Book 1: Take My Hand

"Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure."
— Luna Lovegood

Everyone flew back as the biggest gust of air blew threw us when both the Nomu's and All Might's fist connected to each other. This as well causes the handy man to fly away from us. My feet couldn't even stay planted to the ground because more and more punches are being thrown about making more gusts of wind. It didn't seem like it was only me having troubles though, Midoriya couldn't even threaten to open his eyes as dust continuously blew at us.

“(L/n)’s about to fly away!” Kirishima yelled as he tried to grab onto me
“(L/n)!” Just as I was about to fly back into somewhere unknown, Todoroki grabbed my hand and pulled me to the ground
“They're fighting head-on!” Midoriya commented
“Woah!” Kirishima yelled again as he watched the fight play out
“If your quirk is not shock resistance, but shock absorption then it must mean that you have a limit! You were designed for me, huh?! If you can endure my 100% then I will go beyond that!” All Might yelled at the creature, throwing one punch after the other and never stopping until the Nomu flew back.

The battle was so quick that I could only manage to follow it while the others looked in worry at the blurring images.

“Hey villain, have you ever heard of these words?! Over and beyond! Plus Ultra!” With the last punch that All Might threw at the Nomu was the most powerful ever

The Nomu was shot back as it hit the dome and crashed right through it, even going beyond that and flying from how hard the impact was from All Might. With it of course came the most powerful of them all winds, if I had to guess it was probably as strong as a tornado that even the ground beneath us began to shake rapidly making us hold onto each other desperately in order to make sure we didn't fly away and crash into something which would lead to us dying in a very anticlimactic way.

“This is seriously something you’d see only in a comic book, he nullified the shock absorption… His power is unbelievably unmatched and ultimate.” Kirishima stood in amazement
“That power was completely insane, he was too fast for the villain to even regenerate itself.” Even Bakugo was amazed
“It seems that I have weakened after growing older. I’m starting to get a bit rusty, in my younger days five hits would've been plenty enough. Now it has taken me more than 300 punches to finally defeat him.” All Might stood up as he smiled at us and placed a fist across his chest to really prove to us that he was all right, “Now villains, don't we both want to end this quickly?!” All Might then seemed to prepare for his next punches
“Weakened?! What a lie! We were totally overpowered. How could you do that to my Nomu! You cheat…!” Shigaraki growled in anger and scratched his neck harshly
“What's wrong? You're not coming? You said that you'd clear it, right? This level or game of sorts. Try it, if you can.” All Might then glare a menacing glare that made chills run down my spine
“All Might…” Bakugo's voice weakened
“As I thought, it seems like he doesn't need us.” Todoroki said again without any personality in his tone
“Midoriya, we should get out of here. It'll be worse if we get taken hostage.” Kirishima spoke
I nodded at the spiky red haired boy, “Yeah, we don't wanna burden him.”
“If only Nomu was here…” Shigaraki began to scratch his neck more furiously this time that red line marks appeared in it trail, “He would be able to attack without thinking.
“Shigaraki Tomura, calm yourself. Look closely, and you can see that Nomu has weakened him, “The kids also aren't going anywhere and there are still some men we can use. The hero's reinforcement will come in a few minutes but if you and I work together we still have a good chance of killing him.” The warp gate then began to encourage the man, gaslighting him that they actually have a shot of killing All Might when it was so far from it.
The man finally stopped scratching his neck and looked at All Might in a new light, “You're right… Yes, we do. Let's finish this then. The last boss is right in front of us…”

From behind us, lowlife villains that Aizawa-sensei and All Might had knocked out earlier began to stand up as they regained their consciousness. ‘Now this was just a hassle.’

“All Might will get rid of the main villain, so we should go help the others.” Kirishima quickly activated his quirk alongside him was Bakugo
“Midoriya…?” Todoroki called out the boy as he had his back facing us in a haunched position, while muttering incoherently words under his breath

All of a sudden as both of the main villains ran towards All Might, Midoriya also jumped into action quite literally. He jumped so quickly that it was difficult but still manageable to spot him, pulling his fist back as he readied to use his quirk on the warp gate.

“Get away from All Might!” Then like the trick before, a small warp gate appeared in front of Midoriya and from it came out a pale hand

Before I could save Midoriya the way I had done earlier, a loud bang rang through my ears which was caused by a gun I recognized. It successfully shot through the hand, effectively foiling the plots of Midoriya’s face falling off and becoming dust. ‘The pro heroes have arrived!’ I cheered internally and sighed in relief

“Sorry I’m late, everyone. I gathered all those who could come.” The rat who I recognized as our principal Nezu spoke up as he sat on the shoulders of a pro hero, alongside him were pro heroes who worked at U.A. and Iida
“I, Iida Tenya, class 1-A's president have returned!” He yelled so loudly that I could even hear it from where I stood

The lowlife villains wasted no time in activating their quirks to attack the pro heroes. When one of our teachers, Present Mic walked up to the edge of the platform and activated his quirk against them. I could hear a large yell blaring through my ears but it wasn't as bad as the villains who were receiving direct damage from it. Then one by one our other teachers stepped in to defeat the villains and turn the tide easily.

“Ugh… They came over, it’s a game over for us. Kurogiri, let's leave and come back later…” Shigaraki began but was stopped forcibly when a round of bullets shot at him, easily hitting him without much hassle

The warp gate then closed on him in order to protect from any more shots fired. But it was all for naught when No. 13 activated her quirk and began to suck in Kurogiri into a black hole, turning him slowly into dust. With every ounce of his strength left, the warp gate teleported out of the area and to somewhere unknown. And right as that happened is when I noticed the heavy feeling of dark magic had disappeared, meaning that the wizard was gone too without a trace of any magic left behind so the anti-apparition has been lifted.

“If there are this many pro heroes gathered here, it must mean that the whole school wasn't attacked.” Todoroki answered his own question before this entire ordeal started
“Midoriya-kun!” Kirishima ran after Midoriya to assist him, “Are you okay?!”

Then suddenly my heart dropped as I thought that another villain had appeared when the ground just suddenly rose right in front of Kirishima blocking him from passing and seeing whatever was behind it. Upon further inspection I saw that it was only just one of our teachers so I calmed down.

“To verify the students’ safety, please gather at the gate. We will handle the injured.” The guy I recognized as Cementos told Kirishima
“You're right, manly sir! Roger that!” Kirishima cheered and ran back to us, “Hey! He said to gather at the gate!” We nodded at him then headed towards the gate

Time skip

When things started to get sorted out, I began to freak out a bit at the amount of police there was currently. We were reunited with everyone as we got back to the platform and I was so pleased to hear that nobody got seriously injured, except Midoriya of course.

Now we stood outside the dome all lined up neatly by class number, while I stared off into how the villains were chained up and loaded onto the bus that more and more seem to come. A man who I could appreciate for his sense of fashion counted us all up while holding a pieces of parchment in front of his face. He wore a beige coat and a classy looking hat with a navy blue tie and some white gloves to pair the entire thing.

“16, 17, 18, 19, 20… and 21.” He finally finished his counting, “Besides the boy with the broken legs, everyone else seems to be okay.”
“Yo, (Y/n). Where and who did y go ou end up falling?” Mina asked me as she tapped my shoulder
I answered her, “The landslide zone with Todoroki and Hagakure.”
“Where do you think I was sent to, (L/n)-san.” Aoyama asked a couple of people before me and no one chose to respond up until me as his eyes twinkled with hopeful look
Still suspicious of him being a creep like Mineta, I decided to give hima sarcastic response, “No idea, no one really mentioned it.”
“That’s because it's top secret!” His eyes sparkled again so brightly it made me wanna throw up and also question what he had said
“Man, I'm exhausted!” Kirishima joined in me and Mina who was soon followed by the rest of our friend group
“We won't question you right away.” The officer from earlier announced
“Detective, how is Aizawa-sensei? Kero~” Tsuyu-chan hopped like a frog towards the officer
“Both arms and his face are fractured but luckily there's no brain damage. However his orbital floor bones are crushed, which may leave some after effects in his eyes.” The strange small box in the detectives hand began to speak

‘Poor sensei…’

“... That's it.” The detective said guiltily
“Kero~” Tsu-chan let out a sad croak
“How can it be?” Mineta cried as he tried to grab onto the frog girl besides him for comfort when in reality, it was for more sinister and ulterior motives.
“What about, No. 13?” Mina asked in dread

‘No. 13 looked to be in pretty bad shape when I saw her.’ I grimaced hoping she’d be able to get a full recovery

“She's been treated.” The officer then pulled out the small box and it started to sound again
“The wounds on her back and upper arms are bad, but she will survive and we expect her to make a full recovery.” The voice stopped and the detective began to speak, “All Might will survive too. Recovery Girl's treatment is enough to heal him in the infirmary.”
“And Deku-kun?!”
“Midoriya?!” Both Uraraka and Iida yelled at the same time in worry for their friend
“Midor- Ah yes. He'll be taken to the infirmary too.” The detective said with a smile as he took off his hat.
“I'm so glad!” Uraraka beamed in relief
“Okay, now that we're done here you all may return to your classroom.” The detective said and ushered us into the bus just begin us
“Yes!” We all responded back to him

Time skip

By the time we had entered the bus, I was so exhausted with everything that had happened today that I fell asleep in Todoroki's seat by the window, forcing him to sit on the aisle side to which he didn't complain much and also fell asleep beside me. When we had gotten back at U.A., the sun was beginning to set and everyone was tired. Todoroki had to shake me awake and call out my name multiple times as I wouldn't wake up and kept telling him 5 more minutes. He wouldn't take no as an answer though and kept persisting until I finally got up a minute later.

When we got back, we first headed to the lockers to change, then we gathered in the classroom to collect our stuff and be dismissed by principal Nezu, himself. After that nobody really stayed to talk with each other about what happened and we all went home immediately completely exhausted from what happened today and just excited to flop down on our beds and fall into a deep slumber.

I was already halfway out the gate of the school when I felt someone bump into me harshly, getting a sense of deja vu. I knew who it was. I stumbled forward for a second but caught myself and glared at the guy in front of me, who just snickered.

“Oops- Sorry, didn't see you there Class 1-A loser!” The blonde guy with periwinkle eyes taunted me
“Oh I see now…” My eyes darkened, “Jealous that you weren't able to be worthy in 1-A?!” I smirked as he turned furious and defensive
“Of course not! You 1-A losers are ju-”
Todoroki joined us out of nowhere, “Is there a problem here?”
“Ah, if it isn't Class 1-A’s oh-so famous nepobaby!” He raised his eyebrows at the blonde in confusion
“Stop bothering her.” He said flatly
“Oh, look. Need to have your boyfriend save your ass?” The blonde's eyes grew mischievously and all I wanted to do in that moment was wipe off that smug look on his face.
“At least, I have one, look at yourself flat ass and Hell no will I have a man save me. I can do that myself, thanks though I guess, Todoroki.” I gave him a small nod then turned back to the blonde boy, “But I can handle this perfectly well. Just watch and see.” And so I decided to do just that as my eyes darkened threateningly, “Seems like you're jealous and obsessed with us 1-A…?”
“Monoma…. Neito Monoma.” He sent chilling death glares at me
“Oh so scary.” I deadpanned, “Yeah, I won’t bother remembering that. You’re way too obsessed honestly, get a better hobby.”
“I am not obsessed! You’re just a bunch o-“
“Whatever you were gonna say doesn’t matter, I don't intend on wasting any more of my precious time on you so goodbye stalker and don’t follow us like a lost puppy.” After that, I grabbed the dual boy's wrist and we walked off
“Why you little-!”
“Your breath stinks, consider buying a toothbrush.” He immediately covered his mouth and blushed in embarrassment
“Come back here yo-“ I casted a jinx on him that would stick his feet to the ground causing him to trip and fall face first while I snickered.
“Did you do that?” The dual-haired questioned with a tiny, very tiny smile quirked in his face.
“Of course… Not. How can I? My quirk is teleportation, he must’ve tripped on the air or maybe he just got his karma. Because you know, what comes around, goes around.” I smiled widely at the boy, which slightly creeped him out.
“Whatever you say…”

We were going to part ways after that, just as we were about to give each other a nod, Todoroki suddenly spoke up.

“Do you want me to walk you back home?” He questioned, this behavior was unlike him
Titling my head to the side in confusion, “Why?”
“Just to make sure you get home safe with no one else attacking you. We’ve been through a lot today.” He nonchalantly explained
“Mhm… I’m pretty sure I could handle myself, but my not? Your company isn’t exactly unwelcomed. Come on, I heard from Mina that there’s a really good taiyaki place down the road.” I smiled and lead him to the place

We walked down the road whilst I talked and he listened to the never ending funny jokes I had shared with him, though most of them he didn’t really find exactly funny or didn’t get at all.

“You seem lighter now despite everything that had happened earlier.” Todoroki commented bluntly
“Well one of us needs to not mope around and act all emo, we can’t have two mood killers can we?” I also replied back bluntly, “But in all seriousness, I think the way that Monoma tripped really got my mood going up, who knew? Plus who wouldn’t be happy, we’re about to get some good food.”

Smiling at him I pulled at the wrist of his blazer and tugged him towards the area which sold lots of street food. In this area it was an entire street filled with tons of vendors and people who were selling various types of foods and items lining up side by side. Majority of the people there were dressed in their school uniforms so we didn’t look out of place, considering the fact that right about now it was rush hour. So the place was pretty much packed with people lining up to buy something.

“Hey, did I mention that I wasn’t exactly from around here? So you better start recommending which food I should eat and where I can get the best rates.” I nudged his shoulders
“I’ve never really tried eating street food. I mean I have, very seldom though and it was so long ago. I cannot recall what it tastes like or which one is even my favorite.” He spoke softly like he was in deep thought with a slightly troubled look on his face.
“Well then, there’s always a first time for something. Let’s just cheer for this and take this opportunity to try something new that we’ll perhaps enjoy.” Spotting the taiyaki stall, we immediately lined up before the que could get any longer.
“Yeah…” He awkwardly responded

After that we didn’t really talk much until we reached the cashier and he insisted on paying which I really tried to stop him. But hey, I guess who refuses free food? After we got past that back and forth argument about the payment, he finally got his way and we ate the food. Mina hadn’t disappointed us about recommending this place, she was right about this taiyaki place being the bomb. Whatever that meant. We only conversed about how it was good and such while walking back home. Once we finally reached, I nodded at him and gave him thanks for dropping me off and for the taiyaki earlier.

“We should do this more, I had a fun time Todoroki. See you in school, bye!” I smiled while waving him goodbye and walking inside the building.
“We’ll see…” He responded once again while waiting for me to get inside the building complex before finally leaving.

Time skip

3rd Person P.O.V.

A large man with flames for facial hair stood inside the gym of their home, waiting impatiently for his son to return home from school. He had been through a long and rough day at work today but that did not deter him from his usual routine of training his son until he’s on the verge of passing out everyday after work if he had the time. With each passing second that went by the more irritated and angered he got from waiting for his son, Shouto.

It had already been at least 2 hours and he hadn’t come home. Instead of worrying for his safety, Endeavor knew better that his son could handle himself well in any dangerous situation. Therefore he had come to the conclusion that Shouto had been purposely avoiding coming home to training. Which for him, was a grave mistake and insult as not training would deter him from achieving the goal he was destined to receive.

“That boy, when he comes home he’ll get an earful from me.” Endeavor’s voice boomed in anger, “That will cost him more training hours.” He spoke to himself

Just about as Endeavor stood up and was about to leave so that he could find and reprimand his son. Thanks to his heightened hearing from all his hero work, he could hear the keys jangling and the door thrown open casually down the downstairs, while feet shuffling could be heard echoing downstairs.

“Shouto!” Endeavor yelled practically from the top of his lungs, upstairs
The poor boy sighed and rolled his eyes as made his way up, “Coming… Bastard.”

Shouto got an earful of insults and lectures from the man about why he should uphold their agreed schedule and not be late next time. To make matters worse, Endeavor also persisted in interrogating him about why he was late and his excuse about the incident that happened at USJ which was backed up further by his fellow pro-hero colleagues, so he had no choice but to drop the topic though he wasn't 100% convinced.

“Mhm, fine. But if this ever happens again-” Endeavor asserted threateningly
“You'll what? Abuse me and my siblings more than you already have?” Shouto asserted his dominance as well
The man gave him a sharp look and spoke in a disappointed tone, “Nevermind that, but since we're already on the topic of tardiness. I want no absences from you, the sports festival is soon approaching so now it's important that you have to master your fire side.”
“There is no damn way that I will be using your side! I'll win with only mom's power!” Shoto spat in venom
Endeavor stood up straight and the fire on his face grew more intense showing his frustrations, “Tsk, teenagers these days not showing even a single ounce of respect to their parents. I raised you and this is how you treat me?! I only want you to excel and reach top 1 hero but in order to do that you have to have no distractions. But now you're in the age where you're going through your rebellious stage, and I don't want you to do anything that will disappoint me that includes getting a girlfri-” Before the man could even finish his talk Shouto just walked out of the room, letting hus words go through one ear and out the other.

Having no choice but to let Shouto go unless he wanted an escalated fight, Endeavor let the boy walk out rudely in the middle of his lecture without saying anything. After that he went out of the gym to resign in his study room to finish up some paperwork.

When Shouto had walked out he felt a swirl of strong emotions like resentment, hatred, frustration, and disgust at his father. He believed that his father couldn’t dictate what he could do with his life, and he promised to himself that he wouldn’t end up like his parents so his fathers talk about getting a girlfriend wasn’t even on his mind but somehow when his father said that there was a slight pang of disappointment in his heart, it was something he couldn’t comprehend exactly.