Horrible weather today but that won't stop this from being posted!
I don't own the characters.
"Hey, Deku-kun! Are you awake?" Ochako chirped as she snapped her fingers in front of Izuku's face, making him snap out of his reverie to look around. They were currently on their lunch break and his eyes fell on the usually filled seat of their class president. "Iida-kun," he whispered as he recalled what had happened earlier that day. Iida had not turned up for class and had been called home for an emergency involving his brother. He had been attacked by the Hero Killer, an upcoming Villain who was culling Heroes at a scary rate since the day the Sports Festival had happened and was close to death when found. Ingenium was one of the strongest heroes Izuku could remember and he recalled having seen him on TV several times.
"Come on, he's a hero. No time to be feeling sad about him," he thought but he still couldn't shake off the feeling of pity for Iida. He may hate heroes especially All Might but to know one who was tied with his friend, if he could call him a friend, made his stomach squirm. "Stain?" he had asked as he stood in front of Shigaraki, who had his face covered with his hood. "Just a guy having fun killing heroes around town. I heard one of your buddies had their sibling injured by him. Or was he killed? I couldn't remember. Too many to count," Shigaraki had grinned. "Anyway, I'll be scouting out for him to get him to join the League so wish me luck," he said but before he could warp away, Izuku called out to him.
"Do you think he will actually join you?" he asked as Shigaraki snorted, "We never know until we try right?" As he stepped into the warp, Izuku was left staring into space, his mind racing as he thought of the Hero Killer. Stain had grown more notorious as the week went on and news of Heroes being killed or injured to the point of never being able to rise up again filled the news every day on their TV. Deep in his heart, Izuku could understand why he would do it. There were too many heroes, the world infested with people who got lucky in getting their licenses and hiding under the shadow of All Might to act as 'heroes."
"Anyway, don't worry about Iida! Ingenium will pull through and we'll get back to normal! Right now, we have to focus on our field placements!' Ochako grinned as he was snapped back to reality. He groaned as he gazed at his paper, thinking of what he could do about it. With the results of the Sports Festival, some Hero agencies had offered to take him in for work placement but they weren't anything too great for the matter. He sighed as he thought of having to work with low-level heroes that don't even have a name for themselves. The only good thing was that they wouldn't be much of a target for Stain, which leaves him a bit of space to breath about staying alive.
"So who did you pick?" he asked Ochako as she sat on his desk. "I think I'll go for Gunhead. He's a specialist in close combat and I really want to work on my fighting skills. Without my Quirk, I'm pretty much dead in battle," she grinned as she kicked her legs in the air. Izuku wished she would get off his desk so he wouldn't have to worry about see her butt in such close range. Wait a minute, did he catch a scent of perfume from her? The days dragged on and class continued without Iida until the end of the week. When he returned, Izuku and Ochako could sense the heaviness in the air around Iida as he explained to them about his brother. Ochako gasped as he told them that Ingenium most probably will never be a Hero ever again. Even Izuku felt sick about the thought of being put out of commission in that fashion when Aizawa-sensei slammed the door open.
"All right. Back to your seats," he droned as he placed the register on the table. "Come on. Give us a normal class today," everyone thought in unison as he said, "Today, we'll be coming up with hero names." At that, the class went crazy as everyone applauded for being given such a mundane task for the day instead of the usual get your asses kicked or tons of homework he usually gave. "I'm a sucker at this so this person will take over," he continued as the chink of metal cuffs filled the air, earning a perverted stare from Mineta. "Hi kids! Let's have some fun today!" Midnight grinned as she stepped into the classroom. "Man, don't they have any rules about having an R-rated Hero in school?" Denki muttered as Mineta drooled, "I have no objection."
As Mineta got a little jolt from Jiro, Aizawa-sensei was stepping into his sleeping bag, his hand poised over the zipper as he said, "Let me warn you. Your Hero name sticks with you for life so don't go choosing a weird one." "Must have been hard for you, sensei," everyone thought since Eraserhead was quite a weird name anyway. As the man slumped against the wall and began to snore, Midnight handed out whiteboards for them to write their names on. As they handed them to the person behind them, Izuku stared at his, wondering what to do about this. He was a villain now but even as a villain, he should have some sort of codename but what to do about it…
"The sparkling hero : I cannot stop twinkling!" "Get a shorter name!" the class shouted as Aoyama grinned at this name. "Alien Queen!" Mina shouted and Izuku got the chills as he thought of the horror movie with an alien queen in it. Don't tell me she aspires to be like that? he thought. "Now we have to make the names funny to lift the tension!" the class nodded in unison as Tsuyu came up. "The Rainy Season Hero : Froppy!" she said as the class sighed. "Thank goodness, Froppy!" Izuku sighed as everyone chanted her new Hero name. Despite this class not having much of a use for him, he found himself enjoying it with everyone as people came up with really cool or disastrous names. Although Aoyama's name has to take the cake since it was a whole sentence.
"All that's left is Midoriya-kun and Iida-kun," Midnight called as he was jerked from his reverie. He stared at his still empty board, wondering what to write. Dammit, if he were five years younger he would be going crazy about choosing a name like All Might Junior or Smash Hero or something along the lines but now, he felt like there wasn't anything he could give himself that he could feel belongs to him. Then a thought came to his head as he stared at the back of Bakugo's head, who was bent as he scribbled his hero name on his board after the failed first attempt. "Who ever knew?" he thought as he wrote it down. He never thought he would want to be called by this nickname, something used to taunt him for years as a Hero, or a Villain.
As he stood up, he felt his heart pumping as his memories went through his head. "Deku! It means useless and good for nothing! Since you don't have a Quirk, it suits you, Deku," Bakugo grinned as he stood in front of him, pointing to the kanji of his name on the bucket. "You'll never become a Hero, Deku! You're Quirkless!" Bakugo yelled as he blasted his notebook when they were in school. "Deku? Couldn't that mean, 'I can do it', kind of Deku?" Ochako's voice floated as he placed his whiteboard on the table to show his name to the class.
"Are you sure, man? I mean, it does bring bad memories to you, right?" Kirishima asked as Izuku gulped. This has to be right. This name was the only thing linking him to his past and how he progressed without his Quirk. He had got his name because of being Quirkless. Now, he'll show what he can do as the successor to All For One. "Someone told me Deku means useless but another person told me that it means I can do it. This name has a place for me in my heart and I'll never forget it, that's why… this is my Hero name!" he said as the class applauded. "Just you wait, I'll show you what Deku really means!"
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As the class applauded for Izuku's new Hero name, Bakugo clenched his fist as a vein in his brain threatened to explode. How dare he… how dare he use such a name as his Hero name, after being insulted by it to no end. Somehow, he felt as though the name was something personal to him since only Bakugo and Ochako called him that. Now that it was out in the open, it felt so… wrong… "Deku…" he growled as Kirishima patted his shoulder. "Hey, man. Calm down a little will ya? You still have to present your hero name," Kirishima whispered from the back and he had to use his hardening to deflect a blow from Bakugo as the boy snorted. "What do you have up your sleeve, Deku?" he growled as he stomped to the front to tell his name.