Izuku woke up to the sound of her All Might alarm blaring.

She lazily got out of bed, stretching herself a bit before putting her uniform and taking her big yellow backpack with her as she went to the kitchen for some breakfast.

"Good morning Izuku!" Her mother said putting a bowl in front of her daughter and coming behind her to brush her messy hair, knowing very well that she wouldn't do it.

"Morning,"

"When did you go to sleep last night?"

"Late,"

"You can't pass all your free time looking at superhero stuff!"

"I know mom, promise I won't do it again," she got up, kissed her mother goodbye and left the house going straight to where she knew there was having a fight.

Upon arriving at the scene, she saw -well anyone could see it from miles away- a giant of a man surrounded by some heroes.

"Wow!" She exclaimed, making her way towards the front so she could see better.

"Who is fighting?" She asked the man beside her.

But before he could answer, she said: "It's Kamui Woods! The popular young superstar!"

"You're a fangirl, ain't ya?" The man next to her asked.

A bead of sweat rolled down her cheek as she smiled nervously.

Looking back at the fight she saw as the hero made of wood came with his special move, and she followed him as he said: "Preemptive Binding Lacquered Chain Prison-!"

But before his move could do anything, a giant woman came flying, kicking the villain in the face and knocking him unconscious.

"Today's my debut," she said, "Pleased to meet you all, I'm Mountain Lady!"

Izuku took her notebook out of her bag and started muttering about the new hero as she took notes.

"Gigantification, huh? It's a common and powerful quirk but could be a threat of public property destruction limit its use? Well, it depends if she can manipulate her quirk at will..." She trailed off. Walking out of the scene towards her school.

-0-0-0-0-

"You guys are all third years now, it's time to start thinking seriously about your futures, " their teacher said, holding up some forms, "I would hand this to you guys but, I know you all want to go to the hero course!"

The kids around started using their quirks, showing their enthusiasm.

"Yeah, yeah, you all have flashy quirks but, rules are rules and-"

"Don't put me in the same bag as does extras sensei, " Katsuki interrupted, "As if I had anything like their crappy quirks."

The kids started booing at him, and he started laughing and taunting them.

"Bakugo, you're aiming for UA, aren't you?" Their teacher asked.

The classroom started murmuring along the limes of: 'UA?' and 'He's aiming for the national?'

And he started getting pumped, talking about how he was going to be the number one.

"Ah, Midoriya, you're also going for UA, aren't you?"

That stopped Katsuki right on track. He slowly looked at the girl behind him with a mixture of feelings inside of him.

He knew very well of the unrealistic dream his childhood friend had of becoming a hero.

And hearing that she had really applied made him mad.

And Izuku could see that. She flinched away, averting her eyes.

He is absolutely going to yell at her at some point of the day.

-0-0-0-0-

Izuku picked up her stuff and looked at her phone hero news.

"Hey Deku!" One girl of her class said, followed by two others, "You said you wanted to be a hero right?"

She nodded.

"You should throw yourself out the window, maybe you will be born with a quirk!" Another said.

"Or just stay dead!" The last one said taking the notebook and throwing it out the window.

They went out laughing, leaving a shocked Izuku behind.

'Did they just tell me to kill myself?'

She took the rest of her things and looked for her notebook.

Katsuki was the pool glaring at her and pointing at the water.

"My dreams became fish food," she took the notebook out of the pool, and both of them walked out of the school in silence.

"You really applied," it wasn't a question, it was more like a statement.

"Yes,"

"I told you not to,"

"Yes,"

"Why?"

"Because it's my dream Kacchan! You know that!" she shouted, turning towards him, "And I'm not giving up!"

"But you are quirkless Izuku!" he looked her directly in the eyes, ruby clashing with emerald.

"So what?"

"It's dangerous! You could get yourself killed!"

"So could you!"

They stayed there glaring at each other.

They both knew the other was too stubborn to give up on their ideas, so Izuku looked away, leaving Katsuki behind, not having enough patience to deal with him.

-0-0-0-0-

Izuku took a detour on her way home. She didn't want to run into Katsuki.

'I won't let him destroy my dream,' she thought.

She passed under a bridge when she heard him.

She looked behind her, just there was a person made of some kind of sludge.

"Well, well, well, look at what I found! What a cute disguise," he said as he jumped at her, not leaving a second for her to run.

"Don't worry cutie, I'm just taking over your body, it'll just hurt for an instant, then it will be over!" he laughed as the liquid passed through her mouth and nose.

Izuku was panicking, 'That's how I die!' she thought.

Images of her mother passed through her mind, 'She's going to be broken!'

She whimpered, her dreams to never be fulfilled.

When she started losing consciousness, she heard a 'bang!' and with it, a voice said: "Fear not, kid! I AM HERE!"

And everything went dark.

-0-0-0-0-

She came back to light taps to her cheek.

She blinked a couple of times and saw the face of her saviour.

"ALL MIGHT?!" She yelled.

"Hello, there kid! Sorry for getting you involved! But I caught the evildoer!" the hero said showing her two bottles that she assumed contained the villain.

She smiled, fangirling on the inside. She looked around frantically looking for her notebook.

Finding it beside her.

She opened it so she could ask for an autograph, but he had already done it.

She thanked him, but as he was already leaving, she grabbed his leg as he jumped.

"Hey! I love my fans, but there are limits!" All Might tried to get rid of the girl.

"B-but ii-if I-I l-le-let g-go, I wi-will d-die!" she screamed through the wind!"

"Oh yes!"

All Might landed on the roof of a building, and she let him go, her hair messier than usual.

"Well, bang at the door for a bit, they will let you in, I have to go!" the hero said preparing again to jump.

'I have to ask him!' Izuku thought.

"No! Wait! Even without a quirk, can I become a hero like you?" She yelled, "Because I don't have a quirk, I... Well, maybe it's not the only reason. But I was constantly picked on... Maybe that's why... I think saving people is the coolest thing ever... The way you save people with your fearless smile! I want to be the strongest hero just like you-"

When she looked up, she didn't see All Might there.

What she saw creeped her out. The man was pure bone. His eyes were dark, and vapour came from his body.

"Who are you? What did you do to All Might?"

"I'm All Might," but as he said that blood dripped off his mouth.

"That's impossible,"

"You know how the guys at the pool old their guts in?" she nodded, "I'm like that,"

He sat down by the railing, "A fearless smile?" he raised his T-shirt showing his stomach, "Five years ago I fought this villain... lost my stomach and my respiratory system was nearly destroyed... three hours is the maximum I can use my muscle form... so the smile you called 'fearless', is just a facade to hide the fear."

Izuku's eyes went wide, her hero got up and went past her. But before he went away, he said: "And to your question, I will not send you to your death, so my answer is no, you can not become a hero without a quirk, but you can still become a doctor or a police officer, they are noble careers,"

Then he walked away.