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Welcome Sterling,

Would you like to use the tutorial?

Y/N?

It was midnight on the dot when, I was awoken to a startling message, to me what appeared to be floating blue boxes asking me about a tutorial.

'Is this...MY quirk?! This so cool! It's like a video game!' I reached a hand out and tentatively agreed.

Welcome to The Gamer.

I am the Tutorial program here to help you with your new quirk.

Would you like to enable inaudible mode?

Y/N?

I was puzzled as I was four and not entirely sure what inaudible meant. So I asked. "what does that mean?"

You will be able to use your quirk via mental commands, rather then your voice.

I thought for a few seconds, then decided to agree, and with more confidence then last tapped to confirm.

Acknowledged.

Converting to Mental commands.

Welcome to The Gamer.

Your quirk is a video game in real life.

You will start with The Gamer's Mind.

The Gamer's Mind will prevent Deterioration of your mental health, it will also prevent attacks on your mind such as, Mind control and Mind destruction.

Another ability you will start with is Gamer's Body.

This skill allows you to negate pain, prevent things such as broken bones or sprains, and allow you to perform superhuman feats with ease so long as you are a high enough level.

You also have an unlimited storage system, the ability to craft which can be upgraded, the capability to make any skill you can imagine, and the ability to recover all HP and MP when you sleep.

One final thing, you have a status page with all your stats, the rest you must figure out on your own.

"Thank you for the help." I received no reply. So I took a deep breath and thought 'Status.'

Name: Sterling Stone

Level: 1

Title: The Gamer

HP: 150

MP: 100

STR: 5

STM: 5

DEX: 9

VIT: 5

INT: 8

WIS: 7

Skill Points: 0

Quirk: The gamer

Skills: The Gamer's mind, The Gamer's body

As I looked over my stats I pondered why I had higher stats then others. 'Is my DEX higher because I play so many video games?'

Ping! From thinking logically to come to a conclusion you gained 1 WIS.

'Do I get a point every time I do something related to a stat?'

I waited for about thirty seconds, nothing happened. 'hmmm maybe it depends on how much i do that action it gets harder to get then?"

Ping! From thinking logically to come to a conclusion you gained 1 WIS.

'Looks like it! Maybe then?' I got out of bed and started doing push ups I could only achieve 7 successfully at this point.

Ping! For pushing yourself past your limits you gained 1 STM.

Ping! For trying to physically better yourself you gained 1 STR.

'Awesome! Looks like I was right!' an hour and twenty-eight minutes had passed.

Ping! Happy Birthday! Due to surviving another year you get four skill points, a skill book and a new skill (note the skill is a one time thing) enjoy!

Looking in my inventory I had acquired the skill book Basic Mastery Of Mana. Checking my status the skill I auto acquired was Create ID. The description for this skill was.

Create ID: This skill allows you to create and destroy Instant dungeons the higher its level the more variety of dungeons you get!

I found this to be one of the most helpful skills I would own later on. At the time however to me what was most important was Basic Mastery Of Mana. A skill that let me manipulate mana to basic degree till I got more practice with it.

So what I did was I pulled the book out of my inventory by thinking about it with the storage open and it instantly brought up a menu

You have found 'Basic Mastery Of Mana' do you wish to learn it?

Y/N

I tapped yes and instantly all the knowledge flew into my head and I understood it immediately. I realized that learning would never be an issue again!

I thought about what I wanted to use mana for, the first thing that came to mind was wanting to be like goku! 'I wanna fire a kamehameha! I wanna go super saiyan! Could I make a rubberization spell? How many of my fandoms could my new quirk bring to life?'

First I decided to start by making a small mana orb in my hands, I sat down, crossed my legs and put my hands together in a circle, fingertip to fingertip, focusing my mana in on the space in the middle.

After about 5 minutes of concentrating or so a ball of mana maybe the size of the tip of a thumb grew within my hands, I opened my eyes and the ball just floated there glowing I slowly reached my hand out, then proceeded to touch it. The mana I had expended was replaced.

Ping! Skill created! Mana Orb(Small)

Okay so I had a new skill but it didn't have the capability to harm if need be. I need something for offense to protect myself and others! So I sat down Used Mana Orb(Small) and this time I tried Imagining It as hard as a rock. To my misfortune I still took the mana back in when I tried to touch it.

I sat and thought for awhile, 'since I keep absorbing the mana could I put it in an object to store or use?' I looked around my room to find a baseball bat my dad bought me, in a futile attempt to make me more active.

I picked up the bat, focusing on my mana going to the bat. The mana flowed from my hands, into the bat leaving it with a bluish hue. I smirked in victory

Ping! Skill created! Mana Enchant!

Ping! For coming to a logical conclusion and making a new skill you gained 1 INT.

I looked on in disbelief, this was SO overpowered already! I looked at my new skill to figure out how it works.

Mana Enchant: for every two MP you put into an item using this skill the item becomes more durable variations of this skill exist!

Okay! So I put ten MP into my bat and it became stronger so I let my MP recharge and pumped my entire bar into the bat, it then became a brighter blue. I did this about three more times and at the end of it the bat was pastel blue in colour and felt like metal.

I swung the bat and it felt like normal but it also gave me this sensation of danger! I knew this could work! So I thought about what the skill said and one word screamed out grabbing my attention like a bomb going off 'Variations.' I realized that meant there was more I could do to it!

I was going to toy with that idea but then noticed it was two forty-eight and decided I needed to get to sleep because it was my birthday today!

Ping! You slept in a bed. Your HP and MP have been restored.

I woke up to hear a knocking at my door and realized it was my Dad. "Sterling! You awake?" I took a moment to stretch without realizing I wasn't tired at all. "Yeah dad! Come on in!" my door opened to my Dad. "Happy Birthday brat. Did you sleep well?" I nodded in response before pushing my covers off.

"Dad guess what!" He looked amused and curious. "What?" This man already knew that my quirk came in last night, because he already said happy birthday and I knew it was my birthday, so that limited his options severely. "My quirk came in last night!" he looked at me in fake confusion.

"Last night? A quirk? Are you sure it wasn't a dream?" I stood there for a second and thought. Was it a dream? I stood and thought a command 'Status' The blue box appeared to show my empty inventory and equipment consisting of my Pjs. "Nope it's here! Can't you see it?"

My Dad looked hard as he could and saw nothing. He did however play along. "Wow you did get a quirk! Do you like it? It's the only one you're gonna get." I nodded my head vigorously. "It's just like a video game!" My Dad sighed, of course it was.

He got up off the bed and told me to get dressed and come down stairs, then he left. So I scrambled over to the closet to grab my favourite outfit it was a pair of black shorts, and a white shirt with my favourite video game items on it two keyblades crossed Oathkeeper and Oblivion! I looked in the mirror while getting changed to see if my looks changed at all. Nope still got my medium length shaggy dark oil slick coloured hair, still got my pale blue eyes, Still got the bags under my eyes from many a night gaming, still the pale scrawny nerd with poor eyesight but that was fine cause everything was gonna change!

I grabbed my glasses off of my bedside table and put them on they were slightly rounded box frames, made of black metal. I walked down the stairs to find my Mom and Dad waiting. "Alright brat grab your shoes we are going out to eat you can choose all three meals since its your day."

I raced to the door with a grumbling stomach and a fire in my eyes, with a determination to gain mac and cheese! I put on my black hiking boots and called to my parents, I ran towards the car. If you were wondering the story behind the boots is as such my parent would buy me sneakers, they would last a month if we were lucky, so they gave up on sneakers and went with a heavy duty quality instead.

As I was running to the parking lot where we kept the car I tripped and fell face first into a mop of green-ish black curls, those were connected to a rigid child, who was being led along by an adult trying to hold back her tears. So I picked myself up apologized and introduced myself. "Hi! I'm Sterling. I'm sorry for falling on you, are you okay?"

The boy only nodded his head vacantly. I didn't like that lack of life so I called him out on it. "No you aren't! What's wrong?" He broke down his whole body trembling eyes and nose leaking and then full on bawling like he eyes are pressure washers. 'is he sure his crying isn't his quirk? He could drown someone.

"What's wrong? What's got you like this?" The boy looked me directly in the eyes with an intense sorrow. "I don't have a quirk! I can't become a hero!" all of a sudden everything clicked. So I decided to give my two sense.

"Says who? Just because you don't have a quirk doesn't mean you can't be a hero! You will judy have to work ten times harder to make up what you lack! You can become the greatest quirkless hero!"

The boy's eyes lit up! He started crying again which caught me off guard, but he reassured me it was in happiness. "Let's be friends Sterling! I'm Izuku Midoriya!"

Ping! You made a new friend you can now examine their level and stats!

Ping! Due to your reasoning and use of words to calm your new friend you gained 1 WIS.

I kept my excitement hidden for the stats up! "Yeah! Do you want to hang out today?" I heard a throat cleared behind me, I turned to see my parents looking at me with eyebrows cocked. I rubbed my head sheepishly.

"They are my Mom and Dad, we were on our way to celebrate my Birthday. Can Izuku join us?" the adults looked at eachother Izuku's Mom Inko included. "Why don't we go inside for a bit to talk about it first?" so we all walked back to our house, Izuku and I went to my room while the adults talked in the living room.

The first thing Izuku asked when we got inside my room was "Do you have your quirk yet?!" It caught me off guard but with a cheeky smile I confirmed it and then started telling him about it. Showed him Mana Orb(Small) and my mana enhanced bat which he was ecstatic about. He gave me all sorts of great ideas on how to use my quirk like using my storage as a shield for incoming projectiles.

Izuku was smart, he was more than smart, he was brilliant. He had an infectious energy when he talked about quirks, honestly he was just awesome and That day I decided we would stay friends and I would make sure he became a hero! After a long talk of quirk usage and three INT and three WIS gained we went to the backyard passing by the parents.

"Dear didn't that bat used to be white?" They shrugged it off and continued talking. In the backyard Izuku was holding the bat swinging it. "Wow! It feels like solid metal but is light as wood!" "I used Mana Enchant on it with 340 mana so it should be really tough!"

A thought struck me like lightning! "I'M GONNA MAKE THE KAMEHAMEHA!" The volume startled the poor boy. I pulled as much mana as I could into my hands, posed like those who use it, but it wasn't enough, so I held it till it my mana recharged and put more into it till I put five bars of MP into the attack before releasing it onto a nearby tree causing it to disintegrate in the middle and fall over.

Ping! Do to pushing your mana beyond you gained 1 INT.

Ping! Skill created! Kamehameha

The sound caused the parents to come barreling out of the house to find, one child on the ground panting and the other staring at his friend.

To say I felt exhausted after that was an understatement. The sheer concentration it took to hold all that mana together alone was a challenge but to keep it together while adding more and preventing it from bursting? Even harder.

I was proud of myself though, I managed to create something from one of my favourite tv shows successfully! While I was celebrating in my head and trying to regain my strength my parents were freaking out!

My mother came over and started to shake me out of my thoughts "Sterling...Sterling...Sterling!" I look up at her head tilted eyebrow cocked. "Yes Mom?" She let out a sigh and shook her in exasperation. "What did you do? Why is the tree burned in the middle and lying in the lawn?"

With a shaky grin I responded "I used the kamehameha! Its part of my quirk!" she replied as followed "I'm sorry...what? Your quirk is here? Why didn't you tell me? How does it allow you to do things from T.V.?"

After a few minutes of explaining my parents were confused, apparently my quirk was something of an anomaly, no one in our family history had anything remotely similar. It would be a question no one would ever be able to answer and due to its power would be hidden as a simple energy quirk.

After everything was discussed and I was no longer suffering mana exhaustion I decided to look at my new skill.

Kamehameha: A skill used by goku and friends, this skill requires 500 MP minimum to activate and gets more powerful the more MP used.

I was SO psyched looking at this! It was so cool! The adults went back to talking, meanwhile Izuku and I played around with my quirk. "Sterling! I have an idea! Why don't you try and see if you have an observation skill?" I nodded and thought the best way to activate would be to try a verbal command. I looked at Midoriya "Observe!"

Name: Izuku Midoriya

Level 1

Title: The Unwavering Hero!

HP: 200

MP: 0

STR: 5

STM: 8

DEX: 6

VIT: 10

INT: 10

WIS: 10

Skill Points: 0

Quirk: None(?)

Skills: None

I was genuinely surprised to see the difference in our stats and curious as to why Izuku's VIT was so high. I told Izuku his stats and he told me he was very klutzy and had a bad habit of knocking into things, which I could believe when he tripped walking across the backyard.

Izuku was surprised to hear his title and hopeful when he heard that there was a question mark next to his quirk info. After all that meant there was still hope he would get a quirk!

After examining two more things I heard.

Ping! Due to increased use Observation has leveled up you can now see the stats when there is a gap of 50 in levels.

After an hour of goofing off and playing together Izuku and I went inside to see what was going on. The adults were talking about swapping me into Izuku's school so we can stay friends easier. He and I agreed instantly.

"You're gonna get to meet kacchan! He's my best friend we play super heroes together! We always hang out! I think you're really gonna like him!" I think a bit and nod. "Alright introduce me to him tomorrow!" we went to play video games for awhile before we realized it dinner had arrived.

"Sterling! Izuku! Dinner time!" We saved the game and left for the dining room to find my favorite restaurant food K.F.C. I always order mac and cheese with lots of biscuits! There was lots of everything so we would have leftovers. Everyone stuffed themselves before realizing there would be ice cream and cake.

"Happy Birthday to you!" I blew out the candles and wished for Izuku to get a quirk. After eating I opened my presents which were Kingdom Hearts three pre ordered, a new Pop Vinyl of Goku Super saiyan god, and a brand new ps4 remote it was a good birthday that year.

After presents Izuku had to leave so we said our teary goodbyes and went our ways. Afterwards I went and got ready for bed it was now eight thirty. I was up for a little while after thinking about my quirk and had an Idea I sat up in bed and focused my mana into my skin trying to get an even spread throughout.

After about 5 minutes or so I heard what was becoming one of my favorite sounds.

Ping! Skill created! Wood Skin.

'Let's check its description.'

Wood Skin: This is a defensive skill used to reduce damage the more MP used the harder your skin!

I giggled In delight It worked perfectly! I have the perfect defense skill! 'One bar of MP one hundred sixty points is eighty defense, let's do this two more times tonight.' After that I went to bed.

Ping! You slept in a bed your HP and MP have been restored

"Sterling time to get up! You have to go meet Izuku at school!" I immediately got out of bed and changed into a pair of black shorts and a black shirt with the dragon balls and shenron interwoven through them. I put my bat and some of my puzzle toys in my inventory and channeled another full MP bar into my defense. After that I went downstairs and ate my breakfast put on my boots and the got driven to school.

I walked in the door to see a bunch of kids my age and Izuku sitting next to a scowling kid with ash blonde hair and ruby red eyes, Izuku was looking at this kid in awe as he made tiny explosions in his palms.

I walked over to Izuku "Hey Izuku! How ya doing?" I was returned with a nervous smile and a shaky reply. I looked up to see the other kid scowling at me. "Why are you standing on the table?" He sneered at me and put a hand near me, his palm popping like pop rocks in ones mouth. "Why does it matter? Who the fuck are you?" I blinked a couple times and took a moment to process.

I looked over to Midoriya and asked "is he always that foul mouthed?" He meekly nodded and looked away. Why was he like this? Are they bullying him? "OI! I asked you a question! Fuckin answer me!" I looked at him with a steeled resolve "My name is Sterling I'm assuming you're Kaachan?" I said using finger quotes on his nickname. A visible tick of anger appeared.

"Who the fuck are you calling Kacchan?!" His head whipped to look at the now meek boy so fast I thought he gave himself whiplash. "Oi shitty deku did you use that stupid nickname again?" Midoriya nodded and the boy let off slightly bigger explosions.

Ping!

Quest Acquired

Protect Midoriya from "Kacchan"

Conditions: Midoriya can not be hurt more than twice

Rewards: 50 XP, The begrudging respect of "Kacchan" and your peers.

The blond started making explosions in his hands, while I pulled out my bat and put my entire mana bar once more into my defense. I ignored the curious awed eyes and stepped in front of Midoriya. "Leave him alone! Why does he need to be punished over a nickname?"

The vicious blonde cocked his head with sneer. "Isn't it obvious? I'm stronger than him and he needs to know his place since he is quirkless!" As soon as those words left his mouth a visible tick of irritation shot through me.

"I thought Izuku was one of your best friends! He held you so highly! He just wanted to be your friend and you threw it in his face! For such a petty reason? You make me sick! How can you be a hero if you can't even treat those around you with respect!"

While the feelings I spoke of were true, I was trying to get my mana to recharge, he had a strong quirk that would be hard to face against. That last comment set him off and he stuck his palm in my face explosions max trying to scare me.

"You fucking take that back! I'm gonna be the number one hero! I will surpass All Might and be the best! You can't stop me."

That last sentence was delivered with a slick grin that made me angry. I used my bat to move his hand out of my face, an expression of rage havint taken over.

I took a swing at his side, in an attempt to knock the air out of him and he simply grabbed the bat a threw it back, countering with an explosive punch, I felt my foot slip as I feel to see Izuku pulling it.

I gave him a grateful nod and looked up to see two hands linked together coming down at an alarming speed, I grabbed my bat in both hands without a second to spare as they collided the bomber shook his hands in pain.

I took the opportunity to pull his feet out from under him and sent him toppling to the floor, I was about to pin him when he brought his feet up and sent a power packed boom towards me.

Ping! Defense: -40

'he doesn't do as much damage as I would have thought.' I stood still taking it head on without much choice, only to show not a scratch on me, my shirt was in tatters though.

"Hey! This was one of my favorite shirts!" I held out one hand and put half my mana bar into a sphere.

Ping!

Ping!

I ignored those for now and shot off my mana orb, the attack hit him dead in the face, there was an "Ack!" followed by snoring, "Kacchan" as I knew him at the time was passed out on the ground.

Ping!

Quest Complete!

Quest Reward: 50 EXP!

The respect of your peers!

I looked over to see the teachers staring, my parents staring and the class staring as I stood triumphant over the classroom bully. Izuku looked like he had seen a ghost, I sat down next to him.

"Did you really mean everything you said?" the other boy stuttered out still in shock, "Yep! Every. Single. Word." It took a second of realization, 'Oh yeah! Those notifications!' I looked around a bit to find these.

Skill created! Mana Orb(Medium)

Status effect attained! Sleep acquired!

I nodded in confidence and satisfaction, I just got two new additions to my repertoire! The status effect will help immensely! Not only did I protect Izuku I got some great skills and EXP.

Everyone looked at my like I was crazy, tapping around in the air and gesturing satisfied. After that it started to calm down, I got a new shirt, stood in the corner for five minutes and Izuku regained his composure and waited quietly for me at a table.

After the time out Izuku and I talked about the new status effect and what I could use it for. About ten minutes after we heard a loud "Fuck! How could I lose to a nobody pebble like him!" I snickered and Izuku paled.

"You did lose to me! My name is Sterling learn my name cause you will be seeing a lot more of me if you stick with my boy Midoriya here!" There was a loud yell of frustration followed by an explosion and cubbies rattling. I snickered to myself, boy is he PISSED!

The boy who I now knew as Katuski stormed over and made a bold declaration. "Don't get too cocky you bastard! I will catch up super fast and when I do I will kick your ass and you will be just another pebble on my path!" I smirked and held out a fist "I look forward to it."

The boy looked at me a mutual respect in his eye and returned the gesture. I pointed to Izuku and gave him a look, his face turned to a scowl and he crossed his, and rolled his eyes. "fucking fine! Deku! Calling you quirkless was an asshole thing to do! We can continue being friends as long as you dont fucking look down on me!"

I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose, closing my eyes. 'Well it's a start I guess.' Izuku's face lit up in joy, Kacchan wanted to be his friend again! He jumped for joy. "Thanks Sterling! Thanks Kacchan!"

Ping!

You made a new friend! You can now examine their level and stats!

"Sterling, whats your fuckin quirk anyways?" I looked at him and smirked, then gave him the same rundown I gave Izuku. He looked on with wide eyes and a smidge of envy. "Thats some OP shit, not as flashy as mine but fuckin OP."

I smirked at him in victory and he just went "tch" and looked away. So I sat down and poured another full bar of mana into wood skin. Repeating this five more times while Bakugo reluctantly conversed with Midoriya.

Midoriya was full energy, arms waving fast talking a fire in his eyes, trying to reenact everything he saw yesterday on the All Heros All The Time channel or for short A.H.A.T.T.

Whether Bakugo would admit it or not he was fairly amused and interested in what his hero happy friend had to say. It was around that point I stopped that I realized I had yet to observe Katsuki so I looked at him and mentally commanded Observe.

Name: Katsuki Bakugo

Level: 2

Title: The Explosive Hero Dude With an Attitude.

HP: 250

MP: 0

STR: 8

STM: 7

DEX: 7

VIT: 10

INT: 8

WIS: 9

Skill points: 0

Quirk: Explosion!

Skills: None

Who woulda thunk it? This kid despite being a bully was surprisingly smart. So why be a bully? Is it the power of his quirk? A lack of discipline? Trouble at home? Looking back on it? I think it was all three.

I walked over to the others and sat down listening to the story of how All Might beat up a gang of robbers in a bank, without a single hostage even slightly roughed up, all the while holding a proud smile on his face.

We listened to many more stories that day, all the while going about what would be a normal routine for about two more years, then something insane would happen that wouldn't be expected of in the slightest, however only select individuals would know and it would change lives!