AN: I am sorry it took me so long to post something. I have been very busy dealing with work and college stuff. I am going to be trying my hand in the boku no hero academia stuff, because I am looking forward to the game that is coming out this month. I am hoping that Mina is a character in the game, because acid is a superuseful ability to have. I hope that everyone enjoys reading this, let me know what you think.
Izuku Midoriya is a quirkless teen, he has been bullied by his childhood friend, Kaachan, ever since he was four years old. He was now twelve years old. He was going home after an especially hard day, Kaachan and his group were relentlessly picking on him, which lead to him getting beaten up by Kaachan. Izuku had bruises and scrapes on his body where Kaachan had used explosion on him numerous times; while there is a law against using quirks in public it only works if there are people there to witness the usage. Kaachan was trying to beat it into his skull that he would never be a hero, that he was useless, which is what is nickname Deku meant. Izuku was looking over his notebook, writing down analysis of quirks that he had observed at school. He flipped over to Kaachan's page detailing his quirk explosion; his sweat glands are mutated which allows him to sweat nitroglycerin and then he can cause it to explode in his palms. His quirk is extremely powerful and versatile, he can use his quirk to propel himself forward at high speed and deal massive damage to his target; Izuku knew that painfully well.
Izuku sighed, dejectedly, he was heading home to watch videos of pro heroes. He had a few favorite heroes, but his all time favorite was All Might.
"For the love of all that is holy look out!" yelled a girl.
But because Izuku was thinking about how cool All Might was; he failed to hear someone yelling a warning his way.
He got hit by a pink girl, who was rolling around on the back of a shopping cart down the side walk. Izuku groaned as he felt the impact of the metal shopping cart knock the wind out of him. The pink girl in question landed right on top of him, how lucky for her she had something softer than concrete to land on.
Izuku groaned, and wheezed; he was definitely going to have more bruises now.
The girl looked up and met his eyes, she had black scelera and yellow irises, as well as a pair of horns atop her head they looked small as if they were just growing in. "I'm really sorry about that," she said with an unsure smile on her face. She pushed up off him and stood up while picking back up the shopping cart. She then reached over to Izuku, gripped his hand and pulled him up.
"N-no, don't worry about it. It was my fault, I-I wasn't paying attention." Izuku stammered out nervously. He didn't really have many conversations with girls, so he was extremely nervous. "I-I mean, I was busy thinking about something. S-so e-even if you warned me there was still the fact that I couldn't hear you. I think that makes me to blame so, I'm sorry for not being able to get out of the way. A-ah I didn't even introduce myself yet, I'm sorry. My name is Izuku Midoriya, what is your name?"
The pink girl stared at him wide-eyed, before bursting out in laughter. "You talk a lot Izuku, well my name is Mina, Mina Ashido. That was a funny word vomit, but it was still my fault for hitting you with a shopping cart." Izuku stared at the pink skinned girl, he wasn't quite used to people being nice to him.
"Yo, earth to Izuku, come in Izuku." Mina was waving her hand in front of his face while looking at him worriedly. "I didn't think that I hit you that hard, are you OK? You've been staring in the distance for a good minute now."
"I-I'm sorry, I was just surprised is all. I'm not really used to talking to people, is all."
Mina tilted her head sideways and looked right at him. Izuku squirmed under her gaze, concerned about what she was probably thinking. Izuku thought that she didn't-
"Well, at least I'm being nice. Hey Izuku how old are you?" Izuku blinked at that question, confused as to why she brought it up.
"I'm t-twelve," Izuku answered, with amazing response time.
"I'm thirteen," she said proudly. "Who is your favorite hero?"
"All Might, of course!" Izuku yelled in excitement because once you start talking about heroes he was all over that. "How about you, Mina?"
The pink girl smiled at him, "All Might as well. He is my favorite because of how his Quirk is so destructive yet he still manages to save the day and cause little damage to the area around him."
"He is my favorite because no matter what he has a smile on his face while he saves people." Izuku smiled as he brought up the memory of All Might saving all those people while smiling. Izuku pulled his notebook out of his bookbag, Mina saw him do this.
"What is the notebook for Izuku?"
"It is full of quirks that I've seen and analysis on what they could be used for, as well as strengths and weaknesses."
Izuku smiled while he said this because this was his passion. Since he found out that he was quirkless he would always write down about the quirks around him. The reason he pulled it out was to ask Mina about her Quirk.
"Mina, could you please tell me about your Quirk?! I really would like to know!" Izuku told her, he almost had stars in his eyes when he asked her. "I can already tell that you are a mutant type, due to your unique appearance, so would you mind telling me what it is?"
Mina looked at him smiling, at how his attitude did a full three-sixty once quirks and heroes were brought up. "My Quirk is called Acid, I can secrete acid from my body. I can control how strong or weak it is, if I eject it from my feet with the weakest acid possible, making it a lubricant, I can slide along the ground, found this out by sliding around my kitchen floor."
Izuku was capturing down all the information she told him, as well as writing down his analysis of her Quirk. "So, if I'm guessing correctly, it's due to your Quirk that the pigments in your skin turned pink, due to that it makes your skin immune to your acid, so you won't harm yourself. If you were to overuse your Quirk, you would more than likely reach a point where it stings and then where your body can't create anymore acid. Your Quirk would be great for search and rescue work, it would be good for fighting and subduing villains, but the only downfall of that would be that you would have to constantly control your acid so you don't cause severe harm to the villain as well as other heroes or civilians."
Mina had stopped talking for a while, just letting him keep on talking. She had to cover her mouth with her hands to keep her from laughing, but she just couldn't help it. Once she laughed it snapped Izuku out of his reverie, and he came quickly back to his senses. Passerbys were just giving the odd looks as they passed by. Izuku was a bit embarrassed, about what he was doing, while Mina was rubbing the tears that were forming from hers.
"Izuku, that was to cute. You just started to write and mutter, making guesses and assumptions about my Quirk. The only surprising thing is that you are right. You must really love quirks but," Mina looked at him for a second. His entire face turned red as a beat, he wasn't used to people thinking he was cute. "What about your Quirk, Izuku?"
Izuku attitude physically died, "I don't have a Quirk." Mina cringed once he answered, she didn't want to hurt him. "I always wanted to be a hero since I was young, but I don't have a Quirk yet I still keep trying. I just can't give up on it, it's my dream to become a hero." Izuku looked down at the ground, he was on the verge of tears, he knew that his dream was crazy, especially when he is quirkless.
"Don't give up then," Mina said while looking right at him. "Just because you don't have a Quirk doesn't mean you can't be a hero, besides seeing how you still are trying to become a hero, I think that you will become an amazing hero." The pink girl told him with an amazing smile on her face. Her smile was infectious as Izuku found himself smiling with her, his day turned one hundred times better than it was earlier.
Mina's face scrunched up in thought for a second. "Do you have a phone?"
Izuku nodded.
"Well, do you want to be friends?" She asked while tilting her head, almost confused as to why he is taking so long to answer.
"Sure, definitely I would love too!" Izuku nodded vigorously, he reached into his pocket to pull out his phone. Handing her the phone, she put her number in and put his number in her phone.
"Alright, I should be heading home now. I'll see you later Izuku." Mina grabbed the cart, then started rolling down the sidewalk again.
"S-see you!"
***QT***
Izuku was walking up the stairs to get to where he lives with his mother. He was still going over the day's events, he got beaten up by Kaachan and his group, he got hit by a pink girl riding a shopping cart and then he became friends with her. The other thing is that she believes that he will be able to become a great hero. He grasped the door handle and pushed it open, revealing his crying mother about to leave the apartment to find him.
Upon seeing her son she lunged at him and wrapped him up in a hug. "Oh Izuku, I thought you were dead. I was so worried about you." His mother had tears rolling down her face, and a box of tissues in her hand.
"I'm sorry for worrying you mom. I got a little held up is all." Izuku said, trying to explain why he was late.
"Alright then, I'm just glad that you are OK. I already fixed dinner, you'll just have to warm it up." Izuku's mother said, while removing her shoes.
"Mom, I met someone today who thought that I could be a hero, even without a Quirk. So why do you still think I can't be a hero." Izuku asked his mother, his voice tinged with sadness.
"Izuku we can talk about that tomorrow, just go ahead and fix your food for now."
Izuku went to the kitchen, fixed his plate, warmed it up and went to his room. Where he ate in silence till it was time for bed.
***QT***
Izuku woke up in the middle of the night, he thought up some new ideas to put into his notebook. He rolled over and his hand phazed through the top of the nightstand, he pulled it out with his notebook in hand. Izuku then processed what had just happened, when he did he hopped up in his and screamed in delight. He finally developed his own Quirk. He couldn't wait to tell Mina.
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