Izuku sat with a hand on his head, a somewhat unamused expression on his face.

He had heard the words 'son of a bitch' enough times in the past ten minutes for the rest of his life, as Kyoka reacted to the information being imparted onto her.

"…And then I passed it onto young Izuku on the coast of Dagobah, where upon he left for the entrance exam and destroyed the zero pointer when it finally took root inside him, and now he stands as my successor and the ninth wielder of One For All." All Might finished explaining, scratching his neck. "Any questions?"

'Yeah, just a couple…. Thousand!' Kyoka exclaimed, making Izuku flinch slightly from the volume of her voice. A sigh echoed in his head. 'That explains the bone breaking stuff though… and Ochaco doesn't know this?'

"Huh? No she doesn't. Only Nezu, and a few other people All Might choose know. Kacchan found out but no one else in our class knows." He explained, before leaning back on the couch.

'Son of a bitch…'

'C-Can you please say something other than son of a you-know-what, please?'

'Alright, daughter of a bastard!'

He hit his palm against his face, letting out a sigh. "Any questions, like All Might asked?"

'Well, I get why it's such a big secret. I also now get why you look so stressed sometimes and why you take your training so much more seriously than most people.' She let out a small hum. 'So… Why do you think your quirk is changing how the instructors quirk worked?'

Izuku relayed the question to All Might, who simply sighed as he sat back in his own chair.

"One For All is far from a… normal power. You see, if it is given to someone with a quirk, unlike how It was with young Midoriya who was quirkless, it would make that quirk much more powerful. For example, you young… Kyoka." The blonde scratched his neck with a sigh. "That will never not be odd. Anyways, your own quirk for example, may have evolved to let you manipulate the hearing aspect of your quirk, such as being able to hear more sound and perhaps tuning out sound. It also could have increased the physical strength of your jacks or the speed at which they would strike out. There is no way to know for certain what One For All might do to a given quirk. I believe young Midoriya's theory is that it can affect other quirks when they affect him as well?"

Izuku nodded, taking a sip of the water All Might had put out for him ahead of time. "Well, when I was fighting Shinsou at the Sports Festival, I ended up seeing visions and it's like they helped me break out. I moved my fingers to do that blast, but I don't think I'd have regained enough of my mind if it hadn't been for them."

'Ah, so you have a history of seeing things that sound delusional. No wonder you weren't believing me.' Kyoka said, making the freckled boy sigh but nod. 'Still, sounds kinda different from us, so what's the working theory here?'

"W-Well… this might sound a little weird but at times, One For All seems almost… sentient. Like it's alive. There was that moment I just told you, but there have also been other moments at times, odd little sensations and that I never had before One For All." Izuku finished off his water, setting the glass back on the table. "I don't know exactly how or why yet, but All Might described it as a power meant to save people. I think it's possible when we 'fused', it latched onto your consciousness somehow and kept you alive in me."

'….Am I crazy or did that actually just kinda make sense? Wait, does that mean I might be able to get my body back?!' She asked, with a hint of excitement that made Izuku flinch and look at the ground sadly. All Might cocked his head confused.

"My boy?"

"I…. don't know, Jirou. I have no idea how this might work, but I'm gonna say that it might be better not to get your hopes up." He sighed. "I want to get you your body back as well but I have no idea how we'd even do that even if It's possible."

'Right…'

"Sorry-"

'Dude. Stop apologizing. It's not your fault and I'd rather be in here than… you know. Or in Mineta's head, this is much better than being in there.' She said with a somehow dry chuckle, but she did manage to get Izuku to smile a small bit.

"Well my boy, if she has no other questions, I believe I should let you go eat." All Might said with a soft expression, standing up and patting his successor on the back gently. "Good luck with all of this, both of you."

"Thanks All Might."

'You know you can just call him dad, I won't judge you.'

"J-JIROU!" Izuku shouted as his face heated up and the girl's laughter echoed in his head. He looked up at his confused mentor and flinched. "S-Sorry for yelling All Might."

"It's fine, young Midoriya. I recall young Kyoka was as good at teasing as she was at hero work." He laughed, before tilting his head to the side. "You alright my boy? Your face is getting redder."

'Ah, am I blushing through you?!'

"S-She says thanks." Izuku laughed lightly, turning and making a quick escape before anything else awkward could happen. Once he was finally down the hall, with a few calming breathes he sighed. "Well, that went well."

'Yeah.'

Silence hung between them for just a moment as Izuku started making his way to the cafeteria. It wasn't silence that was destined to last for long however.

'So… You're the next All Might.'

'W-Well… as long as I can get my power under control. Which- "Oh crap!" He suddenly exclaimed aloud as he realized something. "I forgot you made me stronger with it… That's going to be… interesting in hero class later."

'Well, I always knew I'd be awesome for ever ended up stuck with me for life.' She snickered, making Izuku blush as the sudden thought of Kyoka in a wedding dress flashed through his mind. '...My butt was very pronounced there. You got something you wanna tell me, Midoriya?'

Izuku's face went crimson. "W-What?! No, I was just imagining you how you actually looked!"

'So you're calling me a fat ass?!'

"No! You were gorgeous when you were alive!" 'Oh god, oh god, please don't be mad-'

Suddenly, his nervousness began to dissipate as snickering sounded in his head. 'Can't keep that up, I'm teasing you dude.'

"O-Oh…" He said simply, before grumbling as he reached the cafeteria.

'No but seriously, was my butt that big when I was alive?'

"…I didn't notice."

'Uh huh… I'll keep that in mind for later.'

Izuku just gulped as he walked into the cafeteria, going towards the front and getting some food from Lunch Rush. With a quick 'thanks' he turned to look around and was suddenly hit with a decision he didn't expect to have to make.

Uraraka and Iida were at one table, eating and talking animatedly about something while at another, Kaminari and Momo were together along with Mina, in a more subdued conversation. 'Wait, who do I go to?'

'You saw Momo and Kaminari last night, they should be fine for now dude. Go show your friends you're okay.' Kyoka instructed.

'But you're friends-'

'Don't worry about it dude. We're gonna have to compromise… Just cause I want to see my friends doesn't mean we shouldn't be seeing your friends as well. Maybe we can try like alternating days?' She suggested, and after a moment Izuku nodded. That seemed like it could work. 'Great. Now to listen to Iida lecture for the rest of lunch.'

'He can actually be pretty fun when you get to know him, if you catch him in the right mood.' Izuku defended his blue haired friend as he arrived at the table, setting down his lunch tray and smiling softly at the two. "Hey guys, what's up?"

'No offense but I'm doubting that.'

"Ah, Midoriya, good to see you!" Iida greeted. Uraraka's smile widened and she slid a muffin that was on the table over to Izuku.

"Heya Deku! Here, I got this for you." She said with a small hum, making Izuku blink in surprise.

"H-Huh? You did, how much did it cost?! I'll pay you back-" He was stopped by a sudden giggle from the girl, who gently set her hand on his, making him blush lightly.

"Don't worry about it, Deku. It wasn't that expensive and it's just this once, I just wanted to do something nice for you." She said with a soft smile, squeezing his hand lightly, almost glowing to Izuku. 'Pretty…'

They stayed like that for a moment, before both realized she was still holding his hand and she let go, face going pure red as she looked away as the green haired teen's own blush worsened. "S-Sorry Deku!"

"It's f-fine!"

'….God this is even more painful to watch with a front row seat.'

'Jirou!'

"You two truly are a match." Iida commented simply, making both Izuku and Uraraka start flailing as they tried to question what on earth he meant, and he let out a rare playful smile. "Simply that you both can be rather similar. I suppose whoever said opposites attract was wrong."

"Iida!" Both blushing teen's exclaimed as Kyoka cackled.

'I take it back; I guess he can be a little fun.'

Soon after that, Izuku managed to calm down enough to have a normal conversation with his friends around random topics, mainly about the upcoming hero training.

Kyoka would chime in rather frequently with a comment or two, and Izuku would have to remember not to answer her aloud, least he looked insane in front of his friends.

A quest Kyoka informed him would bear no fruit as everyone already thought he was insane. He'd simply rolled his eyes and decided to focus on his food.

"Alright, listen up." Aizawa said, tone serious as he looked out over his students. Izuku was near the front of the class, tugging on his costume. It felt smaller than it used to. "After recent… events, the staff have discussed what to do in regards to your training to avoid another incident. We're still discussing details but for the moment, you can expect you're training to increase in intensity going forward. Understood?"

"Yes sir, Mr. Aizawa." 1-A chorused, each of them nodding their understanding.

"Now, this training exercise is going to be five villains against one hero. Everyone is going to have one chance as the hero, and random students will be selected as the villains." Aizawa announced, walking towards the nearby computer and pressing a few buttons, before a wheel with the student's names on it started spinning. "You'll be in the suburban area. The heroes have one goal, to capture the villains. No backup is coming and civilians have been evacuated. It's up to the hero alone."

'Damn. It's like our first ever training exercise turned up to eleven.' Kyoka said, Izuku nodding in agreement. Then the freckled teen's eyes widened as he saw his name flash up on the wheel. 'Oh joy. Can't wait for this now we know we share pain.'

"Midoriya, you're up as the first hero." Aizawa drawled lazily, pressing another button and five other wheels coming up which then chose Izuku's opponents.

He felt his heart sink more and more with every name that came up.

'Denki Kaminari, Tenya Iida, Fumikage Tokoyami, Shoto Todoroki, Momo Yaoyorouzu.'

'…Shit.'

'Yeah…'

"Alright, the villains have a five minute head start to get set up. Remember, you are villains here so you don't need to hold back." Their teacher announced, the five students walking ahead to prepare. The scruffy pro then turned to Izuku. "Midoriya, go to the waiting area. I'll tell you over the speakers when you should begin."

"Yes sir!" The freckled teen nodded, hurrying through the door to the starting location. 'I'll be honest, I'm kinda excited for this.'

'Oh? Even though you're against most of the top fighters in the class and Kaminari?'

'Do you ever stop teasing him?' Izuku wondered, bemused.

'Nope. So why are you excited?'

'I should be able to use air pressure freely now if I'm able to use thirty percent freely. So I should have even more tricks to try out.'

'Ah.' That was the only reaction he got from Kyoka, before the two briefly lapsed into silence. It didn't last. '…I wonder if they sent us out first on purpose.'

'Potentially. I can see why they might have decided to do that.' Izuku thought, nodding as he walked towards the gate. 'Wasn't this where Momo and Todoroki had their final exams by the way?'

'I think so. So what's our plan?'

Izuku quickly adjusted his gloves as his eyes darted to a nearby clock, waiting for the announcement of the start of the exercise. 'We need to eliminate Todoroki and Momo first. Kaminari's quirk would be a danger in a different environment but I can jump between the rooftops here so we should be fine, Todoroki on the other hand could use a full powered barrage and Momo could do almost anything.'

'Makes sense, Momo will probably try to-'

"And begin!" Aizawa's voice came over the speakers, Izuku instantly crouching down at the announcement as his body glowed and green lightning started to crackle around him.

"Twenty-five percent full cowling!" He shouted, as he rushed into the street in what to many of the students likely looked like nothing more than a green lightning bolt, jumping from building to building. 'Need to keep an eye out, attacks could come in at any minute!'

He leapt down into the street, before jumping off a wall onto higher ground, flipping onto another roof and jumping for a streetlamp, landing gracefully before making it onto another roof.

'Keep an eye out for cannons. If Momo isn't holding back, it tends to be her go to move.'

"Right, then I just gotta-" His eyes widened suddenly.

BOOM! BOOM!

'IZUKU, LOOK OUT!'

Izuku turned, only to see three cannonballs flying right towards him. He reacted as quickly as possible, dodging two and grabbing a third with his bare hands, letting out a slightly manic laugh when was able to hold onto it.

His next move was going to be to launch back where it came from to smoke out Momo but before he got the chance, a deafening noise pulled his attention towards a massive barrage of ice that caught his leg, frost starting to travel up him.

'Oh great, both the big problems right at the same time!'

"Well, guess I'm trying this out earlier." Izuku said as he threw the cannonball into the ice first, shattering the part of the ice that had almost frozen him, the ice on his body shattering with the use of full cowling.

He channelled as much power as he safely could and flipped in the air, bringing his foot down straight into the ice.

"FIFTY PERCENT SMASH!"

BOOM!

The fight had begun.