The biggest lie uttered from my lips

Izuku was already 4 and a half and he still didn't have a Quirk. His mother was getting worried as more and more kids his age got Quirks.

"I think we should go to a doctor to check your Quirk, dear." – his mom said one night.

"M-Mom! I am sure my Quirk will come soon! Just wait a bit!" – Izuku, despite being 4, was worried.

The other kids had started calling him names and Quirkless behind his back, even his childhood friend didn't play with him as often. He was scared of the possibility that he indeed didn't have a Quirk. He held on the hope he'd get a Quirk soon.

"OK. I will wait until you are 5. If you don't show any signs of Quirk by then, I'll bring you to a doctor."

"OK mom!"

That night a deal was made between them. Inko agreed to wait and Izuku got a chance. A chance that was going to change things.

…

The next weekend Izuku and his mom are at a carnival that had arrived in Mustafu. It was packed with people but they had a lot of fun. Izuku was walking with his mom until they reached a very crowded area. It was like that because there was show going on. The two pushed through the dense mass of people but they got separated.

Izuku was scared. He tried to follow his mother but when he finally squeezed through the sea of people, she was nowhere in sight. He sniffled and went around to look for her. He didn't find her and was about to start sobbing when he saw a shop to the side. It was small and odd-looking.

"Come up! Step in and try tour luck! There are prizes of all kind! Only 500 yen per play!" – the vendor says with a cheer in his voice.

Izuku feels a strange attraction towards the place, like something is telling him to go, so as a curious child, he goes there.

"Good day…"

"Good day, young boy! Do you want to play one of my games? I have 'Lucky draw' also 'Pull the string' and 'Ball toss' that you may like! There's also darts and shooting with a BB gun but that's for older kids and I can't give it to you without a parent near." – he explained.

"Umm… what prizes can I get?"

"Oh, we have push toys, trinkets, keychains, figurines, other odd things and our grand prize from the lucky draw is a game console!"

Izuku looked at the money he had. There was only enough for 2 plays.

"I-I would like the lucky draw please." – he gave the money.

"Two plays then! Come on, spin it!"

Izuku grabbed the lever and spun it. A small white ball fell in the tray.

"Not a winner. Come on kid, maybe next time, you'd have a chance!" – he hands Izuku a pack of tissues for the white ball.

Izuku gulped and spun the lever for a second time. He closed his eyes, scared to look if it was another dud.

"Sorry kid, not the grand prize…"

Izuku opened his eyes and saw the man hold a red ball. He got a bit excited.

"…but you get prize number 4!" he pulled a small oval case just a bit bigger than Izuku's hand "Here ya go kid!"

Izuku opened and there were two thin circles, placed in separate places in the case.

"What are there?"

"Oh, right, these are colored contacts! People put them in their eyes and it changes their color! These are entirely cosmetic and aren't lenses, so you can even use them!"

Izuku was interested and wanted to try them. He hadn't seen anything like them, so he was curious ow they can change his eye color.

"How do you put them on?!" – he asked, not worrying about putting them in his eyes.

"Here, let me show you."

The man showed him how to put them on in front of a mirror and Izuku eventually managed to put them on his own. The contacts changed his eye color to bright amber. He really liked the color.

"Thank you mister!"

"No problem. Come back again!" – the man waved as he saw some potential customers approach.

Izuku, after all the excitement, began to look for his mother again. He wandered around and asking people if they had seen her. He had no luck and was getting tired, so he sat on a bench. His now amber eyes scanned the area around him but there was not even a sign of his mother. He sniffled and looked down sadly. He knew his mother was looking for him and how scared she might be feeling now.

BOOOOOOOOOM!

There was an explosion nearby and there was scrambling of people.

"Quick! There's a hero fight!" – one random teen shouted as they ran towards the noise.

Izuku perked up and followed them.

…

In Westside river street a villain was fighting a hero. It was a new hero named Bender – his Quirk allowed him to bend any material as long as he touched it with one hand. The villain he was fighting could conjure invisible items and use them as if they were real. The hero was fresh out of UA and was struggling.

'What a way to make my debut. All I can do now is stall him until other heroes arrive.' – the hero thought.

Just then the villain blocked his attack by raising his hand. The young hero felt as if he hit a concrete wall. The worst part was that he couldn't use his Quirk on the villain.

"You pathetic hero! You think you can stop me? No one can stop me!"

"Shut up, villain! Give up!"

….

Izuku was watching from the sidelines and was currently watching the hero getting beaten by the villain. The hero's ability was to bend things he touched with a hand and the villain looked to be making non-existent things become real and use them. Izuku frowned. He didn't want the hero to lose but it seemed almost impossible to win against someone that could create anything out of thin air.

'Huh?! What was that?'

Izuku turned his head and saw that the shadow of the villain wasn't quite right. The villain hit the hero with something invisible but the shadow showed a bat in the villain's hand. The shadow then disappeared and a shadow of a low wall appeared in front of the hero. Bender hit it and fell down. The villain laughed and the shadow of something like a canon appeared next to the villain's. He made a pulling motion and a round shadow followed the invisible projectile. It hit the hero square in the chest.

"Guah!" – he shouted as the wind got knocked out of him and he was sent flying.

The crowd scattered as the hero flew towards them. He fell hard on the asphalt. By some coincidence, he had landed just next to Izuku.

"Ugh… what hit me?" – the hero asked no one.

"Probably a cannonball." – Izuku said without thinking.

"Huh?!" the two stared at each other "What do you mean by that, kid?"

"Well, he made a canon, so it should be a cannon ball. The thing that hit you I mean!"

"You know what he made?! How? It's invisible!"

"I just looked and…"

"NO time kid! Would you help me? Please!"

Izuku was stunned that the hero would ask HIM for help. He blushed but accepted.

"OK! Now what can you tell me kid?"

"I-I can shout instructions and you'll fight?" – Izuku quietly suggested.

"Perfect! I'm going in! Just keep a safe distance, OK?" – Izuku nodded and the hero headed towards the gloating villain.

"OH! He can make one thing only! I never saw him make 2 or more!" – Izuku said as he jogged forward.

The hero nodded and ran towards the villain. The villain just smirked. Izuku saw the shadow change into a bat.

"Duck!" – Izuku shouted and the hero did so.

"Che!" – the villain said and Izuku immediately saw a wall appear.

"Stop!" – the hero herd him.

Although he still hit the wall, it wasn't with as much force. The hero jumped back, next to Izuku.

"Thanks kid! But… we're not going anywhere. He'll soon retreat."

Just then Izuku saw the villain prepare to board something… It was a scooter! Izuku's thoughts ran at a speed he had never forced them to. In a moment of either luck or genius thinking Izuku shouted.

"Mahe something heavy fall on him!" – he pointed at the villain with his hand.

The hero looked a bit unsure but nodded.

Bender ran towards one of the damaged buildings the villain had attacked and touched with both his hands. The part of the wall bent towards the villain that was about to leave. The villain saw the shadow and immediately lifted his hands up. The wall hit an invisible barrier.

"NOW!" – Izuku shouted.

The hero then ran and decked the villain in the face. He was down in seconds and his hands were bound by Bender.

"Damn! Don't think I can't escape from here!" – the villain spat at the hero.

"Come on, do it!" the hero panted "You'll be crushed after what you conjured disappears."

"H-How do you know?!" – the villain paled and looked scared.

Not long after, other heroes came and apprehended the criminal.

"Good job kid!" Bender patted Izuku's head "You were great and thanks to you the villain didn't escape."

"T-Thank you!" – Izuku became red like a tomato.

"No need to thank me. I have to thank you! You have an amazing Quirk kid, don't let it go to waste." – the hero remarked.

'What… did he say that I had a Quirk? But I don't have one! Should I tell him or…' – Izuku was nervous.

"IZUKUUUU!" – his mom came rushing past the policemen and he also ran towards her.

"MOOOM!" – he cried and they both hugged.

"Thank God you are alright! I was so worried when we got separated. Don't go running off to hero fights like that without me!" – she scolded him.

"Sorry, mom…"

"But that helped me find you, so… just please don't get disappearing like this again."

"I promise!" – Izuku squeezed her harder.

"He didn't cause any trouble, right?" – Inko stood up, still holding Izuku in her embrace.

"No! He was really helpful. In fact, we captured a villain thanks to him." – Bender praised him.

"Yeah! It was awesome, mom!" – Izuku turned towards his mom.

"AH! Izuku, what happened to your eyes?!" – Inko just noticed that her son's eyes had become amber.

Izuku panicked. He didn't know what to do. He was nervous, a bit scared, excited and glad at the same time. His mother had told him that lying is very bad and that he shouldn't lie, but at that moment, he said the biggest lie in his life…

"I-I got my Quirk today!" – he almost was shouting.

"You got your Quirk?!" – Inko was excited.

"Wow! Kid, you got your Quirk just today and you could already use it so well? You are a natural." He gave a high-five to Izuku "Miss, your son is really amazing. He helped me a lot with a Quirk he didn't have before you got separated. That, is not something you see every day."

"Thank you, sir." Inko put Izuku down "We better go back…"

"OK. We'll just have to ask your son what happened and you are good to go." – one policeman said.

"Alright."

Izuku then told them some of the things that he remembered happening, he didn't tell them about the contacts or how he just guessed the number of things the villain could make at a time. They were back home and celebrated for Izuku's new Quirk by eating cake Inko had bought on the way home.

Izuku was then registered with the Quirk: Analysis. He hid the small case the contacts had come in and didn't tell his mon out of fear. He was scared how everyone would react when they found out he'd lied to them about something as important as his Quirk.

His 5th birthday passed, then the 6th and 7th but no 'other Quirk' came and Izuku accepted that he was probably Quirkless for the rest of his life. He kept the lie up by buying special eye drops and new contacts along with cleaning liquid secretly with his allowance. He also secretly practiced his analytical skills by watching fights of heroes on his computer, TV or on the street.

He began writing everything down and became so good that he could guess 95% of the time who'd win just by looking at who fought and the location. No one bullied him for not having a Quirk but they still called him a nerd. Bakugo had gotten even more cocky with time and he began calling him Deku, because he couldn't possibly fight a villain with his 'Quirk'. Izuku just grit his teeth and stood quiet. He didn't want his lie to be discovered due to an ill-placed punch to the face.

===Time skip===

Izuku was walking back home, his ruined notebook in his hand.

'Stupid Kacchan! I don't even have a Quirk! He's so bad when everyone thinks I have a Quirk… I can't imagine what it would have been if they knew I was actually Quirkless?' – Izuku wondered as he passed under a bridge.

Suddenly a ton of sludge came out and wrapped around him. Izuku struggled but he just couldn't escape.

"A medium-sized body to hide in…"

Sludge crawled up and covered Izuku. He struggled bur couldn't even move properly. Izuku was about to faint when he saw a muscular figure come out of the sewer and blow the sludge villain.

"Cough… cough!" – Izuku coughed and spat slime out of his mouth.

"Are you OK kid?" – a familiar voice asked.

"A-All Might?!" – Izuku knew the man and almost couldn't believe he was being saved by the hero himself, despite the signs that he might be retiring soon, Izuku was glad.

"Haha! I'm glad you are fine, young man!"

"Ah! All Might, can I- "

"Get an autograph? No problem!" – All Might quickly signed the notebook, the only thing not covered in any sludge.

The hero gave Izuku the notebook and the boy almost went in fanboy mode.

"It's been a pleasure, young man but I have to deliver this criminal to the police and have someone clean this up." All Might showed a bottle full of sludge and two eyeballs "Well, good day!" – the hero was going to leap up.

"Wait!" – Izuku shouted and jumped towards the hero.

All Might was in the air when he noticed Izuku cling to his leg.

"Hey, boy! This is dangerous! Let go!"

"I can't! We're more than 80 meters height and falling rom that hight will kill any regular human that…" – Izuku began rambling due to being scared and clung for dear life.

The two landed on a rooftop and Izuku could kiss it, only if it wasn't dirty.

"That was really dangerous thing to do! What were you thinking?!"

"A-All Might! I wanted to ask you something…"

POOOH! – steam covered the rooftop.

In front of Izuku stood a man that looked more like a skeleton than the hero.

"Shit!" – he cursed and coughed blood.

"All Might?! Are you OK? Don't tell me you have internal bleeding-"

"H-How." – he coughed again.

Izuku helped him by offering a pack of tissues.

"Young man, you mustn't tell anyone about this! If they found out…"

"Don't worry! I promise, I won't tell about this!" he gestured at All Might's skeletal form "I didn't tell anyone about how you'd be retiring, so- "– Izuku quickly put a hand on his mouth but the damage was made.

'Why do I have to ramble and mutter so much when I'm nervous?!' – the boy lamented.

Izuku then told All Might how he had noticed how he started to appear less and less, how he'd hurry to finish battles and other small things that even Toshinori himself hadn't noticed he was doing.

"…So! I figured something happened around the time you fought Toxic Chainsaw and you were going to retire soon, appearing for around 3-4 hours a day and all." – Izuku finished.

"That is… almost terrifyingly right, young man." He lifted his shirt and showed him the scar "I fought with someone and he injured me. I have weakened due to the many surgeries done to save my life. I even…"

"Lower ribs on left side… diaphragm damage is also possible…blood… stomach maybe damaged or gone… lung…leaking…" Izuku was muttering again while staring at the scarred tissue "A bit more to the right…"

"Um, young man, you are muttering again." – All Might was currently genuinely scared of the teenager in front of him.

The hero had faced many villains and disasters during his career and had even faced All for One but the boy in front of him made him feel chills down his spine. Those amber eyes stared as if they were studying his very being and looked through his soul. What he could understand from his muttering, the boy had not only guessed he was going to retire, a fact only VERY FEW even knew about, listed the damage he'd sustained during the battle and even knew it wasn't caused by Toxic Chainsaw. The thing that bothering him was the last comment. How that he'd have been dead if it was just a few centimeters to the right. It was like a Nedzu in a human form. Two Nedzus was also scary!

"I'm glad this'll stay under wraps. The world still needs a Symbol of Peace. I can't retire just now. I will be leaving now, good day young man."

"Wait! I still haven't asked you. C-Can s-someone…"

"Hm? I couldn't hear that quite right." – the hero waited for the boy to stop stuttering and shaking.

'What do I do now?! How could I be so impulsive?! I didn't think this through! What should I say? I can't stall anymore, can I?'

Izuku's demeanor suddenly took a drop. He was sweating and his knees were shaking. In the end slumped on the rooftop, he was on his hands and knees, hair obscuring his eyes.

"C-Can someone like me wwithout…" Izuku bit his lip for a bit and then continued "Can someone wwith a-analytical Quirk become a hero?" – he waited for answer.

Right at this moment Izuku hated himself. He had LIED to his idol, to All Might. He could have told the truth for the first time he was 5 but he got scared and lied.

"Sorry, but without a Quirk suitable for battle, I don't think it'll be possible. But you can become a policeman if you want to stop crime or even work for a support company! With an analytical Quirk you can find many other jobs."

"I-I see…" – Izuku was sad.

"I'll be going then." – All Might left and Izuku watched him as the hero closed the door.

'Haha… How I messed up.'

Izuku walked down the stairs and his mind replayed the whole incident. How All Might closed the door and left again and again.

'Wait!' Izuku concentrated on All Might's image, something seemed wrong 'The bottle! It wasn't in All Might's pocket! It must have fallen when I grabbed onto his leg. I have to find it or warn someone!'

Izuku ran out of the building and went looking for either a hero or a policeman. He was rounding a corner when an explosion sounded. Izuku stopped and headed towards it.

'It must be due to the sludge villain! There's less than 2% chance of unorganized crimes to happen so soon after each other!'

….

Bakugo was caught by the sludge villain and was getting suffocated while the heroes watched.

'Kacchan!'

Izuku remembered everything Bakugo had done to him but still hoped his ex-childhood friend would change some day. When Izuku saw his pleading eyes, he acted on an impulse. He ran towards the villain, right past the heroes, without hesitation.

"Wait, boy!" – Kamui Woods shouted.

'His body is made of sludge and always changing. I don't have the strength to damage him seriously.' Izuku quickly analyzed the situation as he ran towards the villain 'The only solution is to hit him where it hurts a lot and pull Kacchan out! Go for the eyes!'

Izuku swung his backpack and hit the villain in the eye.

"Gah! It hurts!"

Izuku grabbed Bakugo's free hand and pulled. The sludge created a vacuum but Izuku managed to at least allow Bakugo a breath of air.

"Stupid brat!" – the villain was going to recover any moment now.

Izuku got an idea and twisted Bakugo's arm to be at a certain angle, pointing at the sludge.

"Kacchan! Make an explosion like the one you used at my desk! NOW!"

Bakugo listened for once and fired an explosion. It blew away a huge chunk of the sludge. Izuku pulled and both boys fell on the ground with a splat.

"Fucking brat! Getting in my way again!" – the sludge was gathering, towering above the two boys.

Izuku braced himself as Bakugo coughed and glared at the villain.

"DETROIT SMAAAAAAASH!" – All Might appeared and hit the villain.

It was over in seconds and the crowd cheered. Bakugo was praised and Izuku scolded for jumping in without having a Quirk that could help.

"But I helped, didn't I?! I got him out! Unlike you that stood and watched!" – he knew he shouldn't have snapped but it was a hard day for him.

Izuku decided to head home and go do his homework, get the contacts out and go to bed. He heard Bakugo yell something but ignored him. He was walking through the streets and it was empty, a bit too empty.

'Something's going to happen.' – Izuku got ready and pulled out a pepper spray, he couldn't use it earlier but now was a perfect time.

"I AM HERE!" – All Might appeared out of nowhere.

"All Might! Don't do that again, please. I almost pepper-sprayed you." – Izuku was holding the red bottle with a shaking hand.

All Might transformed into his weaker form and coughed blood again.

"I'm sorry, about earlier I mean." – the hero said, scratching the back of his head.

"And you got away from the media to apologize to me? I- I don't know what to say."

"No worries! Now, I have to say that I was wrong. You CAN become a hero! You went to save someone without thinking. Your body moved on its own, right?"

"Y-Yes." – Izuku was kneeling on the sidewalk.

"This is the one common thing for heroes. Our bodies moved on their own to help someone in need." He points at Izuku "You have what it takes to be a great hero, young man! And I deem you worthy."

"Wworthy of what?"

"I want you to inherit my power. I want to give you my Quirk and become my successor. Do you accept?"

"YES!" – Izuku answered without a shred of regret and cried tears of joy.

This was what he wanted. Having no Quirk was hard and lying every day was not something Izuku enjoyed but did it out of fear. If what All Might told him was possible, then he won't feel like that way every time he said he had a Quirk.

"That's the spirit, my boy! By the way, I'm Toshinori Yagi, you can call me whatever you like, but when I'm in my powered-down form, it would be safer to not shout All Might."

"I got it! My name's Izuku Midoriya. It's an honor to be your student."

Izuku stood up and they shook hands.