The Last Ones

Chapter One - Everyday Life

The world was once a superhuman society. Over 80% of people developed what is known as a quirk. A quirk is a supernatural ability that could be practically anything, ranging from glowing skin to telekinetic powers. It used to be the golden days for heroes, people who bravely took up the job of fighting against the villains who misused their quirk. But those days were all over...

The time this story takes place is about 50 years after the golden age. Quirks have only become more common as time passed, with 99.9% of the population having one. But there are still greedy people hungry for power. And heroes can't always stop them...

Midoriya yawned as he woke up. He was lying on his bed in a room filled with old hero posters and merchandise. Most of the walls were covered by one face, and a rather plain one at that. Lumillion, the permeable hero, the greatest hero of his time. His quirk was some combination of super speed, super strength, and the ability to phase through anything. When Izuku was a young boy he looked up to Lumillion and to an extent he still did, even at the age of 15.

"I guess I'll go eat breakfast..." Izuku muttered to himself. He walked absentmindedly through his apartment. Everything was peaceful. The rooms was clean, the sun was shining, and there were no ambient noises.

"Same as always." Izuku muttered to himself as he ate his dry cereal. He would have preferred rice but his small apartment had no power. And even if he had power, water was a valuable resource that couldn't be wasted on cooking rice. So all that was really left was cereal, but without power he couldn't store milk without it going rotten.

"Breakfast really has gotten boring hasn't it!" He was talking to himself once again, "What should I do today..."

After finishing off his cereal, Izuku walked over to his fridge that was used as a shelf/magnet board.

"To do list... Replenish water supplies, get more cereal, continue cleaning the beach, get a new pair of jeans... Alright then, time to get ready for the day!"

Izuku hoisted up his backpack after getting changed into a green t-shirt that matched his hair, and a pair of beaten up jeans. He took one last glance at his lonely living room. A room with a couch and two chairs, the TV was still sitting there being a useless black screen, but it still had a nice ascetic affect.

"I'll be back soon!" He called out to no one, as he turned the lock in the door and walked out into the blinding sunlight.

Izuku's backpack was nothing to be scoffed at. It was full of plenty of useful things, a flashlight, compass, map of the Shizuoka prefecture[1], a notebook, handheld vacuum, toiletries, pencils, a pack of batteries, energy bars, basically a thing you would need on a everyday stroll to the grocery store.

Izuku's walk got interrupted by a sudden burst of movement, "A cat!" Izuku yelled in joy. It was a scrawny looking thing that looked like it hadn't eaten in several days.

"Hold on right there! I've got a couple energy bars in my bag, do you like energy bars?"

The cat, surprisingly, did not respond to Izuku's question. But it did take the energy bar from his outstretched hand and run away.

"Aww... He left..." Izuku stood back up and continued his walk to the grocery store.

"I wonder what they have in stock... Last time I checked they were out of my favorite cereal and they had to throw away all of the expirables due to the rotting odor that they gave off."

He wandered in silence, occasionally pausing to vacuum, until he made it to him destination, the grocery store.

"Man... I was just here two days ago! I should probably get more food this time, so I don't have to keep coming back here..." Izuku walked over to the cereal aisle[2] and selected a few boxes. There weren't many left.

Izuku was struck by a sudden wave of indecisiveness when he saw the styrofoam cups of instant ramen lined up on the shelves.

"Maybe I should get some... It is getting colder..." He decided on getting some and shoved four cups into his backpack, "I might as well, it can be for special occasions!" With a limited amount of kerosene and water, instant ramen was a luxury that he could not enjoy very often.

"What now... Oh yeah! Water!" Izuku continued his monologue as he selected two large bottles of water, it would be tiring to carry any more back. There were streams he could go to to get water, but off was best to stick to bottled water. Last time he drank stream water he was sick for a whole week.

"Next is... Cleaning the beach!" Izuku continued to go down the chores on his to do list, he had been cleaning up the Municipal Dagobah Beach for fun. It was a good work out, it would look nice when done, and it was a good distraction from everyday life.

Three hours later...

After cleaning the beach and walking to the mall, Izuku got a new pairof jeans to replace his old beat up pair that were nearly to small for his growing teenage body. But once he was done getting a winter jacket there was nothing left to do. "I'm here aren't I! Why not have some fun and explore the mall?" Izuku tied his new jacket around his waist and set off to explore the mall. Despite being a Saturday the mall was completely empty. Most of the shops were closed and the bright sun still wasn't enough to completely light the place. Izuku walked up the frozen escalator and to the bookstore. Making a B-line for the manga section he picked up the next copy of his favorite manga series. It was a old manga about a school for heroes during the "golden age" of heroes. It was a classic, "Ore no Hero Academia"[3]

Izuku walked past the cash register and found a relatively bright spot. Setting down his backpack he began reading.

One hour later...

"Shoot! I lost track of time!" Izuku shoved the manga he grabbed into his already stuffed backpack, "I'd better get home, it's gonna be dark by time I get home!" He got up and started jogging, "I wonder what I should do tomorrow... Maybe I'll finish cleaning the beach... Just a bit more and it will be perfect for the summer!"

After walking all the way home in the sunny fall weather Izuku was exhausted. Without a ounce of life left in him he changed into a set of not sweaty clothes and climbed into bed. It was a bit gross to sleep in bed after cleaning up the beach, but at this point Izuku didn't care. He drifted of to sleep, dreaming of the world before the apocalypse.

Hello world! I didn't put an Author's Note up at the top so that new readers can get to the story right away so I'll put it here now! This is a story I started on a whim, I just felt like typing it up, I hope you enjoyed reading the first chapter!

(Disclaimer: I do not own the universe of "Boku no Hero Academia")

So yeah I have a few notes for a couple of the confusing parts.

[1] Izuku was born and raised in the Shizuoka prefecture, and I believe that Boku no Hero takes place there.

[2] surprisingly enough, Japanese food stores don't actually hold very much cereal. They usually have a small section of an aisle with cereal boxes.

[3] This is a Japanese joke... For those who don't understand, Japanese has a couple ways of saying I/me. The more feminine way is "watashi", the more male way is "boku", and the way that is used most in anime is "ore" which isn't used as much in actual Japanese.

Anywho, this was the first chapter of which may or may not be a long story, go ahead and tell me how you liked it so far! Or not, people don't really read these things anyways...

-TitaniumDragon22