Izuku was laying in bed. Earlier that night he had managed to save someone from a kidnapping and multiple people from a robbery. He had gotten shot at a couple of times, but they were aimed at his torso which was covered by his turtleneck, he would still have some bruises the next day because of the impact, but other than that his injuries were minimal.

He had nearly run into Eraserhead again that night though, but he managed to hide before the Pro Hero had seen him, although he did notice that the hero had another scarf.

Izuku was also lucky again tonight because he would be able to get a bit of sleep before he had to go to his job in the morning. Izuku was working at a local library, his hourly rates weren't the best because he was mainly just helping the main librarian, but it was still enough money to get him through his monthly bills.

Izuku Midoriya drifted into a dreamless sleep that night.

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Izuku couldn't shake the stiffness that lingered in his body that day. He knew it would probably affect his late night vigilante work but he couldn't stop saving people just because he had slept wrong, besides, he was done with his work at the library so he could chill at the local park until it was time to go do his night job.

So that's what he did, he sat in the park peacefully watching the clouds and occasionally taking naps. A couple of times people would bother him about just sitting there, but he just ignored them, that is, until a familiar looking duo came into his line of sight.

Izuku's first reaction was to pretend he was asleep, so that's what he did, he closed his eyes and slowed his breathing a bit, then he listened.

"-n't see him at all last night," A gruff voice said. Izuku then heard the other figure sigh.

"Figures, we need to find a way to figure out who he is," The second voice responded.

'Who are they talking about?' Izuku thought to himself as he lay nearly motionless.

"How does he always manage to evade us? Not to mention his super hearing, it's almost like he can hear anything at any time, including my footsteps," The first voice groaned out, "Besides, I only have ten months until UA starts up again, meaning less time out looking for Ziro."

'Ah, so they're talking about me,' Izuku concluded.

"That's right, I forgot you expelled this year's class, and that just means that you'll have to work harder to find him," The second voice muttered.

"That means less sleep and less time with my husband, just what I needed," Izuku could practically hear the eye roll from where he was.

"Don't pull that sarcasm on me Aizawa- hey wait, isn't that the kid I nearly ran into the other day?" The second voice said.

'Ah shoot, they're going to come up to me,' Izuku thought to himself bitterly as he felt two pairs of eyes settle on him.

"How would I know?" The gruff voice-no, Aizawa said with an irritated sigh before he sharply, yet quietly inhaled, "Wait a minute, I bumped into him at the cafe yesterday."

"Should we see if he's alright?" The second voice who Izuku had determined to be the detective asked Aizawa.

'Nonononononononononono-'

"Yeah," Aizawa responded as he took a step forward. That one step turned into two, then three, then four before Izuku heard another pair of feet approaching.

'Well, this is it, the end of my career as a vigilante,' Izuku thought to himself with a mental frown.

"It looks like he's asleep," The detective murmured to Aizawa, "Should we stay with him so he stays safe?"

"I would but Hizashi wanted me back at UA to watch his students while he grabs us some food," Aizawa said to the detective.

"I can't either, I still need to look over some 'video' evidence of Ziro," The detective said with an annoyed tone.

"They got a video of the pest?" Aizawa asked with a bit of shock evident in his voice.

"No, but they insisted that I looked at it anyway," The detective responded. Aizawa sighed.

"I don't want to just leave him here alone, but what else could we do?" Aizawa asked the human lie detector.

"We could ask somebody to watch him, they should get here soon enough to make sure he's safe," The detective suggested, Aizawa must've nodded because the next thing Izuku heard was footsteps heading away from him.

As soon as he couldn't hear the footsteps anymore he lept off of the bench and speed walked away, he didn't need to pretend to sleep while being watched by a stranger.

And that's how Izuku found himself in an alley, alone, and out of costume, sounds like a recipe for disaster.

Izuku then started hearing what sounded like rushing water in the nearby sewer, although it sounded thicker than water.

All of a sudden the lid of the sewer burst off as a sludge-like creature practically flew out of it. The thing looked around a bit before locking eyes with Izuku, a smile crept onto its face.

"You'll make a perfect skin suit for me to hide in, kid," The now confirmed villain said with a grin before leaping towards Izuku. Almost immediately the villain surrounded Izuku with its body and started letting its sludge seep into Izuku's nose and mouth. While the lack of air frightened Izuku, he kept his composure and started coming up with ideas. One idea struck him like a brick.

'It only has a couple of solid parts in its body, its eyes and its mouth, but the mouth would be less affected if I were to attack it with my hands, so i have to aim for his eyes,' Izuku thought as he slowly started moving his arm towards the sludge monster's eyes, once his hand reached one of the eye's he grabbed it, and squeezed.

Izuku nearly started gagging at the texture of the now partially mushed eye, but he kept his mouth closed as the villain screeched in pain and lurched backwards giving Izuku enough time and space to get out of the villain's grasp.

"YOU LITTLE PEST! YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!" The villain screeched as he launched towards Izuku again. Before the villain reached Izuku it stopped and its good eye widened in fear.

"Have no fear, you are safe," A very recognizable voice said, "now that I am here that is!"

Izuku rolled his eyes at his former idol. All Might wasn't in it for the money, which Izuku liked, but he still didn't seem very aware of his surroundings which often caused damages and casualties.

"Texas... SMASH!" All Might yelled as he punched the sludge villain. His smash caused the villain to break apart and splat around the covered alleyway in a messy way. All Might then- without asking Izuku if he was alright-picked up a bottle and collected the sludge villain in it.

"The cap isn't closed all the way," Izuku mentioned to the tall hero, All Might looked at the bottle and adjusted the cap so it was tighter, then he nodded at Izuku with gratitude, "can i ask a question?"

"Yes! Of course! Just make it quick as I have other business to attend to," All Might said with his forever lasting smile.

"Can a quirkless person become a hero?" Izuku didn't know why he had asked that, he just needed to see what the number one hero had to say, the answer wouldn't matter anyway, seeing as Izuku is already technically a hero.

"I am afraid not, it's just too dangerous," All Might said with a sad smile, then he flew away with the bottle tightly in his grasp.

'And there goes the last bits of respect for All Might' Izuku thought to himself, 'at least he's still better than Endeavor, the abusive flaming garbage of a hero,'   

Sorry its been awhile, I was busy procrastinating-

ANywAYs

I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I apologize if it wasn't very good, its not like I'm a professional writer so there is bound to be mistakes, I would also like to mention that I would love hearing some constructive criticism if anyone has any for this book.

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