Published: 28/02/2020

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(**Author's Note)

A/N: I have to admit, I was a bit terrified during the first week of 2020. Many things have happened in the last few months in the world and in my personal life to make me feel that.

With a new decade comes new trails and experiences we will face. 2020 marks a new decade of surprises for me and everyone as a whole. But as someone once told me, "Each day brings something new." So, remember the past, treasure the present, and look forward to the future.

After procrastinating for a few years, I also finally got an Ao3 account under my username CreepyQueenofOtaku. I haven't uploaded any of my stories to Ao3 yet, but hopefully they'll be up in a few months.

On another note, does anyone recall who wrote two stories featuring Female Izuku? In the first one she had a blood quirk and was adopted by Vlad King in this fic. There was also another Female Izuku fic named Datenshi. Looked for both, but were deleted. Both were sad but interesting reads, just wanted to know they're status.

If there are any questions or ideas for this story you have; comment, or send me a PM.

I do not own Harry Potter or My Hero Academia, I just own the story idea.

"You cannot define a person on just one thing. You can't just forget all these wonderful and good things that a person has done because one thing didn't come off the way you thought it should come off."
— Aretha Franklin

Chapter Twelve

"Ren!"

"Anne!"

"You got to get up!"

"Pup!"

"Young Ren!"

"WAKE UP REN/ANNE!"

Ren jolted awake at the yell eyes wide in startlement. Looking around, she discovered she was laying on one of the cots in the nurse's office. Her eyes spied the slumped forms of her parents.

"Dad? Papa?" she said groggily, causing them to stir and upon seeing she was awake, became more alert.

"Renny! Honey! Are you all right?! We were so scared when you fainted," Hizashi blabbered in worry.

"What happened?" she said groggily, the last thing she remembered was helping Toshinori—

Wait. Where was Toshinori?

"What happened to Toshinori?" she asked quickly, looking around for the tall scarecrow.

Hizashi and Shouta looked at each other with an odd expression when Recovery Girl walked in.

"You certainly gave everyone a fright there Ren," she told the child, "Luckily your parents and Nedzu were there at the right time."

"But what happened? The last thing I remember was helping Toshinori," Ren asked her.

"Toshinori-kun saved you from hitting the floor. He's recovering in the next cot," Recovery Girl explained.

"He also told us that you attempted to help him when he started coughing up blood," Nedzu added.

"I remember that," Ren said, "Chiyo-baachan was teaching me about the human body, and I thought I could try healing him using my powers."

"Well kiddo, after meeting him earlier and seeing him now, you healed him alright," Hizashi commented.

"What the banana is saying Ren, is your illogical guess worked," Shouta explained, then became stern, "But you're still in trouble for doing this without someone else present."

"I know Dad, but it was the right thing to do," Ren told them, "I was born with these gifts and with a good heart. Even if I want to be a doctor, a hero, or something else, I want to help people."

"Well, it looks like there's nothing wrong with Ren," Recovery Girl mentioned as she did a check up on the child, "Also would you like to see Toshinori?"

Upon Shouta and Hizashi's nodding, Ren said yes.

Toshinori was escorted in the room. The once gaunt man appeared livelier, a bright smile on his face.

"Hello Recovery Girl, and Aizawa-san, Yamada-san," the blond greeted, "And hello there young Ren."

"Yagi?" Hizashi said in confusion, remembering he was All Might's secretary.

"That's me Yamada-san, though I'm more well known by my alter ego," Toshinori said, changing into his hero form upon Recovery Girl's confirmation.

Shouta and Hizashi's eyes widened at the transformation.

"Holy shit…" Shouta swore.

Who would have thought All Might's secretary was actually the hero himself. While Shouta didn't like All Might for his flamboyant act as the 'Symbol of Peace', he was surprised at this secret.

"You can see why I asked Recovery Girl to keep this secret," All Might explained as he shifted into Toshinori, "Only you three and a handful know about this. If any of my enemies knew of my civilian form, they would get hurt."

"But what about the wound on you?!" Hizashi asked, "We saw it before it was healed up!"

Toshinori and Recovery Girl looked at each other and explained how Toshinori got injured, keeping out some of the details for personal reasons (All for One and the story of One for All).

"So…you got into a fight with a villain with a dangerous quirk, and because of him, you got injured this badly?" Shouta asked in disbelief.

"Yes, but now I'm back to full health," Toshinori declared.

"With a wound that serious?" Hizashi asked, "I'm surprised that you didn't retire from this gig. I've seen others with wounds like that, and many had retired," he pointed out.

"You could say, I had reasons to keep going," Toshinori replied, reminiscing of past memories.

"So, what happens now?" Ren asked the pro heroes.

"Now we go home, and get some Death by Coffee," Shouta deadpanned, "After this reveal, I need some caffeine."

With that, the trio also left. But Ren started having a bad feeling about healing All Might.

A few weeks later…

Ren frowned as she watched another villain be defeated by All Might. The bad feeling from weeks earlier still there.

After healing the pro hero, and him thanking her for her help, the Symbol of Peace had left. But then exactly an hour later while in the Staff Lounge, Ren had seen reports of All Might rapidly defeating villains.

Ren may have only studied under Recovery Girl for only some time, but even she knew doing anything strenuous after being newly healed, wasn't a good idea.

Plus, thanks to her abilities, Ren had accidentally saw some of All Might's memories—including the history behind One for All. However, Ren had kept this secret, knowing it was All Might's story to tell.

Ren was startled out of her thoughts by a knock on the door. Both of her parents were out, and Aunt Nemu was at UA, so who could it be. Opening it revealed a familiar tall man. A worried look on his face.

"Toshinori-san what are you doing here?" she asked him.

"I wanted to talk to you regarding healing me," Toshinori answered, "I also asked Recovery Girl to come as well," he added as he moved over, revealing the short woman.

"Hello Ren-chan," she greeted.

Ren allowed the pair inside and minutes later found all three of them drinking tea (the adults) and hot chocolate (Ren).

"What did you want to talk about?" Ren asked breaking the silence.

Toshinori hesitated for a moment, and replied.

"A week after being healed, I noticed that while I was working, I am only able to stay in my hero form for 6 hours. I was hoping you could see what your quirk changed in me?" he asked.

Ren looked at the man in surprise and turned to Recovery Girl for confirmation.

"He's right dearie, when Toshinori was in his prime he could stay in his form for 24 hours, after the injury his time length started to decrease until it was 3 hours before he met you," she confirmed.

The young girl thought about what she saw when she healed the hero. His memories provided a decent idea of what was going on.

"Toshinori, One for All isn't just a quirk isn't it?" she questioned, causing him to freeze up.

Looking at Recovery Girl, who nodded, he responded.

"Yes," he said, "One for All is a quirk that's a combination of stockpile and a transfer quirk. As of now, I am the eighth wielder."

Toshinori went on to explain the story of All for One and One for All, knowing if Recovery Girl could trust Ren, then he could as well with this secret.

After some time, Ren finally spoke.

"I think, it's your quirk telling you it's time," she told him.

"What do you mean?" Toshinori said in surprise.

"I remember how you said your quirk has been passed down from the first holder down to you. When I healed you, I thought I sensed another conscious? I think with each holder, One for All became semi-sentient. Maybe this time limit is its way of telling you to start looking for the ninth successor," she explained to them.

With today's new reveals, Ren could only hope that the pro hero took her advice. She was still surprised at the information overload that happened.

With everything that has happened since healing Toshinori, Ren never thought about the vision she had while unconscious. It would be only a few more years before that vision became something more.

Author's Note: Originally, I was going to have Ren put a restriction on All Might's abilities, restricting him to 5 hours a day of hero work without telling him, but this worked out better in my mind.