Hello everyone!
This is my first story to actually be uploaded onto this site. With any luck, people will actually like this story, despite my utter lack of writing skill. This chapter is kind of just the first episode of the anime, re-written to fit my story. Without further ado, the first chapter of Might and Magic!
Disclaimer: I own nothing here.
Chapter 1: A New Beginning
"Stupid Kacchan…"
Izuku sighed as he walked home from school, Katsuki's taunting words ringing in his ears. He shook his head as he reached an underpass. Even so, he thought, I'll become a hero without a quirk! Just you watch me! Izuku let out a hearty laugh as he passed through the tunnel.
A few feet away from the exit, he stopped. Weird, he thought as he turned around. Water flowing in the sewers shouldn't be… that… loud… what the hell?
Izuku's eyes widened as he looked at the wall of dark green sludge that filled the tunnel behind him. "A villain?" His shocked statement drew the sludge's attention, and a mouth with a pair of eyes slid into view.
"A medium sized invisibility cloak," was all Izuku managed, and needed, to hear. He turned and started to run, but the villain was faster. With a single lunge, it tackled him and began to shove itself down his throat and nose.
He vaguely heard the villain ranting about taking over his body through the panic, and tried to claw the villain away from his mouth, but his fingers barely met any resistance against the liquid sludge.
I'm dying… Izuku's eyes landed on the notebook that he had dropped when the villain pounced. Somebody… he begged as his vision faded.
Somebody…
"Hey."
Izuku clenched his eyes as he woke up. He blinked the sleep out and looked up to see who had been patting his cheek - and almost had a heart attack.
He squealed and scrambled backwards as All Might rose to his full height. "I'm glad you're OK," the Number 1 hero said as Izuku finished screaming.
"Sorry about getting you caught up in my villain fighting. I don't usually make mistakes like this, but I was in high spirits on my day off in a new place." All Might let out his signature laugh as Izuku sat on the ground in a daze.
"But, you were a big help. Thanks!" The hero displayed two soda bottles, each filled to the brim with green goop, one of them having crossed out eyes to show the fainted villain.
"The number one hero… All Might… he's really here…" Izuku mumbled, practically drunk with awe. So cool… he thought.
"Ah- a signature! Where can I-" he spotted his notebook and flipped it open to reveal All Might's signature already in place. "He already did it!"
Izuku began to bow rapidly to All Might. "Thank you so much," Izuku accidentally shouted. "It'll be an heirloom! A family treasure!"
All might gave an awkward thumbs up to the fanboy. "Well, I'm off to take this guy to the police," he said, shoving the bottles into his pockets and patting them. "See you again on the other side of the screen!"
Izuku froze. He's leaving? But I have so many questions!
Wait…
Wait…
"Wait!" Izuku surprised himself with his shout, and All Might too.
I can't waste my chance… "Can someone without a quirk become a hero!?"
All Might froze and looked back at Izuku. "Can someone like me, without a quirk, become a hero like you!?"
Izuku held his bow, afraid of looking up and seeing only air. "Without a quirk…" All Might said.
Izuku inhaled sharply- All Might was answering!
"To try to become a hero without power… would only lead to an early death." Izuku's heartbeat seemed to echo in his ears at those words.
"Without power, you would be killed long before becoming a hero. I am sorry." With those final words, All Might jumped, leaving Izuku behind to listen as a new sentence echoed in his head.
His mother's apology, Katsuki's insults, and the doctor's words all joined the noises in his head. With a heavy heart, he turned around and slowly began the long walk home.
Had he looked up, he would have noticed the man on the rooftops that looked down at him.
So there you have it!
As I said up top, this is my first attempt at a fic. I have no idea as to how this will be received, but I'm willing to give it a shot. So what did you think?
Next time, Izuku gets interrupted on the way home by someone who just might know a way to help our sweet summer child out. But it won't be easy...
See you all soon! Ultra out!