Midoriya was not having a great week.
One of his only friends graduated early from school and Bakugo was still mad at him for trying to save him from that sludge villain.
The only good thing to happen lately was All Might accepting him as a successor and training him. Which resulted in him being too tired to deal with anything else.
Meeting Allan yesterday during his training was a pleasant surprise. It showed Izuku that Allan, even with all of his secrecy, still considered Izuku a friend.
Today he was back home early, All Might said he had something to do in the evening.
As he was seated on his couch taking a break he decided to turn on his TV and watch some news. Maybe some heroes he liked would make an appearance.
As he looked at the news the anchor suddenly stopped talking and looked somewhat startled, she started speaking quickly.
"We have received last-minute information on the identity of the famous vigilante Yellow Flash-"
On the screen of his TV appeared a photo of Allans ID.
Seeing Allan's photo didn't surprise him as much as he thought it would. He had already subconsciously realised that his friend was a vigilante. What he felt now wasn't betrayal or fear, he was feeling was worried about his friends' safety.
"A 15-year-old who recently graduated from a local Middle School."
Even the anchor was looked quite surprised by the information she was reading out loud.
"We will be transferring to a live broadcast of a police and hero team trying to catch the aforementioned young vigilante."
Suddenly, Izuku perked up, seemingly shocked at what he was hearing. Since his appearance no hero even got close to the vigilante, now they were attempting to capture him?
Thinking back, he remembered what All Might told him. He looked extremely serious while doing so. This made Izuku realize that the Symbol of Peace was going to participate in this.
He couldn't help but feel even more worried as the news anchor transferred the view to a helicopter.
"It seems that the Symbol of Peace has also taken action!" He could hear a reporter comment on the situation. His voice was promptly ignored, most people paying too much attention to what was happening to actually hear him.
Now at home everyone could see the vigilante, he was not even wearing his costume, but they could tell. He was the one surrounded by a group of pro heroes.
Midoriya could recognize most of them, Midnight, Best Jeanist, Snipe, the only one he couldn't recognize the one with a scarf, but All Might was there.
He could see them talking, the news helicopter not being able to catch the sound of their conversation due to its engine. They were probably trying to dissuade Allan, hoping to end today without any conflict.
It seemed to not work so well. The fight started abruptly, Allan was moving too quickly for the viewers at home to keep up with. In a very short span of time, he had taken down all of the heroes besides All Might.
Midoriya was surprised, he had seen the Allan fight before, against Kacchan mainly. But this was on another level. He already knew how strong Pro Heroes were, he had written hundreds of pages about their strengths, to see 4 go down so quickly was shocking.
The next few minutes of the fight were even more shocking, Allan was fighting toe to toe against All Might, a figure invincible in the eyes of most of the public. Most of the people knew of Allan's reputation, they expected him to be strong. But to match the Symbol of Peace was something else.
Their fight shocked many. One such person was Bakugo, as he stared wide-eyed at the television, his Old Hag had called him downstairs, saying a friend of his was on the news.
Seeing his rival fighting All Might was not what he was expecting. Allan was never exactly friend with him, but there was always a sense of mutual respect somewhere in their interactions even if they butted heads whenever they met.
He had considered Allan an equal, and his presence had subconsciously humbled him. He was still arrogant to most, but he was no longer meaning it when calling others extras.
His mother knew about Allan because they had met before at a school gathering. Since there was no legal guardian there for Allan he needed to be present personally in case something important was announced.
Overall Bakugo considered to this day that he and Allan would compete even in UA. His view of that disappeared, seeing Allan fight against All Might, Bakugo now knew that Allan was holding back while fighting him.
Looking at the title of the broadcast he saw 'Famous vigilante Yellow Flash is confronted by the Symbol of Peace!'. Allan was a vigilante... Bakugo felt like exploding, smoke coming out of his palms.
His Mother was looking quite shaken, to her Allan was just a really tall and polite boy. Now he was looking at him, battling Pro Heroes. It wasn't a nice sight. Especially when he was blown away during the fight.
Even Bakugo himself couldn't help but squint at some of the blows Allan was blocking, the fight had completely destroyed most of the surroundings, it was clear to him now. Allan was clearly on another level compared to him.
But Bakugo isn't a pushover, no he wouldn't let the gap between him and Allan widen any further. He was going to start training a lot after that day.
Midoriya also had a similar idea, he was supposed to become the successor of All Might, he needed to catch up with his friend.
Both of them had different reasons, but they now had a similar purpose, a target. Something personal to drive them to become stronger. Besides the desire to become number 1.
Needless to say, most of the public was shocked by this display of power, they didn't think any less of the Symbol of Peace, most considered Yellow Flash a hero anyway. The fact that he was so young meant that he had time to become a licenced hero.
Seeing Yellow Flash defeated did little to the public when it came to dissuading his rising fame. Even as he was put to sleep and apprehended by the police.
Most new's sites didn't really dare to call this for what it was.
The fall of the vigilante Yellow Flash, and with him gone the streets of Musutafu were going to become restless again. The Heroes now needed to fill in the gap they had created.