Discover
Izuku was four when he was told that he did have a quirk during a checkup with quirk counselors.
But it didn't manifest ever since the checkup that he lost hope.
However, it was far later that he tried to save a bullied boy from Kacchan and his so-called friends that he found a calling.
He was hurt hurt hurt but at that spur of a moment, he threw a punch that sent Kacchan all the way to a tree at the park.
The two other boys ran away at the impact and the fact that they saw him do the deed of punching Kacchan away.
He turns to the boy he saved and offered to get him home while also getting Kacchan back home.
It was when he finally rested in his room that he made the discovery that he had a quirk.
Thrill
Kacchan wasn't amused.
And so Kacchan fought with him again tomorrow and hurt him together with the two friends who follow him.
He did fight back thanks to his new found quirk.
He finds it oddly... thrilling at being able to fight back in a dire moment.
And he realized what he needed to do to improve his use of this quirk he had.
Worry
His mother didn't let him take martial art classes when he comes home too beaten up and banned him altogether out of fear and worry.
He can understand that. He was just insistent on enduring more pain from the regimen he was given of the karate class he was recently enrolled to.
But it give him a thought.
He needed a plan to utilize and learn about his quirk.
Plan
It wasn't easy. His mom would have been against this altogether but he needed to make this work and improve his quirk.
At the age of nine, he decided to run from home.
He did leave a letter which tells where he plans to go and promised to send letters of his well-being. (He didn't exactly tell everything about his plans in the letter but still)
He's sure mom would send a search party or something but if there's somewhere he can make sure he can utilize his new found quirk, it's somewhere underground.
It may mean being involved with villains but it's a risk he's willing to take.
Armed with the money he saved up, clothes, and some other things he prepared just in case, he left the household.
Freedom
It was odd and terrifying.
But exhilirating.
To be free.
Well, he had to keep his head down and hidden under the hood but it felt nice.
To be free from the stares of when he was quirkless.
To be regarded for being a kid.
And being free, in general.
Teacher
It took a week to find the place where the rumored underground ring is located, which was actually true.
For an underground fighting ring, the process of fighting is organized.
It was a surprise.
Since underground involves illegal things.
But he has enough morality to not go that way.
He was found by an old man who noticed his presence in this ring. Wondering why such a young boy is doing here.
Seeing that he took interest in fighting, the old man took him to where he lived and plans to teach Izuku boxing.
Phyrric
It had been fun learning under the man, whom he learns, is a former underground fighter long until he retired around the time All Might is said to have studied in U.A Academy. He never gave him his first name, just his surname, Ishikawa.
The man all but scolded him for running away from home. But since Izuku is stubborn, he convinced the man to not send him home yet. Knowing how his mother would react.
He did send occassional letters to his mother through his help and learned boxing under him but other wise, he doesn't really accept the man's offer of seeing his family or think of going back home anytime soon because he enjoys being here and wants to do more experiments about his quirk.
But when he was later crowned as the king of the underground ring under the nickname "Leopard" at the age twelve, the enjoyment gets lesser as his opponents grew predictable.
And it was that moment that he realized, how phyrric this whole situation of mastering his quirk was.
Because now that he mastered and know how his quirk works, there is only a gaping void in him.
Taking up the man's offer to seeing his family seems more appealing right now.
Family
The man just grumbled good naturedly at how long it took for him to accept. And let him meet the family.
His son, his daughter in law, and the man's three grandchildren (One of them being the same age as he is and the other two younger than them).
They all offered him to stay but he refused to impose, yet they insisted because they help the old man gain something to live for.
And hearing that he ran away from home, the family offered to give him books on lessons of the years he missed and apply an online course for middle school children seeing that he's now twelve.
He didn't exactly leave the underground ring yet, because something in him still compels him to stay active in that ring, but he now stayed with the old man's family.
It's months later, that he smiled for once in a while and remembering his mother, he finally called on phone.
The offer to stay in this man's home still stands even if one day, he has to return home but as far as he's concerned right now, he has two familes.
Cynical
There are unpleasant memories while he's here.
In this underground ring.
As his appearance grows lesser unless a challenger for him appears, under a simple guise, he starts to realize the more unpleasant side of people and humanity as he communicate with the spectators and fighters.
There are those who join and watch the ring because they are bored of their peaceful life.
There are those who join to earn some money and their work in public doesn't provide much for their needs.
There are those who wanted the glory of being the best fighter in the underground.
Quite a lot of sides to hear, really.
There are some he sympathize, and some he can't.
So at that moment, he realized that the way of the world isn't as easy as he think it would be.
Impact
At the same time, he realized how much of an impact he had made to these fighters and spectators as the "Leopard".
To these people, Leopard brought the idea that muscles meant nothing if they're just for show and you don't have the strength to back it up. As in the early days, he barely have much muscle which led to his opponents underestimating him.
To these people, Leopard is a symbol. That anyone can be a fighter.
To these people, Leopard becomes a foundation that keeps the underground ring strong.
If he leaves, then the underground ring would collapse and people will try and find where he is. Which is not a good sign. Because he knows that a good handful of them are part of several villain organizations and those of old, like the Yakuza and Mafia.
He had offers from the latter parties before but he declined, saying that he wants to stay in the ring longer.
That, and these organizations are influential to society even if they are diminishing from the world so if he leaves, they will do all they could to find him and take him back to the underground.
So he chose to stay for a little more. Waiting for the day he can finally be free.
Farewell
It was two years after he was officially crowned by the spectators and fighters as the king of the ring that heroes found the location of the underground ring he was in.
It was at a time he was challenged by a supposedly new challenger who turns out to be hero in training, Lemillion.
He accepts capture pretty easily, because he knows that this is one fight that he can't win.
As Lemillion's intangibility is effective against his quirk which requires physical contact.
The other fighters ran, but only he and a select few stay.
It's a farewell to the "Leopard".
Surprise
To say that the infamous legend, "Leopard", is a fourteen year old kid is a surprise to Nighteye and Mirio himself.
It's even more of a surprise when he's actually Midoriya Izuku who's been reported missing five years ago until some weeks later, the mother found a letter from him and called off the search, glad that her son is safe and alive.
Apparently, "safe and alive" didn't include being involved in an underground fighting ring. To which the boy clarified that he didn't tell everything about what he did while he was away to his mother.
By normal grounds, Midoriya Izuku would be arrested for illegal quirk use, but there's a catch... The boy is still a minor.
But it doesn't change the fact that the boy went against the law for it.
Another was that there had been no dead victims during fights against the "Leopard"... which would lighten the punishment the boy would face.
So Sir Nighteye decided to let Mirio handle interrogating the boy for why he is there while he contact principal Nedzu for advice in regards to the situation.
Interrogation
For a supposed convict, Leopard, or rather, Midoriya Izuku is surprisingly civil and answer most of Mirio's questions about the whole system of the underground fighting ring.
The boy then started mumbling about the quirk he has and mutters about ways to counteract intangibility.
"Midoriya-kun?"
The boy looked up. Rubbing his neck sheepishly. "Oh! Sorry about that, it's a habit of mine. I like analyzing quirks."
That caught his interest. "So you like hearing about quirks?"
"Ah yes! I was really interested in them and look for ways that they could be used to many situations! I did lots of research before and also think of ways to improve or fight against it depending on the situation-"
Mirio cleared his throat.
The boy looked sheepish. "I'm sorry about that, I'm pretty excited about the subject so I get off tangent sometimes..."
Mirio smiled good naturedly. "No problem. But I'm curious... what made you choose to go to an underground fighting ring at the age of nine?"
Midoriya Izuku went silent and smiled mirthlessly. "I discovered my quirk at the age of eight... I thought it didn't manifest but it's just that my quirk required a different situation to activate."
And thus he began explaining his quirk. An emitter type strength enhancing quirk. But it works only when the wielder is injured and it gets more powerful if the user gets more injuries. Reduced stamina also works for the quirk to activate.
Midoriya Izuku then got to talk to why he chose to ran away. "Mom doesn't really let me go for martial art classes when I got home too beaten up from one class and also because I used to get injured a lot from bullies who think I have no quirk. I do understand her reasons and I know she cares but... I had to do it to learn more about my quirk. So I made plans to run away. I did leave a letter and I found a man willing to help me out but I didn't stay with him and just looked around for things I could get through the money I earned from the ring."
Midoriya Izuku gave a bitter grin. "I was crowned the king of the ring at twelve and... it felt empty. I had to leave my mom and some of the people I used to fondly call friends who are actually bullies, for the sake of understanding my quirk and getting stronger. But it just... it didn't feel like it's much of an accomplishment when people I used to care for wouldn't be looking at my progress. So shortly after that, I took the offer of staying with the family of the man that taught me how to survive and fight in the underground."
Mirio noticed a look of fondness at his eyes. "The man's family had been warm and loving like mom did it felt like an extended family for me. There are unpleasant memories there, but not all of them are bad, I get to meet different kinds of people and see a different world from what I was accustomed to... it felt nice. To be able to see it all by myself. I wish I could have taken a different route but I didn't regret every second of it."
And that was the end of the interrogation.
Punishment
Due to his involvement in the ring and the use of quirk due to not having a lisence, Midoriya Izuku would have been sent to prison.
However, his status as a minor outweighs the punishment.
Though a week after the capture of "Leopard", an old man showed up in the office and used the money that Izuku had earned from the ring as payment to the fines but it turns out unnecessary as his punishment is officially decided.
Which, to the surprise of the man and Izuku himself, is pretty light.
The "Leopard"'s identity will not be disclosed to the public.
Midoriya Izuku is allowed to visit his host family and home, along with continuing his education online and having a normal life.
While allowed to do work outs and exercises, he has to follow the rule of not using his quirk in public unless it's for self defense.
In addition, he will be registered to U.A as form of parole asides for the purpose of his high school education and enters as a recommended student.
Lemillion will also be taking time to watch over and contact the boy of his activities once a week.
Izuku decided to still give some of the money that were originally for his fines anyway. For donation, he says.
He doesn't have much use for them asides giving half of each of the remainders to mom and the family that he had grown to love in the past five years.
Home
How long has it been since her son was home?
She still remember the day of his departure as clear as day. She panicked and called on the police for a search party until the letter came up.
She was reassured but still sad that he won't be coming home for a while as he wants to experiment using his quirk and found someone that becomes his sort of host family.
Until recently, she received a call from a hero agency regarding her son.
Her son is involved in an underground fighting ring.
Her baby.
She would have gone all the way to the agency if not for the fact that she heard her son on the phone and telling everything that he had been doing these past five years.
While what he told her are truths, it doesn't tell of the things he had been involved with.
And that fact made her feel a pang of pain at her chest.
That her son didn't truly tell her everything.
She wanted to scold him for ever doing something so dangerous.
But she couldn't. As she remembers some of the fond memories he has of these past five years.
Things hadn't been pleasant to her boy, but not everything is bad either.
Still, it pains her to see how much her son has grown without her being there, and for a moment, she felt like she's a bad mother.
Would he have stayed if she let him continue his martial art classes?
The thought had been coming up for a long while but it's too late to change that.
So now, she decided to do the best that she could do, provide a home that her son will return to.
Reunion
It was an awkward and tense affair.
For Midoriya Inko, it was seeing her son growing taller, lean, and looking rough on the edges. He was so different from the young boy he was back then but there's an air of confidence that he carried with him. Yet she wasn't there to see him grow. And it pained her once more at the thought that she wasn't there to see it.
For Midoriya Izuku, it was seeing his mother looking so tired and eyes brimmed red from crying that he felt like crying again for the first time in the five years.
But they could catch up.
"I'm home mom."
And his mother ran to him, hugging him tearfully. "Welcome back Izuku!"
Change
When Deku went missing, Bakugou was halfway between worried and glad. Glad that he wouldn't be humiliated anymore since the day Deku fought back and give him a really hard beating.
And worried, because Deku never came back.
And he reacted with anger like he usually does.
Don't get him wrong, Deku's not really a friend, but they're not really rivals either.
And that is what confused him to why he was worried about Deku being missing.
Was it because he actually did see Deku as a friend regardless?
Was he afraid that Deku was actually able to catch up to him?
Or was it something else?
Deku hasn't been the same since his quirk activated at the age of eight and he was so subdued and quiet, not following him as much till the day he left and disappeared.
He stopped thinking about it after a while and went on with life since it's confusing shit.
Until Deku returns to their neighbourhood five years later.
It was coincidental, really. He was walking home from school when he saw the mop of green hair running past him.
He turned, recognizing the hair and called out. "Hey Deku!"
Deku stopped and turned. Bakugou was silent, because the one in front of him is a far different person from the one he remembered in his memories.
Asides the confident air he got now, Deku just looked so rough and... Different? He doesn't know the word for it.
Deku had the gall to sigh at him. "I don't know if I should be flattered by that old nickname."
Of course he got furious. "That's the first fucking thing you said after five fucking years of disappearance!?"
Deku sound bored that it's so weird coming from the kid who used to be so meek. "I don't know, what was I supposed to say? "I'm back, Kacchan"? I'm pretty sure you don't miss me seeing I used to be a total nuisance to you when you got your quirk while I found out mine activated in a way different circumstances at the age of eight. I'm not sure if we're even actually friends anymore at this point."
He stopped. Because Deku has a point. Their friendship is so weird and twisted that it wasn't even an actual friendship anymore.
And wait... is it just him or did Deku sound way confident than he used to?
Deku exhaled a sigh, placing a hand at the back of his neck and moved it around, a light crack heard in the process.
"People change Bakugou. By the way, I'm taking online middle school courses so I'm not going to be seeing you too often. That's what you want for a long time after all, right? Me not being in the picture in your life."
Placing his hand down, he turned. "If you'd excuse me, I'm continuing my jog."
Bakugou can only watch as the boy's figure grow smaller in the distance before he went on his own way.
When he got home, he finally rationalized everything.
Everything about their supposed friendship changed and it's all fucked up. He wasn't sure if he could pick up the pieces to fix and make amends.
It's infuriating.
Normal
Daily life on parole was just... normal.
Wake up, do some homework online, talk with mom, jog or do some stretches and exercises, help mom, and many mundane things to do. Like chores.
He was really missing it. Being with mom and having just a normal life instead of the dark glory of the underworld.
But to add some flair, the Midoriya's and his sort of surrogate slash host family had weekly playdates and mom got along with the family swimmingly and adore the youngest child of the family so life isn't exactly boring.
Mirio dropped by at the Midoriya's household sometimes when U.A assignments don't make him too busy to the point of having to interact with phone calls.
Despite their first impressions, Izuku finds that Mirio is pretty fun. He has a nice sense of humor and friendly to boot.
He hasn't seen Bakugou since their tense reunion far too often except occasionally passing by each other.
He hardly see him as a friend anymore with the realization that what the blonde did would have been seen as bullying to everyone else and he felt much better about himself since he has no contact with Bakugou in the past five years.
He think back, that it's probably better this way for the both of them. Not being too involved with each other's lives.
Saved
Usually, he didn't need to be saved.
But this is not one of those days.
He was on an errand for groceries when someone with a slimy sludge like quirk had covered his mouth with sludge and implied on wanting to take over his body... which is gross.
Is this guy planning to be an Orochimaru? With all the take over your body speech and all. (He blamed the kids for forcing him to watch Anime with them)
He could fight back, but his power doesn't work too well with things like liquid or people with powers like Mirio's.
So he just wait for a while, for a chance (even when the experience in the underground dulled him of his idealism, his optimism still won out), but then he heard the familiar voice of his childhood idol. All Might.
Lonely
All Might had helped him with picking up the fallen groceries and was about to go but he called out. "Wait!"
"Yes, my boy?"
If he was who he was almost six years ago, he would have asked if he could be a hero regardless of circumstances, but he chose to ask a different question, something that had been on his mind long since the day he was crowned king of the ring.
"Is it lonely? Being a top hero I mean."
The underground is lonely, there was no one he is close enough with to cheer on him. Even the host family, despite their knowledge, prefer to stay away from it altogether due to the trouble it brings.
Even as a hero, would that loneliness be the same as the one he faced?
The hero seems to be caught off guard by the question. He answers, regardless.
"That is a difficult question my boy. If you want a perspective, it's true, that you often lose some people on the way to be the best, but you're not always alone. Why?"
The bulky man placed a hand at where his heart was. "Because I'm here, and the people who accompany and believe in me too, are here!"
All Might answered with such confidence that he couldn't help but believe in the hero.
Help
A little after the conversation, All Might went on his way and he too, was about to head home.
He would have, until he came across a commotion as he passed by the Tattooin district.
Letting curiosity win, he looked to see the Orochimaru wanna be free.
Didn't All Might caught him already?
He must have come across some accident so the wanna be managed to escape and is now keeping someone hostage... wait, is that Bakugou?
He went forward to get a closer look and... yep, it is Bakugou.
The wanna be must have escaped to where Bakugou was.
His eyes scanned around. Seems like the heroes can't move whether out of hesitance or fear. And he had to look at the heroes incredulously. Can't they just access the situation than worry about hurting the hostage? He saw the eye of the wanna be being pretty vulnerable, why didn't they just make use of that?
He groaned. Activating his quirk by punching on his own face thrice and rushed forward.
Ignoring the cries from the gathering mob and heroes.
And punched the eye.
The slime that covered Bakugou's mouth loosened it's hold. But not enough to let him free.
So he punched the eye two more times.
And Bakugou is finally free.
He did make sure that the strength he applied was enough to subdue the villain but won't kill him. He can punch some more if the villain actually stood up again but he doesn't want to kill, there are far too many unpleasant experiences where he almost killed his opponents in the fight underground and simply let them off with a grave but treatable injury. There is no mercy in the underworld, but it's a requiry in the world above the underworld. For, kindness, selflessness, and mercy are rare.
After coughing out for some air, Bakugou looked up at him. "What the hell Deku!? The fuck do you want!?"
'Explosive as always.' He shrugged. "I just happened to pass by and you seem like you needed a hand."
If there's one thing about him that never changed in the years, it's the fact that he would always help someone in need of it.
Heroic
The Orochimaru wanna be is still alive, but weak. All Might soon arrived and stopped the villain before he could do anything.
All Might is surrounded by reporters while Bakugou is surrounded with praises by heroes.
Izuku, meanwhile, was scolded, at first.
"Running head on is reckless kid. But I got to admit, that was quick thinking, punching the eye there."
"Oh yeah, what's with the quirk? You'd make a fine hero if you keep going at your pace kid."
He excused himself by saying that he had groceries to worry of after answering some of their questions and the heroes let him go.
But it warmed his heart.
That he can be a hero, his long childhood dream.
Impression
All Might had run over to find that green haired boy as soon as he had finished talking to the reporters.
While he seemed like a fan at first from the delight at seeing him, it soon changed when the boy asked.
"Is it lonely? Being a top hero I mean."
Of course he was caught off guard, because he didn't expect this kind of question from the people.
And he thought back to his predecessor, Nana, his teacher, Gran Torino, and his colleagues.
Some were lost, some stayed, and while it's true, there's a feeling of loneliness as he looked back, but he thinks back to the good memories and decided on the answer, that while he maybe lonely, he's not entirely alone.
They soon went their way but he reached his limit moments before he landed on the roof perfectly and thus the bottle containing the sludge villain was lost and he looked at horror as he saw the villain active again at a district.
He had reached his limit and had to quitely blend in with the crowd and waited for reinforcements.
Such a coward he is.
It colored him surprise when he finds the same green haired boy once more running to the fray as he hears the crowd calling out to him, he saw the boy's quirk activating and punched the eye of the villain, setting the hostage free.
The boy's words left an impact on him.
"I just happened to pass by and you seem like you needed a hand."
The boy has a heart of a true hero. And soon he sprung to action, seeing the villain is about to take action once more.
Being a top hero, he is surrounded by reporters after the incident is over, so he was glad that it was all done and soon ran to where the boy was.
He was in luck, as he found him in a neighborhood.
"I am here!"
Successor
All Might was in front of him and then all of the sudden, he coughed blood as soon as Izuku asked why he was here and in All Might's place, was a lanky, thin, sickly looking guy that looked like a thug in first glance.
The atmosphere just turned awkward.
And so he came up with an idea. "Do you mind if I invite you over to my house? You seem to want to talk about something private and neighbors might be around and hear you. Might as well get you treated for... whatever injury you have."
All Might shook his head. "No need boy, I'll make it brief. I sustained an injury five years ago that left me a limited time to do heroics. But that's not what I'm here for. I'm afraid I didn't ask for your name earlier."
"It's Midoriya Izuku sir."
"Young Midoriya then, I was among the crowd when the villain kept your friend captive and I was ashamedto say that I did not preach what I encourage many young children to do, that a hero is to be selfless. You, young man, had helped that friend of yours regardless of the hostility you both may have."
"Uh... All Might?"
He's nervous, what would All Might want to say? What purpose does he have to come see him?
He had to be doubting people sometimes, the underground isn't filled with pleasant people. But the man's body language had been truthful and sincere.
"With that, I regarded that you are a true hero, and so I request, would you be able to be the next bearer and inherit my quirk?"
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Izuku blinked twice. "Uh... am I hearing that right? Wait, is it even possible to have a quirk that can be inheritted!?"
All Might soon began an explanation of his quirk, One For All, an amalgamation of power that is transferred from one user to another like a stockpile. The further in to the numbers, the stronger the power.
This... is a lot to take in.
"I've been looking for a suitable successor lately but none of them shined as bright as you do young man!"
"But still... me?"
"Yes. You. But hey, it's still your decision to make, what do you say?"
He hummed in thought. And spoke up. "I'm not sure... this just seemed all too sudden... I probably would need time to think usually but..."
Izuku looked at the hero, a resolve flaring at his eyes. "Having two quirks is just a small price to pay. I guess. And so I humbly accept your request, by being your successor."
This seems to be off on a good start.
Reason
Since he was already building up strength with the nature of his original quirk along with his body, All Might was able to let him inherit the quirk fast. It's... weird to say the least. (His poor poor tastebuds...)
So now they are in a junk filled beach, practicing use of One For All while keeping it separate from his original quirk.
"Uh, All Might? Why this beach specifically?"
"Because these junk can be used for a fine practice make shift dumbel young Midoriya! And I found this area from the internet and it's left to rot for years."
"Hmm... so we take advantage of the dumping by making use of it as part of training?"
"You caught on my boy!" All Might laughed boisterously.
"I can work with this then." The young boy grinned and started doing his work.
It's been doing well, trying to analyze how much power he would need to utilize One For All and All Might was right, these junk makes good weight training.
When he took a break, All Might called. "Young Midoriya."
"Yes?"
"Do you remember the question you asked me before? About whether it felt lonely being a top hero?"
...Oh. He gave a slow nod to the hero.
"Now that I have known you in person, I have to ask, what compelled you to ask such question?"
Well... he supposed he should tell. It's fair, considering that All Might let him in on the secret that he has a time limit for using his quirk.
"Well... it's a long story. But can you promise not to tell anyone unless I can trust them? It just seem fair."
All Might nodded.
And so Izuku told him everything. Starting from the moment his quirk manifested to the day he ran away from home and winding up in an underground fighting ring.
Seeing All Might's surprise, Izuku rubbed the back of his neck, smiling sheepishly. "Yeah it's kind of stupid but... it's a risk I was willing to take back then. I was in luck though, I met an old man who taught me boxing and the ways to survive the underground, no one finds out the truth about me because my appearance is hidden under a hood jacket that was gifted to me. I didn't really come home yet because it was still not enough for me... by twelve, I mastered my quirk and won the title of king of the underground. It felt... empty."
Izuku continued. "I still stayed around for a bit because of organizations like the Yakuza would have tried to call a hunt to look for me and months back, I was finally able to escape through capture by the heroes... I was expecting a heavy punishment but I got off too lightly since I was a minor and a catch is that while allowed to live as a civilian, I'm on parole at U.A for my high school education."
Izuku hung his head up and lied on his back at the sand. "In between the months of returning to living as a civilian and meeting you, I was revisiting some of the old things I had in life, I used to be a really big fan of you, you know? But with everything I faced right down there... I had started to think, would All Might have felt the same on the way to be a top hero? Would he have been pressured? Or any kind of thoughts that would have pressured him at all? So at that point... I'm starting to see you not as a hero, but as a person whom I've yet to personally meet and still idolize. So there you have it."
He noticed All Might had been silent as he confessed.
"Midoriya my boy."
"Hm?"
"You may have made bad decisions in the past, and I can now see why you feel that way and ask that question yesterday. But still, I respect the fact that regardless of that, you still have the heart of a hero."
All Might hovered above him in his true form, smiling. "So I thank you for being honest with me, and trusting me about your past. Life can be a strange thing young Midoriya, but right now, you're not alone anymore, are you?"
Izuku soon fondly remember the surrogate host family that he had spent time with and his mother.
"No, I'm not so lonely anymore."
Data acquired.
Midoriya Izuku
Age: 15
Quirk: Enmity
Enmity is an emitter strength enhancing quirk that gets stronger the more injuries the user received from their opponents or self-inflicted.
From AO3 and posted here, and I've been into Boku no Hero Academia as of late. Due to word limit, the summary here is more condensed than the AO3 link.
This Izuku's quirk is inspired by Granblue Fantasy's Ayer. Who is infamously known as Enmity king. Enmity is one of the weapon skills in the Granblue Fantasy game. If you actually look for him, you'd realize that his story borrows a lot from the movie, The Fight Club. But the split personality problem doesn't exist for Izuku so he's still the cinnamon roll that everyone loves.
If you have to imagine the sound of a more confident Izuku, think Sakuma Ritsu from Ensemble Stars, a character that Izuku's Japanese VA did a voice of. And switch "Boku" to "Ore", which is a far confident self-honoriffic for boys. He honestly can't stay calling himself "Boku" forever with his experiences.
Also the thing with Mirio, I hope I don't make him too OOC but then again, he is interrogating Izuku...
I'm not really sure what to write about Bakugou to be honest. He's a really hard character to write (Well, there's also KHR's Hibari but I find it easier to guess at least part of Hibari's reasoning and thoughts). I don't want to bash him but he deserves getting some karma for all the bullying he did to Izuku. So I took with what I could understand of his character, which led to this. So forgive me if he gets too OOC.
Honestly, I originally didn't want this Izuku to inherit One For All because Enmity is pretty game breaking with the right armor, especially in Granblue Fantasy.
But I think back that there's a limit to how much injuries Izuku can get before people start worrying about him due to the requirement to activate his quirk so I had chosen to let him inherit One For All.
I can go all the way to the sports festival but I had to stop before I actually go further with this idea so this ends at the moment before the entrance exam. Might make a second part of this idea because I have too much planning for it.
- torinokomachi