Chapter 1: Miné Midoriya
It was near the middle of spring in Japan. A tall, extravagant building stood in the middle of an extraordinarily large campus. It was the famous UA Academy. Around the building, many people of many sizes and colours were standing near, or walking into it, the air buzzing with their individual chatter. Today was the day of the entrance exam to UA, and the students already enrolled in this prestigious institute were excited to see all the new Quirks being added to the table. The Hero course could only allow so many people in though, so the examinees were getting ready for an intense struggle to earn their spot in UA. You could feel the intense emotion bubbling in the air from the heat of the day. The staff at UA decided to start with the specially recommended examinees first, and already the students were pouring into the exam hall. A fifteen girl with dark-ish green hair ran down the path of the school's courtyard and into the exam hall in a happy hurry. Her name was Miné Midoriya, and she was hoping on enrolling in UA because that's where her mum and dad had gone to learn how to become the amazing heroes that they are today. Because her dad was such an amazing hero, she was able to get recommended to UA and they got her a place in the entrance exam. As she sat down in the exam hall, she pulled out her pencil case and whipped out her pen. She listened impatiently as a UA Hero staff member explained the written portion of the entrance exam. The staff member looked like some sort of DJ and he wore and odd speaker on his neck. His blonde hair was styled in a sort of Mohawk style from where Miné was sitting. The written exam was a little challenging for Miné, but she racked through her brain ad managed to get enough right to pass. Then, she was on to the practical portion. It looked like some sort of odd obstacle course to Miné, who wasn't listening to the teacher because of her impatience of wanting to get into UA, but she knew with the Quirk she got from her dad last Summer last year that her spot in UA was all in the bag. She and her fellow examinees lined up at the starting line. Miné activated her Quirk and, as her dad told her last Summer, let the power flow through your entire body, not just the limb she needed. At the word "Go!" Miné was already speeding past her opponents. She almost didn't even see the opposition's Quirks as she made them eat her dust. She sped past the finish line, earning first place, and the sensation from her Quirk fizzled out. The proud feeling she had almost made her ignore the looks of awe from the other examinees. Fanning herself, she stayed for all the other stuff she needed to hear, then promptly left straight away afterwards. She got on the bus going to her home area the quickest and went home. There was a proud, tingly feeling in her stomach for the entire ride as she stared at her phone's screen, desperately wanting to tell her mum about the good news now, but she wanted to tell her in person instead.
"Mum, I'm home!" she chimed as she strode through the door, closed it behind her and kicked off her shoes. As she turned around, she was immediately greeted by a hug from her nine year old brother, who had curly brown hair.
"Welcome home, big sister," he greeted her happily.
"I'm happy to be back, Toshinori," Miné reciprocated happily. Her little brother was apparently named after something special in their dad's life, but he's probably long gone by now. "Your smiling face is enough to bring me joy, but unfortunately for you something else has already brought me that joy."
The two siblings walked into the kitchen, where their mother was standing over the stove. She turned around and greeted her two children with the warm and optimistic smile she always has. Miné looked exactly like her mother in terms of hair style and body shape, and Toshinori had his mother's hair colour and similar facial features.
"Nice to see you home, sweetie," the mother greeted daughter sweetly, "How was the entrance exam?"
"I dunno yet," replied Miné in a slight nonchalant manner, "I have to wait for a letter from UA, remember? But there's no way I'm not getting in! I got first place in the practical portion!"
"That's my girl! How wonderful for you, Miné," the mother congratulated Miné with another optimistic smile.
"Yeah, big sis is the best!" Toshinori beamed as he did a few punching poses. Miné chuckled.
"That's right, Toshinori!" Miné giggled at the cuteness of her little brother. Their mum smiled at her kids getting along so well, and then turned back to the stove to prepare for dinner.
The two kids went to separate destinations in their house. Toshinori went to the living room to watch his favourite samurai cartoons on TV while Miné went to her room to punch some punching bags.
It was a wee later and the kids were relaxing at home when the front door opened and the kids rushed to greet their father, who had just entered the house. He was clearly exhausted and had a plaster on his forehead. The kids were not fazed as the had come to get used to the slight injuries their parents would get from their Hero work. Toshinori looked exactly like his father in terms of hair style and body shape, and Miné had her father's hair colour and similar facial features.
"Welcome home, Daddy," greeted Toshinori politely, "I bet the baddies you thought handed themselves to the police when they saw your face!" The boy's interpretation of his father's heroism is still that of a child's who loves to read comics and watch cartoons of Superman.
"Indeed they did, Toshinori," their father lied with a chuckle, "But more importantly... Miné, this is for you." He handed an envelope to his teen daughter, who shook slightly with wide eyes as she took it from her Hero dad.
Miné sped of to her room, slammed he door, sat at her desk and ripped open the envelope, from which a circular device fell out. A hologram popped out of the device and it showed the animal principal of UA.
A shrill scream sounded throughout the Midoriya household. Her father, who was leaning on the wall outside Miné's bedroom, smiled knowingly. I think we all know what that scream meant.
A bunch of months passed.
Miné was in her new, smart uniform, standing by the front door. The bags she hadn't already packed were now packed and now she was ready to say goodbye to her brother and mother and head to her new school.
"Well, goodbye Mum. Goodbye Toshinori," said Miné, picking up her backpack. Her little brother's eyes were welling up with tears.
"Do you really have to stay there for the whole year?" he sniffed. In the past, UA was just a regular high school, but while Miné's parents were still first years an incident happened that changed the academy into a boarding school for the students' safety.
"Don't worry, little brother. I'll face time you and Mum everyday so it's not like you'll never see me again while I'm there," reassured he sister.
"Remember, Darling, UA's teaching methods can often be strange and harsh," her mother forewarned her, "but if you ever feel overwhelmed, remember you have a bunch of friends to back you up and you can always phone me for advice."
Miné smiled, "I'll be fine, Mum, really," she reassured her. Miné looked at the time on her phone. "I've got to go now, guys," she told them.
The incomplete family had a final group hug and Miné walked out the door, stopping for a while to turn back and wave to them. Then she proceeded to the bus stop which took her to the UA campus.
She had a little bit of time before her first class so she went to the first years dormitories and deposited her bag of clothes in her dorm. She had her dorm's furniture sent and decorated before the school year began. She then hurried to Class 1-A's room before the class started without her. She opened the door the classroom.
A sudden burst of harsh, colourful light stung Miné's eyes. She scanned the gathering of new students with awed, widened eyes. There was a tall boy with a large, square head standing next to a boy with black, sticky-up and curly hair and grey, bordering on silver, skin. There was a tall girl with long, lilac hair with big, dragon-like wings coloured purple, black and pink, and next to her was a slightly small girl whose face was that of a ginger tabby cat's. There was a girl with hair that was split into four sections a was coloured pink, yellow, orange and white, and at the back of the room Miné saw someone who appeared to be a humanoid pile of translucent blue slime. There was even a boy whose face had the nose, ears and mouth of a dog. Miné saw two girls with green hair like her, though one had a really lighter shade while the other had a darker shade. The latter of the two green haired girls had large, bulky, green arms that appeared to made of vines. Miné seemed to recognize that girl from her entrance exam. And so many more. The entire spectrum was here and to Miné it was a beautiful sight.
Miné was too absorbed in the sight in front of her that she almost didn't notice a palm outstretched to the right side of her pointed at her face. By the time she at least slightly turned her head to even see it, it was too late.
A large explosion erupted from the palm in Miné's face. The sound of the blast filled up the entire room but not many people noticed it. There was an audible whooshing noise as the explosion died down.
Miné wiped her eyes and mouth, turned her head to the right sharply and glared at the owner of the Explosion Quirk. It was a girl with ash blonde, afro-like hair that's spiky at the ends. She had wide, bloodshot eyes and a wider, creepy smile.
"Leiko Bakugo," scowled Miné irritably, "You psychopath..."
Leiko Bakugo was lurking in the corner of the room, waiting for someone worthy enough to come through the door for her to blow up their face.
Leiko Bakugo is the daughter and youngest child of Katsuki Bakugo, the number three Hero, and she is Miné's childhood friend. They've known each other for so long that Miné knows Leiko is prone to this odd behaviour.
Leiko smiled more and proceeded to her desk. Miné, rather annoyed, walked further into the classroom.
"Miné-chan!" called out a girl's voice. Miné got her attention and her head turned towards the source.
In front of her stood a boy and a girl who looked pretty much identical save for their hair and eye colours. The boy had snow white mop hair that was longer at the back and on the fringe on his left side. He also had brown eyes. The girl had long, red hair that reached just over half of her back. She had longer hair at the back and on her fringe on her right side and her eyes were turquoise-y blue. The girl was the one who called out to Miné.
"Rikona-chan! Yuki-kun!" Miné called out happily and joined them. The red haired girl, called Rikona, wrapped her arms around Miné's shoulder.
"I'm so glad we're in the same class, Miné-chan," the white haired boy named Yuki said happily, "You really killed it in the entrance exam!" Both Miné and the twins took the special recommendation exam.
The twins Yuki and Rikona are also Miné's childhood friends. They're also the twin children of the number two Hero, Shoto Todoroki, and the Everything Hero: Creati, a.k.a Momo Yaoyorozu (Or Todoroki now that she's married). Their Quirks are interesting combinations of their mum and dads, and since their dad and grandfather are both famous, talented, top ranking Heroes, everyone expected them to follow in their footsteps and that alone got them a recommended spot to try and get into UA. The twins get along really well with Miné and understandably they are very happy to be in the same class.
"You guys ready to become awesome Heroes?!" Rikona practically sang rhetorically, making a fist pump
"Yeah! Gonna make our fathers proud!" answered Miné. With friends like these in her class, UA's gonna be a great school indeed.
Miné walked to her desk to wait for class to start. She couldn't wait to see what her new homeroom teacher was like.
"Well, hello, Midoriya," said a smooth voice from behind her.
Miné's happy mood immediately fizzled out. She didn't need to turn around to know who it was. She groaned deliberately audibly.
"Yuichi Kaminari, you dunce," muttered Miné through gritted teeth, "What do you want?" Yuichi wasn't a childhood friend of hers, but thanks to her mum and dad, Miné knows enough about him to be rightfully annoyed by him.
Yuichi Kaminari was the son of the Hearing Hero: Earphone Jack, a.k.a Kyoka Jiro (Or Kaminari now that she's married) and the Stun Gun Hero: Chargebolt, a.k.a Denki Kaminari, who ended up becoming a sidekick. Miné had heard that he media gave UA a lot of flack and criticism for allowing a lot of kids of the school's alumni in this year, especially ones from the same class and year group. Yuichi has a hairstyle similar to his mother's, save for wispy hair strands at the back, and it is the same colour as his dad's, with a similar heartbeat monitor pattern his mother has. His facial features is the same as his dad.
Yuichi is also a massive flirt, especially to Miné, much to her dismay.
"Y'know, Midoriya, I can't help but notice but notice how totally green your eyes are," he flirted, twirling his left Earphone Jack around his left finger, "It reminds me of getting lost in a dark forest, befitting of a family name as beautiful as yours." Yuichi was trying way too hard to be poetic.
Miné active her dad's Quirk and punched Yuichi across the face, making him fall backwards and hit the desk.
"Keep dreaming, pal!" Miné spat. Yuichi nodded weakly.
"That's enough! Take your seats, you brats!" boomed a thunderous voice from the hallway. Immediately the entire class went silent and the kids who were still standing took their seats, except for Miné. Class 1-A's homeroom teacher entered the classroom.
The homeroom teacher was a burly man with blonde hair, like those stereotypical sergeants that you find in army movies. As he walked to his desk, he glared at Miné and they made eye contact until he sat down at his desk and Miné sat down at hers immediately afterward.
"You. You're Miné Midoriya-san, aren't you?" scowled the homeroom teacher, "As in, Izuku Midoriya, am I correct?" Miné nodded.
"Yes, Sensei. He is my father," she answered blankly. Mutters and whispers started up from the back and front of the class.
The homeroom teacher looked at her for a while before replying, "Just so you know, you're never going to be as good as your father. You won't even get close."
"You don't know that, Sensei!" Miné protested, clearly upset by this unwarranted insult from a stranger, "I have my dad's blood in me! I may not be able to surpass him, but I can at least be his equal!" Her homeroom teach raised an eyebrow.
"You think so? Prove it. I'm gonna test you extra hard this school year to see if you really got what it takes," he challenged her. There were a few gasps from the other students and the whispers and murmurs started again.
Miné's face turned as red as Rikona's hair. She groaned and put her head on the table. She felt as if the many pairs of eyes were drilling into her. This was not how she wanted to reveal who her dad was and now she's gonna be challenged hard to see if she can follow in his footsteps. Not that she wasn't planning on that in the first place, but she didn't want it to be a challenge and be tested on it. She certainly didn't want to be treated differently to her fellow classmates. She was certainly wondering why Leiko, Yuki and Rikona weren't getting the same treatment since they were kids of top ranking Heroes too.
Miné Midoriya is the daughter of the number one Hero, Deku, a.k.a. Izuku Midoriya. It was no surprise that UA got her recommended to try and enrol. Miné has had her fair share of being compared to her dad but nothing like this.
So, this is what it's like at the top... Miné thought. UA's gonna be a tough course indeed.
"Moving on, good morning class. I am Iwao Iwayama, and I'm going to be your homeroom teacher," he continued as if nothing happened.
"Ooh, I recognized that name," Rikona piped up, "Are you the Crunch Hero: Army Hard?"
"That is correct, Todoroki-san," Iwayama answered, "You'll come to see that my teaching methods at similar to my Hero name. Now, we will go to the entrance ceremony, then you will have your guidance sessions, then after lunch we will go outside to have a fitness test of your Quirks. Enjoy the rest of your day."
The rest of the day ran smoothly for Miné. She had Yuki and Rikona, her best friends, by her side and she had Leiko to look after and to make sure she doesn't get into trouble. And she hardly ran into fans of her parents at all! Well, up until lunchtime, that is.
"Hey, Midoriya. Have you seen Raiden anywhere? I can hardly find him anywhere," asked Yuichi as he and Miné got their lunch and went to go sit down at a table, "But maybe that's a good thing..." Yuichi had an older brother called Raiden Kaminari and he was somewhat of a prodigy here in UA. However, he was one of those edgy teenagers as he wasn't very sociable or polite to the rest of his family.
"I haven't, and neither do I particularly want to, Kaminari," snarked Miné, walking past the table that Yuichi sat down at and sat at the table Yuki and Rikona were sitting at. Suddenly, their table was swarmed by students from their class.
"Yo, you're Midoriya, right?" asked a boy with spiky black hair and z shapes on his cheek asked in awe, "I'm Ronin Kabuto! It's so awesome that I get to take classes with the daughter of the famous Deku!"
"I'm Tatsu Ryumine," greeted the tall winged girl calmly, "It is very nice to meet you.
"I'm Tora Onoue. Call me Tora," the cat girl spoke up.
"And I'm Hiroki Inuka," greeted the dog faced boy, "I hope we have a great time together!"
Miné waved and smiled in embarrassment. In her previous schools she had similar situations like this, but now it seemed it as gonna be worse. Guess she should have expected it from school that creates amazing Heroes. The group of fans then turned to Rikona and Yuki.
"Dude, you're the Todoroki twins, right?! I'm so psyched to meet you guys in battle! I heard your Quirks are super amazing combos of your parents!" Ronin raved excitedly.
"Knock it off, Kabuto," sighed Hiroki, placing a hand on his shoulder, "Give them some space."
"No wonder you two are in the school, considering that your father and grandfather went to this school and ended up being number two Heroes of their generation," commented Tatsu. Rikona frowned at the mention of her grandfather.
When the topic came to her grandfather, the Flame Hero: Endeavor a.k.a Enji Todoroki, Rikona was always uncomfortable talking about it. A few years ago, Miné asked about it, and Rikona said she overheard her dad talking with her mum and aunt about him and from the very little she heard, she gathered her grandfather wasn't very nice to her dad when he was younger.
"Yeah. Amazing..." Rikona muttered, lowering her head on the table.
"But don't think that just because you're the kids of the best Heroes that we're gonna let you take top spot that easily!" Tora slightly shouted, "In fact, that's more reason why we're gonna crush you!" Tatsu nodded.
"Yeah. You lot are obviously gonna steal the spotlight while you're here. If we can surpass you guys, our potential will be seen," Tatsu continued, slightly smugly, "Don't expect us to be eating your dust."
"Geez, a declaration of war already..?" whispered Yuki to his sister.
"But I hardly think you'll be able to surpass us in terms of Quirks, though," Rikona said loudly, "As far as I can see, you have wings and the other is just a cat. I don't think you'll be able to withstand a blast of fire and ice." Miné and Yuki cringed. Tatsu and Tora were visibly stunned. Rikona had a life long habit of brutal honesty. She would always say what's on her mind as well, even if it wasn't an appropriate time.
That two girls walked away. As they did, a voice came from behind them.
"Excuse me! Excuse me!" the owner of the voice wrestled through the crowd and stood in front of Miné. It was the light green haired girl. "Hi, I knew I recognized that hair! You're the daughter of Uravity, aren't you?"
"I am," Miné answered blankly. She was getting a migraine from all these fans of her parents.
"I'm Sumiye Deguchi," the girl introduced herself, "Uravity is kinda like my total idol! She inspired me to become a Hero! I cannot believe I'm taking classes with her daughter! It's like living in a dream!"
Miné's mother is a Hero called Uravity, a.k.a Ochaco Uraraka (Midoriya now that she's married). She was her husband's high school crush when they were going through UA and five years after they became Pro Heroes they reconnected and got together. Uravity was a very optimistic Hero who specialized in rescue operations. Miné could see how much of an inspiring Hero her mother was.
"Can we be friends?" asked Sumiye as the crowd around their table disappeared.
"Sure," Miné agreed and Sumiye sat down next to her.
"Thank you Midoriya-chan!" Sumiye beamed, sticking her right thumb up. Miné widened her eyes to the sight of it.
"What happened to your thumb?" she asked with concern, "Why is it so abnormally shorter than the other one?"
"Oh, you don't have to worry about that!" reassured Sumiye casually, "When I was four, I was sucking my thumb when my Quirk manifested and half of my thumb was melted off!"
"How can you talk about that so casually?!" gasped Yuki.
The bell rang and the students of Class 1-A went to class.
"Geez, bombarded by fans is really gonna take a toll on me..." sighed Miné.
"Look on the bright side, you got a new friend who's more concerned about your mum than your dad," said Rikona.
"I thought you said "bright side"."
In Homeroom, Iwayama presented the class with their gym uniforms, which they put on and went outside.
"There will be five events. The fifty meter dash; grip strength; standing long jump; side stepping and finally, throwing." Iwayama explained the fitness tests to the class. "You all did these in middle school without your Quirks, now try with your Quirks! First off, Bakugo, try throwing this."
He threw Leiko a baseball. She stood in the circle and wound up a throw. As she was about to release the ball, she activated her Explosion Quirk. The smoking baseball sailed over the pitch and landed, still smoking. A device in Iwayama-Sensei's hand beeped and he presented the score to the class. In middle school, Leiko Bakugo could throw sixty meters. Just now, with her Quirk, Leiko Bakugo threw seven hundred and three point five meters. Gasps and applauds from impressed fellow students arose.
"The demonstration is over. Go do your thing." Instructed Iwayama.
The first event was the fifty meter dash. Miné went to the starting line and started touching her clothes.
I'll make my clothes lighter... she was using the Quirk she has had since birth. Both her and Toshinori had inherited this Quirk from their mother. It lets things that they touch get unaffected by gravity. But they have a limit and if they exceed it they get sick. Miné activated her dad's Quirk and sped down the track, but was then overtaken by Leiko boosting herself down the track with her Explosions. Her time in middle school was five point fifty six seconds. Now, using her Quirk, it was four point thirty three seconds. Miné ran past the finish line. In middle school, her time was six seconds, and here it was three point fifty seconds.
Then it was the grip trial. Miné used her strength Quirk. In middle school, she got forty kilograms but now she's got fifty six. She saw that the kid with the grey skin didn't even have to hold it to use it and instead used his Quirk and got four hundred kilograms.
The side stepping event came and it was Rikona's turn.
"Right, if we are allowed to use our Quirks, I gotta get creative," Rikona said to herself, "It's what mum would do... I know!" Rikona blasted her fire either side of her and it formed a ball for a while before turning into those inflatables that bouncy castles are made of. She then started to bounce side to side.
Number three most recommended first year: Rikona Todoroki.
Quirk: Flame Creation
She can shoot fire from her hands which raises her body temperature. She can create items from her warm body heat and the hotter she is he more items she can produce. Both sides of her Quirk helps her out with this.
Then the throwing event came. Miné activated both of her parent's Quirks and threw the baseball. It sped into the air in a diagonal line instead of a curve like the other thrown balls. It never came down. Miné got infinity times two meters.
"Wow, that's double what Uravity got when she was in school!" squealed Sumiye in awe.
"Deguchi, you're just a Uravity fangirl, aren't you?" Miné asked rhetorically. Sumiye blushed. The other students went and completed their trials. Then the class ended and Iwayama-Sensei dismissed everyone to the first year dormitories.
Miné sat in her dorm, talking to her mother on the phone. She had made the phone float with her Quirk and was holding it in place with a box. Her dorm was decorated with so much space themed stuff that there was very little colour that was not dark blue that wasn't her training equipment or posters. Miné was telling her mum about her day. About Iwayama-Sensei, about her fans, everything.
"It seems you've had a good day at school, sweetie, besides that homeroom teacher," Ochaco commented, to which Miné nodded.
"Was you and dad's homeroom teacher harsh?"
"He was a bit, but in a good way," Ochaco replied, "He was firm and fair. Yours just sounds like a bully."
"I'll be fine! I got Yuki and Rikona by my side and Leiko to look after," Miné reassured her mother.
"Oh, are you talking to your mother, Midoriya-chan?!" Sumiye called through the doorway. Miné forgot to close her dorm door. Sumiye leapt onto Miné's bed before she could protest and put herself within the view of the phone. "Hey, Uravity!"
"Hi. You must be Deguchi," Ochaco greeted the fangirl, "Miné has told me all about you!"
"Wow, my idol knows about me?" said Sumiye shakily, "Can my day get any better?!"
Miné sighed. Her time at UA has just begun. And it's gonna be a long journey. However, Miné hasn't seen anything yet. She's about to see how intense UA can get.