Hey, it's ya boi, Now the title and description probably wouldn't get the point across so here:
Izuku has a quirk, but It's not very conventional and has trouble with activating it, and normally seen as quirkless, but with help of friends and dire circumstances he can. But contrary to what his peers think, he is no angel. In fact, he might just blow his whole career if He lets his secrets out. Also, Bakugou is nice to him.
This story was Inspired by The Fafnir Knight by Lord XG3
Also, We'll see how long we can go without having to turn the rating to M.
All characters belong to their rightful owners.
Chapter 1: Are you hurt?
"So you want to know how I became a hero? Well, I always wanted to be a hero, my whole life. People normally think that when you leave high school is when your career as a hero starts, but I think It's before that, I think it starts at the beginning, and not the start of high school either, I think it's the point where you first see a hero, or when you have your first time saving someone. Like for pro hero Pinky, when she saved her fellow students from a villain, or pro hero Grenadier who-" a man says and is cut off
There's silence for a moment
"My relationship with Kacchan? Well, I've known him my whole life, as long as I can remember. In fact, He's the reason I'm here today, for several reasons."
Another silence.
"Why? Well, I could tell you several different reasons, but I guess that I should start from the beginning, I remember it clear as day. It all started with a fall and a flight to U.A:"
The Angel
We, Me and my mom, were visiting the doctor, who had already taken X-Rays of me and was displaying them on the board.
"All the other kids in his class have gotten their quirks, but Izuku here hasn't, is there something-" Inko says
"Oh, no, by all means he has a quirk, as you can see here, So the quirk very well could have manifested. It's probably some very odd quirk that will take a lot of time to find out what it is, what are your and the father's quirk?"
"Well, I can pull small objects towards me, and his father has metal wings."
"Hmm I see, If I had to guess he has either your quirk, or can pull metal objects to him. Even then, his quirk may manifest in an unconventional way or if he's feeling a certain way."
At the time I had no Idea what the conversation was about, but all I could pull out of it was that I had a quirk! And that was enough for me. I could be a hero! When we got back, I was pumped, but Now I know, that at that time, with what it was thought at the time, there was no possible way I could be a hero. But fortunately for me, that's not the end.
A couple days later I would Meet up with Kacchan and some of our friends
In the park, we traveled a little far into the woods with Young Bakugou in the lead.
"Forward March!" He yelled in the tone that a leader would use to rally their troops.
"Wow! You're so cool Kacchan!" I exclaimed
"I know, We're all cool!" he said
He really believed it too, He knew that they would all stick together until the end.
"Once Izuku Gets his quirk, We'll be unstoppable!"
"Yeah!" we all cheered. It always makes me happy whenever kacchan was excited for me, it felt like a great honor. We marched a little farther until they came across a little land bridge, no farther than fifteen feet, but It was pretty high up above the stream, which was fast and had jagged rocks below the water. An adult could be swept up if they're not careful.
"Show No fear!" Kacchan said encouragingly and pressed on over the land bridge. At the apex of the bridge Bakugou turned around and jumped in the air.
"It's All-" before he could Finish, He misjudged his jump and his right foot slid off the edge, Dragging the rest of his body with him. Now, I had no idea what he was doing. I followed the falling blonde, who had realized his mistake and was trying to break his fall by putting his arms out in front of him. I closed the gap between us almost instantly and without hesitation, I almost dove off the bridge and grabbed onto the collar of Kacchan's shirt. I see in the reflection of the water and our shadows that there was a flash of light, just white light. I don't remember anyone in our group who could emit light like that, except maybe Kacchan. I don't feel my feet on the ground, and nobody grabbed me.
"A-Are you hurt?" I ask Kacchan, slightly afraid that he is.
"No, I'm Great! How did you- WOAH!" Kacchan looks bewildered and excited.
"COOL!"
"Wha-" I look behind me to find a wing, or rather two wings, pure white that seem to be shining pure white light. They're flapping lightly, but the flaps are powerful.
"You have wings!" Kacchan exclaims.
"I-I do." after I say that they started to stop their rhythmic flapping and became more erratic.
"Woah- what are you doing?!" Kacchan yelled.
"I-I don't know!"
":Control your wings!"
"How?!" before he can respond we fall and plunge into the water. I almost passed out from the sudden change of temperature from a hot summer day to the cold river, but I managed to stay conscious and reach the surface. I gasp for air and flail around in the water. Kacchan rises up next to me a moment later and grabs onto my wing.
"What are we going to do?!"
"I don't know! We're going to die!"
"No we're not, Just calm down, I think there's a waterfall down here-"
"That makes it worse!"
"Not for us, I want you to spread your wings like a bird, and not flap them. We can glide safely, I think." I can feel my wings wildly splashing at water, not knowing what to do.
"Wow! You're smart! But how will you get down safely?"
"I'll grab onto your hands, You'll hold me up and we'll be safe."
"Ok, How can I hold On, my hands are wet."
"Just hold tight, It's our only choice!" I grab his left and right hand, I can see the part where the water will drop off, It's really close to us.
"Ready?" Kacchan asks.
"Yeah!" We reach the edge and drop off. We're in free fall for a moment, I can't open my wings. The only things we can hear is the water at the bottom, a hundred and fifty feet below us. I close my eyes and try to open my wings, Holding on to Kacchan's hands tightly. I feel like I'm falling one second and the next, I feel like I'm moving forward. I slowly open my eyes and find that the ground beneath us seems to be moving, and it's not getting closer fast. I look ahead and see the city of Musutafu in front of us, getting closer. I look down to see that Kacchan is hanging by his hands from mine. He opens his eyes as well, to find that we're not dead.
"WOAH!" he yells. He kicks the air and yells:
"This is awesome! Yeah!"
I don't dare to look at my wings again, I might lose control.
It occurs to me how odd of a sight it must be, two kids holding each other while one of them is screaming and shouting. Not to mention one of them has wings.
It feels great, even though we're only gliding, we're flying. That's not something a human was meant to do. Even with a quirk.
"Your quirk is so cool!" I smile and look ahead again, We're closer to the ground now, The trees have completely cleared and it's all grass now.
We fly for what seems like hours, and my grip doesn't seem to be letting up.
"We're going to land!" Kacchan said.
I look and see where we're landing. We're landing at U.A. Cool!
We approach the ground and Kacchan says.
"How are we going to land?"
"I think when your feet touch the ground you roll, I've seen that in movies it seems to work." I tell him
"Ok, Let's try it."
We're about a yard from the ground and descending fast. Kacchan puts his feet forward and prepares to land.
"Ok, Drop me!" I do and watch him roll a few times and sit down on his butt. He's slightly dizzy. I don't think about how I'll land though, and I cover my face with my arms. I crash into a hedge and and get stuck in it. I feel a little bit lighter after that, though.
"Izuku!" I hear kacchan yell.
"Are you okay?!"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Your wings!" As he says that, an alarm goes off and says:
"Unauthorized personnel on School grounds!"
"Oh-" I hear Kacchan say, but he's interrupted by a voice.
"Well aren't you two troublemakers in trouble." I hear a low voice say. I am grabbed from the back of my shirt and am lifted out of the bush. I'm turned around to see a really serious looking man with a wicked haircut, dyed red and wearing a red jacket. He looks really familiar. I look behind me to see that my wings are gone, somehow.
"How did you two even get in here?" he asks.
"We-" I start
"You know what, save it. Let's take you to the principal."
"But-" Kacchan says before he's interrupted with a look from the man.
"Let's go."
We're taken inside the building, where there's long halls and giant doors. He's put me on his shoulder and Kacchan is being held by his shirt, his arms and legs dangling. He walks swiftly for someone who's carrying two people.
"Put me down!" Kacchan says
"Nope." he says.
"Now!"
He ignores him and keeps walking until we reach a door. He knocks with his foot and a voice on the other side says:
"Enter!"
He does so, and says:
"I got the intruders right here."
"Children? How unexpected!" he said
I can't see him, I'm facing the door, but the principal has a rather high-pitched voice.
"Yeah, I have no idea how they could have gotten in."
"Well leave them here and resume to your teaching duties."
"You sure?"
"Yes, now shoo."
The man puts us down and leaves the room, closing the door behind him. I turn around and look at the room. It's got a rather large desk and several pictures and posters hanging around. As well as a trophy case. But the thing that has me really off guard is the principal himself. He appears to be a mouse-dog-bear thing. His face seems kind of furry and without flaw. He sits at the desk and says:
"Why hello why don't you two have a seat." he said, and we did.
"Now, if you would care to tell me how you got here, we could have you home in no time." he says cheerily while reaching into his desk. He pulls out two suckers and hands them to us. We decide to pocket them for now and Kacchan says:
"We flew in." The principal raises an eyebrow and sips on some tea.
"How?"
We tell him the story from the start, how we were playing in the forest to when Kacchan fell in the river to our flight.
"Interesting, now, you have wings child?"
"I-I think."
"So a quirk that gives you wings whenever you need them. And the feathers didn't even get wet in the rain. Interesting." he says to himself.
"Sounds about right!" Kacchan says.
"Now, do you two plan on being heroes?" he asks us.
"Yes!" We respond in unison.
"Well, that's good! U.A is probably the best place to become a hero! It's where All might went, After all!"
"Really?!"
"Yes! All the most prestigious heroes have attended here!"
"Wow." I said
"Now, let me give you two something." he reaches into his desk again and pulls out two round pieces of red metal.
"These are U.A pendants, they're incredibly rare to have, you have to do something that U.A recognizes as heroic or amazing as students, not even All Might has one."
"Woah." Kacchan says, amazed.
"But we're not students." I say.
"Not yet, no but If you two were to become heroes, I believe you would be great heroes if you come to U.A. I want to see you two in class 1A in exactly ten years, they you will really earn those pendants."
I look at the pendant in my hand, on one side it says U.A, and on the other side it says: 'True Hero'
"Now, I do believe your parents are on their way, so let me take you two to the front gates." He gets off the chair and disappears behind the desk to emerge a few seconds later walking towards the door.
"Come." he states. He's a little bit shorter than me. We get off our chairs and follow him. We go through the maze of a school and end up at the front gate.
"Remember children, ten years comes and goes in an instant, Try your hardest!" he says as he leaves back into the building.
"Hey Izuku."
"Hmm?"
"Let's meet at Dagobah beach tomorrow at sunset, Bring some things with you, I have an Idea."
"What is it?"
"It's-"
"Katsuki!"
"Izuku!" I hear two voices say, my mom's and Kacchan's.
"I'll tell you later." he says with a smirk.
The two mothers embraced their children before heavily scolding them about what they did and how worried they were when they received that phone call.
When me and Mom got home mom told Me:
"Your cousin Hawks is going to be here in two days, He'll be staying with us for a little while, a couple days."
"Okay."
"Now, Go to sleep, It's late."
"Alright, Goodnight!"
"Goodnight my little hero."
The next day at sunset, Kacchan and I met up at Dagobah beach, I brought a few things with me, a limited edition All might statue and the Pendant from yesterday.
"So what are we doing?"
"We're making a time capsule." he states.
"A what?" I've never heard of this term before.
"A time capsule, It's a thing Americans like to do. They Put some things in an airtight box and bury it somewhere, and years later they dig it up again and reminisce with what's in there."
"Wow, you know a lot."
"Yeah, I thought of this when the principal said to see us in our class in ten years."
"That's a long time."
"Yeah, but, It's ten years for us to train to become Heroes!"
"That's right, we'll be heroes."
"Now, let's put some stuff in this box." And we do, the pendants, posters, My statue, Kacchan's toy grenade, we even put the suckers the principal gave us in there."
"Do you think they'll stay good?" I ask.
"Maybe, I guess we'll find out in ten years." he says.
We decide to bury it twenty steps from the concrete, alongside the part where the dirt ends and the sand begins. It takes some time, but we dig out about four feet of dirt and sand and put the time capsule in it. We fill the hole back up and write down where it is on a piece of paper. We say goodbye to the capsule and go back home.
"And for ten years I completely forgot about it. Looking back on it, I'm glad I did, and that we were able to do that. For a decade, I wasn't able to open my wings, no matter how hard I tried or what I tried, they wouldn't open. I know now what it was. That at that moment that Kacchan fell off the bridge- I felt something. A strong need to protect him, to save him. And Throughout the entirety of our flight I felt that. Now, this needed to happen twice in order for me permanently earn my wings. Shortly after that, Kacchan started calling me 'Tenshi' which is quite appropriate for my quirk."
There's a silence
"Yes, earn. That's what I think at least. They weren't granted to me, They needed to be earned by a trial, what that trial was, well It lasted the ten-year gap in the opening of my wings. I didn't even know the trial occurred until quite recently."
Another silence.
"Well, to answer that, I'd need to skip to the part where it actually happened. Or rather the day before."
That's it for Chapter 1! I really had a good time writing this one. I originally tried to write this in the third person, but I found it way too cringy. I guess I should work on that.
Criticism is very appreciated!
Thank you for reading!