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There are many things that can strike terror in the hearts of people, maybe it's a car flying past barely hitting them, probably almost seeing your family members die in a villain attack, or maybe just maybe, it's the giant fucking robot raging through the city.
Izuku cursed as he backed up from the giant hunk of metal, internally squealing in terror inside. He's seen some pretty huge villains and heroes alike but never this close up! Everyone in the crowd around him rushed away from the Zero Pointer, shoving him down onto the ground and practically trampling over him. He didn't see any way to get back up so he acquired a fetal position minimizing any injuries by the participants.
He didn't blame them at all for evading the robot, but it sure would have been appreciated if they were mindful of what they stepped on.
After noticing the crowd dwindle in number, Izuku finally got the strength to stand up, grumbling to himself as he pushed his body upwards, his jumpsuit dirtied both by the ground and everyone's shoes, slight red bruises forming on his body. He took position, preparing to run like everybody else, he got one step out before a groan of pain caused him to freeze in place.
Glancing behind, Izuku could make out a person struggling under the rubble. The carmine-pink haired girl tried pushing a boulder from one of her shoulder to no avail.
Izuku couldn't stop himself from sprinting to her, not that he didn't want to, He almost tripped on his feet but didn't care about that, all he needed to do was to get to the injured person across from him.
Arriving to the struggling woman, his eyes shakingly scanned the rubble's position in which she was trapped in. “A-Are you okay?” He asked. “Does it look like I am?” She glared at him with a slightly annoyed tone.
“R-Right! Sorry.” Izuku apologized sheepishly before immediately getting to displacing the rubble piled upon her.
“Be careful! One of these things could hit my face”
"Don't worry, Ill be careful!"
As if on cue, one off the small spiky boulders slipped past upon the pile and headed straight for her head.
Izuku moved.
He jetted his arms under the incoming rubble, as she gaped at the now still rock, her life flashing in her eyes. He winced as the spikes dug into his skin, he strained his muscles as he threw the boulder. Furrowing his eyebrows, he examined the angry red bruises now throbbing on his arms
“Hopefully I can carry you even with th-”
BOOM
Both of their hearts struck as the loud shockwave vibrated through them, it was a result of the Zero Pointer's colossal foot, just mere metres away from them.
“Shit.” Both exclaimed as Izuku picked up the salmon haired girl and starting sprinting as fast as someone holding another person on their injured arms. His arms burnt as his legs strained against the weight. He wobbled as his feet struck uneven ground. Nonetheless, he bared through it.
Be like All Might, Izuku.
“Hey, I-Its okay! I can walk by myself, you don't need to carry me with those injured arms...” She asked him with a concerned tone.
“Its… Alright! I'm not letting someone injured.” Izuku grunted in pain, but ignored it and pushed forward. The echoing boom of the Zero Pointer's feet shook their nerves. None of them daring to look back.
"Stop it, Its fine! I don't want to be a bur-"
She was interrupted as they both saw a yellow streak soaring lightning fast towards the giant robot.
It hit, leaving a giant gaping hole inside its head.
There was an explosion, and multiple. Metal flew across the sky, the robot that was seen unstoppable was now beheaded as its body streamed down with a loud seismic that was felt across the city.
Every single participant, stopped in their tracks to gaze at the broken robot in terror and amazement. But it was only Izuku and the injured girl who saw the yellow streak transition into someone, who was now falling to the ground.
Izuku felt his heart pound in his chest, he steadily put the girl down and started rushing to try to catch the falling participant.
He strained his legs, which were already exhausted from carrying the injured woman. He started sprinting to them, every step he took was agony to himself, but he still tried. He felt his run start dimming down in speed even if he tried gaining momentum.
His heart pounding against his chest, as he witnessed them decline closer to the ground. They already passed below the height of a rooftop of one of buildings. His wide eyes focused onto them.
No.
He felt tears prick his peripheral, was it because of the pain or the despair of the situation? He didn't have the answer for that.
Stop.
Izuku's breath ran ragged, his legs started tiring out. He stared at the falling participant edging closer to the ground and yet he wasn't even near where they was deduced to land.
What good was he if he couldn't even save one person?!
Stop it, Please.
He couldn't catch them at this rate.
Someone. Please.
SAVE THEM.
He reached his hand out in vain, the participant was just a few feet from the ground.
He was prepared to see a splatter, a gruesome depiction of his failure. Deep red blood pooling around it. He could see the corpse glare at him with hateful rotting eyes. Judging him. Damning him. Blaming him.
But there was nothing.
No person in sight.
Izuku stared at the place, reeling from the depiction his mind conjured up. He spun his head around scanning the area, then landing on a specific place.
A few metres away from him, he saw the salmon haired girl rolling with someone in their arms.
They both landed rather unsafely, rolling a few feet before stopping right next to lamp post which they were lucky enough to not get caught by.
“Oof. I.. really hope that didn't break anything, heh.” The pink haired girl said to herself as she tried to get up by herself, smoke spraying from her arms. The streak of yellow that was now shown as a blonde teenage girl laid there unmoving.
Izuku caught up to them, as she tried to stand up with wobbly legs.
“P-please sit down! I'm going to help you.” He held both her hands and gently let her down, as the salmon haired girl squinted in question.
Pink waves flew from his hand as it was covered in a pinkish aura, the waves traveling onto the injured girl, the waves soothed her as they flew across her body. It felt as if pain was just a fictional concept. The wounds and bruises were gone, as if they didn't exist.
Her eyes misted, any stress shown in her body was gone.
“Woah… Did you just- Did you heal me?!”
Scratching his head in embarrassment, Izuku replied as he went to heal the other girl. “Yeah, Its my quirk.”
“That's- Um, Did you heal me fully? It felt like you did.”
"There's no injury my quirk cant heal." Izuku replied with a smile, trying to shake off the image of the corpse which he could still see in his mind.
All Might always saves people with a smile, he could do the same thing!
"I wonder how it works." He heard the girl speak in a whisper, but his ears caught onto it.
“Oh Uh-” He chuckled a bit. “Normally it would be me asking the questions but sure!”
"W-Wait, sorry. I didn't mean to say that out loud."
Izuku laughed. "I have the same problem, but I can explain my quirk to you if you want."
“So my body is filled up with healing energy. It's connected to my actual energy. If I use it too much I get tired. It's really straight forward, I just need to rest to replenish it.”
“Its like an overheating engine right?”
“Yeah, I guess so. Also the injuries I heal must have been inflicted pretty early. Scars are a no go, since it's technically part of the body if they're already healed up.”
Izuku started rambling on deep in thought, not noticing the girl giggling a bit at his antics.
“And even after I heal the wounds and bruises, the brain won't really recognize it as healed, but the blood vessels still dilate and there's a weird intake of blood which flows into the brain and causes some kind of effect.. Um.. I forgot how Kacchan described it but.”
Izuku rubbed his fingers on his chin, trying to catch the word from inside his brain.
“Like a rushing wave?” She titled her head.
“Well.. Yeah!” He said as he snapped his fingers.
“And lastly, I can only heal physical injuries, so mental injuries are not in my domain.”
She chuckled after he said that. “Yeah, I figured that out myself.” She tapped her index fingers against her head as Izuku looked at her concerned.
“TIMES UP!!!” They both heard Present Mic’s voice booming across the city, the end of the exam was announced and soon Recovery girl came in.
“Oh dear. What a huge mess. Now do any of you need treatment?”
“Elle est Recovery Girl! The nurse of UA. She has the strongest healing quirk of everyone in Japan. Truly magnifique.” Some blonde haired twink replied while posing flamboyantly.
The old nurse examined the other participants, approaching Izuku and the two. “My, What do we have here?” She uttered as she saw Izuku heal the blonde haired girl.
“Hey, you boy."
“H-huh me?” Izuku replied, pointing a finger at himself.
“Yes you, Is that a healing quirk you got there kid?”
“Well.. Yeah I do!”
“Hmm, interesting. Are there any side effects?” The old nurse started checking both the girl’s body looking for any signs of injuries or wounds. “Good, no signs of damage."
"I'm looking forward to seeing get into the school. I need to retire quick or these fools will work me to death!”
“W-wait. I don't really know If I can get in with my performance.”
"Fah, General Education or Hero course, doesn't matter. You will help me in my job, but one thing..."
Recovery started walking to the other participants but not before she gave him a look.
“Never doubt yourself, boy."
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After the exam, Izuku started his way back to his home, he couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was going to happen, he started thinking back to the exam and began wondering if he got enough points to cut it. His brain couldn't let go of the bleeding corpse, even if it was made up.
He pouted in deep thought, maybe he didn't destroy enough robots, maybe he missed the mark.
“Hey.”
Maybe he shouldn't have been distracted by the 0-Pointer- Wait! That means he couldn't have saved the girl from the rubble… What would Kacchan think…
“Yo!”
Would Kacchan be mad at him? Would their dreams of healer and hero come to an end? K-Kacchan finding another sidekick? N-no I don't want to imagine that!
“Helloooo? Anybody home?”
What if Kacchan becomes a top hero and leaves me on the ground?? Everyone always said I need him to even be recognized as a hero. Will I ever amount to-
“HEY BROCOLLI BOY!!”
“Huh-whu-what?”
“Yo” Izuku looked back to see the pink haired woman from before.
“Oh It's you! Are you okay now?” Izuku asked.
“Yup, All thanks to you by the way.” She glowed.
“Aw- Thanks!” Izuku smiled a bit.
“I don't really do this a lot, but... I want to thank you, you saved my life. A thank you is the least I could do.” She furrowed her eyebrows in contemplation, glancing to the ground.
"I-Ill go now. Its fine if you don't want me here anymore."
"That's... the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me."
"What?... A simple 'thank you' was the nicest thing ever said to you?"
"Well, Everyone really just takes my heals for granted. But, I guess since it's my job to heal them, I can't blame them."
"Well I can."
Izuku giggled as he said that, inciting a slight smile on her face.
"Wait, Are we going on the same route?"
"Seems so. Want to walk each other there?"
"S-Sure."
“I forgot to ask. What's your name?”
“Oh- Its Akko Kuruma.”
“Its Izuku Midoriya. Nice to meet you, Kuruma."
“Same here, Midoriya.”
“By the way, what did you mean by broccoli boy?”
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Melissa’s brain was fucking shaking in her head when she got up from what seemed like a hospital bed, she recognized the room she was in. Recovery girl’s office, which he had been acquainted with because of All Might.
She tried getting up from the bed only to get nudged in the head by a cane. “Ow!”
“You better stay in that bed, little brat!” She huffed to the young hero.
“C’mon Shuzenji, Didn't you say that I was your favorite successor? More than UncleMight?” She looked at her apologetically.
“You still are, but that doesn't stop me from being mad at you for that reckless stunt you did there.”
“Also the bar is lower than this damn floor!” She added.
“Right…” Melissa rubbed her head.
"Seems like One For All stockpiles recklessness too."
There was a slight moment of silence before the door was busted in.
Toshinori Yagi shoved himself in the room as he spat blood across the floor.
“MELISSA, MY GIRL! YOU WERE INCREDIBLE!!”
"Shut your damn mouth! This is not the yelling room."
"...Hard to believe if you're here- Ow!" Yagi's sass was immediately replied with Shuzenji's cane, making him bend down in pain.
Melissa giggled, a glare from Shuzenji made her hold down the laughter, as Uncle Might recovered from the hit.