5. Kyoko Making Up For Lost Time/An Answer Given And A Plan Made

Story Start: Five Years Before UA

Asui Tsuyu loved being in the water. Kind of obvious given how her entire family had Frog as their Quirk but Tsuyu took it to a whole new level. She actually wore a full body swim suit under her clothes each day, even at school (Short sleeved during summer, long sleeved during winter). Although to be fair, since her school's swim team met every other school day and she would swim for half an hour in the indoor school pool the other two days, that wasn't nearly as odd to her classmates as it could have been.

There was that one pesky problem of Tsuyu's family to a member not being able to handle cold temperature as well as most other humans but Tsuyu had long since solved that problem back when she was Rear Admiral Kyoko Uriel. By increasing her heart rate, she was able to bring up her body temperature significantly. The downsides of course was that her body required more oxygen to run and if taken to the max level it made her REALLY hungry, but being able to avoid becoming completely sluggish in the cold was worth it.

The currently ten again Marine was taking full advantage of that technique as her fingers deftly worked at the net under her fingers. Thanks to the small scuba tank on her back, and the lights on the mask that went with said tank, she was able to still function in the water of the ocean even though it was currently the middle of November and she was just under seventy feet deep. The reason WHY she was working at a net was because of the kid with a sea turtle type Quirk that had managed to get himself snagged. Next to her, the young boy's father floated, his own fingers unfortunately not nearly dexterous enough for this kind of work. Finally Tsuyu managed to unsnarl the net enough that she could pull the strands far enough away from the boy's shell to slip a knife in between rope and shell and sawed the strands apart with the knife she always carried on her when swimming in the ocean.

Soon as the boy was free, the three of them broke for the surface and once treading water the father pulled his son in a relieved hug even as he said "Thank you! I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't showed up when you did, my own knife just wasn't cutting it." He then let out a slight wince and said "Pun not intended."

"You're Welcome, Kero." Tsuyu said with a croak at the end before she continued "I'll recover the remains of that net, make sure it can't catch any other unwary swimmers, is there anything else you need before I do so? Kero."

The father shook his head, thanked her again before he quickly got his son swimming back to the distant shore ten miles away, feeling like there had been enough excitement for the day.

An hour later, Tsuyu dragged a small boat ashore, three spent scuba tanks along with a cooler held inside. Once ashore, she put the fourth tank on her back with the other three and dragged the boat to then through a break in the dunes where her father, Ganma, was waiting for her.

Seeing the ruined net in his daughter's boat, the man said "Found another I see, Kero."

Tsuyu nodded her head and said "There was a kid trapped in it, I felt his and his father's worry and helped them out. Kero."

"That Observation technique of yours is certainly useful." Her father said as he helped secure her boat to their small trailer. A quick trip to the restrooms to change out of her wetsuit and into something nice and fluffy on the inside and the pair left the beach.

As her father drove them home (stopping at the midway point at a McDonalds to buy her something to eat as was tradition), he said "By the way Tsuyu, I know that Saturdays are your exploration days but next week your mother and I won't be able to get away from work for the entire day. I hate to ask, but do you mind watching over your siblings for us?"

Tsuyu blinked once then nodded and said "Alright, I'll look after them."

Ganma smiled at her and took a hand off the wheel to ruffle her hair as he said "Thanks Tsuyu, your mother and I can always count on you."

"Kero." Tsuyu croaked, leaning into the touch a little even as she considered what she could do to keep her siblings entertained for the whole day next week.

Time Skip: One Year Before UA/Midoriya Apartment

"So I ask you, Midoriya Izuku, will you accept One For All?!"

Izuku closed his eyes and sighed. A few moments later, he opened his eyes again and said "All Might, being the ninth holder of One For All would be a great honor, and I agree that it should not be allowed to end with you. But I had planned to make it into UA, to prove that so long as you trained hard enough, you didn't need a Quirk to become a Hero."

"Very well, I can understand where you are coming from Vice Admiral, though I can't deny that I am not disappointed." Toshinari said as he sat back down at the table.

Izuku nodded then he cocked his head slightly as he said "How about I make you a deal All Might? You said that you were going to go to UA next school year to find a successor. If you haven't found one by the start of that summer, I'll accept One For All."

Toshinari stared at Izuku for a few moments before he nodded and said "Having a backup does sound like a good idea." He was silent for a few more moments in serious thought then nodded to himself as he continued "In fact, it might be wise to set up that backup sooner rather than later."

Leaning forward, Toshinari said "One For All's transfer mechanic is that I have to willingly give a piece of my DNA to the person who will receive it. So long as it is both properly hidden and secured, I can leave a strand of hair in your possession. If for any reason I die before the agreed upon time, then you can use that strand to acquire One For All."

Izuku slowly nodded and said "It is good to have a backup plan, I'll admit. But this seems like one hell of a risk and a LOT of trust for a person you've only known for one morning."

"True, but then again, I had already offered to give you One For All before making this suggestion and you turned it down, and you have the training to hold your own if anyone somehow finds out about this and tries to make you give them the 'key'. As such, I believe I can trust you to safe guard the backup." Toshinari said, leaning back and crossing his arms.

Izuku nodded and "True enough. Alright, I'll keep the 'key' safe, let's just hope it winds up being unneeded."

"Amen to that." Toshinari said, lifting his tea cup up in salute then draining the last of the now cold liquid. Today certainly hadn't gone how he had expected but at least he knew that no matter what, One For All WOULD be passed onto the next generation.

END

Author's Notes: Alright, that's all three of the Rear Admirals shown so we can move on now. Like I said last chapter, I'll be setting up a spinning wheel to decide what I work on next. I'll include EVERYTHING I've got story wise (Even this story) on it so depending on the size of the project it might be a while before next update. Until then, see you around.