Ch1- Fateful Encounter
Izuku Midoriya sighed as he was making his way home despite meeting his idol, All Might, the No. 1 hero in the world he couldn't help but feel depressed after the day he's had.
His friend, or more accurately former friend Katsuki Bakugou had been even more awful than usual, while he was used to being called names and told his dreams were unachievable on a daily basis thanks to his lack of a quirk, he wasn't expecting Katchan (his nickname for Katsuki since they were kids), to burn them throw away his notebook he used for hero analysis and then tell him to jump off the school roof.
Then he was attacked by a slim villain who tried to turn him into a skin suit before he was saved by the number one hero. You'd think this would be great, amazing even, but now. Not only was All Might injured, to where he could only use his quirk for only three hours a day but he told Izuku…
"Sorry kid. You can't be a hero without a quirk."
Kinda funny isn't it, the man who constantly spouting that everyone can be a hero telling Izuku he couldn't be one. But that's not the end, the slim villain escaped and attack Katchan, and All Might's three hours were up, Katchan was dying, the heroes didn't jump in offing for another hero with a better quirk to jump in and save Katchan. But Izuku couldn't just stand there and watch, it was partly his fault, so he tries to help, nearly getting Katchan out before All Might came to save the day. And while Katchan gets praise for only making the situation worse, Izuku gets chewed out by the police and heroes. So say Izuku wasn't having the best day. In fact, he was so done with the day he didn't feel like walking home and just opted to get the train to the station near his house instead, it may seem like a waste of money but Izuku didn't care.
Once in the train, he saw nothing out of the ordinary, just normal people passing the time while waiting to arrive at their destination. One thing stood out to Izuku though, a man wearing a long black trench coat which covered most of his face along with his hood covering most of his hair, though despite the man's best efforts Izuku could still see some of his face, his skin was white as paper, his hair black and long and he also had purple markings around his yellow eyes and mouth.
Izuku couldn't help at state at the man's appearance, curious at what his quirk would be. The man however noticed Izuku's staring, causing Izuku to bow his head in embarrassment. Once the train stopped the man moved from where he was previously standing to the open seat behind Izuku.
Once the man sat down Izuku froze. What if he offended the man? He didn't mean to.
"Are you ok you?" The cloaked man asked softly his voice slightly creepy yet polite at the same time.
"Y-Yes sir." Izuku responded feeling like he was going to faint. "I'm sorry for staring. I-I was just curious about your quirk."
"My quirk." The man said, his voice changing into an excited tone as he talked. "How about this? You tell me your quirk and I'll tell you mine."
"I'm sorry to disappoint you sir, I-I don't have a Q-Quirk." Izuku responded softly trying to know the truth.
After Izuku said this there was an uncomfortable silence, Izuku turned his head to check the man, seeing if he had bothered the man, but when Izuku took a glimpse at his face, the man did not look sad or even shocked, instead he had a massive, genuine smile plastered on his face.
"Interesting." The man said, his voice sound sounding even more excited and intrigued than before. "So the boy who helped in the defeat of that sludge villain was villain was quirkless. Very interesting."
"I-I-It's not like I did anything. It w-was All Might who defeated the villain, I deserve no credit for that." Izuku responded, still rubbing his neck in embarrassment.
"I don't agree with that statement at all. You played a vital role in that fight, had you not interfered that boy would have died long before All Might arrived? The man said trying to reassure Izuku though his tone of voice was unchanged. "It was a heroic act you preformed, so I take it you want to be a hero?"
It was Izuku's turn to get excited. "More than anything!" Izuku exclaimed before the memories of today came flooding back to him, causing him to grip the denim cloth of his school trousers tightly. "But that's not looking to be realistic." Izuku said bleakly
"What if that could change?" The man whispered so only Izuku could hear him.
"W-What? T-That's N-Not possible." Izuku stuttered, struggling to believe what the hooded man was saying.
"Why would I like to you Izuku? You were asking what my quirk is, and that is my answer, my quirk allows me to give a quirk to others." The man said plainly
"W-Who are you?" Izuku asked "And H-How do you know w-who I am?"
"I heard the conversation between you and the police before I entered this train. And to answer your other question you may call me...
Orochimaru
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Orochimaru.
That's not a name that Izuku had ever heard of before, even with all of his hero knowledge. But that doesn't matter right now. What does is that this man might give Izuku a quirk?
It's completely crazy. Impossible even. Or is it?
Quirks have been changing and developing for years now, Shoto Todoroki, the son of the Number Two Hero Endeavour, he essentially has two quirks. And with All Might's injuries his once Emitter quirk is essentially a transformation quirk, so a man that can give other's quirks doesn't sound all that impossible anymore.
This was Izuku's chance. A chance to become the hero he's always wanted to be. With this quirk he could be a hero that helps everyone and doesn't crush others dreams like All Might did to him earlier today. So Izuku knew what he had to do.
"I-I accept."
"Excellent." The man said excitedly. "The next stop is mine. Follow me."
As soon as Orochimaru finished talking the train halted once fully stopped Orochimaru quickly got out of his seat and exited the train and then the train station. Izuku followed suit.
It was a trouble for Izuku to keep up with the snake like man; he was quick and very agile, but with some difficulty Izuku kept up.
After another ten minutes of walking Orochimaru reached an alley way which he quickly turned into, what was in the alleyway shocked Izuku, he was expecting some hero agency building or a hideout like building, but it was just a standard apartment complex not too dissimilar to the once Izuku and his mother lived in.
Despite the suspension Izuku continued to follow into the building, once he was inside all he saw was a standard lobby, there were a few public coat hangers and the other resident's belongings such as bikes and baby proms. Once again nothing unusual.
Orochimaru then took off his cloak and hat, fully revealing his odd outfit. He wore grey garbs with a black polo and pants underneath, with a thick purple rope belt tied in a large knot behind his back and sandals with bandages around his calves. After he finished hanging up his cloak Orochimaru took out a key from his pocket and opened the door to one of the apartment on the ground floor, Izuku followed in.
Like the building Orochuimaru's apartment was almost too standard to plain too normal, no sense of originality but that was because it was a hoax. Orochimaru walked into the living room of the apartment and stood in front of a cupboard door in the back of the room. Orochimaru then bit his thumb, causing a slight amount of blood to drip down it. Orochimaru then put his blooded thumb on the door handle, which caused the door handle to glow, and a line to appear on the door, splitting the door into two halves with then retreated into the door frame revealing that inside the door was the inside of a standard lift (AN: Scottish word for elevator)
Orochimaru shiftily moved inside, waving his hand for Izuku to follow suit. Once the door was closed Orochimaru pressed a single red button that caused the lift to begin to descent. After a few seconds Izuku made conversation.
"Can you please tell me what is going on here?" Izuku asked, unsure of the current situation.
"I will explain everything in due time." Orochimaru said plainly just as the lift finished its decent, its doors slowly opened revealing an environment similar to a cave or a tunnel which lit up with several torches and lights and straight in front of the lift stood a young man looking a few years older than Izuku. The man had onyx eyes and ash-grey hair kept in a ponytail. He had black rimmed circular glasses, wore a dark purple shirt with a high collar, a white under-shirt along with dark purple pants with a white cloth waistband.
As soon as Orochimaru stepped out of the lift, the grey-haired man bowed before him and the rose again once Orochimaru gestured his hand.
"Lord Orochimaru. The Sound Four have returned from their mission. It was a success." The man now known as Kabuto said.
"That good to hear." Orochimaru said before turning to face Izuku who was still stood inside the lift. "Izuku Midoriya, this is Kabuto. Kabuto will be here at your back and call to assist you during your time here."
"It's nice to meet you Midoriya." Kabuto said as he bowed once more.
"I-It's nice to meet you too K-Kabuto." Izuku responded.
"Midoriya follow me, there is still several people you need to meet." Orochimaru said as he walked into a tunnel away from the lift, with Kabuto walking beside him.
As they were walking Izuku took in his surroundings, the tunnel was just like the main exit from the lift however there were several doors leading to several rooms connected to the tunnels, but the group of three never went into any of them, instead they continued to the end of the tunnel where there was a large metal door, just before the group was about to walk in Kabuto took papers out of his pocket and handed them to Izuku.
"These will give you a rundown on all of your new comrades." Kabuto said with a smile as Izuku read the papers.
The first sheet had a mixture of a pale faced, white-haired boy, who was about Izuku's age, he had vivid green eyes and a pale face with two scarlet dots on his forehead, he also had white hair, that had a divide down the middle on his head. The sheet didn't have much, but it stated the name which was Kimimaro and it also listed his... Quirks? Could Orochimaru give quirked people's extra quirks as well? If so, then why waste his time on a quirkless kid like he was. The sheet called his quirks Curse Mark and Bone Pulse, while it gave no description for Curse Mark, it described Bone Pulse in great detail.
Bone Pulse: Allows the user to manipulate the speed of their allowing the user to create weapons of bones that can either protrude from any part of the body, or they can pull out and use the bones like handheld weapons. They can also use the bones to create bone armour and allows the user to fire pieces of bones as long-ranged projectiles. Any bones removed from the body can regenerate however the speed of regeneration depends on the amount of calcium intake and if the user's calcium level is low, the bones will be much weaker and easier to brake.
The next sheet mentioned two people yet their picture only showed one. Like Kimimaro the apparently two boys were the same age as Izuku, named Sakon and Ukon. Sakon and Ukon Also like Kimimaro, Sakon and Ukon also had two quirks, Curse Mark-once again not described, and another quirk named Body Manipulation.
Body Manipulation: Allows the users to brake their bodies down to the molecular level. It can merge two or more bodies together or split them apart, Body Manipulation an also destroy the cells of the bodies they merge with, potentially killing their victim.
This quirk was deadly, but could be a very effective quirk for a hero to use to capture a villain.
The third sheet described someone named Jirōbō. Jirōbō, at least from the picture was large and imposing young man he had fair-skin and had narrowed, slanted orange eyes with three tufts of orange hair on his head. Along with Curse Mark, they called his other quirk Lighten.
Lighten: Allows the user to decrease the weight of objects the users touches with their hands by 50%, however this effect cannot be reversed and cannot work on living beings.
The last two described were Kidōmaru and the only girl listed named Tayuya. Kidōmaru had dark-skinned with black, shaggy hair tied into a ponytail and black eyes. And he also had six arms, and while it wasn't visible, the sheet listed he had an extra eye hidden under a headband he was wearing, the same as the rest of the people mentioned. Kidōmaru other quirk besides Curse Mark was named Spider Web.
Spider Web: Allows the user to turn spit or sweat into a web like substance, the user can also manipulate the webs, changing its size and shape.
As for Tayuya. She was most recognisable due to her long dark pink hair and pale skin, her second quirk was Sound Chains.
Sound Chains: Allows the user to stun anyone when they hear the sound the user creates through the form of a flute or another musical instrument, the stunned effect remains as long as the victim can still hear the sound.
All five have incredible quirks, all of them could become great heroes. That is what they want to become right? I mean why else would they be here? Orochimaru isn't up to anything wrong is he?
"Are you done reading?"
"AHH!" Izuku shouted out in shock, so lost in thought he wasn't paying attention. "Y-Yes. I-I'm good."
Once the group where inside they saw the five previously listed on the papers all in the middle of what looked like was training with Kimimaro being surround by the other form, Izuku wanted to say something but he didn't want to disturb their training, Kidōmaru, who was behind Kimimaro went for an attack on the white-haired boy, running up to him and throwing a strong punch, but Kimimaro side stepped with ease. Kidōmaru wasn't finished as he used the rest of his hands to launch several punches but Kimimaro dodged them all then grabbed Kidōmaru and tossed him away to the side of the room. Jirōbō then came at Kimimaro from the side launching a punch at Kimimaro which connected sending the snow haired boy backwards. Tayuya and Sakon then tried to strike both moving to the opposite sides of Kimimaro and tried to strike him. Kimimaro was too fast however and ducked to dodge both their strikes before he landed a shift kick in their stomach to send them flying back, Jirōbō attempted another punch, but Kimimaro used his feet to sweep Jirōbō to the ground before pinning him with his left arm, and creating a spear out of his right, placing it near Jirōbō's neck, ordering him to surrender.
"That's enough." Orochimaru ordered, his voice carrying the tone of great authority that caused all five fighters to turn and face him before bowing. "I'd like you to meet Izuku Midoriya, he will join us to train."
Izuku felt as if he needed to say something so he said "Hi".
"So he's the recruit?" Sakon asked
"Looks a little scrawny." Kidōmaru mocked causing Izuku to lower his head in embarrassment.
"Hey brat!" Tayuya shouted "What's your quirk?" she demanded
Izuku was about to say something before Orochimaru stopped him.
"Now, Now this isn't the time for questions, you all must rest, and your next assignment starts soon." Orochimaru said "Leave us." he demanded before the five quickly got on their feet and left the area.
Orochimaru then turned around so he could face Izuku. "Now Izuku, are you ready to receive your quirk?"
Izuku thought about it, something was up here, he should phone the authorities, but they wouldn't let him do that, if he ran he'd be struck down in seconds, besides he had no concrete proof yet so all he could say was "yes."
"Good." Orochimaru said. "This will sting." suddenly Orochimaru's neck suddenly extended in length and came right towards Izuku he tried to jump back but Orochimaru was too fast and Izuku was bit on the right side of his neck and it hurt a lot, his neck felt like it was burning as blood was dripping down his neck, he was slowly losing unconscious, it was getting darker, and darker, until..
Nothing
A/N: And that's a wrap, I know the concept for this story sounds weird, honestly I don't even know how I came up with this idea in the first place, but I hope you enjoyed it none the less. The rest of the chapters for the story will be longer, and I hope you like the quirks I have the Sound four and Kimimaro, it was kind of hard to turn their abilities into quirks without making them too OP, especially Tayuya and we'll find out about Kabuto's and Orochimaru's soon, and for those wondering if we'll see other Naruto characters in the story the answer is… maybe.
But that's all I wanted to say, so until next time.
