Stand By All

(Dagobah Beach)

Izuku Midoriya has learned about Stands and is here to test out its skills. He’s currently at the dirtiest beach with his cyan jumpsuit and a headband that reads: “MOTIVATE” in Kanji.

“Alright. Let’s see what you got, Izuku.” He took a deep breath.

“Sticky Fingazu!!” He summoned the Stand of the mother of all six of his children.

The Stand is a humanoid with a similar build to Bruno Bucciarati’s. Its face is hidden apart from the mouth by a helmet-like covering adorned with a mohawk-like row of short spikes. Its body is covered in a dark body suit, with the chest and stomach exposed, and has pieces of padded armor over the shoulders, arms and wrists, knees and feet. Zippers varying in size hang from the base of its neck and abdomen, the back of its hands, and the top of its feet.

“ARI!” Sticky Fingers punches the fridge, forming a large zipper on it, tearing it in half in the process.

STAND NAME: STICKY FINGERS

FORMER USER: BRUNO BUCCIARATI

STATS:

STRENGTH: A

SPEED: A

RANGE: C

DURABILITY: D

PRECISION: C

POTENTIAL: D

‘While Sticky Finger is a fast hard hitter, its range, and durability are weighing it down, and its precision is average at best. Not to mention its poor full potential. Maybe I could work this one out if I can try. Maybe increase its durability a little bit?’ Izuku did his signature muttering before spotting someone familiar to him. It was All Might who was teaching a girl with ginger hair with a side ponytail, blue eyes, and wearing a red qipao.

“Remember, Young Kendo. One For All is a very special Quirk that passed down to previous users. Use it carefully. Or you might blow your limbs off.”

“W-What?!” The ginger looked at her teacher in shock.

“Now I know it’s bad. But with enough hard work, and the schedule I will hand it to you, you’ll be the greatest Symbol of Peace.”

“I’ll try.” All Might hands out the training schedule to Kendo “The American Plan” as it calls.

“This is your training plan for the next 10 months.” The future OFA user’s eyes bulged out as she looks into the paper in surprise.

“Even sleep is scheduled…”

All Might turns back to his skinny form, aka Toshinori Yagi.

“When you follow all of these steps, you’ll be an unstoppable hero.” He puts up his signature thumbs up and a toothy smile to her.

Kendo’s eyes are filled with determination.

“I will, Sensei.”

Izuku might be thinking that it was not the appropriate time to interfere with them so he went back to where he started. That is until he accidentally stepped on a newspaper.

“Crud.” He muttered.

Both the Number 1 Hero and the Future OFA user looked at the source of the noise and saw the green-haired boy walking backward. While Kendo remembered him from the news, All Might was surprised to find the kid again on this beach.

“Young Midoriya?”

“Um… Hi All Might.” He sheepishly waved.

“You know him?”

“I-He was the one who saved me from that Sludge villain a few days ago.”

“Oh. Like that one time you-What is that thing?!” She was about to layabout the hostage situation but instead pointed out a strange ghost that is standing behind him.

“Oh him? No no, It’s okay. Sticky Fingers won’t hurt you.”

Kendo and Toshinori both looked perplexed by the name, but Kendo seems to blush due to the name. But she quickly snapped out of it.

“Wait. Is that your Quirk?”

“Technically yes. I’m a late bloomer and I just got it during the rescue. I called it Phantom. It allows me to access many like this one from past users. And I can use it multiple ones at once.” Sticky Fingers nodded.

It still misses mama Bruno.

Kendo thought it was cool, while Toshinori thought it was similar to his, except when it was not.

“But it does come with side-effects though.” Of course, Yagi thought. Such powers like this can come with a disadvantage. “If I use it for over 5 minutes, I’d develop MPD.”

The teacher-student duo looked confused. MPD?

“Young Midoriya. What do you mean by MPD?”

“Well, If I use the stand that I first sent out for too long, I’ll develop some of the past user’s traits.” As Izuku finished saying that, he noticed Toshinori is sweating a little.

“Sir. Are you hiding something from us?”

‘Crap!’ “Nonsense. What could I possibly hide?” His eyes avert both sides.

Izuku walks up to him, wipes his skinny face, then PROCEED TO LICK HIS FINGERS!

Kendo gagged in disgust, while Toshinori just looked at the boy in complete shock.

“Ewwww!!! Why did you do that!?”

“This sweat… This is the taste of a liar! What are you hiding about One For All?! Why can’t you reveal your secrets to us, huh?!” Izuku glared at the Number 1 Hero with answers and he won’t back down from it.

Toshinori was shocked to see that Izuku find him lying just by licking his sweat! That’s actually amazing. Gross, but amazing.

“Y-Yes. There is something that I haven’t told you about OFA.”

He then explains that OFA was created to defeat All For One.

“So…If I train hard enough, I can access many user’s Quirks as well?” Kendo looked like much knowledge has shoved right inside her brain.

“Yes. Eventually, you can unlock all of it and combine it like combo moves in video games.”

“I…I need to sit down. This is too much information for me.”

“Yeah same here.”

“I don’t blame you two. It was a lot to take in.”

A few minutes of silence when this info bomb was dropped. Kendo is going to have the power that can destroy the one true enemy. After the silent treatment, Kendo spoke up.

“Sensei…” He looks at his new successor. “I know that my body is not ready for OFA yet. But I’ll try my best to be the greatest user you’ll ever see!”

All Might smiled brightly at her while Izuku look at Kendo with admiration.

“Oh. And young Midoriya.” Said boy was looking at him. “I apologize for my behavior back when we first met. It was hypocritical of me to do so. I was Quirkless like you as well.”

“You…You were quirkless?”

“Exactly. But I was blessed by my master’s powers and become the Symbol of Peace myself. And yes my boy. You too can become a Hero with or without a Quirk. You have everything the hero has that most don’t. If my mind was clearer earlier, I would’ve given you OFA.”

“It’s true, Midoriya-san. You deserve it better than I do.” Kendo said.

“All Might… Kendo… Thank you both. I’ll do my best to become my own hero! Phantom Warrior!”

Then All Might saw a lot of images of the past Stand users behind Midoriya. All with unique features and all.

‘Midoriya, my boy. You’ll definitely be the greatest Hero of all. With all behind you, I hope you’ll have a brighter future ahead.’

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