The day he found out he wouldn't have a quirk was devastating for young Izuku Midoriya. It hurt to find out he wouldn't be a hero. Hell, when he even told his best friend, Katsuki Bakugou, he instantly was shunned. He literally just turned on him like that and start calling him worthless and other hurtful names. He's dealt with it all through out the years. His admiration for heroes grew even more through the years, even making 13 notebooks, all analyzing heroes and their quirks, some even filled with his idea of what his own hero costume would look like.
He watched in horror as Bakugou grabbed it and blew it up in front of him, granted it was still in tact before freezing up as he heard his old friends next words: "If you want a quirk so badly, then why don't you hope you get lucky in your next life and take a swan dive off the roof!" Even his friends who were watching just blanched at what he said. If he's aiming to be a hero, that is certainly not the way to do it. Heroes don't go around telling people to kill themselves if they want quirks. Hell, some don't even have anger issues like him. Actually, it might just be Endeavor who might have anger issues….don't know. Izuku growled when he heard that from his 'friend'.
"You fucking dumbass." Izuku said quietly, Bakugou stopped and turned to him, half shocked and half angry. Shocked because this weak Deku literally just cussed and angry due to being called a dumbass.
"What did you just call me?" The king of explosions said, a little calmly.
"I called you a fucking dumbass! You want to be a damn hero?! You're going to be the fucking worst hero ever! Heroes don't go around telling others to fucking kill themselves because their quirkless! Heroes encourage them to do their best or even encourage them to become something that can help people no matter what, like a doctor, policeman, firefighter or anything like that! Sure it's kinda useless with all the heroes who have powers that can help with that, but at least they do their best to fucking help! You want to be the Number One Hero so badly?! You're not going to be liked at all with a shitty attitude like yours! And before you even say 'How dare you speak to me like this' I have a right to do this. You're just a pathetic bully who needs a fucking wake up call! So take your head out of your ass and-" He was cut off by Bakugou's fist connecting with his cheek. He stumbled back and growled angrily before getting ready to fight back before noticing Minion 1 and 2 were getting ready to fight as well. He gulped as he knew he was going to get the ever loving shit kicked out of him with the look of pure rage on his old friends face.
'Oh shit.' He immediately ran out of the room after ducking another punch and let a small yelp out as he had to dodge other explosion attack with an angry scream of 'DEKU! GET BACK HERE AND LET ME KILL YOU!' from Bakugou. Eventually he was cornered on the roof and gulped as he looked down at the ground and shivered at how far it was. His only thought was 'I'm so fucked.' as he looked at his old friend and the other bullies cracking their knuckles. He felt stressed out and whimpered and was about to open his mouth to scream for help, but instead of that….it was a scream that could be heard as a beginning of a song that knocked Bakugou and his friends off their feet and looked on in shock as a guitar appeared in Izuku's hands. He had a look of confusion as this was happening before smirking as he felt what he needed to do. He opened his mouth as he start to play the song, which sounded like Skillet's 'The Resistance' the second he started playing it.
I'm a nation, I'm a million faces
Formed together, made for elevation
I'm a soldier, I won't surrender
Faith is like a fire that never burns to embers
(Who's gonna stand up, who's gonna fight?)
The voice of the unheard
(Who's gonna break these chains and lies)
Love is the answer
I gotta speak it, believe it, that's how I feel inside
I, I, can't, can't sit here quiet
Bakugou and his friends watched shocked as the words and music notes literally started to form out of nowhere and before he knew it, they flew at them and started to hit and attack them. They were shocked and tried to fight back but it was hard when the words and notes were literally flying above them and hitting them every few seconds.
You can take my heart, you can take my breath
When you pry it from my cold, dead chest
This is how we rise up
Heavy as a hurricane, louder than a freight train
This is how we rise up
Heart is beating faster, feels like thunder
Magic, static, call me a fanatic
It's our world, they can never have it
This is how we rise up
It's our resistance, you can't resist us
Bakugou tried fighting back but the words and notes were too fast and kept disappearing before he could punch them. Did Deku always have this quirk? Or did it just now manifest?
Hey can you hear me? Hey, are you listening?
Sleeping in the shadows, could be making history
Walk through the fire, walk on the water
Used to be a slave, but now you're a conqueror
You can take my heart, you can take my breath
When you pry it from my cold, dead chest
This is how we rise up
Heavy as a hurricane, louder than a freight train
This is how we rise up
Heart is beating faster, feels like thunder
Magic, static, call me a fanatic
It's our world, they can never have it
This is how we rise up
It's our resistance, you can't resist us
Up, up, up, up, up
We're rising up, up, up, up, up
The voice of the unheard
Rising up, up, up, up, up
We're rising up, up, up, up, up
Love is the answer
This is how we rise up
It's our resistance, you can't resist us
This is how we rise up
Heavy as a hurricane, louder than a freight train
This is how we rise up
Heart is beating faster, feels like thunder
Magic, static, call me a fanatic
It's our world, they can never have it
This is how we rise up
It's our resistance, you can't resist us
Once the song was done, the words finally disappeared for good and they looked up at Izuku, who stepped down from where he was standing and glared at them.
"I am no longer the helpless Deku you knew. From now on, if you even try and attack me, I will fight back and I won't hold back. Bakugou…you can go to hell." He growled as he walked to the door and slammed it after walking through. Bakugou just watched confused about what he should do now.
Izuku walked out of school and grabbed his notebook before going home as he looked at the guitar strapped on his back slightly confused. Where the hell did this quirk even come from? I get quirks manifest in great times of stress and all, but this is one quirk I've never even heard of. He stopped when he suddenly heard a noise behind him and turned around and looked in horror to see a sludge monster coming out of the sewer behind him.
"You'll make a good skin suit kid. Hold still" The monster said as grabbed him before he could even think to use his new found quirk. "This will only hurt for a few seconds." The monster said as Izuku struggled to get out of his grasp. Sudden;Suddenly they both heard something from behind them.
"There's no need to have fear. FOR I AM HERE!" All Might said as he came out of the sewers and dealt with the monster. Izuku blacked out after the sludge monster was taken care of. He groaned as he felt someone slapping his face a few times. "Hey, hey, hey! Wake up!" All Might said and smirked once he saw Midoriya waking up. "Thought we lost you there!" Midoriya jumped back, mainly out of shock and surprise to see his hero sitting in front of him.
"Whoa…All Might saved me! Please, you have to sign my note book!" Izuku said as he got up and opened it for a page to be signed, only to find that All Might Already signed it along with his new guitar "Thank you! This will be an heirloom passed down from generation to generation! Though you didn't have to sign the guitar….it uh….I just got my quirk an hour ago though…but thank you!" Izuku kept gushing to All Might as before All Might said he had to go give the Sludge Monster to the police. As he jumped he felt something on his leg and glanced down, shocked to see the person he just saved clinging to his leg for dear life.
"Hey! Let go! I love my fans and all but this is too much!" All Might said trying to get Izuku to let go.
"No way! If I let go now I'll die!"
"Oh…that's a good point!" All Might said a little sheepishly when he remembered how high in the air they were as he coughed up a little blood. "Damn it. My time is almost up." He thought to himself. A few minutes later they landed on a roof and Izuku let go, shakily stumbling to the railing as he used it for balance.
"Not a smart move. Bang on the door for a while, someone will let you in." All Might told him as he went to leave again.
"W-Wait! Er…I'm sorry for doing that but I wanted to ask a few questions….well maybe one….but uh…my quirk just manifested and well…I uh….I was wondering if you could train me to fight! I've never had any training in my life and I was hoping for the greatest hero to train me!" Izuku rambled on for a few more minutes before noticing steam covering where the hero stood. "Wait what? What happened? Where did he go?" Once the steam cleared he saw skeletal looking man where All Might stood and let out a scream of shock.
Song used:
The Resistance by Skillet