Chapter 1 – The use of the useless

"Izuku, how about we go out for lunch today?" Midoriya Inko suggested, her four-year-old son looked up, before nodding. She smiled, lately had been hard on him, they had discovered that he was quirks, it was getting rarer, only 20% of the whole world's population was quirkless, but she knew it had a huge negative effect on her son. He wanted to be a hero, just like All Might, but all heroes had quirks, and she knew he was being bullied by someone he considered a friend. "Whilst we're out, why don't you tell me who've you added to your little notebook?"

"You want to know what's in my notebook?" Izuku asked as he went to get his shoes on.

"Of course, I don't know half of the heroes you do." Inko smiled softly. Izuku smiled happily and hurriedly got his shoes on before running to get his notebook. Her son, despite his quirk status, still wanted to be a hero, Inko planned to stay at his side to at least try and help him achieve that goal, just because there hadn't been a quirkless hero before, didn't mean there couldn't be one in the future.

Inko listened to Izuku talking about the latest heroes in his book. He added some old heroes, ones Inko remembered making their debut back when she was younger, and some on the recent heroes who hadn't debuted that long ago. His face was alight with joy as he talked about them, a few people passing glanced their way with small smiles of their own.

But, no one could have expected the next events to unfold as they did. One minute they were peacefully walking, the next they were surrounded by people, circling around them. Other people stopped, Inko hid Izuku behind her. The ones surrounding her grinned, as other people began to shout for a hero and the police. It didn't take long for them to reach their objective, kidnapping Izuku.

"MOMMY!" Izuku yelled as a villain ran off with him, but with her surrounded by villains, she could do anything. She just cried out his name, but he was gone as were the villains by the time heroes and Police arrived. A huge search began, all looking for the four-year-old. It was all over the news. Quirkless boy, Midoriya Izuku Kidnapped by Villains. Inko was distraught, Izuku was all she had.

She sat alone in the house, looking at the phone, hoping it would ring with news of Izuku, but the silence continued. It was broken by a knock on the door, and it opening.

"Inko?" Inko heard her friend, Bakugo Mitsuki call out. Her friend came into the kitchen, her Husband, Bakugo Masaru behind her, and their son Bakugo Katsuki behind his mom's legs. His red eyes seemed redder than normal, as if he had been crying. "Any news?" She asked, sitting next to her friend, Inko shook her head.

"Why… why did they want him? He never did anything wrong? He's a sweet boy…" Inko sniffed. Mitsuki hugged her as she cried, Katsuki sat next to his mom, his face angry.

"When I'm a hero, I'll find him!" He announced, the adults looked at him as he glared at the table. "It was my job to protect him, he was quirkless and I had mine, I should have…"

"Oh, Katsuki." Inko said "It wasn't your fault." Her words stung Katsuki, he wouldn't accept them, after all, to him, it was all his fault.

"I want my mommy!" Izuku cried from a cage he was being kept in, it was small and cold and Izuku just wanted to go home! He never saw the people who kidnapped him again, they just delivered him to some other people and left, he had yet to actually see the people he had been delivered to, too. They remained the shadows, he could hear them whispering, ignoring his cries.

"You sure he's quirkless?" A voice spoke loudly.

"Very, it's all over the news." Another nodded.

"Then, let's start our experiments, shall we?" The first voice said a dangerous edge to their voice that caused Izuku to shrink in fear.

It only took a few hours for them to prepare him as they called it, in order for him not to recognise the people, they blinded him, his eyes nought but semi-glassy orbs, the world around him appeared to be nought but huge bodges of colour.

"What's this one called?" The second voice asked,

"Spiritual Guide, it gave its last holder a guardian of some sort, from what I recall. This should be easy enough to see if it works and won't kill him." The first explained. Izuku would have struggled, but he was bound to a chair and blind so there was no point in trying to fight, besides what could a four-year-old do against villains. He felt a hand being placed on his face, he flinched back, but he couldn't escape. Then the pain, so much pain, Izuku cried out but his voice fell on deaf ears. Once it was over he was unbound, picked up and thrown on to a bed. "This is your home now." Where the final words he heard, before the sound of a closing gate, footsteps and the slam and locking of a door. Izuku felt the bed, it was comfy, he careful got off the bed, his bare feet landing on a soft carpet. He stumbled around, arms out reached, careful not to fall. His hands grasped at the thin air, in hope something would be there.

Poor kid, All for One has gone too far! A male voice growled, Izuku jumped slightly.

There's not much we can do. A woman sighed.

"Hello? W-who's All for One?" Izuku asked, there was silence.

Wait, kid? Can you hear us? The male voice questioned.

"Yes, am I not meant too?" Izuku asked, trying to feel around for them. Cold hands took his, but h found himself relaxing.

He was given the quirk Spiritual guide, right? I think we are his guides… What's you name kid? The woman asked

"Midoriya Izuku." He replied.

Well, Young Midoriya, I guess we should tell you what is the plan of these villains. The male voice said, he felt another cold hand rest on his head. First, let's get you back to get… Nana, think you could move that giant teddy closer to the bed so the kid doesn't have to go far.

"Nana, is that you name?" Izuku asked

It's mine, Shimura Nana. The woman said

You can call me, One for All. The male added.

"Can I call you Oniichan?" Izuku asked innocently, Nana giggled, and One for All led the boy back to the bed.

Fine with me, kid. One for All smiled. With Izuku sat on the bed, his new spiritual guides talked him through who they were, who the villains were and what they want Izuku for.