Izuku adjusted his coat as he raced through the people. He sighed, checking his watch and stepping out of the crowd.

  "I'm gonna be late.." he muttered, glancing around.

  Nobody was paying attention to the small greenette at the back of the crowd.

  Izuku grabbed the hem of his jacket, spinning in a circle and enveloping himself in the material.

  Izuku lowered the jacket's edge and speed walked through his school's gates.

  "Made it.." he sighed, slumping into his chair.

  Most of the day's classes were pretty boring. They were given their new timetables, the new curriculums were handed out, blah blah. Standard first day of school stuff.

  Izuku glanced at the clock, thankful he only had an hour left of this hell.

  "I could pass out these career planning forms.. but I know you all want to be heroes!!" The teacher said.

  Oh yeah. Career planning. They were doing that now, huh.

  Izuku almost groaned when the irritating Blasty boy stood up on his chair.

  "Hey teach. Don't lump me in with the rest of these losers! They'd be lucky to end up as a sidekick to some busted D-lister!" Bakugo said.

  "Ah, you're going to UA, right Bakugo? Well I wish you luck." The teacher said.

  "Hey, Bakugo, don't get so full of yourself!!"

  "Shut it you rejects! I'm going to be the number one hero! Everyone will know my name, and it all starts with UA high!!" Bakugo yelled.

  "Oh right, Midoriya, didn't you want to go to UA too?" Their teacher said.

  The rest of the class immediately burst out laughing.

  "Midoriya?? Seriously? What are you going to do, throw bunnies at the villains?"

  "Deku!!" Bakugo roared, blasting his desk.

  "You're even worse than the rest of these rejects!!" He said.

  Izuku rolled his eyes.

  "All his quirk lets him do is pull his eyeballs out. And his fingers just stretch. My quirk at least has some practical application to hero work." Izuku stated blankly.

  Bakugo was prevented from releasing another explosion by the teacher. The rest of the day dragged on for Izuku, until finally, he could leave.

  Bakugo lunged for his notebook as he was packing away, but Izuku waved his hand between the blonde and the book.

  Bakugo growled when he saw the notebook was gone.

  "Don't even think about applying for UA, got it?" He said, stalking away.

  Izuku sighed, waving his hand over his open bag and making his notebook appear inside.

  He walked out of class, down the hall and outside.

  Izuku decided to take a risky shortcut home, hoping to change and train as long as possible before dinner.

  Izuku speed walked beneath an underpass, not noticing the sludge oozing out of the manhole in his hurry.

  He spun around when a shadow fell over him, staring in awe up at the massive sludge villain.

  "H-hi there.." he stuttered.

  "A medium sized skin suit, perfect to hide in! I didn't think HE would be here." The villain said.

  "Wait, wait." Izuku said, surprising the sludge.

  "If you want to hide from someone, I can help." Izuku said.

  The sludge villain hesitated a moment, letting Izuku pull his top hat out of his bag behind him.

  The villain, upon coming to a decision, lunged for the greenette, only to be frozen in place.

  Izuku had held up the hat, and the villain was being immobilised and sucked in to the headpiece.

  "H-hey, wait!! Stop! What are you doing?? Noo!!"

  Izuku crammed the hat onto his head, secured. He sighed with relief.

  The manhole cover burst open again, allowing another hulking form to come through.

  All Might approached the oddly dressed teen.

  "Excuse me young man, have you seen a liquid villain come through here?" All Might asks.

  Izuku nods, staring in amazement at the number one Hero.

  Izuku removes his hat, releasing the seal and allowing a portion of sludge to ooze out.

  "I used my quirk to capture him.. it was in self defence.." he said meekly.

  All Might laughed heartily.

  "Well done young man! I'm curious, how did you manage to fit him in there?"

  Izuku smiled.

  "A magician never reveals his tricks." He said.

  Another laugh from All Might reassured the boy.

  "Well young man, would you mind accompanying me to the nearest police station? I'm afraid I'm not sure how I would restrain him without your hat on hand." The blonde said.

  "O-of course!" Izuku said, falling into step with the hero, placing the hat upon his head again.

  "So, do you want to be a hero?" All Might asked as they walked.

  Izuku nodded enthusiastically, worrying All Might when the hat wobbled.

  "A lot of people don't believe my quirk is suited for hero work, but I've developed a few.. skills to help me."

  All Might smiled wider, if that was possible.

  "Well, I'm sure that any hero who can capture any villain in an instant is very suited to hero work! Haha!" He remarked.

  Izuku blushed at the praise, but shook his head.

  "I can normally only put small objects into my hat. Bigger things can't fit if they can't get past the rim. He was able to fit because he's liquid. His shape could change to let him get through the doorway inside." Izuku explained.

  All Might chuckled.

  "Still, it's a very useful ability nonetheless. What is your quirks name, if I may ask?"

  "I call it 'Party Trick', because that's what I can do. I mastered most card tricks at four years old, and I started developing my own at five."

  All Might hummed thoughtfully.

  "That's quite impressive. Well, here we are young man. Thank you for your assistance." The hero told him, opening the door.

  Izuku beamed. "It's alright All Might, I was happy to help."

  All Might approached the front desk. The officer looked up at All Might in amazement.

  "Hello there. I'm here to hand a villain over to the authorities. Well, escort really." All Might said.

  The man looked around All Might at Izuku questioningly.

  "It's not him, the young man here is the one who captured the villain. He used his quirk in self defence after he was attacked." All Might explained.

  The officer nodded, typing away at his computer.

  "Please go through the door to your left. Another officer will meet you both there." He said.

  All Might nodded, gesturing for Izuku to follow.

  "I never caught your name young man." The hero said.

  "I-its Izuku Midoriya sir!" Izuku replied.

  All Might laughed.

  "Well, it's a pleasure working with you young Midoriya! I hope to work together again in the future once you graduate."

  Izuku's eyes shone. His idol wanted to work with him??

  The duo met the new officer who brought them through to a holding room. He asked them to release the villain in there.

  Izuku theatrically pulled his hat off, spinning it to face the doorway.

  "And for my next trick.." Izuku said.

  The sludge villain burst from the hat, his eyes wide, slime getting on the walls and all over the floor.

  Izuku placed the hat back on his head with a bow, just as the door closed.

  All Might chuckled at the boy's theatrics, picking up a brown handbag From the floor.

  "This came out of your hat also young Midoriya." He said.

  Izuku stared at the bag for a moment.

  "I can find the owner if you like." Izuku said.

  "If you don't mind young Midoriya. I apologise, but I doubt I'd be able to find the owner anytime soon." All Might said, handing the bag to Izuku.

  Izuku smiled, swirling his coat around himself, disappearing from view. He reappeared in the same spot a few seconds later.

  Izuku smiled at the hero.

  "She says thank you All Might." He said.

 
  A few minutes later and the civilian-hero duo were stood outside.

  "Thank you, young Midoriya. If not for you that villain may have evaded me long enough to cause further havoc. I apologise for taking up so much of your time."

  Izuku waved his arms.

  "Don't apologise All Might! I was only going to train today, so meeting you was an incredible surprise!" He said.

  The hero smiled at the greenette.

  "There is something I would like to speak to you about, but it will need to wait for later. In the meantime, stay safe young man!"

  Izuku suddenly had a thought, pulling out a deck of cards.

  "All Might? Would you mind.. picking a card and signing it?" He asked.

  The hero laughed, choosing a card from the fan, pulling a pen out and signing the back.