Izuku Midoriya, called Deku by most people as an insult, may seem like the weak and nerdy type of person. He certainly acts and looks the part. He may as well be the part, with that timid and awkward personality coupled with his scrawny figure. If that doesn't scream 'nerd' then the fact that he is borderline obsessed with becoming a hero might.
That, of course, is not a bad thing. I'm not implying that. But it does seem a little nerdy when you think about it. I mean, that's what his fellow classmates at his Junior High School assumed, except for one. That's getting covered later.
Speaking of his classmates, they all made their quirks apparent, which was typical for Middle Schoolers nowadays. They just flash their quirks like action figures, pretty amusing honestly. But Izuku was not one of those people. Rather than being concerned with himself or his quirk, he focuses on the people around him as well as his academics at school, and taking notes of heroes outside of school. So, he never flashes his quirk around, which made his classmates assume that he was quirkless. That was the cause of the daily harassment he gets at school.
But what his classmates don't know is that Izuku houses a huge secret. A secret that will change his life if revealed.
At the moment, Izuku was sitting in the middle of class, hearing his teacher ramble on and on about the students' futures. Heh. Like that mattered. Everyone wants to apply to UA. Izuku looked at the rambling teacher, who had a fat stack of papers in his hands. Career Aptitude Tests, Izuku thought as he added notes into his hero notebook.
"I could pass out some Career Aptitude Tests. But..." the teacher paused as he looked upon his students who were flashing their quirks to show their annoyance. "Why bother?" he said as he threw the tests aside, making the students cheer. "I know you want to go the hero course!" he cheered along with the students.
The cheering subsided when the teacher was called out by a teen with blond, spiky hair and red eyes. Said teen wore his uniform a little more loose than the other males in the classroom. He was sitting at his desk with his legs crossed on top of the desk, looking like a slouch.
"Hey teach, don't lump me in with this bunch of losers. A couple of us are the real deal but these guys would be lucky to end up as a sidekick for some busted D-lister." the teen said with an arrogant chuckle. He turned his head to his right to meet the enraged faces of the students he just insulted. One of said students shouted, "You think you're better than us, Katsuki?!". Which Katsuki responded with, "Pssh! Let's go! I'll take you all on!"
Katsuki Bakugou, referred by Izuku as Kacchan, is Izuku's childhood friend. He houses a powerful quirk, which is Explosion. He can cast explosions from his palms in various sizes due to his sweat glands being equivalent to nitroglycerin. He may seem like the typical asshole teenager to the average eye. But when you are close to him like Izuku is, you see his sweet and compassionate side. A side seen only by Bakugou's parents and Izuku.
Their friendship is much more than even best friends. One might assume that the two are brothers due to how they act with each other. They are that close.
Katsuki switched his gaze from the angry kids and towards Izuku, then smirked at him. A genuine, humorous smirk. Izuku met his gaze and rolled his eyes while shaking his head in response, giving a short chuckle afterwards. "Really Kacchan?". Katsuki's grin turned smug in response, making Izuku laugh. "You are going to get yourself in a lot of trouble one of these days, Kacchan." He said as he was putting his stuff away in his backpack.
After that, the teacher looked over his list of students who wanted to apply at UA High. "Well Katsuki has impressive test results, so he's going to UA High." he announced, which got a fist pump from the student in question.
"Oh yeah, Midoriya, don't you want to go to UA too?" he asked. The class, except for Izuku and Katsuki, froze. They turned towards Izuku, who wore nonchalant expression on his face as he prepared for the onslaught of laughter. As he predicted, the class, aside from his best friend, burst into laughter while pointing at Izuku.
"Midoriya, the quirkless kid? Going to UA?" "What a joke!" "He'll die at initiation!"
These were the various insults Izuku managed to hear through the laughter. Still wearing that nonchalant expression, he turned to Katsuki, who was glaring at the kids laughing at Izuku.
"Can I please tell them?" Katsuki asked, which he received a head shake in response. Izuku knew full well what he was talking about. His double life. "No Kacchan, it's fine. I know that you know that I was blessed. I was born with an "OP" quirk after all. But they don't know that. If I were to prove them wrong and reveal myself, I would just get even more flak. So let them." he whispered to his friend with a sort of sad, but reassuring smile. Izuku was right. If Kacchan were to tell everyone about his friends true identity, he would endanger his friend. For Izuku was something that many loved and hated.
After school, he and Katsuki were walking in the tunnels, chatting amongst themselves. They were walking for an hour, just chatting. They were so absorbed in their conversation that they did not notice where they were walking. They had no idea they were walking in a place that held extremely depressing memories. Eventually, Katsuki realized where they are and a sad memory came up in his mind. He looked at Izuku, who was too busy rambling about some of the new pro heroes to notice where they were walking.
What about the tunnels saddened Katsuki you might ask. Well, nothing happened to him in the tunnels, but the same cannot be said for Izuku.
"Hey Deku? Remember when you first manifested your quirk?" he asked hesitantly, almost expecting the worst. His friend looked at him wide eyed, then hung his head down in an attempt to hide his eyes as he responded. "Yes. Why?"
Katsuki gave him a sad look. "Look where we are." Izuku looked around and realized where he was. It was the tunnels where he first manifested his quirk. The tunnels that housed an event that changed his life forever.
In an extremely brief flashback, he saw himself crying while he had a silver aura surround him. His past self cried and cried, his eyes were shut in anguish, and he had blood all over him. He could barely make out his past self saying "I'm sorry..." constantly over his crying.
His flashback ended and he realized that Katsuki was hugging him to provide comfort. Tears began dropping out his eyes as he resolved to get out of there. "Let's go to the arcade or something. I want to forget about this for now." he said, his voice cracking slightly. Katsuki agreed without hesitation and the two made their way to the arcade, walking silently the whole way.
Izuku had his fists clenched the whole time that they were walking to the arcade, still thinking about what happened in the tunnels that made him manifest his quirk. Tears started dropping again as he thought about it more. He thought about it more and more and more and more. Eventually, he couldn't take it anymore and started crying again. Katsuki did not need ask what he was crying about, he already knew. He hugged his friend again, patting his head to comfort. "Why? Why did that have to happen? Why Kacchan? They did not deserve it! They did not! I did! IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME!" Izuku screamed as he cried.
Katsuki scowled and released him from the embrace, looking at him dead in the eyes. "Shut up. There was nothing you could have done. It's bullshit I know. But you need to stop beating yourself up over it." he stated rather sternly. His expression softened as he said, "Now, lets go the arcade, yeah?"
"...yeah, lets." Izuku responded with a small smile, tears still apparent in his eyes.
I just came up with this idea as I was watching ,and reading fanfics of, My Hero Academia and could not help but write about it. I plan to reveal Izuku's quirk in the next chapter so stay tuned! I finally started the next chapter for my Enzo story, which is on my Wattpad, so just wait a little longer. Cheers and see you next time!
