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Mashirao's Dojo, a Year ago.

''Everyone, we have a new disciple!'' Ein said with his usual smile as the Dojo's disciples cheered. Over time, they got to understand more about Ojiro and Fuyuto, not avoiding them anymore, since then, the atmosphere within the Dojo just improved.

A tall, blonde youngster stood up in front of them before saying loudly: ''Nice to meet you all! I'm Mirio Togata, a 1st Year student at U.A! I hope we all can be friends!''

...

Since then, Mirio became an acquaintance with every one of the Dojo and friends with both Ojiro and Fuyuto. They even met together to play some games like Hero Kombat 11, Street Heroes on Fuyuto's house. [1]

Today was one such day, as they were walking through the streets, Ojiro asked curiously towards Mirio with a smile plastered over his face: ''Hey, Mirio, what is your motivation to be a Hero? I want to be a Hero that others can look up to, a worthy Hero!''

''Hm? Didn't I tell you my Hero name? Oh... it seems I forgot.'' Mirio said before scratching the back of his head in an embarrassed manner. Then, his face turned serious in a somewhat exaggerated manner: ''My Hero name is Lemillion because I want to save at least a million people, this is my goal and motivation as a Hero! I look up to All Might because

I want to be just like him!''

Though Fuyuto already knew it, hearing Mirio's Hero Name was just hilarious: ''But why the 'Le', though? Were you trying to inspire yourself in a Lemon?''

Both Mirio and Ojiro turned towards Fuyuto near-instantly: ''Was that a joke?''

''...'' Fuyuto felt slightly depressed, was he so bad at telling jokes? Maybe the fact he could rarely smile and laugh didn't help. The white-haired teenager comforted himself like that, poor Fuyuto.

''No, I was just asking you a serious question. Anyway, can you tell us about U.A? We are curious as to how it is in there since both of us are going to join it.'' Fuyuto ignored their stares before asking Mirio, swiftly changing the topic.

Mirio laughed mischievously before shaking his head: ''I won't tell you about U.A, not even a single bit of it, hehe! Where's the fun if I tell you guys about it?''

Hearing Mirio's words, Ojiro shook his head in a disappointed manner: ''Well, we couldn't expect much, could we? You're so evil, Mirio. Why must you leave us, your friends, with such suspense?''

''I'm not saying it exactly because the two of you are my friends!''

Fuyuto and Ojiro: ''...''

Suddenly, the loud sound of multiple windows shattering was heard through the entire streets as the cars stopped. Many people started running away while screaming, Mirio frowned before seeing the one that caused such a thing.

It was a male with a crazed look over his face, two gun-like horns protruded from each side of his head. Round-like projectiles left these ''guns'' and as they came in contact with something, they exploded.

Seeing that and noticing that there was no Hero nearby,

Mirio thought to himself: 'Since no one is here to stop him, I'll be the one doing so!'

Just as Mirio was going to fight the Villain, a loud voice was heard: ''Fear not... For I am here!''

Swoooosh!

A gust of air was sent towards the villain, sending him crashing in a building. However, the villain didn't seem to feel the pain as he kept shooting out the exploding bullets.

'If they hit some civilian, they're going to be seriously injured... From the three of us, I'm the only one able to stop them from distance.' Fuyuto thought to himself before waving his hand as Ice erupted from it. Despite being fast, the direction of the bullets was predictable and every time they exploded, a crack would appear on the Ice, however, the white-haired teenager would quickly repair it.

By that time, All Might had already appeared behind the crazed man and knocked him out. Looking towards Fuyuto's direction, he gave a quick nod before noticing Mirio: ''Oh, it's you, Mirio-shounen! And you...?''

''I'm Todoroki Fuyuto and this is Mashirao Ojiro. Nice to meet you, All Might.'' Fuyuto said in his usual stoic manner. All Might nodded at his words, slightly surprised that he wasn't like the usual teenagers.

Liking or not, it was rather exhausting having crazy fans everywhere.

''I see. While I'm grateful for what you did by blocking these exploding bullets, I hope that you don't use your Quirk before getting a License, Fuyuto-shounen. Thanks for your assistance there.'' All Might said before quickly running away,

Fuyuto knew of his secret. The man's time was quickly going by and his ''real'' form was going to be revealed.

Ojiro looked in a dazed manner towards the direction All Might left before snapping out of it and saying: ''Woah... That was All Might for you, he instantly appeared behind that Villain and knocked him  out, so powerful!''

Both Mirio and Fuyuto nodded at his words, the former said with a small smile: ''Of course! All Might is the Top 1 Hero for a reason, he's not only powerful but also acts as a true hero. Almost all of his money gotten from advertisement is donated to charity and orphanages!''

'A true Hero, indeed. To be honest, I don't regret not taking One For All, at that time... I wasn't sure of my conviction to be a hero, besides the fact I don't want my Quirk to be passed to the future inheritors of it. A selfish decision but as of now, I know my conviction to be a Hero.' Fuyuto thought to himself as they walked through the streets, occasionally finding a Hero patrolling.

'I don't want to be a Hero, one that is corrupted by fame and power. I want to be THE hero. One like All Might, one like... my father.'

Differently from the original reality, Endeavor wasn't obsessed, as such, he was the true definition of a Hero, just like All Might. Despite his scary and always serious expression, he was just admired as the Top 1 Hero.

''Let's go, be prepared to be defeated in Hero Kombat 11.'' Fuyuto said as his only friends laughed at his remarks. Mirio and Ojiro bumped their fists on his shoulder as they started to play said game.

[1] Hero Kombat 11 as a reference to 'Mortal Kombat 11' and 'Street Hero' as a reference to 'Street Fighters'. I thought it would be nice to add it, hope nobody minds it.

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