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It (Life) may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime..."
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
"Not everyone is born equal" was something Izuku learned at the age of four and was constantly reminded everyday by society around him. Now age 10 he's been living in that reality every single day for the past six years.
The reason was in this world in which 80% of the population possess a superpower, called "Quirks", he had no super power and was called, "Quirkless.."
This made Izuku Midoriya a social outcast, worthless, less than everyone, a person without a purpose in the world. Due to him not having a Quirk he be the at the bottom of society not ever getting a chance to do something work wise but getting low ends jobs only.
When it was revealed that he was Quirkless to his classmates, he was immediately castigated, judged, and bullied. Even the teachers lost interest in the student and allowed the students to get away with their torment on him. However, it didn't hurt as much than when his former "best friend", Katsuki Bakugo bullied him… verbally and physically.
This was a daily thing that Izuku had dealt with for years until it all changed one fateful day…..
Present Day:
After a day coming back of 'play' which wsa really Izuku trying to defend a kid from Bakugo and his goons, which turned into a beating while the other kid ran away.
Bakugo and his goons laughed and taunted izuku while he was on the floor until Bakugou stopping all of it.
"Now listen up here!" Bakugou said in a more serious tone, grabbing him by the collar, "This world is filled with worthless trash like villains, people who have evil quirks, freaks, and most importantly people like you, in which your nothing but a stepping stone to my rise! Know your place DEKU!"
He then gave Izuku one last explosion to the stomach then him and goons left leaving Izuku on the floor.
Izuku then got up slowly with cuts and burn marks over him
"Yeah, a crappy day already not gonna lie", said Izuku
"Well it can't get worse can it? "
He then walks home in pain. Yet, on his way home he sees Idol All Might a couple feet away from him with his back turned talking to the press.
Izuku then ran up to try to talk to him but then people stated to swarm him so he soon jumped out of the crowd.
Yet only when he was in middle of his jump did he recognized that izuku was latching on to him.
"Sorry Kid..." said a shrivelled up All Might
(Im wayyyy to lazy to right out the whole scene but you know how it went)
Izuku's eyes that once carried a slimmer of hope were now beginning to fill with tears.
"what?" Asked Izuku,
"I know it's a hard pill to swallow, but your quirkless and you got to live with the facts being a hero is not for someone like you can do. You got to know where you belong in society and hero work is not it" He said, as his hair formed a shadow over his blue eyes, masking his guilt.
"You sound so familiar..." mumble Izuku.
"huh?" Asked All Might.
"YOUR JUST LIKE EVRYONE ELSE!" Cried Izuku to the top of his lungs, as he knelt down to the floor, crying.
"Look kid, I'm sorry." Said All Might.
"Look, you can do other things that other quirkless people do in their life! It's not all bad being quirkless! " He said while reverting to his muscle form.
"You can still go out and support heroes!" All Might said with his signature smile.
Yet, all All Might got in return however was eyes full of resentment and anger by Izuku and then izuku threw his notebook that had All Might signature on it at his face.
"YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW ANYTHING POSSIBLE! I GREW UP BELIVING THAT YOU COULD DO ANYTHING! YET, WHEN I FINALLY MEET YOU IN PERSON YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND?! ALL BECAUSE I'M QUIRKLESS HUH! IS THAT ALL YOU CAN SEE! YOU'RE A HYPROCRITE AND LIAR!
Deku said all of this with tears in his eyes and his fist balled up so tightly that his knuckles turned white and looked into All Might eyes with sadness and resentment
"Do you know what's it like to be quirkless? To every day to feel not wanted, discarded by society, to feel like an outcast?"
He then slowly walked towards the exit with tears in his eyes. Yet, before he went down the stairs, he turned around and mumbled:
"Some hero you are…"
He then returned home leaving All Might on the roof top
'Yeah maybe saying things can't get worse wasn't the best thing to say' thought izuku as he walks into his house.
"It's all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps."
― Martin Luther King Jr
Early the next morning
Izuku was sitting on the beach with sand between his toes as he watched the waves move back and forth. It would've been a beautiful place to be if it wasn't a dump. The beach was full of trash and garbage due to the oceans currents and all the illegal dumping that have been done. In fact, the place smelled awful and most people avoided It.
Yet there was Izuku sitting at the edge of it contemplating life and what had happened the last night
Flashback: Last Night
Not crying after being told all that and to hold back your tears in front of your mother because your idol, the man that you looked up to for all of your life, only saw you as "quirkless" and turned down your dream.
It was, heartbreaking and devastating.
Luckily when he entered his house his mother wasn't home. Probably out working late tonight like she usually does.
Having a quirkless child was frowned down upon in society and was seen as embarrassment which is the main reason his deadbeat father left him and his mother when he was diagnose as quirkless. Thus leaving his mother to work twice as hard to make ends meet even when finding a job that pays the bill hard to find due to just the status of quirkless. Yet, he knew that his mother loved him unconditionally.
He reached his room, but it looked different. Everything in that room that he loved hurt so much, that all the All Might collectables he spent his entire life decorating only frustrated him. But he knew, it wasn't the room that changed. He was the one that changed and saw how things really were. With resentment and tears in his eyes He then got a cardboard box and put anything that was All Might related and threw it in there. He then put the box in the corner of the room ready to be thrown away or sold in the morning.
Everyone had outcaste him, turned him down, classmates, teachers, even his personal hero. All because of something he couldn't control. He layed in bed, rethinking all of his life's decisions, and cried.
Flashback End
It was, emotionally draining and frustrating last night to say the least
So, Izuku sat and looked at sunrise feeling hopelessness take over him and then he started to cry
Yet, these tears weren't tears of sadness but frustration as he bitterly cried out,
"WHY!
"Why I'm only seen as worthless and a social outcast just because of my quirkless! People don't even get to see the real me or the things that I can do. NO! ALL THEY SEE IS A QUIRKLESS PERSON! AND BECAUSE OF It IM DISCRIMINATED AND OPRRESSED! WHY!"
"WHY!"
"why….."
Izuku then curled up in to a ball and then whispered.
"I wish things were different…that being a human being dosen't rely something I can't control."
"Why is society against me just because I'm quirkless…. all I ever wanted to do was to be a hero yet…no one ever has given me a chance to go after my dream not even my own mother"
"I just wish society would accept me and not just see me as a quirkless person."
"Don't we all want that? To be seen as human being and not whatever society tells us we are", says a deep voice from behind izuku.
Izuku then turned around a saw a man right next to him looking at the sunrise with his light brown eyes. He was a tall man around 6'5 who look like he was in his early 20's. He had an athletic type of body broad shoulders, huge legs and arms. Yet wasn't muscular like all might. He was definitely not Japanese's but seemed in fact African American. He had no shoes on and wore a simple black sweatpants and had a blue and black hoodie in which he had his hands in his pocket.
To say that Izuku was surprised and shocked would've been an understatement. He never has seen a man like this in real life only on TV. His Japenese was almost perfect he was talking like he's been living there his whole life. He was going to ask the man questions but that man soon cut him off by saying.
"You're not the only one has felt these feeling of anger, sadness, and frustration. Millions across the globe and countless others throughout time has felt these feelings. Whether it's because where they live or where they were born, how rich of poor they are, what they look like, their race, or in your case" says the man as he looks down at Izuku. "If they have a quirk or not. All those people who I just mention all they wanted was to be given the same chance as everyone has in this game called life. To be seen as a human being not something less. Yet, society told them to stay where there are in life and to be continually oppressed. I understand that all too well."
Izuku stares at the man with awe. This man understands him and how he feels. No one ever in his life understood him not even his own mother. Yet, this man understood him less than 10 mins. It was amazing and encouraging to hear.
The man then went and looked at the sea once again and said,
"You been hurt by a lot by this society and have a lot of hurts and resentment towards things. You also know that the world isn't black or white like most people see it. I for one for the longest wasn't aware of it. Yet, you still got a good heart and want to help others which I think is most important one can do in their life. There's also hope in you after all these years and to me that inspiring to hear and see."
Izuku then began to feel tears forming in his eyes yet, the man then looked him in the eyes and kept talking and he said,
"I can tell that no one believes in your dream of becoming a hero and I'm sure many people have told you that you couldn't. So now let me give you the right answer that you should've heard a long time ago, regarding if you can become a hero."
Small tears were seen in Izuku eyes now, recalling how his mother apologized to him over and over again, apologizing when Izuku asked her if he could become a hero. Izuku then gripped his heart, crying as this man finally said the words to him that he had always wanted to hear.
¨You… can become a hero!¨ the man stated in a proud voice.
Izuku began to bawl his eyes out, crouching on the ground, and crying, happy that someone had finally told him that he could become a hero, everyone had always bullied him because he was quirkless, taunting him with words and actions, telling him that he couldn´t become a hero, but now all of his spirit was completely restored from this
The man started to cry a little bit too, for the reason of he saw that this kid has gone through so much and all he really needed was someone to give love and support to in the right way. Yet this man knew that Izuku was going to be more than just a "hero". Yet, the man shaked those thoughts for another time and after a minute of silent crying wiped his tears away then got izuku on his feet a gave him a hug for support as izuku cried on his shoulder.
After a good 10 minutes of crying Izuku broke away from the hug and stood up tall and wiped his tears away and had a smile on his face. Which then turned into to a confused look when he realized he knew nothing of this man.
Then Izuku went into full ramble mode with all the question he had which got the man to laugh loudly which in turn stopped Izuku mumbling.
Then the man said to Izuku.
"Slow down ahah. I can answer all those question in due time but last start with some basic info. First my name Aaron Vijito I'm from America and I do a lot of things as a job but mostly I help people. Second I'm going to train you to be a hero and there are going to be multiple way and things your gonna learn and do. I'm going to help you on your journey."
"Ohh wow really thanks so much! " Izuku said
"However this it won't be easy at all it's gonna take everything you got, and it this will change what you think about the world and yourself"
Izuku then looked at the man and wondered what he meant by the last part but if the was only way for him becoming a hero he'll do it. He then say's
"I'll do it! When do we start!" stated Izuku
Aaron looks at the boy and grins saying
"Well the first were gonna do is I'm going teach you about"
Then with Izuku shocked and surprise sees Aaron with a white aura that came out of him looking like steam saying
"Nen"
"It's probably my job to tell you life isn't fair, but I figure you already know that. So instead, I'll tell you that hope is precious, and you're right not to give up."
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance
Author Note
Hey Guys ChosenOne123 here! This is my first ever fanfic and boy it's a lot harder than I thought! Yet I enjoyed it immensely and can't wait to write another the next chapter! Yet, posting is not going to be very scheduled to be honest I'm still in school and finals are approaching so don't expect quick updates. Also let me know what I can do better for next i'm open to helpful feed back
As you can tell izuku is not going to be just a hero but something more in which he's going to challenge the system and society itself! I got a lot of ideas on how I can do it but thought this story I will reach out and ask for help from you guys.
Speaking of which you can tell that Izuku is going to learn Nen in this story. Which is vey versatile and unique power systems out there (in my opinion it's the best power system in anime just sayin), so I need help with what hatsu Izuku will have. I already know that his Nen type is going to Transmuters, yet if ya'll really want it to something else I'll think about it just let me know. But seriously I have way too many ideas on what type of Hatsu he'll have so please help me.
That's it for now (I think) please leave a comment and i'll see ya'll next time