How did I end up like this?
I have no idea.
I was peacefully lying in bed watching memes until sleep overtook me.
I left my phone charging like any normal person and waited for sleep to take me.
That was normal, but what's not normal is waking up in an infirmary, and what's worse, a damn old lady I recognize from an anime telling me that everything's fine and I can leave.
At that point, I was in shock; I couldn't articulate words because my mind, despite processing what was happening, couldn't give me a logical answer.
Although I knew what happened.
I had died.
"You're healthy, kid, but what you did was reckless. Breaking that robot like that and destroying both your legs along with your arm in the process is not okay." I wasn't really paying attention, but those words only confirmed the inevitable.
"Now, examinee 7711, you may leave and wait for the letter from UA to arrive. I'll leave you alone to change."
And now I was alone in the room.
"(Broken arm and legs, a destroyed robot, and a small old lady who heals with kisses. You've got to be kidding me, world. Of all the people you could send me to, it had to be this one)."
If it wasn't obvious before, it is now.
I reincarnated, and not into just any random person.
No, I reincarnated into an anime protagonist.
"I'm Izuku Midoriya," I said those words softly, just to convince myself of the reality I was stuck in.
"(But that makes no sense; I just went to sleep and nothing else, literally nothing else! Did I die in my sleep, perhaps? What a failure I am, I can't even die properly)." Thinking about my death depresses me more than I want to admit.
"(It'll be best to go home, or rather, Izuku's home? How will I get there if I don't know where he lives?)."
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It turns out this kid's body knew how to guide me on its own. Grateful to the heavens and to Izuku's instincts.
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"Izuku, honey! How did it go?!" Oh, look at Inko. She's really short when you see her in person and not through a screen.
"It was... fine, I guess." This is very strange.
"Good, but that doesn't matter now, come on, let's have dinner." I don't really feel like having dinner right now, but I'm hungry.
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Finally, I'm alone in Izuku's room, well, my room, I guess? All I want to do right now is sleep.
"(I am Izuku Midoriya. Ninth wielder of One For All, and I am destined to face All For One. What a shitty problem I have to face)." If I'm stuck here, it means the problems here are also mine now. What a pain.
"(Well, at least I'm not in Naruto, right? I mean, in that crap, I wouldn't have lasted two days. At least here, killing isn't as simple as greeting someone)."
"(Or Marvel; that would have been just as bad, too many deities and unfairly overpowered people... although reincarnating as Peter Parker would've been cool)." I really tried not to think too much about my death, but I had to eventually.
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"(God, if I really died in my old body, how is my family taking it?)" I don't have a super extravagant life like most Isekai characters.
Normal parents, lower-middle class, and no social life beyond my friends at my academic institution.
No painful deaths, no abusive parents, nothing like that. Just a simple, normal life.
"(I hope they can move on. Although now I regret not telling them how much I truly appreciated them)."
"(Well, all I have left is to sleep and then plan what I'll do in this new body. If I don't die again while doing it, that is)." That was my last thought before succumbing to exhaustion.
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Right now, I'm at Dagobah Beach. Why? Easy, because unlike the canon Izuku, I'm not going to break my damn bones.
"(Alright, now I just have to feel the One For All, I guess)." I'm in a meditation pose, trying to feel the power, and right now I thank God for having read those Isekai fics in Naruto where the protagonists said that Chakra felt like a hot ball in the center of your body which you must feel and touch... Yes, it sounds super bad, but I didn't invent all that, they did, so don't judge me.
One For All feels... energetic, not warm or anything like that, it's energetic, like you've just had a full-power coffee.
"(Alright, now limit the power)." That was simple; I basically imagined myself slowly closing a water tap until only drops were falling from it.
Then I started to distribute it little by little throughout my body.
I started with 1% and then gradually increased it until I reached 5%.
The limit I have for now.
"(Alright, now to say the protagonist's catchphrase: One For All! Full Cowling 5%!)." You don't know how cool it felt to think that.
Channeling the power of One For All through my body was incredible, to describe it simply.
Have you ever gotten into a fight with someone? A street fight or something similar? Have you felt that moment when adrenaline blurs your judgment? You don't feel the pain of the blows, and you feel super light, as if you've had the best sleep in the world, and now your body is ready to give 100%? Have you felt it?.... Well, that's what using One For All feels like, but amplified a thousand times.
I had never felt so alive in my life... oh well, second life, I guess.
"(This is amazing! I don't understand how Izuku could live without using One For All every day, all the time!)." I thought as I moved slowly through the sand.
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Oh, right, now I know why he didn't. As soon as my body stopped supporting One For All, which translated to only about 7 minutes, I felt extremely tired, just as if I had stopped receiving that extra adrenaline for the fight.
I couldn't help it and fell backward onto the sand.
"(Alright, I have one week to start at UA. I have to master at least 8% by the time that week arrives, and from there, I'll start making all the changes I can in my favor)." I thought as I organized my mind and prioritized important things now that I'm in this new world.
There are still many doubts in my head, such as:
Do the other wielders know that I am not the legitimate Izuku Midoriya? Will they lend me their Quirks when the time comes, knowing this? Or will the deity who put me in this body make them not notice the difference? All of that worried me.
I was going to need those Quirks; not even Star and Stripes could handle Shigaraki, so without those Quirks, I'm dead.
But those are problems for later; first, I must deal with the original All For One, or rather, All Might will deal with him.
Yes, I don't plan to avoid the Kamino battle. All Might must retire in that battle, whether he wants to or not, because I don't intend to have All For One messing up my life.
But that's just one of my many worries.
The only thing that matters now is that I am Izuku Midoriya.
I will succeed, because this life is mine now, even if I still find it hard to believe.
I'm going to be a hero. Why? Because in my previous life, I was a huge fan of them, and because if I'm not a hero, All Might will surely take One For All from me, and I prefer to live with a broken power that ensures my survival than to live as a powerless human in a supernatural world.
Besides, I like the feeling of power that One For All gives me; I won't deny it.
Will I be the Symbol of Peace? That remains to be seen; for now, I must survive.
Ugh, all these problems are crap, but I'll manage.
But one thing is for sure: I'm going to mess with any idiot who crosses my path (especially Bakugo, oh yes, that imbecile is in for a hell now that I'm here).
After all, "I am Izuku Midoriya."
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Author's Note:
Hey.
Well, basically this story was born purely by chance.
I was working on my other story and just thought about how cool it would be to read an SI-OC Izuku, and this came out.
Is it perfect? Not even close; this story is a game for me. Something I'll write for fun and nothing more.
Without upholding standards or anything like that, just my imagination doing what it considers fun and right.
So if you're willing to read this, welcome.
Right now, my focus is on my other story and not this one, so don't expect great things.
I'm going to mock most Isekai stereotypes whenever I can and in every possible way.
See you.