"Mina…" Izuku sighed as he watched Mina all but ignored him, not really seeing the TV before her, or hearing Izuku at all. She was just…

There. Gray skin, white hair, and blacken eyes.

This was new… sort of, for Izuku and the Ashidos. Ever since Mina's horns came to be, things had gone terribly wrong for his bestest friend. The days that followed the finding of her horns and possible quirk were the best, as Izuku was coming up with many ideas for Mina to use her horns if she inherited her mother's quirk. How she can be a good hero, or even a better dancer. There was no limit!

And then… her body began to change.

Little things at first. Like her hair was slowly changing from the natural brown of her mother and father to stark white over the coming months. Her skin losing the healthy tan she has gotten over the years to now a depressing gray. The way the white of her eyes slowly turn obsidian, and if there was one good thing that Izuku could think of was that Mina's irises remain the same golden hue they always had.

But it didn't change the fact that many of the other children in the neighborhood began to shy away from the graying girl, afraid that they might catch whatever is plaguing her.

And it only got worse from there.

One day, one of the children got brave enough to get close to Mina while she was talking to Izuku, and touched one of her horns, just peeking through her wild gray hair. Mina, of course, shouted at the boy as he ran away giggling to the other children.

Only for him to be greeted with horror as they stared at his blood covered hand. Mina had reached up to touch her horn and pulled away a strip of bloody flesh from it. This started a round of screaming from everyone, with Mina being the loudest as she ran away crying and wanting to go home, Izuku right behind her after fetching a first aid kit believing she was hurt

They immediately took Mina to the hospital after the event, which led to even more embarrassing moments for the young girl to endure.

It turned out that Mina's horns grew velvet, which was somewhat odd as usually only happen to males of a species with antlers. Which would make Mina's 'horns' more akin to antlers. Blood testing shown that Mina had a slightly higher than average testosterone count in her body, which made her parents worry greatly. The doctors tested for several more days, taking various sample of hair and skin, and even someone with a quirk to check her body for even more in-depth review.

The results were that Mina's body was drastically changing at a rapid pace at a cellular level, as most of it was being directed at her bones(her horns) and surprisingly enough, her skin. There was something of interest just within her very skin, as she seem to making some sort of organ the doctors had never seen before. It looked similar to sweat glands, if said glands were being pumped full of steroids as they were nearly twice the size, and forming everywhere on her body, including the palms if her hands and soles of her feet.

At the moment, their function was unknown as they were still forming. They linked her graying figure to them, but unsure on why it was happening in the first place. Everyone formed their quirks differently, there was no set standard procedure for everyone.

While her parents continue to ask the doctor on what they could do to make it easier for Mina, Mina herself was just feeling miserable about the whole thing.

It just made Mina feel ugly. She hated her body, she hated her possible quirk, she hated how much trouble she was giving Izuku, as he was defending her almost every day in school from bullies.

"Hey Izuku. It's getting late." Izuku turn to see Tamoyo at the door, a small smile on his face. He looked towards his daughter, only to grimace at the blank look on her face. Izuku nodded and quickly embraced Mina in a tight hug before making his way out of the room. Tamoyo sighed as he led the boy, turning to Izuku as they got out of earshot. "No luck?"

"No, sir. I'm sorry…"

As they left, Mina looked towards the door for a moment before crawling under her bed and pulling out a magazine, Vivi, that had a beautiful spiky hair blonde on the cover.

"Check out Spring clothing line-up!"

"20 tips in using mascara."

"Ten unbelievable home remedies to bad skin! You won't believe number 1!"

Mina smiled to herself as she read the last title thinking to herself 'If 10 is the lowest number then number 1 has to be the best! I can get rid of this…. gray and Izu can be happy again!'

"Okay let's see here" Mina squinted her little black eyes trying to read the article.

"Honey… like… from a bee?" Mina thought out loud before moving on and reading the rest of the list. She had difficulty reading in the dark but marked down the things she thought she needed.

"Okay! So I need honey, peanuts, cherries and some va- vanilla" she got up and snuck towards the door, putting her ear against it to listen for monsters or villains who would could possibly be out there. Not that it would matter, because Mommy can beat them up with her horns! She seen her lift daddy up once with them, so monsters and Villains stood no chance! Still… she went outside of her room slowly, but surely making her way to the kitchen.

She entered the dark kitchen with the various cabinets and a refrigerator towering over her small self but Mina was brave and quickly started looking for the things she need to fix herself. After pushing a chair to the proper place, she clambered onto the counter and began her search.

Part of her wish Izu was there with her, because he was really smart and always knew what to do. But she needed to do this herself. She needed to get better so she can be a hero with Izu, and be the best hero team ever!

If the the pretty lady on the magazine had better skin thanks to this, then all the better for her! She can be normal again, and she wouldn't be such a hassle for Izu.

This lead mina to think why the doctors never used this on her 'If they are so good why didn't they listen to the pretty lady?' To Mina, she seen the lady on a lot of magazines that belong to mommy and daddy. She was a little surprised that daddy had some, but she was sure she heard him talking about getting gifts. The dresses looked pretty at least, and that woman seem to be in a lot of them.

She spent several minutes looking through the cupboards, finding the honey immediately, along with a jar of peanut butter, which she carefully place them on the counter. She tried to remember where the cherries her mommy bought had put them.

Her eyes zero in on the large double door fridge, and with a large smile she quickly made her way off the kitchen counter. Standing before the huge refrigerator, she stared at the heavy doors with some worry. She shook her head before 'rolling up her sleeves' and grabbed the handle and began to pull. With a soft cry of success as the door gave way to her mighty pull, the kitchen was bathed in a the bright glow of the fridge's light.

"Whoa… a lot of food." Mina stared at the stocked fridge for a moment before diving in to find her prized cherries. She made sure not to toss out food to make a mess, she didn't want to upset her parents like last time, when she attempted to find cookies and ended up making a very large mess. Izu of course tried to take the blame for it all, trying his best to protect Mina, but in the end, she got punished and was grounded for several days. She didn't get see Izu for 3 days and that made her very sad.

So, she made sure to be careful. No mess in her search for the gray cure and she wouldn't get in trouble!

She searched all over the fridge before finding a jar of black cherries behind the carton of milk and juice. She pumped her free arm in victory before setting it on counter with the rest of her ingredients. She stared at the group before realizing she was missing one more ingredient in her cure.

"Where are you -vanola-vanilla" she hummed for a moment, crossing her arms in deep thought before perking up as she remembered something else her parents bought at the store.

"Icecream!" she made her way to the second door on the fridge, mock spitting into the palm of her hands and rubbing them together. "Okay door! Open!"

This time, the door fought back. For several moments the door refuse to open, and Mina put her all into pulling on the handle.

Finally, after a titanic struggle, Mina's will power and hero-in-training arms (Playing Hero with Izu) overwhelmed its defenses, and cracked open. Mina gave a soft yelp as she fell onto her butt, but held her arms up in victory as the cold air of the freezer laid onto her.

"No, not ice… um…." Mina made her way to the bottom of the fridge section, her eyes lighting up at the sight of frozen okra bag, but sighed quietly as she didn't know how to make it hot or use the stove. She was forced to move a chair to get to the higher section before finally finding the prize item. "There you are Mr. Va-Vanilla. Come."

Mina made her way down and push the chair back into place for the other items. She looked at the items before her and realizing that she needed to make multiple trips to the room. She looked at the darkening hall with some trepidation but shook her head and puffed up her chest.

"I am not a-afraid! I am a hero!" Mina marched towards her room with the bucket of ice cream in her arms. She made it to the safety of her room, and turning on the light to secure it, but swallowed when she needed to go back for the rest but pushed on. By the time she went back for her last item, she was braving the darkness with little concern. However, before she took a couple of steps, she remembered she needed one more item.

"Hello Mrs. Spoon. I need you." She said to it as she pulled it from the drawer. "You going to make me pr-pretty again with your help."

She made it to the safety of her room and walked towards her treasured cure, she flipped back into the magazine looking at the instructions which unfortunately had too many big words for a 4 year old to understand so she just winged it with what she could read.

"Step 1: A-apply honey thing(Mascara) to eye. Um… on my… eye?" She looked at the image to show it being applied just below her eyes. "Oh! Okay! Simple enough."

She began dipping the spoon into the jar of honey she brought with her and spreading it under her eyes, causing her to the giggle at how gooey it felt. After she was sure she had enough applied, she looked at her tool (spoon) and began to lick the honey off it while she read the second step.

"Step 2: Apply peanut s-stuff(blush) onto cheeks." She open the jar with some trouble, but managed to do so. However, the peanut butter was far too thick to spread, forcing her to use her hand to spread it. She licked her fingers to clean them off so she wouldn't get the magazine dirty.

"Step 3: Apply cherry(lipstick) to lips" She open the plastic container with the black cherries, grabbing one and began to rub it on her lips, she did it several times before popping the cherries in her mouth and reading the final instruction.

"Step 4: Apply vanilla mask all over face. Huh? W-warning do this before everything else? Then why put it last? Oh well." Mina shrugged figuring it wouldn't be any different, but came up with a problem. How was she going to put it on her face? It would take too long for the spoon to spread it. As she ponder this dilemma, she was staring at the melting ice cream with a look of pure concentration before an idea took hold. She gleefully congratulated herself with the awesome idea before she took a hold of the sides of the ice cream tub and stick her head in it before coming up gasping for air.

"Owie!" She hissed as she held her head, her horns felt like they were on ice. "Feels like… when I drink s-smoothies too fast! Stupid horns… antlers...things."

Mina was wincing at the extreme cold immediately regretting it as her whole head felt like a massive brain freeze. She waited for a couple of minutes, just to make sure the cure was working, enduring it before finally going to the bathroom to wash off the 'cure'.

"~Rub rub rub. Wash away the mess.~" Mina sang as she stood on the stool to clean her face "~Nice and clean. No need to fuss!~

She reached the towel and began to wipe, only feel it sticking to her face. She frown as she pulled away, pouting as her towel was covered in gunk. "Ew. Need more washing."

She looked up from her towel to look in the mirror, expecting to see her normal face looking back at her.

Gray.

Her gray face looking back at her.

For a long moment, Mina only stared blankly at her reflection. She was waiting for her face to return to normal, any minute now she will be cured and be normal.

Nothing.

Mina was hoping that it worked. She was so sure it would work. Mina watched as tears began to fall from her eyes, she sniffed as she rubbed them away furiously. She was trying so hard not to cry, but as she looked at her reflection, she couldn't help start sobbing.

"Why do I look like this!" Mina cried. She failed to go back to normal.

She failed Izuku, her best friend.

She could never be a hero now.

=Meanwhile=

Kokoro was in her room, changing her horns into various styles while Mina was off to do her cure.

"Like this?" she tilted her head as she examined the style change, but blanched a little. "Nah, I had ram style for too long… Oh! Markhors' horns look nice!"

She had her phone out, looking at various horns to stylized her looks based off on. She was just putting the finishing touches on them when she heard her daughter's cry.

"Mina?!" Her horns flared up, forming into something similar to bull horns as she quickly made her way to her daughter. "Mina, Princess?!"

She found Mina in the bathroom, looking like she went through a blender with her head smeared in various food products and hair stickier then it had ever been before. Her horns slowly reverted back to laying against her skull in a resting position as she quickly made her way to her daughter's side. "What in the world? Mina? What happened to you?"

"I- magazine help me- gray skin ahhhhhhh" Mina cried harder as she tried to rub her face with the dirty towel. "I-I got the ugly."

Kokoro tried her best to hide her laughter, it was painfully sad to see her daughter the way she was, but the fact that she said it in such a way that she was reminded of a certain cartoon starfish. Still, it was her duty to take care of her daughter… But first.

"Mina, look at me." Mina looked up, just in time to see a flash of light and her mother pocketing her phone.

"Wha?"

"No worries, Princess." She said as she quickly put her phone away and began to embraced her distraught daughter. "There there, calm down sweetie. Mommy is here now. Come on let's get you cleaned up okay?"

"O-okay"

"Alright I'll start the water for the tub, can you stay right here while I get the bath ready?" Mina nodded her head as she tried to rub her cheeks, only to smear more of the mess she had. "Its okay, Princess. It will be fine. Mommy doesn't think you are ugly."

"Izu thinks I'm ugly." Mina said quietly, causing Kokoro to tense. Surely little Izuku would never tell her daughter that.

"Did Izuku call you ugly?" Kokoro asked as she gently guided Mina closer to the tub. Mina sniffed and shook her head.

"No...But he doesn't have to say it. I am ugly, all the kids think I am… So Izu probably think so too." She whimpered as she hugged herself "I can never be a hero…"

"Mina." Kokoro took a hold of Mina's shoulders and turn her to her. "Izuku is your best friend. You been friends for years now. You share birthday parties, sleep overs, and play all the time. I seen Izuku by your side… even when you are being bullied at school."

Mina froze at this, looking at her mother with surprise. "I know about the bullies, Mina. Izuku told me and your father. He tries his best to stand up to them for you, while you get your body under control. Izuku would never abandon you, he isn't like that."

Mina looked away, sniffing as she remembered all the times Izu was there for her these past few months. Kokoro smiled as she saw a smile appear on Mina's face, turning to prepare a warm bath and grabbed a new wet towel so she could wipe off her daughters face.

"Come here you silly girl." Kokoro chuckled as the girl quickly stood before her. "Let's get you out of these sticky clothes. I'll make sure to wash these soon so they won't get ruined."

Mina did as her mother asked, and before long had the water running down her body to wash off all the extra gunk on her head. Mina only sniffed as she watched the soapy water was mixed with her mess as it went down the drain, her mother fussing with her hair with some progress.

"Mina, what made you put all this stuff on your face?" Kokoro asked as she washed it again to get rid of icecream with the warm water and shampoo.

"I-*sniff* I was trying to get rid of gray."

Kokoro sighed quietly, she should of expected this. Mina had gone through many attempts already in trying to get rid of gray skin she had. She already tried to use an eraser to rub it out, and even got into her makeup. The food was new on her though. "Why did you use that stuff though?"

"The pretty lady said it would help me!" Mina insisted, even stomping her foot to prove her point. It was adorable in Kokoro's eyes.

"What? What pretty lady?"

"On th-the magazine"

"Wait… Mina did you take one of mommy's magazines?"

"I didn't take yours! I took one of daddys" Kokoro coughed and tried to conceal her laughter at her husbands poor hiding of his gift giving idea magazines. No doubt Mina thought whatever was on the cover could hold the secrets of her cure with their outlandish claims.

"What's wrong mommy?" Mina tilted her head in confusion at the strange face her mother was making.

"Nothing dear, nothing" her mother chuckled "Here let me clean that honey off."

"Mommy... Will I ever be normal again?" Mina said in a sad tone as her mother roughly scrapped off peanut butter off her cheek. Kokoro paused in her cleaning, looking at the miserable look her daughter had. She was afraid of this, Mina was having a far tougher time than she or Tamoyo ever had when their quirks were coming in. Mina's body was changing on a very different level than what they ever went through.

"Your quirk is just developing, Mina. You will be completely fine-"

"Daddy never turn gray… he turn into a lot of colors… but not gray. Or his hair turning white. Or his eyes turning scary." Mina sniff as Kokoro gently grabbed Mina by the shoulders.

"Mina, look at me." Kokoro said in a serious tone. Mina looked up sadly to her mother and Kokoro felt like her heart was breaking at the look she was getting. "Do you remember that caterpillar you and Izuku found in the garden."

Seeing Mina nod at her question, Kokoro continued on. "You remember what happen to it?"

Mina frown, thinking before nodding her head. "It turn into a butter-fry!"

"Butter-fly." Kokoro corrected with a smile. "Yes, but it had to change first to become very pretty. But it wasn't very pretty at first when it was caterpillar, was it?"

Mina nod her head, feeling her mother cleaning her neck trying to clear out the last bit of the stuff on her face. "Yeah, it was very spikey!"

"Yes, well you are like a butterfly." Kokoro smiled as Mina looked a little confused.

"I'm going in a co...co-cocoon?" Mina stumbled a little on words time to time, even more so now thanks to the changes, and it was adorable whenever Izuku coached her into speaking a word.

"Not really." Kokoro chuckled a little. "Think of the gray like a cocoon for you, and one day you will grow out of the gray into something beautiful."

"You… really think I will become pretty?" Mina whispered.

"You are pretty now, but you will become even more pretty later. Your body is still changing Mina, and Izuku wouldn't stop being your friend just because your body changes. You two are like peas in a pod, I doubt you can get Izuku to leave just because you are gray." Mina gave a small smile at this, with Kokoro gently bopping Mina in the nose. "Now then, let's get the rest of cleaned up, lift your arms so i can clean them, kay?"

"Okay mommy" Mina said in a much brighter tone then before and lifted her arms which were the same grey as the rest of her body and Kokoro cleaned her under arms before moving on to her stomach and lower back. After about ten minutes she was finished, Mina was squeaky clean, she put back on her pajamas after drying her off which were all might onesie.

Her mother picked her up and led her to bed finding all of the materials Mina used in her little experiment, she put her to bed before picking all of the food that lay on the bedroom floor.

'Jeez Mina, why did you plant your entire head into this ice cream?' Kokoro lamented on the fact the icecream was now ruined as she threw it away. She came back into the room to find Mina still looking at the magazine with a questionable look. Kokoro sat beside her as she looked at the cover to see that same woman she seen on multiple covers before. If she remembered correctly, the woman's quirk gave her perfect and wrinkle free skin in an old interview she read some time ago . Although Mina slowly turn the page to reveal that it wasn't the woman that gave her directions, but some sort of makeup tips. She couldn't help but giggle madly to herself reading what the 4-year old thought she needed.

"Mina you're such a silly little bean." Kokoro leaned over and kissed Mina's head.

"What mommy?"

"You got the instructions all wrong" Kokoro noticed her daughters shame and thought of a way to relieve it. "You know I actually have all of this stuff maybe I can do it properly. Maybe in the morning I can teach you how to put it on. Maybe you can look extra pretty for Izuku?"

Kokoro tittered at the flush look Mina gave her, though she rubbed her wild hair as she began her signature pout. "I thought I would have to do this for you when you were a teenager not 4. Now come on, what story do you want to hear tonight?"

"All Might!"

"Of course. Now let's see if All Might faced some dastardly villain today."

=With Izuku=

Izuku held Tamoyo's hand as they walked through the neighborhood, Izuku talking a mile a minute in an effort to come up with a grand idea to help Mina.

"Heh, Izuku. You don't need to make an elaborate plan." Tamoyo paused as they reached the apartment complex, kneeling down and placing a firm hand on Izuku's shoulders. Izuku eyes widen as the man gave him a serious look. "Just be yourself."

"R-really?" Izuku asked nervously "I don't want to let you or Auntie Koko down."

"You will never disappoint us, Izuku. You been friends with Mina for a almost a couple of years now. You been at each other sides for so long that Kokoro and I see you as a son to us." Tamoyo said, Izuku gave a bright smile at this. "And I am more than sure that your own mother sees Mina as a daughter to her as well. Whatever Mina is going through, we are all with her…"

Tamoyo poke Izuku's chest with his index finger. "You especially. We know about bullying problem, and how you stand up for her. We already talking to the teachers and other parents, but really, you are her support until her quirk finally matures enough. In the meantime, I am thinking of asking Inko to see if we can enroll both of you in self defense classes. At least this way, you both can help each other when in a jam."

"Really?"

"Yup. You both want to be heroes right? Well, you have to know how to defend yourselves first before you can save anyone else." Tamoyo stated as he stood back up. "You have to fight to protect someone after all, and if you can't even protect yourself, who can you protect?"

"Huh…" Izuku crossed his arms in thought, a free hand reaching up and pinching his lower lips.

'Definitely learned that tick from Inko.'

"Uncle Moyo… Do you think Mina will get better?"

"I know she will. I think her quirk may be something like mine. Just… Really different." Tamoyo said quietly.

"Oh… Okay! I will be there for her no matter what."

"That's my boy." Tamoyo paused a little, feeling like he stepped over some boundary, but seeing the boy giving him a million yen smile allowed him to forget about it.

"Alright, head on up. You said you wanted to give your mom a surprise, yeah?" Izuku nodded rapidly at this and began to head up the stairs. He stop and turn back around to wave at him.

"Bye Uncle Moyo! Tell Mina I will see her tomorrow!"

Izuku raced up the stairs to the apartment complex to his floor. Though by the time he reached it, he was pretty exhausted and sat by the door, fishing for his key. He wanted to surprise his mother, lately she has been sad and sometimes even angry. He wasn't sure it was his fault, since she always seem to be glaring at her phone. He heard her mumble time to time, even hearing some word called divorce whenever she went on a mumble spree.

He wasn't sure what the word meant, but it sounded really serious.

He got up and brush himself off, he hoped that in giving her a small surprise, she would be feeling better. He had been trying it on Mina and it had been helping, but these last few months were the worse. Hopefully everything turned out better soon, he wasn't sure how much Mina could take it.

He carefully placed his key into the slot, trying to be silent as possible as he open the door. He can hear talking in the living room but was completely focused on closing the door silently. He was gave a bright smile as the door clinked softly and turn to take off his shoes to give himself an advantage in sneaking on his mother.

"I'm already taking the job, Inko." Izuku froze as he heard a vaguely familiar voice echoed out of the living room.

'Papa?' Izuku flinched as he heard a loud noise of plates being set down too roughly.

"You couldn't even stop for a moment to discuss this with me, your wife!" He heard his mother hissed angrily. "Did you even consider it?!"

"No. The job is far too lucrative to pass up." He heard the firm reply from his father. Izuku silently tiptoed down the hall, peeking to see his father sitting on the couch, still in his suit while his mother stood before him, her very form bristled with anger.

"So that's it then? We are just going to pack up and move overseas?"

"Inko…"

'Move?! We can't move!? Mina needs me to protect her while she is changing! I won't leave my best friend by herself!' Izuku thought furiously, he was just about to storm out when his mother continued on.

"What about Izuku? We need to teach him English just so he can at least understand what is going on. He has been learning from the Ashidos, but he still needs time to-"

"Just me, the both of you are staying here." Izuku turn to see her mother still after his father said those words. Part of Izuku was happy that he was going to stay, but felt that he was missing something from the way his mother looked.

"You... you said the job will take years, that it may even become permanent position."

"There is a good chance that it will."

"T-then you will come back for us, right?"

"It might take years, the company will only provide a temporary place of residence for a year or so, and then I will only be able to afford a small apartment and this apartment at the same time."

"Can't you just ask you boss for a leeway? Or at least provide for family housing?!"

"I don't want to push my luck Inko. This job is far too good to pass up."

"B-but I am your wife, you should at least consider Izuku in this!"

"I have consider it. I will send money to support you two. It will benefit-"

"MONEY DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT YOU ARE NOT AROUND FOR YOUR OWN SON!" Izuku pulled away, frightened at how loud Inko had gotten. "HE IS YOUR SON, AND BARELY RECOGNIZES YOU!"

"Inko-"

"Don't… Just… don't." Inko turned around, crossing her arms as she walked up to the window. "You have to decide… Your family, or your job. We make more than enough now. If I need to work at the hospital again, I will. They will give me my old job back, but I want you here."

Izuku watch his father's face, the man seem utterly conflicted with himself and that seem to decide his fate as Inko rounded on him with fury.

"The fact you can't even decide in an instant shows me what I want to know!"

"Inko, what you are asking for-"

"I am asking you to be a father for Izuku! Nothing more! Do you not care at all? Is work all that you care for!" Inko hissed and she paced before him. "I want a divorce."

Izuku watched as his father seem to sigh and hung his head, but nodded. Which seem to upset Inko further, but she didn't say anything.

"What's divorce?" Izuku slapped his hand over his mouth, watching as both of his parents turning to him with surprised, Inko even more shocked at seeing him.

"Izuku…"

=End of Part 1=

Quirks:

My take on quirks is something a little bit more centered in reality. That it doesn't come in quickly or fast. Say that someone had a quirk that is related to growing rocks on their skin, or wings growing from their back. It won't show up in a single day, it would probably take several weeks, even months to grow and affects their bodies due to this large change in their bodies.

For Mina, I doubt she would just change to the color of pink, and it would take time to do so. There is also the fact that her body is literally changing to produce a ton of acid/corrosive liquids. So obviously there is something going on within her skin, and her horns wouldn't be so cut and dry, given they look far more bone like than actual horns.

Don't worry, things will get better, and it will cement a lot of things down the line for our duo. So stay tuned for the second part coming down!

Also update! New chapter 1 picture at

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