"Your successor?" asked the green-haired boy with a surprised expression.
All might nodded with a serene smile but before he could explain further, he coughed violently!
"No! Not yet!" he cried with as he coughed up blood in large quantities.
"All Might!?" cried Izuku as he tried to rush towards him, but number 1 was immediately surrounded by opaque white smoke that blurred Izuku's vision.
A few minutes later, izuku approached and saw in front of him....
"skinny might?!?!" He yelled.
"Young Midoriya, it's a very well found name...." said the symbol of peace that had nothing to do with the mountain of blonde muscle.
"You went from Johnny Bravo to Mr. Jack in a few minutes...." Izuku said with a nervous smile and a drop of sweat in his temple.
All might cough again, shocked to see so much casualness in this boy.
"Aren't you surprised to see me like this?" he asked.
"Shocked? Of course I'm shocked! How can you be like this?!" cried Izuku with eyes shining with concern.
Skinny might looked at him with an impassive look.
"I'll tell you everything... But I would like it to be in a discreet place," he says with extreme seriousness.
Izuku nodded seriously, even if it was difficult not to warn himself.
"Damn... You look too much like that weird guy who wanted to get me on the internet, one of those mentally ill people from 4chan..." Izuku said with a grimace of disgust.
All might spit blood!
"How could I look like such a monstrosity?!?! These people deserve a Detroit smash in the ******!!!"
Biiiipppp!!!!
"But I was censored ?!??," cried All Might in astonishment.
"What did you expect? You're the fucking symbol of peace! You don't have the right to talk like everyone else," Izuku sneered with a smirk.
All might sighed, it must have been X....
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A few minutes later, it was 5 p.m.... I
Izuku midoriya and toshinori yagi aka all might were on top of an industrial building. Izuku stared at all might with seriousness and apprehension. He didn't understand anything about this successor story and his genius and geek brain was trying to understand, even if he suspected that it was linked to his human scarecrow state...
All might sat down heavily and stared at him seriously, even his sunken eyes reflected intense pain and fatigue.
"I am convinced that you will not raise anything, young Midoriya..."
"I swear on Pomni from Amazing Digital Circus, my waifu!" smiled Izuku, raising his fist!
All might laughed before getting serious again.
"The reason I'm in this state is because of a titanic fight that we kept secret..."He began, lifting his white t-shirt, revealing an extreme, excruciating wound that didn't look like it had healed.
Izuku looked on in shock and fear... Who could have hurt the symbol of peace like that?!?
"I fought a super villain...."
"The toxic chainsaw?" asked Izuku.
All might sneered a little.
"You're well informed, a real fan boy... But no, this low-level monster could not have caused me such a wound, he was an extremely stronger villain, who pushed me to my limits, he pierced my abdomen and destroyed my stomach and some of my organs.... In return, I crushed his head, I'm sure he's dead," all might said in a somber tone.
Izuku looked at all might, this violence was unexpected from the symbol of peace, but he understood that it was out of survival instinct, without suspecting all the hatred behind this Dantesque fight.
"It's so violent... It's like being in the invincible series..." Izuku said with a nervous smile
"Very good series by the way, I'm following it right now... But anyway, I lost a lot, I almost died and even after that, a powerful villain capable of controlling the flames and magma had appeared only a few minutes after the defeat of my enemy . Fortunately X was there, otherwise... All Might said, lowering his head.
"Yes, I remember it, it was on the front page of the newspapers for several months... Phoenix was so powerful, only X could defeat him" (AN: it was the arc of the Chaos Flame, chapters 21 to 25)
"To get back to my subject, I can only maintain my heroic form for a few hours... Even if my enemy is dead, I'm looking for a successor to inherit my Quirk, the world may no longer be able to rely on All Might, but on a new pillar, X fights threats that none of us can handle, so we need a new symbol of peace that can fill the population" explained All Might seriously.
A silence settled...
Izuku felt indescribable shivers pierce his skin. He lowered his head, covering his green eyes.
"It's... It's so sudden... I had accepted my condition as a quirkless, I wanted above all to be useful, to protect those who could not protect themselves despite their Quirks. In a way, I really felt like a hero...," he said in a trembling voice.
"Young Midoriya..." All Might said, clenching his fist, identifying with this young boy.
"But... The fact that you trust me enough to give me your Quirk is the ultimate proof that everything I've done has not been for nothing! All might... You and X are for me the greatest superheroes on earth, who am I to flout your sacrifice by refusing your proposal? "Izuku said as he dried his new tears and smiled happily.
X had told him that he could be a hero.... His training with Genkai and Goku, his meeting with Trinity X, who had become his gang of sisters, his work in the neighborhood, his tardiness... All this had forged him. He swore to himself that he would be the greatest hero in the world, for his mother and sisters, for all might, for X and for himself!
"It's the spirit, young Midoriya!!" All might cried, rising energetically.
All might be really happy, he was more and more convinced that this boy was the right choice, like chick had made the right choice before him.
"Young Midoriya..." All Might began seriously as Izuku listened to him reverently.
"This Quirk can be passed on, I got it from my mentor, a great heroine called Nana Shimura, she got it from another hero and so on. This power is not just pure power, it is a torch of justice passed down to defeat evil in all its forms..."
"It's... Unbelievable," izuku said with shining eyes.
"This quirk is called... ONE FOR ALL!!" cried all might as he raised his hand and a light as powerful as that of a star but incredible soft burst from his palm, like a sacred flame.
"I am the eighth holder, young Midoriya and you are the ninth... Even your first name izuku contains this Kanji Nine, our first names are really not given by chance when we are born..." Toshinori said in a penetrating voice.
Izuku had bright eyes, clenching his fists with all his might. In the distance, a star was shining brighter than the others and izuku observed it.
"one for all... I swear I'm worthy of this legendary quirk, all might!" said izuku with extreme determination.
Toshinori burst out laughing softly as he pressed on izuku's shoulder, the two stared at each other for a long time as the wind blew lightly.
"Young Izuku..." Toshinori began.
SNAP!!!
That snap of the finger resonated...
Izuku and toshinori saw with amazement a man with black hair spread out on the floor, he was wearing an ordinary salary man suit...
No one would have noticed, not even felt it...
But not izuku and toshinori who rushed towards him in amazement and fear...
"X!!!" they yelled.
To be continued...