Chapter 1: Key
Izuku felt inadequate most of the time, between Katsuki's bulling and an entire school putting him down it's only natural he would feel this way.
Because of his quirklessness he was avoided by everyone only having two friends in his short life, one of which is his worst bully now.
The other being Itsuka Kendo, he actually met her when Katsuki was bullying him with her quirk for talking about wanting to be a hero, until Kendo stepped in and protecting him and even telling him he could be a hero.
Let it be known there are still indentations in the ground from his tears that day.
Because of Kendo he decided to try martial arts, while not as good as Kendo he could hold his own against other kids his size.
As of right now he was sitting in class, the teacher telling them stuff he already knew,
but being the A-grade person he was he listen to the teacher anyways, there might have been something he missed anyways.
"Alright everyone it's time to start thinking of your careers..." Teach' said in a low voice as he picked up some papers.
"But who am I kidding..." his face getting more amused and crazed until...
"YOU ALL WANT TO BE HEROES RIGHT" he said throwing the papers in the air with a maniacal smile, the students responding with cheers while showing their quirks.
"Alright alright while I know your excited but please refrain from quirk use."
"Hey Teach' don't lump me in with these extras."
Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls I give you the one and only Bakugo motherfuckin Katsuki, or as Kendo likes to call her, Bakuhoe.
"I'm the only one in this room worthy of becoming a hero." She said standing on her desk.
At this point the whole class was in a uproar saying how rude she was and the such until Katsuki spoke up again.
"All you extras can bitch all ya want but I'm gonna be number one and surpass All Might, that's why I was able to ace the mock test and why I'm going to get into UA" shouting at everyone.
At this everyone start to murmur about UA.
"Isn't that the top hero school in the world."
"I tried the mock test, it's so hard and she aced it."
"Katsuki-senpai look at me!"
The last one made Izuku sweat drop until...
"Oh wait a second, Izuku also applied to UA right." the Teacher said nonchalantly before
he covered his mouth and gave Izuku apologetic eyes.
Now all the attention was on Izuku who started to shake in his chair at the piercing gazes until everyone started to laugh at him.
"There's no way you could get in."
"He must be delusional if he thinks he can get in."
"Deku's got no chance at UA."
At the comment Izuku flinched especially the last one, "Deku" was the name Katsuki called him to put him down and when his school caught wind of it everyone called him it, Even his teachers accidentally called him it once or twice.
"DEKU!" Izuku was brought out of his thoughts by Katsuki who slammed her hand on his desk with a small explosion causing him to jump.
"WHAT THE HELL, YOU THINK YOU CAN GET INTO UA YOU USELESS FUCK, YOU THINK YOU CAN COMPETE WITH ME!"
Izuku wide eyed in fear waving his hands frantically stuttered out in fear.
"WHA NO I-I just t-thought that I-I w-would t-try and g-g-get in-"
"LIKE HELL THEY'D EXCEPT A WORTHLESS FUCKER WITH NO QUIRK LIKE YOU!"
That made Izuku's heart hurt, hearing these words from his ex-best friend, although even as Katsuki said these things her eyes had a speck of remorse, as if she regretted saying those things...
"YOU SHOULD STOP FANTASIZING ABOUT BEING A HERO CAUSE THERE'S NO WAY ANYONE WOULD WANT YOUR HELP!"
He was probably imagining things...
"Alright that's enough there's no need for those words Bakugo!" The Teacher finally speaking and silencing her.
The day went on with his schoolmates laughing and making fun of him, so Izuku welcomed the end of school with open arms closing his locker only to be confronted by Katsuki and her goons.
"Well well well if it isn't Deku."
"H-h-hey B-Bakugo."
Katsuki seemed to flinch when he called her this, a pained expression flashed across her face but disappeared as quick as it came.
It being replace by a very pissed of one. She seemed to even more angry than beforehand shouting.
"YOU THINK YOU CAN BE A HERO DEKU, THAT WHY YOUR STUDYING QUIRKS, HOPING YOU'LL GET ONE!" Snatching Hero Analysis 13 from his hands.
"H-hey give that b-back B-Bakugo." Hoping to calm her down.
It didn't work, as her face flashed sadness and pain before contorting with rage.
And then she blew up the notebook and threw it out the window...
Izuku distraught from this until Katsuki put her hand on his shoulder looking up since he was slightly taller.
"You see Deku, if you cant even save your precious little notebook, how are you gonna be a hero who saves everyone." She said in an unreadable tone of voice with her hand starting to smoke warming up Izuku's shoulder.
Izuku looked down before pushing past her and running out of school and going toward his notebook.
"Ha, can you believe Deku." One of Katsuki's goons said looking where Izuku ran.
"Yeah I mean how wimpy can you get." Another one sniggered.
Both didn't realize that behind them Katsuki was clenching both her hands, trying to hide the pain in her heart...
Izuku was walking through a tunnel making his way home with his now slightly damp notebook.
'How can Kacchan be so mean, she doesn't even care about other people's feelings.' He thought, even though he had given up on their friendship and started calling her Bakugo, a small part of him still considered her Kacchan.
"Whatever it doesn't matter, I'll just keep on smiling just like him!" Laughing with and over-the-top voice trying to cheer himself up.
But if he had remain silent he would have heard the sound of slushing earlier...
Finally hearing it he turned around slowly until his face formed an expression of horror.
For in front of him was a sludge villain...
Itsuka Kendo was waiting in her family dojo for Izuku having already prepared herself for their training, yet for some reason he was late.
While normally she would brush this off cause he would send a text saying he would be late, she received no texts on her phone from him.
Slightly worried she texted him to see if he'd respond but he never did, and knowing here best friend like she does she knows somethings up, with that thought she goes out to look for him.
He probably just got lost right...
"Hmm a medium-sized skin suit, yes you'll do just fine." The thing said, its voice just a grotesque as it's face.
Izuku paled realizing its choice of words and tried to run away only for it to grab with a tendril of slime and reel him in the it's self.
"It's ok kid it'll be over soon so how you stop fighting it, I need to get out of here before he arrives."
Izuku was clawing at the slime on his face trying to get it of him without luck.
'Is this... Is this how I die' Izuku thought he started to suffocate.
'Is this how it ends' The world getting blurry as he slowly gave up-
'You can be a hero if you really want to be'
Izuku's eyes widened as he remembered the day he met Kendo.
Flashback
Izuku was getting pummeled by Kacchan again, it could of been avoided but when he saw Kacchan was bullying this girl from another school because of her quirk hadn't manifested yet he had to do something.
'Well at least that girl is safe' Izuku thought.
"See Deku, Just as useless as ever." Katsuki said with both her goons behind her.
Izuku stood up shaking, and set himself in a fighting stance based on the heroes he watched,
"K-Kacchan, b-b-beating up p-people i-isn't v-very heroic i-i-it's a-acting like a villain and if you don't stop I'll stop you!" He said with conviction powering through his stutter at the end.
Katsuki's face contorted to rage. "YOUR NOT A HERO, YOU BROUGHT THIS ON YOURSELF!" leaping at him with an explosive palm cocked back.
Izuku crossed his arms in an meager attempt to defend himself readying himself for impact.
...
...
...
It didn't come...
Izuku opened his eyes and saw a girl with medium-length orange hair tied in a side ponytail, she was wearing a yellow tank top with red suspenders and blue shorts and white sneakers.
But that not what caught his eye...
What caught his eye was the five-foot hand that caught Katsukis.
The girl then grab Katsukis hand and threw her away before looking back at Izuku.
Green eyes met her teal ones, then she smiled and said words that he had always wanted to hear.
"You can be a hero if you really want to be."
Flashback ends
Izuku's eyes widened.
'That's right.' As he clenched his hand on the slime
' Itsuka believes in me, I can't let that belief be in vane.'
Unknowingly glowing red cracks began to appear on his hand, cracking up his arm to his face.
' I have to prove to everyone they were wrong!'
His body getting warmer, electricity running through his veins, his body started to vibrate, building energy, SHIFTING.
' I HAVE TO BECOME A HERO!'
It was like a sun was being born, all the while he didn't notice, not noticing his eye sclera changed from white to black and his pupils glowed neon green.
The power was about explode until...
"DO NOT FEAR FOR I AM HERE!"
It wasn't.
Izuku immediately felt his body's unconscious buildup of energy fade, along with the cracks and black eyes...
'What's was that just now.' His consciousness fading fast.
" TEXAS SMAAAAAAAAASH!" Was the last thing he heard
'All Might?'
And everything went black.