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Mark's point of view

I am not exaggerating when I say: that was the best night of my life I mean no one's gonna study yet but I mean... Too much

Amber giggled giggled. It was our first proper date and she planned everything it was amazing but I'm still slightly concerned that I messed it up somehow

But she put an end to my fears: it was pretty good. I expect to feel the same way the next time when you plan the date.

That sounds like something really good: that sounds like committing to the idea of a second date

She laughed again and this time she leaned in and kissed me it was quick, but it felt magical when we separated she took the gift I got from her and said goodbye and it took me a moment, but I was able to move again and my excitement got the best of me as I started flying in the sky as I screamed at the top of my lungs in excitement

First date ever and it was a success a spectacular success everything in the world right now is just right I've got my powers. I've got the girl that I like dating me. I'm a superhero. Nothing in the world could be wrong.

I fly home arriving in the back garden and when I come in, I walk in on my dad arguing with Cecil

I announce myself as I walk in confused: did I just walk into it?

Cecil: NASA is about to launch their first man mission to Mars

Yeah, I saw that it's pretty much the only thing on the TV as well as the only topic they're talking about in school: yeah I saw it looks pretty cool

Cecil: well I'm trying to get your Dad to shadow it only he won't go

Dad: I'm busy training my son and protecting this planet and with the guardians gone I'm needed here

Cecil: it's because of the guardian's death I need you on this mission the Earth needs to win right now

Dad: you think people are going to care about people on Mars when there's an attack on Earth and I'm not here to stop it why not just send? Deku he probably jump for joy when you go to Mars.

Cecil: because it's a mission from NASA with trained astronauts and it's going to happen in less than a week and unlike you and Mark deku can't breathe in outer space nor does he have any forms of training for space travel. I don't have time to put them through that before the launch besides he's dealing with something personal and I need him here in case any more of his villains from his world show up

Dad: well then he's a simple fix. I'll deal with them.

Mom strongly disagrees with that idea: Nolan... I don't think that's a good idea. Remember what? Izuku said one of his main villains can steal powers.

Dad: yeah from other humans, but I'm not human he won't be able to take powers from me

Cecil: we don't know that Nolan... Truthfully even izuku isn't sure they never had this kind of situation before with an alien but I'd rather not take that chance because if he gets his hands on either you or Mark, we might as well just hand him the goddamn plant izuku is the only one whose powers he cannot take for some unknown reason or by the grace of God, therefore, he is the only one that can fight him head on without fear of losing their abilities... Plus it's not just the villains I'm worried about it's what if other heroes from his world show up according to him they've come from a stressful time arriving in a New World May... Upset them God knows what they will do. I need him here to protect the earth from threats, we can't even comprehend to understand

Dad seems to get angrier and angrier: I can protect Earth, not some kid that just appeared out of nowhere if I didn't know any better Cecil I would say you were trying to get rid of me

This is getting pretty heated and they're both coming up with good arguments, but I think there's an easy way to solve this: is this the part where I volunteer or do you just want me to wait so you guys can argue a bit more?

Dad: no you're not going to Mars

I don't see why not: you were just talking to me about responsibilities isn't this one of them?

Dad: your responsibilities are more than just four astronauts besides Cecil asked me not to you

Cecil: if the kid wants to go, he'd be doing humanity a favour

Yeah, exactly: yeah besides I've been to the moon I've already been to space

Dad: that was to the moon mark that hardly counts to space that's the equivalent of going for a walk

Yeah, but Mars can't be that far away: what's the big deal fly off tomorrow and be back by tomorrow

Dad: the fact that you don't know how far ours is is exactly why you shouldn't miss school

I raised my eyebrow. It can't be that far. I mean I go to the moon in less than 30 seconds. How long would it take to get to Mars like a couple of hours?

Cecil gives me a reality check: it's a two-week trip, kid

Two weeks!

I frantically take it back: two weeks no way I can't Dad's right I'm not ready. Things with Amber are going well now.

Mum: sweetheart a lot of people are going to tell you how to use your powers but it's up to you to make these decision decisions you have to decide what kind of hero you're going to be

I remember what izuku told me which was the same thing as what my mom was telling me and they're both right I can't let anyone tell me how to use my powers. That's my decision and it's my life... But Dad is right about one thing having powers like mine comes with sacrifices and in this case, the sacrifices of losing two weeks of school and with my girlfriend... Yeah this is gonna be a hard one to bounce back from

I nod: Right I'll do it

Dad did not seem happy, but I'm sure he'll get over it

Cecil: pack a lunch kid you're going to Mars

Well, guess I know what I'm doing for the next two weeks, but that still brings up one question where the hell is-

(yes, I did the thing)

Narrator point of view

Izuku was currently on an island in the middle of the Pacific. He found this island when he was flying around trying to clear his head it wasn't a very big island. It had one palm tree and was mostly made out of sand but it was peaceful and quiet away from him to escape the world just for a moment.

It wasn't his world, but according to Cecil, it needed him... Because he confirmed the young hero's worst fear Omni man was responsible for the death of the guardians and even though there was still a possibility it was mind control the young hero knew in his heart Omni man was a villain

He played it over and over in his head who, what and how he had the answer to one of these questions but the others weren't coming so quickly there were many different theories that izuku played after his head with the help of the past users and some of them made sense, but one in particular stood out for him

Izuku speaking to the past users: what if...? Nolan/Oman people aren't just invaders they're like conquerors what if the World Bement Committee is actually like... Well for lack of a better term an empire... and what if Nolan's mission this entire time has been to take over this planet

The first user agreed: it makes sense if a bit bizarre and cruel to spend 20 years building their trust and then betray them... That takes real commitment though

The fifth user: yeah but it makes perfect sense, especially considering that the way he reacted when nine was giving his son advice about not putting himself above. Others make me think that this "empire" has a stick up their ass thinking there above other people.

The fourth: sound like someone else we know... Not that I don't disagree with any of you but there's one thing we're overlooking

Nana: and what's that?

The fourth: is if Nolan truly thinks he's above everyone else on this planet... Why did he marry Debbie? Why did they have Mark? What's the point? If his species is superior, why would he lower himself by having a child with someone he would see as a pet?

The second user joined in: yeah and there's another question that needs to be answered. Why is it just Nolan? That's where we see what he can do and if his powers are any indication of what the rest of his people can do they roughly only need five soldiers to take this place... So why the hell would they only send one who has had to work undercover for 20 years? Why not just invade straight away, what's stopping them?

There were so many questions so many of them that they didn't have answers but izuku began to see a pattern a pattern that was so obscure that no one else could see but for him, everything fell into place and it made almost perfect sense

Izuku: what if...? It's not Why didn't they? What if it's that they couldn't?

The past users turned the ghostly form to the ninth, the third raised the question: what are you talking about Nine?

Izuku: I'm thinking in terms of theory but what if something happened to Nolan's people? Something that diminished their population... Think about it. That would explain only why he's here why he's had to remain undercover for 20 years because he couldn't get any backup and that would explain why he married Debbie because humans and his people are genetically similar.

Nana: so wait, you're saying that a species that can go at the speed of light is somehow suffering from a population deficiency? How is that possible?

The young hero shrugged: I don't know it's just a theory it could be over a war... A disease... Or some catastrophe the point is it would explain everything the reason why Nolan didn't invade the planet first is because they needed humans

The second: yeah to turn into a breeding farm... God that's disgusting so how the hell are we gonna stop him? Assuming that mine is even right? For all? We know a full-fledged invasion force is heading to this planet right now as we speak

And they're like the conundrum the past users had never experienced anything like this fighting petty criminal and a self-proclaimed man calling himself. The Demon Lord with overwhelming power was nothing compared to a full-on alien invasion from outer space

All of them felt like they were out of their death except one izuku he was remarkably staying relatively calm while coming up with numerous plans to exploit the weaknesses of Omni man as well as finding weaknesses of Omni man his people he mumbled in numerous different ways

The past users could hear every thought and they were becoming overwhelmed Nana: okay are we just gonna ignore the fact of this or are we gonna address the problem?

Izuku stopped mumbling: what problem? I thought we were talking about the problem.

Nana: oh no, you know exactly what problem we're talking about the problem with you not accepting the fact that you're a genius

Izuku: oh come on you guys too. I'm not as smart as Cecil thinks I am

Nana: kid I don't know how to tell you this but you somehow managed to solve a problem about the teleporter that... Honestly, I couldn't even understand and you just came up with a theory about why an alien species needs planet Earth... Not dimension the fact that you calculated how much the teleportation costs at the top of your head within an instant... Face it you are a genius! Now stop being an idiot and realise that

Izuku: but I'm not a smart... I mean I'm OK but I'm not that smart. I'm sure anyone could-

All the past users said together: no one could've come up with what you did!

The young hero then went to sheepish: but... But I'm not I'm not special without my powers. I'm just ordinary and I'm not worth much.

Nana: kid I don't know how many ways I can tell you this but you need to understand your worth. You're more than just your powers. You've got a good head on your shoulders and if you stop second-guessing yourself you would realise that... Seriously go talk to your pretty redhead girlfriend and she'll tell you the same thing.

Izuku blushed: she's not my girlfriend!

Nana: well not with that attitude she's not... Listen kid you've been second-guessing yourself your entire life maybe it's time to stop listening to the dark voices inside your head and start living a little because trust me you don't wanna leave this world with regrets like the rest of us did all the ones not here so you don't have to worry about him too much live a little have fun and realise what you're worth and what you're capable of before it's too late

The young hero didn't know how to take this. He didn't want to think about it so instead he just blocked out the past users as he rested his eyes. He would figure out what to do tomorrow... Although talking to Eve wasn't a bad idea

The next day

On the mainland in the school Samantha Eve Wilson was going through the hallways of her school still relatively depressed about her break up with Rex, but also because of the way she was feeling about a certain green-haired boy

She didn't know how to feel, but she felt a bit guilty, she knew that she felt something towards the strange visitor from another world but she wasn't sure what it was... She wasn't sure if it was love or whether it was just attraction because ironically izuku was mostly her only friend other than Mark that hadn't screwed her over

Plus, her parent's relationship was not helping. They were constantly fighting and she wanted something stable in her life. Everything just seems to be spinning out of control.

Izuku was the one thing/person in her life that didn't suck right now and she was happy about that she was overjoyed which is why she felt slightly guilty. She wasn't sure if these emotions she was feeling were attraction or just because she didn't want him to go to make matters even more concerning she wasn't sure if he had someone that he liked on his planet Earth

Sure he said he didn't have a girlfriend or a partner of any kind but I didn't necessarily mean he wasn't crushing on someone and she definitely didn't want to get in the way of that and there was also the realisation that eventually izuku would have to go back to his world he had obligations thereof which he understood and he didn't want to make him feel worse for leaving her behind... Of course, there was the option that she go with him but that was a bit of a jump even for her

To make matters worse college applications were coming up soon and she didn't even want to think about those. She just didn't know what to do with her life. Everything was spinning and it didn't seem to stop.

Until her phone buzzed, it was a text message from izuku asking her to meet him on the roof

Smiling to herself, she put her feelings aside for a moment as she headed towards the roof of the school where izuku was sitting in his superhero costume with his mask down

Eve giggled: I don't think my school will appreciate a trespasser

Izuku playing along with the joke: well technically to be fair, I don't legally exist in this world so is it trespassing if I don't exist?

Eve: all right fair point... So what's up?

Izuku: why do you assume there's a problem? Maybe I just wanted to talk.

Eve raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms: you wanted to speak on the roof that means privacy... What's wrong?

Izuku:... There is something but we've talked enough about me. How are things going with you?

Eve sitting down next to him: as bad as well as you can expect with Rex breaking up with me it's just been hectic you know he came to apologise I think once but then it just turned into an argument about you

Izuku: really... I'm sorry

Eve: no no there's nothing for you to be sorry about Rex cheated on me because he thought you and I were going out and he still thinks that but that's on him not you... Anyway, my parents are fighting again which is no big surprise but adding that onto everything else it's just... I don't know if I wanna be a superhero anymore

Izuku eyes wide didn't she look defeated? He had seen it many times before especially after the breakout of Tortoise and the all-for-one on the rise many heroes just put down their masks hung up their capes and quit he didn't judge them for that and he certainly wouldn't judge Eve for that either

The hero from another world: well I can't speak from experience but I can't say that if you wanna quit being a superhero you won't get any judgment from me... I know all too well about the challenges it can have both physically and mentally and some people just reach their limit

Eve: have you ever reached your limit?

Izuku: a couple of times but not as a superhero... I have experienced something similar... And now I'm trying to come to terms with that and get over it but it's just difficult

Eve raised an eye eyebrow: why I mean what don't you have to be proud of? Izuku I mean look at all you've accomplished you became the successor of the greatest hero in your world, and you got accepted into the best hero school in your world. You've saved countless people and stopped countless villains. Why shouldn't you be proud?

Izuku: because it feels like I don't deserve it

This comment puzzled Eve: what do you mean? You don't deserve it? How could you not deserve it izuku you're possibly one of the nicest boys/men I've ever met... And I know that doesn't say much considering my relationship with Rex but I still

The joke caused the hero to chuckle just a bit: it's complicated... the truth is I'm the only reason I'm a mighty successor is because of luck there was someone else in the running someone much more worthy than me but because of some unusual circumstances all might decide to choose me and it's not like the thing I did then impressed him I didn't succeed in it. I made the situation worse but he still decided to choose me... I just feel like if I didn't do the stupid thing that I did I would just be ordinary

Eve: and what's wrong with that?... I mean I wouldn't want to be ordinary partly because my parents have painted a very dark picture of that for me but what's wrong with being ordinary?

Izuku: being ordinary in my world is like a death sentence... that might be a bit dramatic but the truth is before I got my powers people said I couldn't achieve much and that I should focus on what I'm capable of achieving... Apparently to them and me working at a fast-food restaurant was the limit of what they thought I could accomplish and it wasn't even a manager just working there while the rest of my class had the potential to become heroes. I would be stuck at a food court.

Even wanted to laugh, thinking it was a joke, but she looked at the serious expression of her friend and she realised he was serious: so wait, they just told you that you weren't going to achieve anything

Izuku: it was more than that they just told me that I needed to be realistic and that everyone had limits and mine were that I wasn't worth anything... And for the record yes a teacher said that directly to my face word for Word

Eve: Jesus, why? Why would they say that?

Izuku gave the straightforward answer: because they truly believed it... eve in my world hit survival of the fittest but it's an unspoken rule that the fittest can do whatever they want to the weakest and unfortunately, I was the weakest of the bunch they would pick on me a lot tell me I was worthless and other things and for a long time I tried to ignore them but somewhere deep down I believe them

Eve looked at the hero from the other world sad she more than anyone knew what it was like to have someone scream in your ear that you can't do something she got that from her parents she couldn't imagine why it would've been like getting it from nearly everyone around you

Eve: so what's brought this stuff up from the past?

Izuku: well you know that test Cecil had me take turns out it was filled with the hardest questions that he and a team of specialists can come up with and I got every single one of them correct

The female hero's eyes widen: does that mean you're?

Izuku: a genius she tends to think so but I'm just not sure... I mean my grades weren't great back in middle school and even with all my revising my grades getting into UA were mediocre at Best. I just don't wanna get his hopes up that I'm something that I'm not only for him to be disappointed later.

Eve understood what was going on izuku wasn't sure of his potential he wasn't sure of his worth and he needed someone else to tell him

Eve: well... I don't know if you're a genius but if she thinks you're smart then why not? At least give it a go. I mean honestly, what's the worst? That's gonna happen you're gonna fail then you try again isn't that what it means to be a hero in your world?

Izuku chuckled: yeah I guess you're right I'll give it a try still I'm just I'm not sure... But hey maybe I can overcome this by trying as for your problem I'm not gonna tell you what to do but if you think you can't be a superhero anymore you won't get any judgement for me. I know that sometimes the job can get stressful but if you allow me to say one thing I think... Being a hero is what you're destined to do, maybe not in the way of fighting bad guys but I think you are meant to help people maybe as a firefighter maybe as a policewoman maybe as a doctor, but I do think whatever you do it will involve helping people

Eve: and what makes you so sure about that?

Izuku Getting up and flying in the air using float: because you've got a good heart and I believe that no matter what you're doing you'll be bringing joy and happiness to the world

he then flew away he didn't know it, but he left a blushing eve on the roof

Eve shaking her head: God dammit I really am in love

Back with izuku a flight to the teen team base that was now turned into his personal workshop. He went into the base and looked at all the equipment that Cecil had left for him.

All the tools all the machine machinery with plenty of material materials for him to work with

Izuku rolled up his sleeves and pulled down a pair of goggles: alright then it's time to prove my worth