And so begins the newest set of drabbles!

All Might couldn't help the incredible amount of guilt realizing he had dropped the bottle with the slime villain. However, his time limit was already up, so he would have great difficulty dealing with the villain without doing some considerable damage to himself.

Seeing the boy he rescued from this same villain earlier bolt past the heroes, he couldn't help but watch.

What happened next threw everyone off.

The boy lightly tapped something under his shirt.

The second he got within a certain distance of the villain, the sludge fell away. It was clear that this wasn't the doing of the villain if his surprised shrieks was any indication. The teen promptly slammed his fist into the other teen's stomach, causing him to throw up.

"Goddammit Deku! What the hell was that for you bastard?!"

"You were suffocating on that sludge. Unless you really want to ingest whatever gross crap that villain was made up with."

The teen looked rather scathingly at the heroes.

"You're welcome to collect this creep any time now, you know!" he said loudly.

All Might watched in disbelief as some of the heroes backed off immediately when their quirks abruptly stopped working when they got close to the teen.

All Might subtly moved to the side where the heroes were already giving the teen a lecture for jumping in like that. Something told him to pull out his phone and record this, so he did.

He would not be disappointed and would be saving this video for later viewing.

"Excuse me? Bakugo was suffocating while you lot were busy pretending to be heroes! I refuse to be present at a funeral I could have prevented just because the heroes were taking their sweet time to save the hostage!"

"You should have waited!" said Kamui, feeling distinctly uncomfortable at the expression on the teen's face.

"For what? For another hero to show up and do your damn job?" snarked the teen. "He was on the verge of blacking out and being smothered to death because none of you had the balls to try and come up with a half-assed plan to free him! Endeavor is five blocks away and by the time he bothered to come here, Bakugo would already be dead! Unlike you idiots, I happen to live two blocks away from his house and my mom happens to be friends with his! I would have had to deal with the guilt of knowing her son was dead and I could have done something to save him!"

"Nobody asked you to save me, stupid Deku?"

"Shut up Bakugo. Unless you want me to remind you why the teachers quit trying to do more than suspend me for a day every time your ego gets too big," the teen shot back. Bakugo glowered at him.

"Um...how did you stop that villain?" asked Mt. Lady.

"And why shouldn't we charge you with vigilantism right now?" said Kamui, feeling a bit sour at being chewed out by a civilian.

All Might watched in disbelief as the teen pulled out a card.

"I have a personal defense device on me. And no, you can't have it. Also, the only real thing I did was punch Bakugo to make sure he didn't swallow any of that crap by accident with the villain unable to smother him anymore."

"What's this?" said Mt. Lady, confused.

"The law allowing civilians to own personal defense devices specifically designed against quirks, provided that they only have a passive effect," said the teen smugly. "And your claim of vigilantism wouldn't hold up in court and you'd be laughed out of any precinct you tried to take me to. Not even the school principal could do anything against me for using it in class."

Kamui seethed. All Might was in disbelief that the teen had a card printed up that allowed him to have some sort of device that would protect him from quirks.

And the boy was right...the only thing he actually did was hit the other teen to make him throw up the sludge. He didn't actually lay a finger on the sludge villain or do anything to him outside of using a device that neutralized his quirk.

Then he noticed the teen wasn't finished with the heroes.

"Frankly it's no wonder All Might is overworked, if this the best you can do. He has to keep picking up your slack because you never step up and actually do your job," said the teen scathingly.

"You're not seriously comparing us to the Symbol of Peace?" said Kamui incredulous. "There's no way we can beat him!"

"No, I'm saying that maybe you lot should start stepping up on your game for once. Your showing was absolutely terrible and you were all flailing your arms around against a villain because you were too close minded to actually try something to free the hostage that was literally dying in front of you," he said bluntly. "Heroes are more than just flashy quirks. Being a hero means being in a situation where the odds are against you and having the courage to get up and try something to turn that around anyway, even if it has a chance of failing. Why don't you try doing what's right instead of taking the easy way out?"

All Might saved the video...and mentally made a note to track that boy down later.

He had found his successor.

Izuku had long since come to terms with the fact that the experiment with a time-based quirk that had exploded had sent him into his past self.

On the downside, he had to go through puberty twice and had to go through getting his license all over again.

On the plus side, he still had his memories and more importantly the knowledge of how to even the odds against people who actually had quirks.

One of his greatest regrets was the fact that he was so powerless to save Bakugo from that slime villain because the device he had created to neutralize quirks wasn't around then. Being able to save that arrogant idiot's life was something he would never regret.

It had been the driving reason why he worked on so many devices and gadgets to deal with villains even though he was quirkless. He ended up becoming the only pro hero without a quirk and was damn proud of that fact.

At least this time he had a proper head start on becoming a hero again. He actually got the martial arts training he needed last time, most of his gadgets were made and a few were even patented which brought in a lot of money since other heroes were using them, and this time he was brave enough to speak up and make Bakugo back down when his ego got out of control.

His plan was to enter UA through the support hero program, then make his way into the hero class through the sports festival. He hadn't known the first time that it was possible to be 'promoted' to the hero class from the showing made at the Sports Festival until Aizawa-sensei told him while he was training him in martial arts.

Aizawa was probably going to give him a long lecture about jumping in like that, but he didn't really care.

Izuku was so busy planning on how to explain this to his martial arts teacher that he was completely caught off guard when All Might appeared before him.

On an unrelated note, he finally had an answer to a mystery that had been bugging him for years about why All Might and his secretary had identical birthdays and why they died the exact same day.

"You want me to inherit your quirk?" said Izuku stunned.

He vaguely recalled the hero who took over for All Might, and had never been impressed with him. He had no idea that the quirk his favorite hero had was something that had been passed to him from another!

Well...he had already come to terms with the fact he wasn't going to let the past happen as it did the first time when he started making his gadgets. And to be honest, this was an opportunity he would be an idiot to pass up.

Some time later...

Toshinori was slightly confused by the irritated look on Aizawa's face. Hizashi looked more amused than anything.

"What's this I hear about you training my student?"

"Eraser's jealous!" cackled Hizashi.

"What do you mean, your student?" asked Toshinori.

"You picked Izuku as your successor, right?" asked Hizashi. He nodded. "Shouta's been training Izuku in martial arts since he was nine, and I've been helping the kid test out his little gadgets since he was nine and a half."

"You mean like whatever it was he used to deal with that sludge villain?" asked Toshinori intently.

Hizashi looked gleeful.

"He calls it the 'Eraser Kitty'. It's like a wide-area version of Eraser's quirk, just in device form. Once that thing is activated, all quirks are basically nullified around it. Outside of physical ones like tails and the like. He has a few of those made, and from the police report Eraser got, he probably used the mid-range one."

"He could make a fortune with those," said Toshinori.

"He already does," said Aizawa. "He owns the patent to the disposable one that most of the police have been using, though he refuses to hand over the stronger ones."

"Why?"

"They're his trump card for when he gets into the support class," said Hizashi. "Izuku's planning to get promoted from the support class into the hero through the sports festival because he doesn't have a quirk to let him jump right into the hero class from the Entrance exam."

It was a plan that was almost certain to work, because weapons weren't allowed in the entrance exam...which Aizawa always found rather ridiculous because some quirks that would be perfect for hero work sometimes didn't work that effectively against the robots used in the exams. Like his, for instance.

"I don't want to impose on your student," said Toshinori.

"It's fine. Izuku is a major fan of All Might anyway, so this was probably a dream come true. Shouta's just jealous because it means less time with his favorite student," said Hizashi.

"I am not jealous! I'm just concerned what sort of training he plans to do, considering it might conflict with the training he already does with me!" snapped Aizawa. He was jealous, he just didn't want to admit it out loud.

He had no idea Izuku was already training with another hero. Besides, this was the first time he had trained anyone, so maybe having another hero's help in getting Izuku's body ready to handle One for All wouldn't be too bad.

Aizawa took one look at the training schedule and immediately saw several flaws. For one thing, it would conflict with the training he did with Izuku in martial arts. For another, it was based on getting someone who's stats were much, much lower than Izuku's to a certain level of physical stamina.

Between the three of them they were able to come up with a far more reasonable work-out schedule.

Izuku would be sore as hell, but as long as he followed the regimen they created he would be able to handle One for All at least a full month before the actual entrance exam for the hero class.

At least if he was unable to handle the practicals for the hero exam, he'd still have a chance to go support like he originally planned.

Though Toshinori did put up a token protest when they dragged him to the Midoriya home for dinner.

"Knowing Izuku, he's already come up with a plausible explanation for why you took an interest in him and why he suddenly developed a quirk so late. So shut up and socialize," said Aizawa grumpily.

As it turned out, Izuku had come up with a good cover story for why he would be spending time around Toshinori and by extension All Might that wouldn't raise any eyebrows. He also had an explanation for why he suddenly gained a quirk.

Officially, Toshinori had come to meet the "super fan" who had sent a rather thoughtful letter to All Might's hero office asking if it was possible to intern with him. Toshinori happened to be present during the whole Sludge incident and had been impressed by Izuku's courage, and had recognized signs that Izuku's quirk developed late like All Might. He brought Izuku to All Might's attention and Izuku was now an unpaid intern at All Might's hero office while he got training to fully awaken his latent quirk in time to hopefully attend UA.

All perfectly logical and a reasonable explanation that would stand up to most scrutiny while hiding the truth behind One for All and why Izuku would be spending a lot of time around a grown man he had only just met. He was a minor after all.

Hizashi looked at Aizawa with amusement.

"So when do you think Izuku will tell All Might the truth about where he came up with those toys of his?" he asked.

"Who knows?" said Aizawa. And he didn't really care either way. He still had trouble believing that Izuku had gotten caught up in an experiment with a time-based quirk that blew him all the way into his past self.

If not for the personal knowledge that he knew damn well a child his age would never have been able to get otherwise, he never would have believed it in the first place. However Izuku had known specific details and personal information about Aizawa that only his closest friends knew, despite the fact it was their first meeting. He also knew Hizashi never would have divulged that information to a kid.

Bakugo was livid that he had to be saved by Deku, and it only got worse when he found out that the quirkless kid in his class was receiving actual training from All Might after the hero's secretary recognized his latent quirk for what it was.

About the only saving grace he had was the fact Deku wasn't the type to brag about his training or the fact he saved him with those stupid toys.

However deep down Bakugo could at least admit to himself that if Izuku hadn't intervened when he did, there was a high chance he would have died. He had been on the verge of blacking out completely when Izuku used that annoying toy of his to force the sludge villain to let him go. Considering the pro heroes were openly doing jack squat at the time, and were waiting for another hero with a quirk that could actual effect the sludge bastard, he would admit he was slightly grateful.

Even if he was still pissed about the punch to the gut. Though he would also admit he could understand why Deku had done it...the thought of swallowing any of that crap made him want to throw up anyway.

The thing he didn't get was when the hell did Deku of all people get so strong? He could still remember the power behind that hit, and it was hard for him to reconcile the idea of the quirkless kid in his class being that strong.

Any other time, Deku would use that annoying toy of his to turn off his quirk before trapping him with some wires. Bakugo had learned the hard way that the teachers wouldn't do anything about it because Deku apparently had video of Bakugo starting the fight and the only thing he did was finish it in a way that wouldn't actually harm him.

The teachers were more worried about being sued for the other things on the video, and had frantically searched for the hidden cameras Deku had put up because he wanted evidence that he was being deliberately harassed by the school.

The principal was sweating big time when Deku played those videos, before calmly and rather viciously pointing out all the ways any half-decent lawyer would rip the school's reputation to shreds with it.

And the teachers couldn't confiscated the discreet bodycams because not only did they have no idea what it looked like, but any attempts to make a new rule against them would have them dealing with the courts.

Deku was the weirdest kid he had ever met, but the fact was that he was also the most cunning.

It still pissed him off that the quirkless kid was able to kick his ass and kept him from being the top dog of his school though.