Chapter 10 - All-Might

While Michael was walking home from the dojo after training, he could only go to the dojo during weekends now, due to the move. Every other day, he would go to the gym to help improve his body. He met with Detective Tsukauchi again, who was waiting outside his house.

"Michael, I have someone who wants to meet you."

"A bit weird, but sure detective, you haven't given me any reasons to not trust you."

"Follow me, he's already inside."

When Michael entered his house, he found his parents speaking to All-Might of all people, he knew that the detective was All-Mights link to the police force, but he never expected to have him enter his home to talk to his parents. U.A would have probably been a better chance to talk to him.

"Ah, Hello Michael. I was just talking to your parents about you, your potential in heroism is incredible. We should talk in private, I have some things to tell you, my boy."

"No idea why All-Might himself is in my house, speaking to my parents, but alright. I better get some kind of good explanation."

After moving away to another location, Michael and All-Might started talking.

"I get it, it might be to a lesser amount, but I do get people recognizing me and asking for photographs etc, it's probably 1000 times worse with you."

"I wanted to meet you to ask you if you've ever heard of someone named "All For One""

"I have, but only in rumors, people describe him as the boogeyman, the devil himself, he's just an urban rumor though isn't he?"

"Sorry to tell you boy, but he's not a rumor, he has the ability to steal and give quirks, I came here to check on you, in case you were in some way related to him. At first I thought you might be his child, but after meeting your parents I doubt thats the case. I did some further research and you apparently used heat vision as a baby. So I don't think he's given you a quirk either. However I do need an explanation of how your quirk works to be sure."

"My Quirk allows me to use this golden light, to enhance myself, the heat vision is when I move the light to my eyes, the super breath is when I move it to my lungs, and my strength/speed is when I use it to enhance myself and my muscles, I usually have it constantly active in most parts of my body, just enough that it won't give me a constantly golden glow, to improve myself. It also heals minor injuries which has helped me a lot while I've been training. It does give me a few other benefits, but I don't think I should reveal all my cards just yet. You might be All-Might himself, but I can't go giving the details about my quirk away."

"Understandable, not many people have any idea what my quirk is either. While a quirk like that appearing does seem unlikely, it's a definite possibility, I've seen your fight with Muscular through the video detective Tsukauchi sent to U.A, where i'll be teaching next year, don't tell the media that however. I want to talk to you about something else, I want you to be my inheritor. From your fight with Muscular, as well as everything else I've seen, whether it's your home life or how you act at school. You're a hero through and through."

"Wait, your inheritor? How would that work?"

"You see, my quirk's a little bit special. People have always guessed that its a natural super strength, or a 'boost' power like yours. I often play it off with a joke, because the "symbol of peace" has to be known as a natural born hero. But my Quirk, has been PASSED DOWN TO ME, LIKE AN OLYMPIC TORCH! and now it may be your turn to inherit it. I have the ability to "transfer power". That's the quirk I inherited. "One for all".

"That sounds incredible, but why haven't I heard of other people having your quirk, you're the strongest hero in history. Shouldn't there be a number of previous users too?"

"No"

"What, why?! There's no real reason not to!"

"What's the point of me having it when I can become the strongest without it? Isn't it better to have two All-Might's than one? Why not have two "symbols of peace", me with my own power and another heroic figure with yours. Why are you even passing it down already?"

All Might switches into his real form, sighing.

"I didn't want to mention this part, but if you must know, I was injured in a fight 5 years ago, in a fight I requested to not be known to the media." Says All Might, pulling up his shirt to show Michael his injury.

"I can only do hero work for three hours a day now, and my time as the "Symbol Of Peace" is running out.

"Damn, that looks painful, i'm surprised you arent dead. I still refuse. I know someone else who is far more deserving of the power, who needs it to be a hero more than I do. My Quirk would already let me compete with you. I'll be completely unbeatable in a few years. My Quirk has been growing exponentially, its power multiplying itself further and further. If I took your power too, it'd be overkill, another hero with your power would be more effective towards protecting society. I can't protect everyone, not at once, not alone."

"That's actually a reasonable answer, I expected you to say you wanted to beat me with your own power. You've mentioned knowing someone far more deserving? Who is he?."

"His names Izuku Midoriya, he's been my best friend since we were three. He's quirkless but still wants to be a hero beyond anything. He's been training his whole life too, he's been taking notes on hero tactics and powers, how to improve them, counter them, everything. The only thing holding him back is the lack of a quirk and his own lack of confidence in himself, I've tried helping him fix that part of himself, working out and training helped too, but it's still obvious he doesn't have much confidence in himself. You don't have to give him the power if you don't think hes up to par for it. But keep an eye on him, he's a genuinely incredibly person."

"I can definitely see that. People would fake being a perfect hero to become your inheritor, or just outright try to steal it with a mind control quirk."

"That invitation to U.A, consider it, it's a great deal, U.A can teach you a lot about being a hero, it's also one of the best schools in general. The publicity from events such as the sports festival will help you a lot towards being one of the top heroes."

"Thank you All-Might, I think i'm going to accept it, but i'm still taking the entrance exam."