuo semi- regularly during their training. She still couldn't beat him though.

When the ten months were up Izumi had managed to clear up all the trash right on time for the entrance exams. All Might was heading to the beach to meet up with Izumi before she went to the entrance exams. He was extremely pleased when he saw Izumi's accomplishment.

"Young Izumi! Well done!"

Izumi was sitting with her back to the last bit of trash to be hauled away to a proper dump and looked up at All Might. She stood up and replied to the hero "All Might, I did it!"

"Astounding! Your a real entertainer! A teen no less! Here take a look!" All Might Showed Izumi his phone with a picture of her when they started. She had grown a little taller during the training, other than that she didn't have any noticeable differences.

"The path forward is ever-so-slightly clearer. You're true-blue vessel now!!"

Izumi looked down as tears started slowly streaming from her eyes. "It... feels like I... cheated though... getting all this help from you... I feel blessed..."

All Might sweat dropped at that statement. 'How can she say that?! I didn't' think that plan Katsuo made would work. It looked impossible, like something even I couldn't do... but she never once voiced a complaint. This is because of her own efforts...' "But you gotta stop being a crybaby! Anyway, onto the awards ceremony, Izumi Midoriya!"

Izumi wiped her face of her tears and nodded her head, saying okay while doing so.

"You know that say... there's a big difference between being born with that silver spoon... and working your butt of to earn it!" All Might pulled a strand of hair out of his head, earning a questioning look from Izumi. "Take this to heart, kid. You've earned this power, fair and square."