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Happy First Day of Summer from The King of Summer! Summer Kamen!!

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Hero Whisperer AU

The following is a series of headcanons continuing on from the idea presented in this post [here].

Due to his new found status among the recently departed Toshinori finds interactions with the physical world to be somewhat tricky. If he finds himself around someone such as Izuku however this natural difficulty can be circumvented somewhat because when the other is present he may borrow from the teen’s ambient energy thus,allowing him to preform certain tasks, with less difficulty than he normally would have. The downside to this however is that when a ghost has enough energy to actually affect the material world they cannot to remain intangible as per their natural state.

Most of the little everyday stuff that Toshinori does doesn’t drain Izuku’s energy all that much. Possession, on the other hand is a different story. If they’re not careful they can potentially knock themselves unconscious or worse. This happened somewhat frequently in the early days of their partnership but as Izuku got stronger an later gained control of One-for-All the risk of this occuring has lessened somewhat but they still have to be careful not to overdo it and burn themselves out.

It has been found that over time that possession has lead to the development of some rather interesting side effects between the pair. This of which includes (but is not limited to) alteration of appearance (I.E: Izuku’s eyes doing the same weird shadowed glow thing that Toshinori’s does) or a blurring of one’s sense of self in which both parties could potentially pick up traits and habits from the the other individual and in severe cases even lead to a complete bleed-through of thoughts/  memories/emotions.

The first time either of them experienced this “blending of self” was during the Entrance Exams. As time has went on it and the bond between the two has steadily developed these bleed-through episodes have grown exponetially and become as such that it is often times hard to distinguish what is exactly “Izuku” and what is “Toshinori”. This is something that unnerves both of them greatly.

As a ghost Toshinori can change his appearance at will. He often uses this ability to simply change outfits (despite having no real need to do so whatsoever) because in his own words “casual clothing isn’t really all that professional and as a teacher and I should probably wear something a bit more suiting don’t you think?” (”Well...Yes, I guess...but...All Might, the majority of the class and teachers can’t even see you. So what does it really matter if...” “They can’t exactly see young Hagakure either and yet she still finds the need to wear the uniform just as you do Midoriya, my boy.” “...Okay point.”)

If Toshinori was ever to be overcome by some form of extreme emotion it might actually be possible for him to become visible to those around him if only for a brief instant. In this visible state he usually is perceived as a sort of shadowed silhouette with glowing yellow eyes (think something along the lines of the One-for-All ghosts.) This does cause some...problems down the line.

Seeing as he’s a ghost and doesn’t need to do the stuff normal human need to do to survive he usually spends this new found free time looking over his lesson plans or going out on patrol (because even through he’s pretty much dead that doesn’t mean he can’t still be a hero.) 

Toshinori somehow manages to become a sort of surrogate dad for all the ghostly youths that linger around U.A. (and there seems to be a rather alarming amount of them for some strange reason...)

And just as All Might is adopted into their fold so to is his young successor. With the spirits behaving as though he were one of they own it is a near unanimous decision that they need to keep an eye on their new unofficial younger brother because holy fuck is this child reckless and self-sacrificing and he’s is straight up going to get himself killed one of these days.

So yeah the ghosts are all pretty much chill when it comes to them... well all of them except for this one asshole...They’re a being that Toshinori managed stumble upon one day while exploring an old storage room that and man were they not happy with the specter at all. That was the day when they discovered first hand how dangerous a Reverant could truly be.

Izuku knows how to pick locks. He learned how after this one incident when he was younger when some bullies thought it would be a fun idea to steal his stuff and lock him in one of the school’s old storage closets. He had to wait hours for the evening janitor come in to rescue him back then because everyone had gone home for the day. (The boy explains this to Toshinori with a self-deprecating chuckle as he proceeds to demonstrate aforementioned skill, just missing the expression on his newfound companion’s face. ”Because sometimes-” he says, with a bittersweet smile pulling at his lips, “-you need to know how to rescue yourself too.”)

Izuku actually first meets Nedzu while trying to pick the lock on All Might’s front door as he’s attempting to retrieve the fallen hero’s body from inside. (It understandably slipped Toshinori’s mind that the other was coming over that day to discuss some things about his future teaching position.)

Nedzu seems to be a bit too accepting of the fact that All Might’s kind of dead and that there’s some seemingly random kid that was literally not five seconds ago trying to break into said former pro-hero’s apartment standing in front of him and truth be told it kind of freaks Izuku (and Toshinori to an extent) the hell out. (As it turns out he could see and hear the dead man the entire time.)

Aside from Izuku, Nedzu, Recovery Girl and Naomasa no one knows that All Might is no longer among the living. Gran Torino, however, is one of the first to figure it out later when he finally meets Izuku and is -understandably- not happy with the situation and just maybe a bit somber about the whole thing because goddamn it if he hasn’t outlived yet another person he cared about. (“What? Did you think I honestly wouldn’t notice all the staring off into space and the mumbling you do?  I’m old, not stupid...Besides, Toshinori did the same damn thing when he was your age.” The aforementioned man stubbornly refuses to comment upon this.) 

When Toshinori (and by extension Izuku) actually join the faculty at U.A. the staff and students are given an...very abridged...explanation of the situation the two are now faced with. (“Oh no. All Might’s really there, I promise! He just...well, you see, he sorta got hit with this one villain's quirk. Yeah and supposedly it does something weird to perception and so to make long story short he’s just sort of...invisible. Oh and inaudible too.” “What.” “Oh and did i forget mention it was kind of permanent?.” ”What.” “Hey don’t look at me like that! It was a surprise to us too! But as it out it doesn’t really effect everyone so some people -like myself- can still see him and we are completely willing to help out around with classes and such so he’s can still preform his duties as a teacher. Honest!”)

Bakugou’s not the only one who manages to overhear Todoroki’s conversation with Izuku at the sports festival. (Toshinori just about manages to nearly die yet again when the young Todoroki calls Izuku his “illegitimate son.”) The hero decides that maybe he could have a few words with some fellow spirits to see if they they can look after the poor boy (and if they by any chance decide to make Endeavor's life a hell while they’re at it well it’s no problem of his.)

[Boku No Hero Academia (c) Kohei Horikoshi]