Izuku was standing in front of U.A. He took and deep breath and headed inside to look for his class, with Eri on his waist ready for the challenges the day had for them.
Izuku looked around trying to find his class, 'Papa I told you we should have looked at the map!' Eri scolded her father for being careless.
"Well forgive me for thinking a school would be so hard to navigate." Izuku pouted.
'Navi-what?'
"It means to be able to look around and find what we need, in the sense I was saying at least."
'Papa I know I am smart and all but please don't use big words...my head hurts.'
"Well you have to learn them someday, pumpkin" Izuku smirked at the sword by his side.
"I thought her name was Eri?" Izuku heard a feminine voice say from behind.
Izuku turned around to find it was the orange haired girl from the entrance exams." Oh Kendo-san! Good Morning! I am glad you got in too.!"
"Same here Midoriya, and off with the 'san' just call me Kendo, kay?" Kendo said as she patted his shoulder, maybe a little too hard as Izuku jerked forward a little.
"Whops" Kendo giggled as she saw Izuku readjust himself. "So, what's up with the new name?"
"Her name is still Eri, she just wanted me to give her a nickname," Izuku said while laughing a little.
'Is he weird in the head or what?' Kendo thought as she continued to walk.
"So, which class are you in Kendo-san?" Izuku was curious.
"Oh, I am in 1-A. What about you?" Kendo informed and asked in return, curious.
"I am in 1-A as well, what a coincidence!" Izuku smiled; at least there will be one familiar face in his new class.
'Are you sure you don't want to say pretty face, papa?' Eri said in a teasing voice.
Izuku blushed at that, he did think the girl in front of him was pretty. She was so confident and cool, kinda reminded him of Kachh-Katsu-Bakugou before he got his quirk.
'Really? He is the one you are going to compare my future mama to?' Eri was exasperated. She did see what her papa meant though, Bakugou was very easy on the eyes when he was 4 and didn't have his quirk.
"Let's head over together then, I checked the map and know where we need to go," Itsuka said as she pointed the way.
"How did you know I was lost?" Izuku asked embarrassed by how he was already looking like an idiot. 'This was supposed to be different from middle school! I need to get myself together!'
Itsuka giggled as she said, "Your eyes were wide as you looked around and your face was akin to a lost puppy!" She giggled even more after she said that.
'She said I was like a puppy….did she indirectly mean I was cute!?'Izuku thought excitedly, or at least he thought that he thought…..again.
Judging by how Itsuka was blushing and looked away as he looked at her he clearly didn't. He knew his mumbling habit was an inconvenience but he never thought it would be this bad.
'I really creep people out no matter where I go….' Izuku thought as his mood plummeted
"Yeah." He heard her say.
"Eh?" Izuku voiced out his confusion, wait did he voice out his other thought as well? He should apologize if he really did creep her out. "I-I am sorry. I tend to—"
"You are cute Midoriya. You can be cute without even realizing it you know?" Itsuka began. "You came of as a shy nervous guy when we first met, then you saved me and I thought you were cool and now that I saw you again you suddenly seemed cute. It's like you keep changing every time we meet, but in a good way." Itsuka gave him a bright smile as she finished what she thought of him.
"Umm…."
"Oh, we are here! Let's go in!" Itsuka seemed to be in a hurry to get in class, Izuku too felt his nervousness returning as he entered.
"Get your feet off the desk!" He heard a familiar voice shout.
"The fuck is up with you, Extra!? Did your middle school send you with a stick up your ass?"
"How rude! That is no way to talk to a classmate!"
"What middle school are you from? Shitty Extra!"
"Let's start again, I am Iida Tenya from Somei Middle School! A pleasure to—"
"So you're an elite huh? Makes it even more fun when I get to crush you!"
"Crush me? Are you sure you are here to be a hero?"
Izuku sighed, perhaps a little too loudly because both of them noticed him as he walked in. Iida rushed at him and was in front of him in a second. He started to introduce himself but Izuku just told him he heard him when he was shouting at Bakugou.
"I must say you are quite smart! You figured out the hidden purpose of the exam, didn't you! That is why you helped other participants! I must say you are the better man between the two of us!" Iida said with an earnest look on his face.
Izuku in all honestly was overwhelmed when the praise started, thinking he didn't deserve it but as the blue-haired teen went on he just didn't want to talk to the person in front of him.
He promptly walked past him and sat on his desk, not bothering to look at him again. He put his head on his desk as he waited for classes to start.
*Flashback*
"Kacchan are you okay?" A four-year-old Izuku offered his hand to a blonde kid who appeared to be the same age as him. The blonde had a bashful if not slightly embarrassed smile on his face at first, he stared at Izuku's hand for a moment and then his expression contorted into one of uncontrollable rage.
"HOW DARE YOU LOOK DOWN ON ME YOU SHITTY DEKU! I SAID I WAS FINE DIDN'T I?" The blonde shouted as he pushed his palm towards the grenette's face and emitted a small explosion, burning Izuku's face as implied by the rose red burn mark on his right cheek.
*Flashback End*
"Why do people always think like that? Is there something wrong with me?" Izuku's eyes had grown watery as tears threatened to leak out of them. At this point, almost everyone he ever met discouraged him from helping other, from being a hero. Even the people he helped did the same. He was starting to wonder if what he did was something uncommon and if he was wrong.
'Papa…' Eri didn't know what to say either. What happened then and now was beyond her young mind's understanding. At first, she thought that Bakugou was just a big meanie but now she is wondering if everyone is like that.
'Do all people not think of helping others when they see that they need it?'
'Is papa Doing something that most people don't?'
'Is something wrong the way he does things?'
'Why do people always think he is selfish?'
A myriad of thoughts were going through the young Eri's mind, she for the first time was questioning how the world really work and if what her papa did was something most people don't. As soon as that thought entered, it stuck. 'So cool! Does that mean papa is like Spiderman and all those hero's that said they can't help but help someone? So papa is like a real hero!'
Izuku smiled at his daughter revelation and innocence, he would do anything for her, speaking of which he really should work hard and get the provisional license, that way he can finally find a way to bash Overhaul's skull to the ground.
Izuku has also contemplated on if he could get more souls like Eri to become his partners, not only will this reduce the amount of strain on the girl but also give her more time to live than she did before he met her. He is still not sure why he only say Eri's 'light', as much he understands that Eri suffered a lot there are more like her out there who have met their ends in similar ways but they didn't appear for him.
'Maybe there is some other criteria? What could it be…or maybe…
maybe his quirk chose them for him?'
There is one other quirk that Izuku heard about that caused a lot of fanfare among doctors because it was 'sentient' like Eri. Not much about it was released for the sake of safety but Izuku was slightly less worried about him catching too much attention when Eri would finally be revealed.
This leads to another memory that made Izuku aware of the fact that Eri was scared of something even more than people, she was absolutely terrified of doctors. It also may have added another person on Izuku's hit-list if his guess turns out to be wrong.
*Flashback*
Eri, now that mom knows about you and that I will be going to U.A I really need to get my quirk registered. Let's just get this done quickly, I promise I won't make you come out again.
Eri hesitantly nodded and Izuku made his way to the hospital for a re-examination, the doctor would then do some tests and send some papers to the quirk registry, who in-turn would change Izuku's quirk-less status on his official papers.
Izuku wanted to describe his quirk just the way it was but he could sense Eri's discomfort and pain to the point that it was getting to him and messing with his own emotions. In all honesty, Izuku should have seen this coming, it was no secret to him that Chisaki was not the only one who did 'check-ups' on Eri. These memories that Izuku did not see when he first found Eri appeared like shattered glasses in his mind every once in a while he slept. It was obvious to Izuku that he did not see Eri's entire life, just the highlights of it or memories that Eri's mind had not suppressed or help onto too strongly.
So, Izuku just told the doctor what Eri was capable of doing as a sword and that he could call for her if she was ever separated from him. The doctor did raise an eyebrow when he noticed Izuku mentioning his quirk as she but didn't think much of it in the end. So, this is what his quirk description looked like.
Izuku's quirk: Soul Blade
The quirk lets the user summon a sword that stays with them all the time except for when they sleep. That time is used by the sword/quirk to recharge; unhealthy or irregular sleep time may affect the performance of the quirk and may even weaken it. The sword can emit energy to boost the user's physical and mental skills as well as allow the user to send out energy blades with a slash. These energy blades, as well as the energy boost all, consume the stamina of the user. The user can only recharge their quirk while sleeping, which will come naturally when they faint from overuse. Another thing to note is that the user can choose what they cut with the sword, it may slice an object but not cute it or damage it until the user wishes to do so. Any explanation of for how this ability works is not available.
(Note: The user seems to refer the quirk as a female and a different name than what they have written, it is possible that the user is overly attached to the quirk itself due to not having awakened one for 13 years. No volatile signs are visible that may show the users lack of sanity. It may also be a characteristic of the quirk or the two may have a telepathic connection. The user has declined any such signs, however.)
Izuku is pretty sure the doctor wrote something below his quirk description but he is not sure what. He hopes it has nothing to do with his supposed lack of sanity that almost everyone thinks when he talks to Eri.
He quickly got out of the clinic as soon as that was done as Eri seemed to almost have had a second panic attack. He wanted to avoid that from happening but it did anyway.
A lot of crying and hugging involved but what he heard that day disturbed him the most,
"HE DIDN'T SAVE ME! HE DIDN'T SAVE ME! I WAS SO CLOSE! I GOT OUT AND ASKED FOR HELP! HE DIDN'T SAVE ME! HE DIDN'T SAVE ME HE DIDN'T SAVE ME!"
That….that was not what he thought he would hear. He didn't ever see any memory pertaining to Eri escaping and he was damn sure that Eri didn't remember anything from her past life.
He asked Eri after some time what she was saying and true to his assumptions she didn't remember a thing. The two can tell when the other person is lying so any guesses of her pretending didn't even pop up in his head.
Izuku really hopes it was just a civilian that Eri asked for help because he would understand them being scared of Overhaul, but if…if it was a hero the Izuku will snap.
*Flashback End*
Izuku was bought out of memory lane by a monotonous voice that indicated that the speaker was just done with their life and wanted a nap.
'Papa, how do you even know that?'
'Umm….plot convenience?'
"If you are here to socialize then get out." The voice said and Izuku looked up to see Eraserhead scanning the class.
He was on the ground this whole time and no one seemed to have noticed him. He was on the other end of the class so Izuku will give himself the benefit of doubt. He stood up and it was revealed that he was in a yellow sleeping bag, he slowly got out of it and his hero costume was revealed, Izuku was the only one who knew that was his hero costume though.
To others, it seemed like the person was an unkempt man wearing a worn out black tracksuit, the man also had bandages (Izuku knew that it was a capture weapon) hanging from his neck. The man bent down and took out tens of….gym uniforms? From them and piled them on the ground.
"Wear these and meet me at the training grounds near F-Block. We are going to conduct some tests."
The man didn't wait for anyone to respond as he promptly got back in his sleeping bag and hoped away.
Izuku looked at Eri and smiled, "Looks like our day at U.A has truly begun. You ready?"
"I will show them that my papa is the best!" Eri said while throwing her fist in the air.
Thus Izuku's journey as a hero had truly begun.
AN: I know this was a huge mess...but I really didn't know how else I could have done this. I think I have a thing for flashbacks, I really need to get that in control.
I would like to thank you all a lot for all the positive comments and awesome suggestions that I received in both the reviews as well as pms. Really, thanks a lot for reading and giving all my stories so much love. Hit me up with suggestions or questions in pms! As long as there are no spoilers I don't really mind.
AN 2: Eri has no recollection of any of her memories from her previous life at all! She sees snippets of them in her panic attacks but forgets about them afterward.
Izuku's quirk is only SIMILAR to Yato's, it will have an explanation by recovery girl a few chapters later.
AN 3: After 2 more chapters this story will undergo a temporary hiatus as I have exams. I will start posting again after 20th May. Really sorry about that but college is a bitch and I think I did really bad in my Chinese written exam.
Need to get my shit together, hopefully, I graduate this year or I am pretty sure I am fucked.