I do not own Boku No Hero Academia or any of the characters portrayed in this story.
Chapter 1:
A Hero is Born
It all began in China, in Qingping City. There was news that a child had been born, who gave off a bright light. Ever since then, these superpowers were discovered in various places more and more frequently. Time has passed, and yet no cause was ever determined. Before the world knew it, the supernatural became mundane and dreams become reality. The world has become a superhuman society, and now, 80% of the population of the world had some unique trait. In this world, naturally whirling with chaos, the profession that many once dreamed about came into the light. That profession is... Superheroism!
But among those, there was one boy who has a dream of becoming a hero more than anybody else. This boy was Izuku Midoriya.
"Today is the day I find out if I have a quirk!" Yelled a 5 year old boy named Izuku Midoriya
"Now, now. Let's get you ready for the doctors," Said his mother Inko Midoriya.
"I'm sorry but your son will not manifest a quirk." Said the doctor.
"Are you sure? I can make small objects float and his father can breathe fire" asked a concerned Inko.
The doctor then showed them the x-ray of Izuku's foot. "As you can see here, those with quirks only have a single joint on their pinky toe, your son has a double joint."
"Oh my…" said Inko while covering her mouth.
Izuku just sits there with wide eyes.
Back at Midoriya's Home.
Izuku sits in his room watching the same video over and over again. A video that used to give him hope that he can become a hero like All Might.
"Mom...do you think I can become a hero too?" Izuku asks crying.
"Oh Izu!" She hugs her son tightly, not responding to his question.
'That's not the answer I wanted to hear Mom.' Izuku thought, while crying harder than ever.
10 Year later
Izuku Midoriya's day didn't start off so well.
It started out when this morning, on his way to school he was able to see a villain attack during rush hour. He stayed long enough until Mt. Lady came, not wanting remember that he himself doesn't have a quirk.
Due to him not having any powers, he was dubbed Quirkless by his peers. This caused him to be bullied. However there was always one friend that stayed with him regardless of him being quirkless. That would be Katsuki Bakugo.
"Hey Deku! What took you so long?" Yelled Bakugo.
"Sorry Kaachan! There was a villain attack on the way here." Izuku responded.
"Yeah whatever, hurry up or we will be late for class!" retorted Bakugo.
The after day Izuku was told he was quirkless, Bakugo came by the house and stayed with him the entire day. Both of their parents realized that they will have a strong friendship all their lives.
"All right class, today is the final day of school. Meaning that you have to work hard to get to the hero schools you would want. Let's see here, both Bakugo and Midoriya will enter in U.A." the teacher announced.
"What? Midoriya? He doesn't even have a quirk? He should just quit and give up." a random student yelled.
"What did you say extra?!" yelled Bakugo, while showing off his quirk, Explosion.
"It's okay Kaachan...there's no need to fight" Izuku said, while walking out of the room since the bell rang.
'They are right, why am I even trying to get into a hero course school?' Izuku thought while through a tunnel to get back home.
"Why hello there. You look like the perfect vessel."
Izuku froze and turned around to see a villain that looked like slime.
"Y..yo..You're the sludge villain. Wasn't All Might chasing you?" Izuku stuttered.
"You are right, however I was able to escape through the sewers. Now hold still and let me in. It will only hurt a little." laughed the sludge villain.
"N..No! Stay away from me!" Izuku yelled in fear and tried to run, but the villain grabbed a hold of him and tried to take him over by going into his mouth.
'Can't breathe, is this really how I'm going to die? A quirkless nobody that will be forgotten?' thought Midoriya while losing conscious. .
Just then the manhole bursted from the ground and a large figure appeared.
"Fear not for I am here!" Yelled the large figure.
The villain looked terrified, he was so close to obtaining the vessel.
"DETROIT SMASH!" Yelled the figure while sending a large gust of wind, to push the villain out of Izuku, saving him.
Izuku slowly wakes up to see that the person who saved him putting away the villain into 2 soda bottles. He then looks up and realizes who this man is. His eyes widened when he saw it was the Number 1 hero, the symbol of peace, All might!
"All Might! Thank you for saving me." Izuku yelled.
"No worries, young lad! I am just happy that this villain didn't take you over completely. Now if you excuse me I must take him to the authorities!" All Might responds and prepares to jump.
'Wait! I haven't asked him the question!' Izuku thought then grabbed onto his legs right before he jumped.
All Might looks down to see Izuku holding on for dear life. "Hey let go kid!" He exclaims as he's running out of time to hold on to that form.
"I can't otherwise I will fall!" Izuku yells.
All Might sweatdropped, forgetting that detail. He then landed near a building. Izuku dropped to the ground breathing hard.
'Crap I'm out of time' All Might thought while coughing blood.
Before Izuku could ask his question, he sees All Might covered in smoke and replacing him a skinny blond man.
"AHHH, wh..what happened to All Might?!" yelled Izuku.
"Calm down kid it's still me." replied All Might. He then explained how he was injured 5 years ago, when he fought a villain who mortally wounded his respiratory system. He explained how he visited numerous doctors but no one could fix it. He continued saying how he can only do hero work for 3 hours a day.
"All Might, before you go...Is it possible...for me, quirkless, to become a hero?" Izuku asks, hoping to hear the answer that he's been waiting for all his life.
"To tell you the truth...no, it's too dangerous to be a hero without a quirk. It's good to dream big kid, but make sure those dreams are realistic." All Might replied.
Izuku stood there in silence. Crying because the one person he looked up to couldn't give him the answer he wanted to hear. Before All Might could continue, Izuku ran away.
'Poor kid, I wonder if I said the right thing.' thought All Might. He then walked towards the police, but then noticed that the villain isn't in his pockets anymore.
'Crap! I must've dropped it when that kid grabbed onto me!' He panicked.
'What did I expect? He's right, having a quirk is necessary to become a hero.' thought Izuku.
He then noticed he walked towards a huge crowd who seems to be watching a villain fight.
'Why did I come here? There's no point in me being interested anymore.' he continued.
"Why aren't the heroes doing anything? Isn't that the sludge villain from before?!" yelled a random stranger.
'What? Oh no! It's my fault that it happened! I should stay out of this. I'm pretty sure a hero will come by and defeat him.' Izuku thought.
"Poor girl will die if someone doesn't do something. Where's All Might?" said another stranger.
'Damn, there's nothing I can do. I've used up my limit. What kind of hero am I?' thought All Might who just arrived at the scene. Just as he was about to leave he hears.
"What is that boy doing?! He should leave this to the pros!" says a random bystander.
'What?' All Might thought. He then looks in shock as he sees the same boy who's quirkless run and save the little girl.
'What am I doing?' Izuku thought as he runs to save the girl in danger. At that moment he feels something awaken inside him, something that has been dormant all his life.
The sludge villain notices the boy running towards him.
"It's you again! No worries, I found a more suitable host! There's no one to save you now, so die!" said the sludge villain as he attacks Izuku. The girl looks in shock as the sludge villain grabs a pipe and intends to stab the only person who is trying to save her.
'Well this is how it ends? Dying to try to save someone?' Izuku thought as he sees the incoming pipe get closer and closer to his chest.
'NO, I refuse to die! I must save her!' he continued.
Just then flames erupted from his body, which blinds the villain and dropping the pipe.
Izuku opens his eyes to see his body on fire.
"AH FIRE, IT BURNS IT BURNS!" yelled Izuku. However, he realizes something after calming down.
"Wait...it doesn't burn! How? Oh! No time to think about it!" he said while looking at the villain who is shielding his eyes. The fire died down then on instinct Izuku uses his arm to do a palm strike. Doing so caused a powerful wind directing at the sludge villain.
"What the heck? I thought this kid was quirkless!" though All Might watching in shock.
The powerful wind pushed the sludge villain back and loosen his grip on the girl, which Izuku took advantage and grabbed her to move out of the way.
The girl blushes when she is being carried bridal style by the boy who saved her.
"That's it you damn brat! Forget about a host, I'll kill you now!" the sludge villain yelled.
"Damn! I'm too tired to move." Izuku said while closing his eyes for the inevitable.
For a while nothing happened, then Izuku opened his eyes to see the Hero of Peace right in front of him.
"All Might!" he said in shock.
"Young man, thanks to you, you reminded me what a true hero is." All Might said. He looks back at the villain with his infamous smile.
"Time to put you behind bars. DETROIT SMAAAASH!" yelled All Might, as he gave a powerful punch to the villain, which in turned changed the weather from sunny to rainy. Before the news report crowded him, All Might ran away, not being able to hold the form longer.
Izuku looks in awe at the scene he created with that punch. He then feels a tap on his shoulder. He looks over and sees the girl who he saved blushing.
"Umm, I want to thank you so much for being the only one to come to my rescue." She said.
"Oh no worries, I'm glad you are safe now." Izuku said.
He then saw her bag and an application to the same school that he applied for as well.
"Oh you're applying for U.A as well?" Izuku said point to the paper sticking out of her bag.
"Oh! Yes, are you going there too?" she asked.
"Yes I am." he replied
"Awesome! I hope we will have the same class and be friends. Oh, how silly of me, my name is Uraraka, what's yours?" the now name Uraraka asked, while sticking her hand out for a handshake.
"Um, my name is Izuku." He replied blushing, and shaking her hand.
"Nice to meet you! Thank you again for saving me. I have to get going, I bet my parents are worried sick about me since I am sure they saw me in the news. Bye Izuku!" she said while running off.
"Bye!" he replied while walking away before the crowd came in, which is currently being held back by the other heroes.
'Man what a day, how the heck do I even have a quirk? I EVEN TALKED TO A GIRL!' Izuku thought while walking back home and recalling today's events.
"I AM HERE! Sliding like a normal person!" yelled All Might who appeared around a street corner then coughed up blood while transforming back to his skinny self.
"ALL MIGHT!" yelled Izuku in surprise.
"What are you doing here?!" he continued.
"Young man, I came to apologize. Today you have reminded me what a true hero is. The way you unconsciously jumped in and saved that girl while everyone else stayed behind. That is a sign for a true hero." All Might explained.
"Young Man, you.." he continued
Izuku stared in shock, as his hero is going to say the words he's been wanting to hear all his life.
"You too can become a hero!" he said.
Izuku clenched his chest as he cried his heart out. He's been waiting for one person to tell him that, and the one person he looks up to more than anything is here telling him.
"Young Midoriya, I decided that you are the one to inherit my powers. A quirk that has been passed on from one generation to the next." All Might explained.
"Huh?" was Izuku's intelligent response.
"However, I do have a question. You told me that you are quirkless. Where you lying to me?" All Might asked staring at him in the eye.
"No, no! I really was quirkless! I don't know what happened. When I ran there to save Uraraka, it felt like something inside me awakened." Izuku explained.
"Hmm, it is rare but there are cases of someone awakening their quirk at a later age. No matter! From now on I will be helping you grow before the entrance exams for U.A. Here is my phone number and I will text you the address tonight." All Might explained.
"Thank you so much All Might!" Izuku said happily.
"Shhhh! When I am in this form call me Toshinori, that's my actual name." Toshinori said.
"Sorry! Understood Toshinori. I will see you tomorrow." Izuku said while running back home.
'I wonder, did I make the right choice, sensei?' Toshinori thought while looking up in the sky.
"Mom, I'm home!" yelled Izuku, announcing his arrival.
"IZUUUUUUUUUU!" his mom yelled, who looks exactly the same as she did years ago.
"I was so worried about you! What were you thinking about running towards a villain like that?! You also got your quirk! I AM SO HAPPY!" Inko said torn between frustration and joy, while hugging the life out of Izuku.
"Mom, I am so sorry for making you worry. I promise I'll be more careful this time." he responded while hugging her back.
"Thank you, Izu. Oh and Katsuki called asking where you were. I suggest you call him tomorrow since it's late now." she said.
"I will thanks a lot mom. Oh and you wouldn't believe what happened after!" Izuku then told her what happened throughout the day, leaving out the part about All Might's secrets.
Author's Notes:
Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter of my first fanfiction! I will try to update frequently. With college I can't promise it. Until next time! PLUS ULTRA!