Prologue: Every Step Is A Goal

(A/n: Yo! Star here! Welcome back! Good to see some familiar faces! Some new faces I can see, welcome! In this story, I'm going for Semi-canon. As it's mostly canon with a few exceptions, definitely not like the last one. But I hope you enjoy this story and I'll see you all next time!)

A slender boy is seen sleeping with a hand on his stomach and leg out on the side of his bed. A comical sleeping bubble is seen from his nose as soon his alarm goes off. "Hmm...?"

The boy looked at his alarm and rose from his bed, trying to lazily press the snooze button. He then went back to bed and two minutes later, it went off again as the boy fully got up this time and rose from his messy sanctuary. He still wasn't fully awake, that much was obvious. He was a bit above the average height, his messy, unkempt, short jet black hair looked like he just came out from a wind tunnel. He ran his hand through it, to reveal that not all of it was jet black hair. Not at all, there were shades of seafoam green in his hair. His eyes looked tired and flat, to match his fatigued appearance. The boy stretched his arms out, "Yawn...what time is it?"

He found some clothes to wear and he wobbled through his house to see pictures of him, his mother, and his father. He kept walking past till he made it to the bathroom. He placed his clothes on the counter as he fully opened his eyes, revealing the seafoam green eyes. He quickly hopped in, taking a hot shower which fully woke him up. When he stepped out, his mixed hair was slick back with a single black bang in the front of his face. He had a bright smile with his energetic eyes to match. "Man, I guess I'm almost done with Middle School, time flies by!"

"Y/n, you almost done in there?" Emi asked as Y/n looked around.

"Ah, almost! Just putting on some clothes..." Y/n looked to see that his clothes got soaked as he froze. "Gah-!"

"What? Did the soap get in your eye again?" Emi asked as Y/n started to get red.

"H-Hey, Mom...could you grab me a pair of clothes from my room?" Y/n shyly asked as his mother put her hands on her hips with a smile.

"Sure thing, sweetheart, wouldn't want you walking out with nothing!" Emi walked away and opened Y/n's bedroom door. She looked around at the place. "Well, it's certainly been a while since I've been here."

She made her way to the closet and saw the clothes. "Huh? There's barley anything in here? Hey, Shota!"

"What is it?" Shota asked from down the hall as Emi looked through the clothes.

"What happened to all of Y/n's clothes?" She asked as Shota picked up his hot chocolate.

"Either their in the wash, or their on the ground." Shota stated, taking a sip. Emi looked down at the floor to see it was actually quite messy.

"Y/n! You need to clean your floor soon." She said with a smile as Y/n is seen with his back against the door, hands in his face.

"Mom. Clothes." He reminded her as she nodded.

"Oh, right." Emi stated before shuffling was heard. Soon a knock was heard on the door. "Here you are."

"Thank..." Y/n looked at the clothes in his hands. "I'm not wearing this."

"Why not?" Emi asked with a knowing smile.

"YOU GAVE ME A CLOWN COSTUME!" Y/n shouted as Emi busted out laughing. Emi then took the clothes back and gave him real clothes. "Thank you."

"You're welcome, now I gotta get going. Love you two." Emi walked over to Shota and gave him a kiss on the cheek. He gave her one as well. "Be safe, I'll be back like always!"

"Bye!" Y/n walked out the bathroom as the door closed. Shota raised an eyebrow at Y/n's clothes. "What?"

"Your shirt?" Shota asked as Y/n looked down at his stomach. He rubbed the back of his neck.

"It's a... work in progress?" Y/n said with a slight chuckle, as Shota finished his drink and stood up.

"Well, I'm up next, remember..." Shota started to say as Y/n raised his arms and waved them around.

"I know, I know. Lock the house, double check that I've got everything." Y/n said as he clenched his fist, with his happy spirit. "You worry too much, Dad! I'll be fine! Say high to everyone there."

Shota looked at him, seeing the younger boy he raised before blinking and seeing the present Y/n. He gave a small smile and headed to the door. "Alright, have a good day at school."

"Ah, ah! Is that a smile!? Did you finally crack?" Y/n shouted with a happy grin as Shota sighed and walked out. Y/n tiled his head a bit as he put his hands on his hips. "He totally did. He's not going to admit it though."

His phone's ringtone comes on as he walks back to his room to pick up the phone. He saw a couple texts from his best friend.

Kyoka: Hey, we still meeting up?

Y/n: Yeah, sorry, just had a wardrobe malfunction.

Kyoka: I don't think I want to know what that means. Just hurry up before we're late.

"Way to talk to a childhood friend...actually no, that's pretty normal for Kyoka, ain't it?" Y/n quickly threw on his bag, locked the house, and went to the corner he and Jiro always met up on. He saw the girl, leaning on the wall, listening to music. "Hey, Kyoka!!"

Jiro looked up and looked at her best friend, as he had his goofy smile on as he ran up to her. She couldn't help but smirk as she held her bag. "Took you forever, was about to leave you in the dust."

"Nah, you would've came back." Y/n closed his eyes and waved his hand, but when he opened his eyes, Jiro was down the road. "KYOKA!? Hey! Wait up!"

The two passed by their normal route, taking in all the sights and noises. Y/n looked at her. "Too bad we already used these street noises for the band. Only so much two people can do, hehehe."

"Well, the city always has new music. I'm sure if we listen to a specific thing, we'll find something." Jiro said as Y/n put his hands behind his head as Jiro had her hands in her pocket. She looked over at his calm expression as she seemed nervous. "You haven't changed your mind, right?"

"Hm?" Y/n asked, not looking at her.

"I mean about going to U.A." Jiro said as Y/n looked up to the sky, thinking about it. Jiro got upset. "Wha-?! Y/n!"

"I'm just messing with you." Y/n stuck his tongue out as Jiro attacked Y/n with her jacks as Y/n flinched. "Ow! Ow! Ow!"

His eyes shined golden yellow, his hair started to rise, as Y/n pinched her face, stopping her Quirk. She pulled Y/n's hand away and she looked at her normal ears. "Gah. This still feels super weird."

"Yeah, well you shouldn't just stab people." Y/n said as after a minute the earlobe jacks came back. "Anyway, my mom wanted me to go to her school."

"Huh? How did that go?" Kyoka asked as she twirled her earlobes. Y/n gained a couple sweat drops.

"Well..."
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"No way, Shota! He's coming to my school! You can't have him all to yourself! I wanna spend time with my baby boy!"
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"I think she took it well." Y/n said as the two arrived at school. They both went their separate ways before Y/n looked away. "Reason to be a hero...huh?"

A glimpse of a sad expression was shown on Y/n's face before. "Yo! Y/n let's go get some lunch!"

Y/n turned around with a newly built happy face. "Alright, are you buying?"

Soon school ended, his life was..rather boring. But was it a bad thing? Y/n couldn't really understand it all to well. Almost as if a burning sensation for something, anything to happen. Y/n saw that the cars were home and he unlocked the door to the house. "I'm home..."

"Y/n." Y/n saw his dad standing at the doorway. Y/n raised in eyebrow in confusion.

"Hey, dad. What's up?" Y/n asked before he smirked. "Don't tell me Mochi scratched your foot again."

"She might have but that's not what I was going to say." Shota looked at the black cat before looking back to Y/n. "Do you still want to go to U.A?"

"Where is this coming from?" Y/n asked as Shota looked at him.

"The application rate isn't so high, struggles will come at you with everything turn. You'd have an easier chance at become a hero at your mother's school." Shota said as Y/n was taken back, he never had this sort of talk before. "Your Quirk would be considered as useless to many, despite its usefulness when used properly. Despite all that, do you want to go to U.A?"

Y/n put his head down, thinking about it seriously once more. "I don't have to go to U.A to become a hero. I can go to mom's school, and become a hero that way... after all, if I don't get in U.A, I don't have a backup high school to go to at the moment. But...even still..."

Y/n looked at the refrigerator to see a young Shota, Hizashi, and Oboro. They all smiled as Y/n looked back at the floor. "I want to know...I want to know how they became who they were. I don't want to be a hero because you both are. U.A's my best shot to make my dream the closest to reality..."

Shota looked at the boy in the eyes as Y/n's eyes shined yellow. Y/n held his hand up and clenched it, with a serious expression. "If I have the power to help others, I want to use it to do so! If I didn't, I couldn't look at myself in the mirror knowing I didn't even try to make a difference!"

Shota smirked as his eyes shined yellow as well. "Well alright then, training for the exam begins tomorrow."

"Huh?" Y/n asked as Shota turned to walk away.

"You should skip breakfast tomorrow. It's gonna be rough, you might puke." Shota said as Y/n sweatdropped.

"IS IT THAT BAD?!" Y/n wondered before he sallowed his fears. "A-Alright! I got it!"

Shota nodded before rubbing the back of his neck and Y/n smiled brightly, deactivating his Quirk. "Yes! Alright!"
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"No! Dear god no!!!" Y/n was seen with messy hair and sweating as he collapsed on the ground. He reached for his water bottle, "Pain! I know of pain! This world is full of pain!"

"Hey, get up." Shota took the water bottle away.

"NOO.... My precious...!" Y/n reached for the bottle as Shota looked at him.

"You made it past the warm up, we gotta keep going." Shota said as Y/n's heart dropped. His eyes shrank as his hair started to rise.

Y/n pointed at his father. "YOU MADE ME DO THREE HUNDRED JUMP ROPES, FORTY BUTT KICKS,  HIGH KNEES, AND MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS!!"

"That's the easy stuff." Shota said as he used his capturing weapon to lift his son up. "This is only day one!"

"LET ME SEE THE LIST!!" Y/n shouted as Shota gave him his beginner work out.
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Monday: Calisthenics and Training with Shota
Tuesday: Blowout Circuit and Calisthenics Blowout
Wednesday: Calisthenics and Training with Shota
Thursday: Blowout Circuit and Calisthenics Blowout
Friday:Calisthenics and Training with Shota
Saturday: Rest Day
Sunday: Rest Day

Warm Up:
Jump Rope: 3×100
Butt Kicks: 2×20
High Knees: 2×20
Mountain Climbers: 2×20

Workout:
Push Ups:5×20
Air Squats:5×20
Dips: 5×20
Sit Ups:5×20
Lunges: 5×20 total
2 mile run

Blowout Circuit:
5 Rounds w/ 60 Second Break In Between Rounds:
25 Kettlebell Swings
20 One Arm DB Snatch (10 Each Arm)
15 Push Ups
10 Second Battle Ropes
1 Mile Run

Calisthenics Blowout:
3 Rounds:
20 Push Ups
15 Triangle Push Ups
20 Wide Push Ups
10 Clap or Off The Ground Push Ups
20 Second Straight Arm Plank
5 Burpees
1 Mile run

Core Blast:
3 Rounds:
25 Sit Ups
25 Lying Leg Raises
25 Flutter Kicks
25 Second Plank
1 Mile Run
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"YOU'RE TRYING TO KILL ME!!" Y/n shouted as he held his head. Shota started to jog in place.

"It'll get easier as time goes on, come on, let's do the 2 mile run." Shota said as he smirked. "Don't tell me you're giving up. Do you really want this?"

"Don't give me that!" Y/n looked at him through the tears and gripped the ground. "I want it, more than anything!!!"

"Then prove it. Every step is a goal. Just keep scoring." Shota said as he ran on ahead. Y/n looked at the ground to see himself in a puddle. He smiled slowly and pushed himself up.

"Huff...huff..." Y/n held his knees before he saw his father in the distance. He then ran after him, eventually running past him. "I will become a hero!!"

"I know you will, Y/n. I just know it." Shota thought as he saw the determination in his eyes. Shota sped up to catch up with his sun as they took a lap around the giant park.

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