Full Summary: Midoriya Izuku is a late bloomer when it comes to the manifestation of his quirk. When it manifests, it's not only a quirk that doesn't resemble his parents quirks at all, but a rare mutation called "ghoul-quirk." This quirk does have a source and many variations, but Midoriya was gifted with the unfortunate bad luck of getting the source quirk; one that doesn't show up for many generations in the whole world. Midoriya's dream is to become a hero when he grows up; How can he be a hero if he has to eat people in order to survive?
Author's note:
I am back! But I am sorry that I am starting another fan fiction when I have so many I should finish before starting this. But! I got the idea as I read so many other fan fictions where people gave our precious Deku amazing quirks, turned him into a villain, and everything in between! It was in the middle of the night when I got an idea to do a kind of crossover with the Tokyo Ghoul universe and bringing the aspects of the ghoul into Boku no Hero Academia and applied it to the story as a quirk. Then I found an amazing fan fiction titled "Yamikumo: The Black Rabbit" by Dire Kumori and fell in love with the story and literally died inside because I'm not the only one that wanted to mix the two stories together!
I am doing things differently than Dire Kumori, though. I won't be bringing anybody from the TG verse, just the powers of the ghoul and applying it to the verse of BNHA as I have said before. Now, to explain about the quirk a bit before the story begins is that there will be a quirk called "ghoul" and there will be variations of said "ghoul" quirk. These are my notes I have made on the subject and hope they make sense to everyone.
Notes: Ghoul quirk. Origin of this quirk is from the first generation of quirks but is not as rare as people believe. About 10% of all quirks around the world are the ghoul quirk. It is passed down from parents to offspring, but the source quirk for this randomly appears out of nowhere and they do not have to have parents with the ghoul quirk. Only 1 in every 900,000 people born get the source quirk for this one. All people with this quirk have enhanced strength, sense of smell, hearing is better, and different taste buds.
Source quirk for the ghoul quirk is that a person with this quirk is able to eat human food but cannot gain any nutritional value from anything eaten and if they eat too much human food in a given day their stomachs hurt, it will also make them weak and unable to regenerate their wounds fast enough. Their tolerance to eating human food does gradually go away until it makes them completely sick and unable to eat it. For Midoriya, though, it will happen almost instantaneously and unexpectedly, something that hasn't happened to one with this source quirk since the first one to appear. They also have everything the variations of this quirk has and can use ukaku, kokaku, rinkaku, and bikaku and both of their eyes turn black with red irises and spiderlike veins coming from the sides of their eyes. To survive they have to eat human flesh. Source quirk is rare.
Variation quirk: variations of this quirk revolve around the person being unable to eat human food at all and it makes them really weak and sick if they do eat it. They have both eyes turn black, and on rare occasions, one eye will turn black, and they can only use one of the four kagune (rinkaku, bikaku, ukaku, and kokaku). They have fast regeneration, but those with ukaku don't regenerate very fast and those with rinkaku heal faster than others.
On another note before I forget! I made a new character and he has a quirk that resembles being pulled form the Avatar Last Airbender and Korra series. His name is Konsei Shirosaki (first, last) and will have grown up and been friends with Bakugou and Midoriya so the three of them will be best friends. (Before I forget, Bakugou will be different towards Midoriya and not a complete ass but he still has an extremely foul mouth so it's another reason this fanfiction will be rated M besides the blood and gore from Midoriya's quirk.)
Konsei wishes to be known by his first name and his physical appearances, etc.… are:
He's at the age of 14 and short for his age, being only 5'7" (using American measurements), only 139 pounds. His hair is a mix of white, red, black, and green and will look like streaks with black being the main color and is just long enough to cover the back of his neck and able to be pulled into a hair band when needed. His eyes are a mix like his hair in both of his eyes.
Quirk: Element manipulation that surrounds earth, air, fire, and water and is a Source quirk
Quirk Pros: ability to control earth, metal, fire, lightning, water, ice, blood, and air at will and is paired with a strong background in many forms of martial arts from around the world.
Quirk Cons: it drains energy fast, ice con is like Todoroki's, blood con makes him look like a villain and if he doesn't use fine control he can kill the person he's controlling. Time lapse of half a minute between element manipulations at first and shortens with more training. During the sports event, the time lapse is 10 seconds, compared to the half minute in the beginning of the story. In order to manipulate water he has to carry it with him or be near a body of water as small as a puddle or larger or when it's raining.
How quirk is used: martial arts, each style using a different kind. His ice quirk works differently from Todoroki's ice quirk and works with his water power. He also doesn't have his quirk split like Todoroki and can use his whole body to control any element.
Appearance: no physical changes besides hair and eyes, looks lanky but is quite tone and athletic, always looks tired—like Shinsou.
Personality: Quiet like Todoroki, sometimes explosive like Bakugou if provoked, and has the same desire to become a hero like Midoriya.
Please, ignore my grammar and what not. I suck and didn't edit anything before posting because I want to try and upload a new chapter a week. In reality, I'm wanting to do at least three chapters before the end of November because I am participating in National Novel Writing Month and I've struggled until now to get just over 10,000 words instead of the 50,000 I normally have by now.
But! Since I am back I will be giving you guys everything I can in this story and go as far as I can with what knowledge we have of the BNHA that has so far been made. I am basing a lot of what I'm writing off of what's already either animated or in manga form so I will let you guys know when I am coming close to having to put the brakes on this for a while until we get more content. I really want to continue this story to the very end, but I don't have the heart to break too far from what's already created. Just like I don't have the heart to make our precious Deku an evil person… unlike what my brain wants to read half the time.
And I didn't mention earlier, but I know I'm revealing a lot of information in the beginning with this author's note, but don't fret. I plan on throwing in many, many surprises along the way. Especially with the chapters that don't follow the anime or manga. So please don't feel overwhelmed with the large amount of information I just gave.
Now, let's get on with the story and I hope you guys enjoy it, even though I will be leaving many… MANY mistakes in what I publish to you guys—it breaks my heart to do so but I wanna put something out there after not doing anything fanfiction for so long—so, without further ado, here's my story!
Chapter 1; Rare Quirk Midoriya
Midoriya sighed as he trailed behind Bakugou and Konsei, his green eyes gazing at the ground as they walked towards the park before going home. He actually wanted to go home for once because he was starting to feel left out. Everyone in his class got their quirks already; he was the last one that hasn't had his manifest yet. He wasn't the only one worried, his mother worried just as much or more so.
Bakugou got an explosion quirk where his hands secreted a special sweat containing nitroglycerin and Konsei could control the elements at will.
Midoriya wished he had a flashy, amazing quirk like his best friends, but his hopes were dwindling. And fast.
That was when he remembered he had a doctor's appointment after school and had to meet his mom at home before they went to the doctor's office.
"Hey guys, I gotta go home. I have a doctor's appainment to go to that I fogot about." Midoriya spoke up, just loud enough for his two friends to hear him.
"It's 'appointment' and 'forgot' you deku, but alright. Make sure you get home okay so you don't worry Auntie too much." Bakugou says when he and Konsei stop to turn and look at Midoriya.
"Is everything okay Midori?" Konsei asks, his head tilting a little as he spoke. Midoriya turned his head to keep from looking up at his two friends.
"Are you worried you won't get a quirk?" Bakugou scoffs when Midoriya nods. "Well don't! You're going to get a quirk and we're going to compete for number 1! Get it? Now get going so you're not late."
"Yes!" Midoriya said loudly, showing enthusiasm because Bakugou was, but when he runs past them and heads home, leaving their line of sight, his façade crumbles and he can't help but stop his running and cry. He doesn't want to go to the doctor just to hear him say he's quirkless. He's afraid that's what will happen.
What if that does happen? Would Bakugou and Konsei still be his friends? Will the bullying get worse, which was already bad when Bakugou and Konsei weren't around to save his scrawny, weak butt because he can't find it in himself to stand up against them.
Midoriya was so lost in his worried and thoughts that he was unaware that someone was trying to talk to him until a hand touched his shoulder, four fingers touching him and a pointer finger resisting the touch.
"What's wrong? Why are you crying?" The owner of the hand asked as Midoriya flinched away from the touch and turned to face the person talking to him. It was a boy a few years older than him, sickly pale and with long, disheveled hair a pale, sandy blonde like his skin. Lips cracked a bit from dehydration and slightly irritated.
"I… I'm afraid…" Midoriya says, the only words that he can force himself to say.
"Afraid of what?"
"Everywon in my class has their q-quirks… everywon but me." Midoriya cries, choking on sobs he's trying to hold back. He doesn't want to cry in front of this stranger, but he can't help it.
"Have you been to see your doctor about it yet?" The older kid asked.
Midoriya can't speak so he shakes his head.
"Then stop crying. You don't know what the results are so there's no need for you to be crying. I take it you're on your way home so you can go see them?"
Another nod from Midoriya as he tries to get himself to stop crying.
"Then hurry home. Save the tears until after you find out the news if you're quirkless or not. There's no use in crying about it when you don't know what's going to happen. Chin up… if you're quirkless it may be easier." The kid sighs, muttering the end of his small rant, building Midoriya's interest in continuing the conversation even though the other boy doesn't want to.
"Why do you say that?" Midoriya asks, his crying having stopped by now and he couldn't help but look up at the boy with his red, puffy eyes in curiosity. "I wanna be a Pwo Hewo when I gwow up so I can't be qui… quirkwess."
"Tch, Pro Heroes are a joke kid, give yourself a livable goal to aim for." The boy hissed, turning to leave so he won't be annoyed by Midoriya any longer.
"But All Might is the best there is!" Midoriya cheered, green eyes sparkling as he talked about his favorite hero of all time. Rambling on about how great All Might was and how he could take on anybody no matter how strong they were or what the situation was. It got to the point that Midoriya was so absorbed in his rambling that he was unable to realize that the boy was getting more mad by the word that spilled from Midoriya's lips until the boy reared around and grabbed his school jacket, all five of the boy's fingers touching the fabric as it disintegrated under his touch, causing Midoriya to freeze and stop talking as he stared at the boy's hand and where his jacket used to be.
"If you don't shut up about All Might, the next thing I touch will be your face." The boy growled, letting Midoriya go and scamper away. Another 'tch' sound leaving his lips as he turned and went back to what he was doing before he met the boy. He had nowhere in particular to be, but he didn't want to stay in one place for too long.
On the way home, Midoriya ran all the way there, somehow losing to Bakugou who lives next door because he saw the explosion boy wave at him but dismissed it because of his fear the boy he met was following. Bakugou chalked it up to Midoriya's nerves still getting to him about the appointment and didn't realize something was wrong with Midoriya's jacket and went inside his own apartment.
When Midoriya got inside their small apartment and his mom asked what happened to his jacket, he lied and said he ran into a fire quirk user on accident when he was using his quirk and it singed his jacket. His mom didn't ask questions, seeing that Midoriya was nervous enough as it was to be going to the doctor's office. She, along with Midoriya, hoped that they wouldn't get any bad news. She didn't think Midoriya's heart and spirit could take it. She pursed her lips when Midoriya wasn't looking and they headed to the bullet train to get to the doctor's office.
*#*#*
There weren't that many tests like Midoriya had feared when they got to the doctor's office. They only did an x-ray of his feet and had him wait in the exam room while they developed them. It didn't take that long and the doctor showed up looking in awe at Midoriya's x-ray. It almost scared Midoriya's mom, Inko, but before she could ask what was wrong, the doctor put the x-ray on the light board and turned the light on, beginning his explanation.
"Your son is just a late bloomer." The doctor beamed, causing both Midoriya and his mom to stare at him. "You see, he clearly shows signs of having a quirk, but it just hasn't manifested just yet. It's not common now, but it's not rare for some children to show a little later than the rest. But I assure you that he will have a quirk within the next few months. There's nothing to worry about. Just come back to the office when it manifests and we'll do a full checkup and record what his quirk is along with what changes need to be made to accommodate him and such. With your quirk being a variation of telekinesis, to pull objects towards yourself, Midoriya-san, I'm sure there won't be many changes needed."
"R-R-Really?" Midoriya's mom sniffed, her eyes watering as she fought to hold back tears of joy. Her boy wasn't going to be quirkless! It was only a matter of time before his quirk showed up!
"Yes, really." The doctor confirmed, and Inko burst into tears as she clung to Midoriya, who was shocked into silence, but he understood what he was hearing; his quirk was just a bit late. He still had a chance to become a hero!
"Now, because he's a late bloomer with his quirk, it could mean that it's a lot more powerful than normal. There have been cases where late bloomers didn't get their quirks until something traumatic happens also. I advise that you don't go looking for trouble young man. A lot of those cases were life threatening. Most of those cases ended up with the late bloomed quirks died in the hospital shortly after that traumatic experience and their quirks awakening suddenly. It's a body changer, quirks are, and suddenly throwing the body from not using the quirk to using it at full power can do a lot of damage to you. And because your mother's quirk pulls objects towards herself, and your father… breathed fire I believe, it could mean you could either not have your father's quirk and have a stronger version of your mother's quirk, or you could have a mix and be able to draw elements towards yourself that can definitely kill you if you can't control it."
Midoriya listened as best as he could. He was on cloud nine. But he was able to pick up that because of being late on getting his quirk, he could die if it activated while he was hurt. He didn't want to die and he didn't want to hurt himself or others. His dream was to be a hero, after all. What kind of hero would he be if he either died or worse, caused pain to himself and other people because of his power?
"Thank you so much again doctor Shinsou." Midoriya's mom said, she still couldn't hold her joy in as she spoke and it sounded like she was choking on her tears. Midoriya was beaming as they left the doctor's office and headed home. He had to tell Bakugou the news!
And that's exactly what Midoriya did when they got home while his mom went to prepare dinner. They were going to have a party to celebrate the good news with Bakugou and his parents so Bakugou's mother and father were next door while the two boys stayed in Bakugou's bedroom and played games until dinner.
While the two played games, Midoriya couldn't stop talking about what the doctor told him. Reciting almost everything said because his mind was like a steel trap and remembered almost everything if he focused enough and didn't screw around. He wasn't interrupted until he mentioned when the doctor told him about the fact that activating his power from a life threatening experience could spell danger and death not only to him but those around him.
"Are you serious?" Bakugou asked as he paused their hero game to talk to Midoriya.
"Yeah, he was pecific about it too. And I don't wanna hurt enybody just to get my quirk so I'm gonna wait to let it come naturly." Midoriya nodded, earning a sigh from Bakugou and had to tilt his head to the side with a blink. What did he do wrong?
"It's 'specific', 'anybody', and 'naturally' you deku!" Bakugou groused. Being a smart kindergartener meant he knew how to read and pronounce his words correctly. Midoriya was smart too but sometimes he wondered if his friend's brain worked faster than his mouth could work half the time. "Slow down so you can pronounce your words correctly."
"I'll wok on it." Midoriya smirked, knowing he did that one on purpose and got up to run from Bakugou until the bedroom door opened. When they stopped chasing one another, they turned to the door to see that Konsei stood there with his arms crossed and leaning against the door frame.
"I got here late, but dinner is about ready, your mother's said." Konsei sighs. "And your mother wanted you to grab the keys and lock the door on your way out, but because I know you forget sometimes I grabbed them before walking into… whatever you two were doing."
"Let's go! I'm starving!" Bakugou shouts and rushes out of the apartment to head to Midoriya's that was next door. Konsei couldn't help but sigh again as he witnessed almost every word he said get ignored by the hot head.
"I'll lock the door, Konsei. Just make sure you have the right keys." Midoriya offered as he turned the game and television off and headed out with the other together.
"Bakugou's mother told me where they were so I'm sure I have the right ones… but she's just as forgetful as Bakagou sometimes so I'll go ask. Wait to lock the door until I say so." Konsei said when they got to the hallway, Midoriya still needing to lock the door. He nodded, knowing that if the wrong keys were grabbed, it wouldn't be fun. Bakugou's mother would either blow the door off or Bakugou himself would do it. He didn't want something like that happening, especially because it was in an apartment complex with grumpy neighbors and a jerk for a tenant.
"We're good Midori! You can lock the door and come on over!" Konsei called out from Midoriya's apartment doorway and he smiled, making sure it had locked before shutting the door and going home. When he walked into the house he was welcomed with the wonderful smell of katsudon and all of his other favorite dishes mingled in with everyone else's favorites too that revolved around the same ingredients.
When he got to the dining room, he was amazed at how much food was made in such a short amount of time they were back from the doctor's office. The scent was enough to make his mouth water because he, too, was so hungry he felt like he could eat everything on the table. He wanted to eat until he couldn't anymore. So when everyone gathered around the expanded dinning room table, sang a chorus of "itadakimasu" everyone dug into the food. Midoriya sat between Bakugou and Konsei at one short end of the table and that allowed the adults to sit on either side without problems. He helped himself to a bowl of rice and fixed his katsudon bowl after his mom cut up the pork cutlet for him.
All was going alright until he took his first bite. The taste wasn't what he remembered at all. It reminded him eating rotten meat, which he had done before by accident. And it felt like he had a piece of sandpaper covered carcass inside his mouth. Biting down on the piece of meat he remembered to be delicious felt like rubber as he slowly chewed. He couldn't handle it anymore and rushed off the bench, pushing Bakugou off in the process, and ran to the bathroom to spit the bite of food out of his mouth and into the toilet where he also emptied his void stomach in.
The first person to come check on him was Bakugou, right after was his mother. Both asking if he were alright but he just shook as he hovered over the toilet, the smell of food he found delicious mere minutes ago making him nauseous enough to get sick again and cry. He felt like he just ruined a good moment; a moment they should be celebrating, not him getting sick at the smell and taste of food!
"Hey deku, what's wrong?" Bakugou finally asked when Midoriya could get a clear breath and didn't have to choke for it, Inko having rushed off to get a cup of warm ginger water for Midoriya to drink to help settle his stomach, which he was prone to sometimes when he was too anxious or nervous.
"Ka… Kacchan… S-Something's w-wrong with me." Midoriya cried, his small hands gripping the toilet seat like his life depended on him.
"What do you mean? You were fine at my place."
"I know!" Midoriya yelled, turning to face Bakugou with black sclera and, irises and red spider web patterns spanning from his eyes. The sight made Bakugou back up until he was against the wall. He was so frustrated at the situation that he hadn't noticed that Bakugou backed away from him.
"At first the food smelled amazing, but then when I took a bite it was like I had I had eaten rotten meat and was the texture of old chewy candy. Then everything started smelling like garbage."
"Woah, slow down deku, what the hell are you talking about?" Bakugou snapped, stepping forward to land a hit on the top of Midoriya's head. The hit wasn't particularly hard, but it made Bakugou's fingers sting and Midoriya's head pound between his ears. "Besides, your eyes are fucking weird!"
"Watch your language you brat!" Bakugou's mother screeched from the dining room.
Midoriya nearly stopped his crying long enough to lower the lid on the toilet and climb up onto the sink to look in the mirror since he was too short. The second he saw his reflection he couldn't help but scream at it. It couldn't be him, right?
"Midoriya, here, drink this. It should help your stomach." His mom said as she walked back into the bathroom, a steaming cup of ginger water and her attention not on her son's face until they locked eyes. She couldn't help but drop the hot tea cup on the bathroom floor as her hands drew immediately to cover her mouth.
"Mitsuki! Get my phone and call Izu-chan's doctor please! The one we saw today, his name's Shinsou Hajime!" She called out to the dining room, only to be questioned as Bakugou's mother, Mitsuki, came rushing to the bathroom with Midoriya's mother's phone in hand and Konsei hot on her heels moments after the sound of breaking glass was heard.
While the two adults tried calming Midoriya and getting a hold of Shinsou, Konsei cleaned up the tea and broken glass with his quirk and Bakugou held a small tub for Konsei to put the mess in. The two of them worried about Midoriya as they cleared the hall when Bakugou and Midoriya's mother took him to his bedroom, Inko frantically talking to the doctor on the other end of the receiver. Voices becoming muffled once the bedroom door closed.
"I hope nothing bad is happening." Konsei said.
"You and me both…" Bakugou agreed. "But damn those eyes were freaky as fuck but so awesome weren't they?"
"Katsuki! Now is not the time to let your language get colorful!" Bakugou's mother ranted as she walked out of Midoriya's room. "Masaru, could you come help us calm Midoriya a bit? His doctor will be coming to make a house visit shortly and he suggests we calm him down as much as possible, though it'd be nice if we could have someone with a calming quirk."
"I have a friend a few blocks over that can help. I mean, she does have a quirk that can put people to sleep but it works best on boys, males in general. I'll call her and ask if she can stop by to help." Masaru calls out from the dining room. A chair scraping across the wooden floor as the man stands.
"That's perfect! Call her right away and get her here fast!" Mitsuki cheers before going back to Midoriya's room, only to be blasted out before the door could close.
"Mom!" Bakugou cries out, running down the hall to see what happened, Konsei hot on his heels. Before he could see if his mother was alright, though, he caught a glimpse of what looked like four blood red tails and a pair of wings in Midoriya's room. When getting a better look, both Bakugou and Konsei saw that Midoriya's shirt had torn off and he was the one sporting the wings and tails. Inko, still standing but had a small cut on her forehead, was still trying to calm Midoriya down.
"Hey deku!" Bakugou screamed. "Calm the fuck down! You freaking out is only hurting people! You need to get a hold of yourself! Is this what a hero does?"
Before Midoriya could yell back at Bakugou, a pink mist flowed into Midoriya's room and his mom rushed out before she could be caught in the new attack. To their surprise, the Rated R hero Midnight burst into the bedroom through the window just in time to catch Midoriya before he fell from the shelves on his walls, the wings and tails on Midoriya's back disappearing in a black and red mist. Just as Bakugou's father rushed to the doorway with a rotating fan and turned it on full blast before the pink mist could come all the way into the hallway and put everyone to sleep.
"Thank you so much for helping Midnight." Masaru said before placing the fan on the floor and picking up both Bakugou and Konsei before they went and did something stupid to try and help their friend before they knew the story. "And I hate to ask you of this but could you stay until his doctor comes?"
"He's on his way and should be here within the hour." Inko cried out, completely ignoring the cut on her forehead as Mitsuki slowly stood, a hand holding her head as it pound from colliding with the wall a few moments ago.
"I'll be glad to stay!" Midnight beamed. "I hate to see little kids hurt like this, especially when their quirk emerges. But miss…"
"Midoriya, Midoriya Inko. But please call me Inko." Inko cried when Masaru took Bakugou and Konsei to the living room and came back a moment later, though he should know that the boys wouldn't stay there and followed him back.
"Inko, I take it you're this lovely boy's mother?" Midnight asked, and her answer was in the form of a rapid nod. "Please, while I make sure your son stays safe, please get the cut on your forehead taken care of. It's still bleeding."
"Oh, you're right…" Inko nodded, voice low and absent minded as she now became fully aware of the pain in her forehead above her right eye. The cut was in her eyebrow, easy to hide if it scarred, but because it was there it continued to bleed profusely. It wasn't until Mitsuki finally got her bearings and helped Inko to the bathroom to clean up.
"Alright, may I ask what Inko's quirk is? It'll help identify what it is to make the doctor's work easier." Midnight asked as she sat on the side of Midoriya's bed after laying him down and getting him comfortable.
"I… Inko's quirk is nothing like this. It's a variation of telekinesis and she can pull small objects towards herself." Masaru answered, a hand resting on his chin as he thought. "His father, although he's been gone for a long time from an accident, could only breathe fire. In reality, that's what his quirk should be a mix of, but this… this is nothing like that at all."
"Then… he must have one of those rare source quirks then… one that doesn't come from the parents…" Midnight muttered to herself as she watched Midoriya sleep on his bed, face covered in now dry tears but at least he looked a little peaceful, for now. "That has to be it, nothing as powerful as a source quirk has showed up in Japan in the last generation."
"You mean… deku could have more than one kind of power?" Bakugou asked, startling Midnight and Masaru because they didn't realize he and Konsei came back to the bedroom. "If so then that's awesome!"
"I don't know… considering he threw up his dinner after one bite… I don't think he'll like his quirk at all." Konsei sighed as he leaned against the door frame. "I doubt he'll be going back to school for a while either."
"Are you kids four or fourteen?" Midnight huffed. "Using such big words and all."
"The three of us are the top of our class, with me at the very top, Konsei next and then deku." Bakugou smiled.
"Is Deku really this child's name?" Midnight asked as she looked at Masaru, right eye twitching because she found the name an insult.
"No, it's Izuku, but Katsuki here gave it to him because Izuku isn't good at a lot of things, but he apparently doesn't mind it being a nickname since he's never told my son to stop calling him that." Masaru sighs as he put his hand on top of his sons head. "Hey, why don't you two go finish your dinner and help clean up while we wait for the doctor."
"I… lost my appetite." Konsei muttered.
"I'm not hungry either. We'll go put the food away for Auntie and clean the dishes." Bakugou agreed and rushed to the dining room and kitchen with Konsei in tow. They wanted to get everything cleaned up so Midoriya's mom didn't have to do it herself. She was already stressed and they believed she didn't need anymore.
*#*#*
It didn't take much longer for Doctor Shinsou to leave his office and run to the train station as fast as his body would allow, cancelling all his appointments he had left for the day because this, he felt, was far more important than anything else he had to deal with.
From what he heard on the phone, not only did young Midoriya's mother sound hysterical, Izuku himself was causing a large mess of everything. And from what he heard his mother describe, black sclera, red irises, wings and tails as dark red as blood, he didn't like the sound of any of it. If what she said was true, then it'd be his first time seeing a source quirk this bad. He's seen at least three source quirks since he was born; a fire source quirk, young Konsei's Element Manipulation quirk is a source quirk, and then there's a friend of his having a source quirk for strength.
On the train, he did research to see if he could connect what these changes were to a certain quirk and what he found made his stomach churn. If what he read was right, then young Izuku would never have the childhood, teen years, or adult years, as he should. And before the train stopped, he called a friend of his that worked in the government to see if they could meet him at the Midoriya house. Doctor Shinsou couldn't begin to tell his friend how grateful he was to hear that they'd take the time to leave right away and head over, especially after what they heard about the young boy's symptoms and the possibility that he could be a source quirk. They both prayed that it wasn't the case, seeing as source quirks were rare and hunted for on the black market. Konsei himself had to register his quirk as just plain element manipulation for the public, but for the government records, it stated him as a source quirk. They'd have to do the same with Izuku, but the price of his quirk would make it extremely hard for him to believe in himself and his dreams, especially when he heard from both the boy and the mother how much Izuku wanted to be a hero. This would destroy that boy's hopes and dreams the moment he learns the truth.
The second the doors opened on the train, he rushed off and ran straight to the Midoriya home, a set of apartments that sat just a mile from the train station. By the time he ran up the stairs and stopped at the apartment door, he was out of breath and gasping for air when the door opened and young Bakugou stood there, blinking at him until Masaru ran to the door to see who it was.
"Oh, Hajime! Thank Gods you're here! Izuku had woken up earlier and was going out of control again, but we managed to get him back to sleep again with the help of Midnight." Masaru said as he grabbed Bakugou and gently pulled him out of the way.
"Oh! You're Doctor Tired aren't you?" Bakugou beamed as he pointed at the tired, still gasping man as he straightened and walked into the apartment and took his shoes off.
"Doctor Tired?..." Doctor Shinsou sighed. "Really Katsuki?"
"But—" Bakugou started saying before his dad shut him up.
"Why don't you and Konsei head on next door. We'll be home shortly okay Katsuki? Masaru offers.
"I do think that'd be best." Konsei agreed. "I still have the keys Bakugou-san." He added and then dragged Bakugou home to his apartment.
Doctor Shinsou couldn't help but sigh again when the door to the Bakugou residence slammed shut, effectively cutting off Bakugou's endless rant and cursing to stay with Izuku longer. Without another word between the two adults, Masaru led Shinsou to Izuku's bedroom, but before they could get there, there was another knock on the door and Masaru rushed to answer it, wondering if the boys needed something and thought the door may be locked.
"Do you need something bo—" Masaru started saying as he opened the door, but his words stopped when he saw, instead, an elderly man wearing a light brown trench coat and a matching hat.
"I believe this is the Midoriya residence?" The man asked, the sound of the voice reaching Shinsou before he went into the bedroom and had him joining Masaru at the door.
"Yoshimura-san! Thank you so much for coming all this way. But, I didn't think I'd see you so soon. I just got here myself." Shinsou beamed and the two men allowed the stranger to enter. Closing the door behind him and allowing him time to take his shoes off.
"Yoshi… Yoshimura from the government!?" Masaru gasped when he recognized the name, eyes wide as he watched the man step up from the entrance and hand Shinsou his coat and hat.
"Yes, that is me." Yoshimura chuckled. "Shinsou and I have a history and he loves having coffee with me when he's in the city and not working. Besides, I think I may be of some help in aiding the name of this child's quirk. Are you family or friends of the family?"
"I… I and my wife are Izuku's mother's friend. His dad passed away just before he was born and he's friends with my son Katsuki. We also live next door." Masaru explained.
"Is everyone here that witnessed everything that happened?" Yoshimura asked as Shinsou made his way to Izuku's bedroom after hanging the coat and hat. "It's important for everyone to be here when I explain what's going on after we have confirmed our suspicions."
"Well, my son and their friend, Konsei, are back at our apartment because they tend to get in the way. More so my son than Konsei, and he has a loud, foul mouth for his age so I told them to go to our place for the time being." Masaru answered.
"Alright, well they can stay there until they need to come back." Yoshimura smiled. "Before we go back to the bedroom where the child is, could you tell me everything that happened, in your own words?"
"I could, but my son saw more than any of us, except for his mother… who's back there and trying to keep herself from falling apart, and my wife who's with her." Masaru said, his shoulders sagging a bit.
"Then it seems your son may need to come over sooner. I kind of want to give young Izuku's mother a break before I go back there and hear what Shinsou has to say about his examination he's doing."
"Alright, I'll be right back and will bring both boys over. I don't want to leave one of them alone if you know what I mean." Masaru nodded with a slight shake of his hands.
"I'm a patient man…"
"Oh, how rude of me! I'm Bakugou, Bakugou Masaru. My wife, Bakugou Mitsuki, is with Izuku's mother."
"You're fine Bakugou-san." Yoshimura waved him off with a small lift of his lips before the other man bowed and left to get the two boys from next door.
It wasn't long before the door to the apartment opened up again and Yoshimura had moved to sit on the couch in the living room where he could talk to the two boys where they would be most comfortable. The sounds of a cursing child rang in his ears and he couldn't help but chuckle at the sound. His dad did say he had a foul mouth here and there. Must have gotten it from his mother, Yoshimura assumed.
"This way boys, this nice man, Yoshimura-san, is wanting to talk to you about young Izuku before he goes back to see him." Masaru says as he guided the boys into the living room after a quick search to see where he had gone.
"Why do we have to talk to this stranger?" Katsuki whined as his sandy blonde hair was the first thing Yoshimura noticed. The same shade as his father. "I wanna see deku damn it."
"Watch that foul mouth of yours now! God, you and your mother are two peas in the same pod, I swear!" Masaru hissed. "Yoshimura-san is here to help Izuku and needs to know what you guys saw instead of it coming from Doctor Shinsou."
"Fine." Katsuki pouted. "Then I get to see deku damn it! I don't like how I'm not there to help him!"
"You care for Izuku a lot, don't you young man?" Yoshimura asked, finally speaking to get Katuki's attention.
"Yes! Because if I'm not there to protect him, he's useless and will get hurt all the time." Katsuki admitted shamelessly, making Yoshimura chuckle at the kid's bold personality.
"Shut up Bakugou, you're making a fool of not only yourself but you're also making fun of Izuku when you keep calling him a deku." Konsei said when Katsuki finally got on his nerves. "Just tell him what you saw and then we can probably see Izuku."
"You must be Konsei, right?" Yoshimura asked as he put his attention on the now quiet boy who looked ready to go to bed even though it was only five in the evening.
"Yes sir."
"How long have all you three been friends?"
"For Bakugou and Izuku they've known each other longer. I didn't meet them until school started."
"May I ask what the two of your quirks are?"
"Mine's explosion!" Katsuki beamed, hands raised as he caused tiny explosions from the palms of his hands happily.
"I can manipulate the elements, but mine's special because it's a source quirk." Konsei answered with a deadpanned expression. "I'm telling you this because I believe I can trust you not to tell anybody I'm a source quirk… you look like you work in the government."
"Very observant of you young Konsei. But I used to work in the government. I established a lot of things while I was in there, but now I just run a coffee shop and a donation center inside the city." Yoshimura smiled. "And yes, I'll keep your source quirk a secret."
"Okay! Where do you want us to start our story?" Katsuki asked, his eyes staring straight at Yoshimura as the words left his mouth.
"I'd like to know how his entire day was, if you don't mind." Yoshimura said, his smile still pulling at the corners of his lips as he sat and listened to the two boys tell him everything. From how they met on the way to school, spent the day learning the rules of their quirks along with all the necessary lessons of the day. How they teased Izuku just a tad about his quirk not manifesting when theirs did and how Katsuki accidentally caused a "quirkless deku" rumor. Then on how they split up from the park since Izuku said he had to see Doctor Shinsou shortly after school and how they didn't hear from him until the boy got home, beaming excitedly about how he wasn't going to be quirkless. They played a few games before they were called over for dinner from the Bakugou residence and how everything went downhill from there. Katsuki didn't miss the chance that Izuku pushed him off the bench they were sitting on to get to the bathroom after his first and only bite of katsudon that his mother made especially for him and how Izuku told him what it felt like and tasted inside his mouth and how the aroma from the food was making him nauseous. Katsuki was the only one of the two boys to see the black eyes with red irises and he described them as "fucking freaky but cool as fuck," earning a slap on the back of his head from his father. Then he went on to explain what he saw in the bedroom, the wings and tails that looked like blood flowing from his body and how "fucking awesome" they were, before the Rated R hero Midnight swooped in and put Izuku to sleep so he could calm down.
At that, Yoshimura's smile faded, and both boys noticed, causing them to become quiet. The worry didn't slip from the boys either.
"Is something wrong Yoshimura-san?" Konsei asked first.
"Nothing is wrong, but… may I ask what Izuku's mother's quirk is, and his deceased father's quirk?" He asked.
"His father could breathe fire for a short period of time, and his mother has a telekinesis variation and can pull small objects towards herself." Masaru answered.
"Then… it is as we feared…" Yoshimura sighed as he stood just as Doctor Shinsou walked in from the bedroom down the hall.
"Yoshimura-san…" He said, and all he could bring himself to do was nod.
"Alright, bring everyone but young Izuku to the living room so we both can explain the situation." Yoshimura said, and Doctor Shinsou nodded once more, unable to trust the sound of his voice if he spoke, and went to pull the two mothers and Midnight from the bedroom.
"What's wrong Yoshimura-san?" Masaru asked, the two boys too scared to ask, fearing that something horrible was wrong with their best friend even though they want to know now instead of later.
"It's nothing too serious, but young Izuku will not be able to live a normal life as of today." Yoshimura sighed, turning to walk to the window that looked out to the parking lot half full of cars. It pained him to think about what he was going to say, but he had to.
"Yoshimura-san!" Midnight said loudly as the rest of the adults walked into the living room. "I haven't seen you in ages!"
"Yes, it's been a while Midnight. You should stop by the coffee shop sometime so we can catch up." He said as he continued to look out the window, his heart breaking as the seconds passed before he turned around and faced a woman with sandy blonde hair and another with a mix of black and green hair.
"I'm Izuku's mother." Inko spoke up as she sat down on the couch. Her nerves having nearly shot because of the recent stress.
"Midoriya-san." Yoshimura said as he bowed.
"Please, call me Inko."
"Then Inko-san… what I have to say may not be great news, but it can answer some of the questions I believe are swimming about inside all of your heads right now. But first, my name's Yoshimura and I used to work for the government. While I worked there, I established a settlement plan with the country to allow donation sites, as well as distribution sites, of certain material that is offered by those willing to donate. This material is then sent off in unmarked, refrigerated packages to the homes of many people with this strange quirk. It took five years for it to be successful, another three for it to be established around the world. I even have centers with the sole purpose of teaching those with this quirk how to use it and how to accept what is.
"In addition to this material being sent, is also a lifetime supply of coffee to the families with this quirk, because water and coffee are the only normal substances we can ingest without getting sick."
"What are you trying to say?" Inko asked, though deep inside her heart she dreaded the words that escaped both her mouth and Yoshimura's. She almost didn't want to hear an answer from him.
"What I'm saying, Inko-san, is that your son has the quirk called 'ghoul' and that because you and your husband have different quirks—quite different from what I've been told—he's a source quirk for 'ghoul' and has many abilities and downsides as of now." He answered, his eyes opening to reveal black sclera and red irises. The red spider veins on the sides of his eyes aren't as noticeable as Izuku's, but it was because of the complexion and age Yoshimura was compared to Izuku.
"Your son, as of now, cannot eat normal food because it makes him sick. Just the smell makes him ill if I heard young Bakugou-kun tell me right. And to explain further, the only substance young Izuku is able to ingest so he doesn't starve himself, is human flesh. The ghoul quirk itself seems like a curse because of what is needed to survive. But with young Izuku's source quirk, he shouldn't have jumped from eating normal food earlier in the day and the next be unable to stomach it. It should have happened gradually.
"Because this happened the way it did, it means that your son's source quirk is as strong as it was when it first appeared seven generations ago. I assure you, even though this quirk seems to be the epitome of evil, and people will see him as nothing more than a villain because of what he has to do to live, it is not all bad. I myself worked to make it easier for people with this quirk to live so they can help people. I run a coffee shop called Anteiku so people with or without this quirk can interact without fear. I run a distribution center from the same building for those with this quirk to pick what they need up in person if they so wish to. I even have several that work part time with Anteiku that have full time jobs as teachers and underground heroes.
"Yes, some with this quirk have either starved themselves because they can't accept their quirk, but it leads to madness when a ghoul starves themselves. It causes massacres because they're blind to hunger. Others have accepted that the only thing for them is to become a villain and chose the wrong path, and suffer because of it. But I assure you, just because your quirk looks to be the essence of evil, doesn't mean the person with the quirk is. It matters how you use your quirk that makes you the hero, the teacher, a part of society, and what makes you the villain.
"I believe young Izuku will be a tremendous hero from what I've been able to pick up from young Bakugou-kun and Konsei-kun. They speak so highly and fond of the young man that I have nothing to fear in his future." Yoshimura said, smiling at the last of his words and dropping the room into complete silence. The only thing that can be heard is the breath that everyone in the room is holding and the tears that Inko is shedding.
"You mean to say, my son…"
"Yes, Inko-san. But like I said, there's nothing for you to worry about as long as you allow your son to be hospitalized for the next few days to get some much needed exams and tests to see if he is indeed a source quirk for ghoul and to sign up for the registration to get the packages mailed once a week. I must tell you, though, that young Izuku must eat his bodyweight of human flesh a month, so the packages, as he gets older, will grow in size or come more frequently. He'll need yearly checkups to make sure he's healthy and eating."
"Does this mean deku will be called a freak when he goes back to school?" Katsuki asked, the only one brave enough to ask such a question that needed to be asked.
"Possibly, but for the rest of his elementary years he may need to attend one of the centers I mentioned so he can learn to control his new quirk and not hurt anybody or himself. And if you two are his friends, there's nothing any of you should worry about. Besides, the teacher at the center I recommend young Izuku to attend is a sweetheart at heart but understanding when it comes to the fear of having this quirk. He'll take young Izuku down the right path and they may even become friends along the way." Yoshimura said.
"Don't worry about that! I'll protect deku with everything I have! If anybody wants to bully him they'll have to deal with me!" Katsuki declared, his palms smoking and letting off tiny explosions.
"I won't let anybody harm a hair on his head." Konsei hissed.
"And we'll be there to help young Izuku as much as possible!" Mitsuki added. "It's not his fault that he got this quirk! He shouldn't suffer because of something he cannot control!"
"And here I thought I had to worry about you two." Masaru snickered.
"How will my son be registered?" Inko asked. "I mean… I know Konsei's quirk is registered as what it is, minus the source part… so will my son's be the same?"
"Your son will have everything marked underneath his quirk; source quirk: ghoul. It will look suspicious to anybody looking at his registry and see that he's the only one in the family to have this quirk if it's listed as just 'ghoul'. It may seem harsh, and make him a tad bit a target for bullying and discrimination, but it will not last long. Most people that would do this are children and about five percent of Japan itself is filled with people that have the ghoul quirk."
"Why the coffee though?" Masaru asked.
"No one's been able to come up with a logical explanation for the reason why ghouls can drink coffee, but we accept it and move on. The only thing to worry about is how young Izuku will take this himself. Hence why I suggest he get the tests done and to be transferred to this center I'll give you the contacts for in a little while."
"I knew that kid was going to have a strong quirk…" Midnight finally muttered. "And I am sorry for cutting my visit short, but I have to go. I'm needed on the other side of town for hero business."
"I thank you for helping Midnight. Thank you so much." Inko said.
"No need to thank, it's been a pleasure helping. Here's my contacts if you need me to help again." Midnight smiled before running out of the apartment and rushing to where she's needed.
"I'm going to go have a talk with young Izuku, if you don't mind Inko-san. I'd like to explain everything to him before he's bombarded with his two friends and so he can get a more clear picture as to what's going on. I'd also like to ask him if anything happened on his way home between here and the park. Like what Shinsou has most likely mentioned in great detail; to unlock a belated quirk takes trauma of some sort. I'm wondering if he got into some sort of trouble that he failed to mention to either of you. Not being his fault but because he's a four year old that was told he wasn't quirkless."
"I don't mind… but he may still be asleep." Inko nodded. "I can make you some coffee if you'd like. Or would you like a glass of water?"
"Coffee sounds nice, thank you. I'll let you know when I'm done talking with young Izuku before I take my leave." Yoshimura nodded before Inko got up and headed for the kitchen. He could tell that the woman was going to have a hard time accepting that her son now ate people to survive, but he also could tell that she will accept it given due time. His only worry was the boy as he was taken to Izuku's room by the lead of both Konsei and Katsuki.
End Note:
I know I said I wasn't going to use anybody from the Tokyo Ghoul world but I decided, as I was writing this, that I needed the people from there. It will look like a crossover, but it's not a true crossover. The characters will be here and be either ghoul or human, but I'm only bringing Yoshimura and a few others that are main characters from the TG world. They will have quirks and such, hence the mention that this isn't a true crossover.
Please tell me what you think and please ignore anything that's repeated if it is. My eyes hurt and I was thinking about trying to edit this before posting but because it's National Novel Writing Month, I figured making sure everything was spelled was more important than removing repeats since I need the word count.
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