Hey, did you miss this internal monologue of mine? I know I'm not the Isekai god Kazuma, but it's something, right?
Anyway, a few days have passed since my arrival in this no-longer-so-fantastical world.
Look on the bright side, I can go out on the street without seeing people as freaks.
Inko has noticed the change in my attitude, but I attributed it to the late awakening of my Quirk.
I managed to get into UA with the exact same score I remembered from the source material, which is good considering that if a butterfly effect had occurred and I didn't get in, well... I would have had to improvise.
In turn, All Might asked to see me at Dagobah Beach... at night.
And I feel sorry for him, but... doesn't that man realize how gay and pedophilic he sounds asking me this? If Inko saw the message, she'd surely lock me up for the rest of my new and epic life.
So here I am at Dagobah Beach, waiting for the strongest man in the world. Watching the reflection of the stars and the moon on each undulating wave, something beautiful that you can rarely appreciate in detail.
I saw him arrive from a distance, and the comparison was instantly made in my head.
His muscular form is fascinating, like seeing the most chiseled bodybuilder in history, with no fat or imperfections. It borders on inspiring.
But now, as I see him in his thin form, I can only say that... it's sad. To go from seeing a fucking god among humans to seeing this emaciated man, with hollows inside of hollows but still smiling, it's sad. Like seeing a fucking drug addict coming out of recovery.
"Young Midoriya!" he exclaimed upon his arrival.
"Mr. Toshinori!" I shouted back, careful not to call him "All Might" in his emaciated form.
"I'm proud of you, young man! Performing such a heroic act. By the way, how is your control of One For All coming along?" I smiled slightly; I had been expecting that question for days.
"See for yourself, All Might."
I activated my perfected 4% of One For All in front of my mentor, carefully raising it to the 5% that was still in the process of being perfected.
Faint sparks emanated from my body, lightly illuminating my skin.
Look at me and weep, canon Izuku! This body won't have broken bones every other day!
"Young Midoriya, this is..." He was astonished. He expected a lot from his pupil, but not this much.
"This is Full Cowling, sir, and this is my current mastery of One For All." I limited the technical jargon as much as possible; there wasn't much magic in what I achieved in just a few days.
"Young man, you've understood everything in just a week! I'm so proud!"
Everything? I'm barely scratching the surface of this beautiful power, but I don't have the heart to tell him otherwise.
"You've changed for the better, kid. No stuttering, and your posture is confident and self-assured. What happened to cause this big change?" He noticed. He may be a flawed teacher, but he's very good at analyzing people.
"All Might, ever since I understood the power you gave me, I decided to change. I couldn't be a good successor to the number one hero if I got scared by every little thing. I'm going to make you proud, sir, and this is the first step towards that." I smiled confidently. In my head, I thought these words would be exactly what Midoriya would say.
"I... I don't know what to say, Young Midoriya. You already make me proud." The shock on his face gave him away; he expected many things, but not those words.
"There's nothing to say, master." All Might is a good guy, and I like his attitude. I just wish he were a better teacher.
"Run with me, Young Midoriya." He switched to his epic form, a strange thing to see, but I'll have to get used to it.
"Sure." And with One For All at 5%, I started to follow him.
He's looking at me now. Why?
Oh right, he's having that internal monologue about the flame that was dying out.
Very poetic, if you ask me.
I almost feel bad for not preventing the battle of Kamino, but it has to happen. I'm sorry, All Might.
Ah, being Izuku with future knowledge is tough, but this jog along the beach is really nice.
Now that I think about it, I wonder how far the manga has progressed since the last chapter I read? In the end, I'll never know if the two-pronged attack they planned would work... what a shame.
The next day.
I just left the middle school Izuku attended.
The school's principal congratulated Bakugo and me for getting into UA. But when the man congratulated us, he looked at me like I was a fucking joke.
Oh yeah, speaking of Bakugo, he just cornered me and demanded an explanation.
Too bad for him, I'm not the type to take punches without saying anything.
"What kind of trick did you pull to get into UA, YOU SHITTY NERD!" Look at him, demanding things as if he has the right. I think it's time for a few revelations.
I activated One For All at 8%, and it hurt like never before. I felt my arm tense from the power it couldn't handle, but it was worth it. This moment is the first of many to change things. So I grabbed his arm, bent it as far as I could, and then let go, throwing him to the ground.
I gave him the biggest son-of-a-bitch smile I could muster in this body and said, "Do you like my Quirk, Bakugo? The Quirk I hid from you for years?" His expression was like a poem, too conflicting for someone like him.
"...Why?" Is that his question? Where's the explosion and the insults? It seems he's more sensible than he lets on.
"Because you hurt me for years, you insulted me for years, you saw me as trash for years, and all I ever wanted was to be your friend." Spitting out each word was easy; they held no real value for me. "Am I a pebble to you, Bakugo? Well, guess what... From this point on, I'm going to be a fucking mountain in your path, a mountain you'll never be able to overcome no matter how hard you try." He was surprised, he'd probably never seen good old Deku stand up for himself with such confidence.
"From this moment on, you and I are not friends, we are not rivals, and certainly not comrades. Don't forget it, Bakugo." I had nothing more to say, so I simply turned my back on him.
"What happened to the Deku who got scared of everything?" he asked me, with skepticism in his voice and a hint of... respect? Fear? I don't know.
Dead, or maybe something even worse. I have the same question, after all.
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Curiously, Bakugo didn't follow me or anything like that when I left. It seems my words were too much for him.
I'm reading an advanced physics book. Why? Because there's something I want to figure out.
One For All enhances the body's capabilities, right? But it also reinforces it.
I've made high jumps with it activated, and upon landing, I felt no pain in my legs.
But I noticed that by simply going about my daily life with the power activated to perfect it, I could process things in greater detail.
So I thought, "What the hell? Do I have a fucking alpha-stage Sharingan now or something?" And it turns out that while I'm reading this book with One For All at 5%, I'm able to easily memorize every word after reading it just two or three times.
Basically, my theory is that it stimulates the brain in a way that makes synapses fire faster than average or something like that. It's strange but super useful.
Anyway, I have to think about my next move. I can't just stick to the day-to-day stuff.
The Quirk assessment with Aizawa will happen soon, but that doesn't worry me. What's truly alarming is the fact that the USJ attack is coming, and it has to happen.
That moment is perfect for my future classmates to mature. But the Nomu is dangerous, and I don't want my intervention in this world to create too big of a butterfly effect. I don't want any deaths on my conscience just yet.
So my next step must be well-executed, or there could be casualties.
But I'll think about that tomorrow. I've done enough for today.
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Author's Note:
Hey.
So here is your third chapter of this wonderful story.
The protagonist has his conversation with All Might and makes sure to avoid any misunderstandings with him. That's important; a personality change like the one the protagonist had can't just be ignored.
And yes, my protagonist only knows the manga up to the chapter where they devise the strategy to face AFO. The latest chapter released was not seen by the protagonist, so from now on, he is limited in that aspect.
Can OFA boost the brain in that way? I don't know, but the idea came up while I was writing this, and I said, "It makes sense, just as it might not." So I did it. I've already explained this and even put it in the tags, but I'll emphasize it just in case:
"The protagonist will be OP."
He doesn't mess around, and if he sees an advantage, he takes it, which is exactly what I would do if I were Izuku.
Anyway, take care. See you.
Edit 11/21/22: Man! I've reread all of this, and seriously, so much has changed since then. My writing was super simple and bad, haha! I gave the chapter a few quick touch-ups, so as not to lose the essence of the original but trying to make it decent.
I will do this with the next chapters as well to freshen up these... bland words, so to speak.
Bye bye, readers from the future!