Izuku Midoriya paused for a moment and began to think to himself, "A strange boy has shown up at my apartment, said I was his cousin and is now hugging me, do I need an adult?" This decision was made for him as the boy dropped him and because of his lack of balance and still being confused Izuku instead fell on his bottom.
"Oh cousin, it's so good to see family again," Ishirō said proudly as he flashed his sharp fangs at the nervous boy on the ground. "Oh, I always knew I had a bigger family, it's so great we'll be able to get to know each other and go do activities and hang out," Ishirō laughed at the adventures he would go on with his family.
"M-mom, there's a strange boy at our door," Izuku called out as he picked himself off the floor and walked away.
Ishirō stood in the doorway watching as another person slowly shuffled closer, she was about the same height as his cousin, just a little shorter, her plump body and older looking face could only mean one thing. "AUNTIE," Ishirō shouted and rushed to hug the now very startled woman.
"I'm your nephew Ishirō Tatsuma," he introduced himself and swung the scared mother around in his embrace.
All three people had found themselves in the living room seated, Inko kept Izuku next to her while the other boy had a feral grin on his face as he glanced around the room. "So, your, mother's grandfather, was my husband's great great uncle, so that makes you..." the mother trailed off as she waited for an explanation.
"I am your fourth cousin once removed. So that makes us," Ishirō point at Izuku.
"Fifth cousins?" Izuku finished for him.
"Wow so smart," Ishirō praised him and nodded.
"We're barely related then," Inko responded.
"Still family though," Ishirō countered. "Family is so important, even if you don't have friends, you're never alone if you have family."
Izuku's heart panged, he knew very intimately about not having friends, but his mother was always there for him, could this new boy also be there for him. "So uh, cousin, what brings you to Musutafu, we've never heard of, you," Izuku tried to start a conversation to at least glean some information out of the energetic boy.
"Oh well, my mom finally got her hero agency properly established and on I-Island there wasn't a lot of hero work for my dad, so they decided that I should come live with my mom while he does other kind of work instead," Ishirō said quickly.
Izuku's eyes shone, "H-hero?" he asked with excitement.
Ishirō nodded, "Yup my mom is the Number 9, the Dragon Hero Ryukyu, and my dad is the Number 14, the Kaiju Hero Godzillo." The boy said proudly.
"Whaaaaa," Izuku gasped as he scrambled to his room for his notebooks. While not his favorite heroes, those two were some of the rare ones that were much larger in size than others. Izuku slid back into the room with a smile and pencil at the ready, "Tell me all about them."
Inko smirked and left the two boys to talk with each other as she went to make some tea. "He seems like a nice kid, though we're almost completely unrelated, I hope his mother at least knows where he is," she thought to herself.
She came back a few minutes later carrying a platter, "How do you like your tea dear?" she asked politely.
"Hot, I don't care much about the flavor, my quirk, just likes hot things," Ishirō said.
Izuku stood up, in excitement, "What is your quirk? Do you have your mom's or your dad's, maybe a mixture; oh, I bet you could do all kinds of things with either one of their powers."
Ishirō nodded along, this happened sometimes when Melissa got really excited and he couldn't keep up. He only had to wait a minute before she settled down, so he did the same for Izuku. "Yeah, it's a mix, I can grow into a giant, super strong, fire-breathing monster. I don't have wings like my mom, but I breath fire like her though, instead of the atomic breath my dad has." Ishirō started listing all the different abilities he had, that he could keep increasing in size and strength up to three stages as he said but it takes forever to build that much mass so he usually doesn't need to get that big to win a fight.
As Izuku was scribbling in his notebook Ishirō asked his own question, "So what's your quirk cousin?"
Izuku's pencil skid across the notebook and he became very nervous, not just because all the other kids his age turned on him because he was quirkless, but his own father left, he worked overseas now and sent child support. "I um, well you see, it's," Izuku stammered.
"You're quirkless aren't you," Ishirō said darkly. Then a second later began speaking as excitedly as before. "That's fine, my bestest of all-time friend Melissa is quirkless and she's amazing. She got a big beautiful brain and helps me all the time, I'm not that smart you see. But hey don't have a hang up about that, now I've met two quirkless people and they are both really smart and nice. That's certainly more than a lot of the kids who have quirks I met, they were real jerks, always picking on Melissa, until she got boobs for some reason," Ishirō began to absent mindedly ramble.
Izuku and Inko stared dumbly at this boy who seemed to have invaded their lives and they shared a glance of confusion. Izuku swallowed loudly, "Um, Ishirō, do you um, think that even if I'm quirkless I can be a hero?" he asked shyly, this was another member of his family.
Ishirō paused and stared at him, from the corner of her eye his auntie Inko seemed to be trying to swat a bee or something because she kept waving her hands around, "Sure Izuku," he smiled. "I mean, it's tough but not like it is easy for people with quirks, most of the heroes on I-Island besides dad weren't that strong either, so I don't see why not."
Izuku's repressed tears of joy streamed down his face, "Mom, did you hear that, he thinks I can be a hero."
Inko sighed, she had hoped the boy, who had a bit more weight to his words because two of his parents were pro-heroes with one being one of the highest ranked in the country would tell him that he couldn't do it. But she wasn't mad either when he just said what he thought of her son.
"Plus," Ishirō continued. "You already have a huge advantage over most heroes."
Izuku tilted his head in confusion, "What, what do you mean, I have an advantage?"
"Duh," Ishirō poked Izuku's head. "You're smart, I'm not, all I can do is smash stuff, kind of like Uncle Might, he's super powerful but I don't think he thinks a lot."
"Uncle… Might…" Izuku looked at his now favorite, and only he suspected, cousin.
"Yeah All Might," Ishirō simply stated. "He came by to see Uncle David all the time on I-Island.
"You know ALL MIGHT," Izuku shouted.
Ishirō shrugged, "I mean it's not something crazy or anything, he's a pretty funny guy though."
Izuku got on his knees and clasped his hands together, "Please, please, please, could I meet him, he's my favorite, please, I'll do anything, anything."
Inko shouted in alarm, "IZUKU."
Ishirō waved her off, "It's fine Auntie, mom was going to have Uncle Might over in a few weeks anyway to celebrate her office, like all the top pros will be there, she did this when she made number 10." Ishirō explained. "I have to go since I'm her son, but I don't think anyone will be bringing kids, except maybe Endeavor's youngest son will be there, but I met him once and he's kind of not a big talker. I'll see if mom will let me bring Izuku here so I have someone to talk with at least."
Izuku whirled on his mother almost faster than humanly possible, quirk or not and he began to beg for permission to go.
Inko was suddenly on the spot, this strange boy shows up and now her son was more energetic than she'd seen in the last five years. "I, I'll need to talk with your mother, n-nephew," she said nervously.
"Oh cool, I'll call mom," Ishirō said as he stepped outside.
Inko turned to look at her son's giddy face, "Now Izuku dear, you need to keep your expectations to a minimum, they could say no," she told her son.
Izuku nodded but he could barely contain his excitement, his smile threatening to split his face in half.
Ishirō walked back in, "Mom will stop by after her patrol, she's excited to meet you both," he said happily. "She was mad that I just up and left the house without saying anything to anyone or going to a neighborhood on my own."
This was Inko's fear, this boy just did whatever, without thinking things through.
"So, I'll need to head home but she should stop by in an hour or so," Ishirō said as he shook Izuku's hand and tightly hugged Inko. "Oh, what junior high do you go to, I still need to pick one and this place isn't too far from where I live?"
"Aldera," Izuku said as he watched this boy nod and leave quickly.
"Mom," the green haired child said to his mother. "What just happened?"
Inko just shook her head, "I don't know sweetie."
