It had been days on the news every since the stories of Green Esper started showing up again. To people of the current era, most were curious. The last ever known occurrence of Green Esper in the media was nearly two decades ago, when she had been critically injured in an incident with a villain, the anti-hero vigilante had become popular back then, but she disappeared without a trace, the last few images of her being her body bleeding out from fatal gunshot wounds.
But one person always remained vigilant of the media around the once infamous name; Tomura Shigaraki.
He'd watching the news like a hawk, even distracted from his continuous endeavor of killing of All Might in a future attack at U.A. His attention was stolen by the black figure who spoke a few words.
"So that kid really might be Green Esper's son, interesting," Kurogiri mumbled as he cleaned one of the various glasses at the bar.
Shigaraki scratched as his neck slightly, 'kid?' he thought. While he had always paid attention to the news around Green Esper and was curious about the acclaimed son between her and Endeavor, the actual appearance was relatively unknown besides first hand encounters saying that the boy had the near same distinct features as the retired vigilante - green eyes and dark green hair.
"Kurogiri, tell me more about this kid…" he smothered out from under the hand on his face as he scratched at his neck.
The wispy man let out a sigh, "The tripped because I accidentally spooked him, I thought he was you because he has that same nasty habit of yours; scratching at your throats! Except, he was covered in scars… Almost as worse as any other villain, he looked kinda weak, probably bullied… but he reminded me alot of Green Esper, same fire in their eyes I guess," Kurogiri spoke softly as he placed down the now clean glass.
His soft eyes glanced up at the boy, he was wondering if he should regret telling the boy that information.
"Hmmmm… Interesting, a new player has arrived onto the level~" he cackled out before spinning on the barstool.
"Tch. Man child."
Shigaraki paid him no mind, that meant that the boy that Sensei had told him to visit really was Green Esper's son! He could barely contain himself as a smile grew darkly on his face. The only 'hero' he could ever admire was her- the woman who tried to save him off those cold streets that day, the woman who inadvertently allowed Sensei to meet him.
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It was freezing cold on the streets where the small five year old sat down in the stark cold weather. He watched as numerous people passed him by without a care on their mind, leaving his troubles to a 'hero', but no one came. He felt anger and anguish fill him until a gentle voice filled his ears and greeted him with a soft smile.
He pushed back from the woman as he doubted she would actually help him, but she gave him a blanket and a cup of warm water and told him to wait there while she went to go grab something. And then… a man appeared. He remembered the man offered and all the hope that prospered in his as the man gave him the proposition, but then… that lady returned. But this time she had a mask on, that lady was a hero! But he had two? No… she wasn't a hero… she was a vigilante: she was Green Esper.
"Ah? Oh sir, are you planning on taking him home with you? Adoption is a wonderful thing but it takes too long, want me to help sneak you a legal document? No charge of course!" She smiled happily just to offer her services.
The man who he would soon know to be sensei or otherwise known as All For Once, agreed.
The woman had given him a fake birth certificate and pushed any process with legalities aside, she just looked happy that he had found a home. When she was nervous and helped them out, he noticed a little habit of hers - she liked to scratch at her neck. So Tomura did too.
He became obsessed with every little she did, he researched her powers and found out what she did to the villains who caused nothing but pain. She was such a sweet woman, but she executed those of dirty nature without a thought or grace. She majestic, she was wonderful, she was like a mother that he never had… Green Esper was the world's only true "HERO".
For a week she came to the place where sensei took him and made sure he was taken care of well, she wouldn't pry into their relationships, but would come in with a small gift for the new family of two.
"I hope you grow up to be a strong man, Tomura-kun! You remind me a little of myself, always know that there are good people in the world, only that that sometimes there are ones who obstruct the truth…" and with that it was the last he had seen of her.
Because the next time she was on the news, someone had tried to kill her.
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But now she had a son, and he truly did look just like her… And for some reason, Tomura didn't want to ever let go of the boy's face from his mind…
Izuku Todoroki… What a pretty name.
A/N:
Sorry for the shorter chapter, but I spent more of my time today being sick with a fever and finally answering some of my annoyances that have been showing up lately through the comments, apparently a lot of people are really confused about Izuku's powers, and since it's my job as an author I really do try to get things right, but when I have to mention the same fact a million timess and have some people complain about it because others need refreshers, I GET IRRITATED.
So for the convinience of anyone STILL confused about IZUKU'S QUIRK/ POWER
HERE NOW STOP BUGGING ME. I LOVE QUESTIONS BUT IF YOU DON'T BOTHER TO FIND THE ANSWERS YOURSELF FIRST THEN IDEK ANYMORE
First Mention of Izuku Reaching Human Limits of Strength:
For the next two days, Izuku did not see the scrawny older man who resembled a shrunken skeleton. He continued cleaning the trash on his own, specializing a technique he had found to be quite interesting.
The ability and talent he had to think at abnormal speeds with adroit control over his entire body led him to develop an entire ten volume set of journals on how to utilize his powers.
With enough research into the extent of the human body without a quirk, Izuku learned that the legs, were the most powerful and versatile at close ranged combat with most power, speed and proficiency, except for the fact that their larger area of inference left him much more vulnerable to his opponents, so he researched into the limits of the human strength.
And what he found astounded him. The books and news articles of the far past gave him acumen into the vast understanding of how each body part worked, and legs were amazing…
One human being was recorded to be able to impact over 1220 kilograms of force onto another human being. That strength was greater than a speeding bullet. Applying it to his own merit, Izuku trained. And while he couldn't get to 1220 kilograms of force by kicking pebbles in the air to his targets, he was able to learn something new.
By controlling his limbs in precise and in a conscientious matter, he was able to up the aptness of which force was applied, increasing the velocity of the transfer of power which allowed him to make mere pebbles into bullets using his legs. Although this way of attack was very dangerous, one wrong move or the wrong weight of pebbles, even if they were a millimeter too sharp could puncture through his own leg and possibly cripple him in the worst case scenario. Luckily his intellect and mind power made up for that, making calculation that were untimely and uncountable with precise digression from harm's way.
Maybe he didn't have a quirk, maybe he didn't have the capability of breaking human limits, but his mind was beyond the years, quirk or not he would become a hero. (Ch.11).
Hyper Sense Explanation and Izuku's Pro's and Con's:
Hyper Sense:
Power: The mental and physical ability to breach the very limits of human intelligence, strength, and prowess in exchange for glucose sugars. While seemingly like a quirk, this ability exhibits nothing of the profile of such, having no emissions, mutations nor transformative abilities, see game manual for more (Journal #1)
Pros: Advancements in every Human category, the ability to control the unconscious actions of the brain and having hypersensitive senses. Fastest comprehensive abilities and voices of reason. Unknown. Unknown.
Cons: Without sugar you will go through seizure-like convulsing pains, rapid blood loss through the nose and mouth and other orifices, and possible death. The user cannot break any sort of human ability, meaning only records of the past evolutions of humanity may be put into effect. The user, if too hesitant can fall victim to their own thoughts and voices, developing into a similar case to Mania. Unknown. Unknown. Unknown. (Ch.14)
Mention of Izuku's Physique
But it seemed as if Kacchan had failed to notice his muscle mass and growth in health. Izuku wasn't frail, yes he had a sugar condition, but otherwise his body was healthier than most. (Ch.17)
One Moment of Izuku thinking of combining his abilities:
Could he possibly use his physical prowess combined with his strategy to turn a mere pencil into the sharpest of daggers? The thought was an intriguing theory that he had focused for the past hour on. Using the very mechanical pencil he was theorizing about, his note book was full of pages of notes on the physical dynamics of what a pencil was.
There were chemical formulas for compounds that could replace the simple graphite led in the case that he needed something stronger, but each of these became much more complex as the seconds ticked by. It was only when a clear and brutish voice interrupted his thoughts that Izuku looked up. (Ch.18)
Izuku Understanding a basic view of his physical limits
Taking in a breath and also a piece of candy under his tongue, he quickly analyzed the situation, drawing conclusions that from his location it would take . He took into consideration his limits and quickly flipped through his notes to re-account his speed and agility through the markers of information and statistics throughout each page. Closing it with a quick flip of his wrist, Izuku readied himself for a long run. (Ch.19)
Teachers Speculating about Bakugou and Izuku
Footage of both Izuku and Katsuki played onto the screens.
"In first place was that crazy kid on the rooftops! Did you see how he got up there so fast? His quirk must be some type of superhuman ability or something! Thirty-eight villain points, but I didn't even see him hit them!" one teacher exclaimed as the images of Izuku rushing around on the skyscrapers would issue awe into anyone, "He got sixty points for knocking that zero-pointer down. Yeah, there have been others who've damaged that behemoth but he completely desecrated that beast! Did you see him smash into it's head like that, with a stapler! What innovation, he just makes me want to yell 'YEAH'!"
Other teachers began inputting their opinions about Bakugou, and in the background some argued about their quirks, "But you have to admit, that second place fellow is explosive! Those robots were just itching to fight him, yet he blew all of them to pieces! Seventy villain points! I don't think I've ever seen it before, it's impressive since he was quite the odd one out there, didn't get a single rescue point; what a power-house."
The questions about their quirks began to arise more frequently, while others speculated on their weaknesses.
"That kid seemed to have some type of sugar condition, did you see how the second place examinee rushed over to that quadrant?! He must have flown over here with his quirk, but it's not serious enough for us to report to the police, but he sure was fast! That must have been quite the ride for him to blast through. Wonder how he did it," the teachers each took a pause.
"Wait, did the first place kid even have a quirk? Someone check his records."
And with that, noises of surprise and yells of excitement exploded everywhere.
"This kid doesn't even have a quirk! What a little badass"
"Wait- isn't he Endeavor's son, the one everyone thinks is the love-child between him and Green Esper? I knew I saw that climbing before, their styles are similar!"
"Green Esper's kid?! No wonder he's amazing!"
"Hey don't forget Endeavor, that kid must of inherited that flame-head's ambitious nature, did you see how he jumped onto that robot?"
"There is no way he is quirkless! He must have some type of hidden quirk! Maybe the two are hiding his potential?"
"MAYBE YOU IDIOTS SHOULD STOP GOSSIPING!"(Ch.23)
Izuku's own input on his abilities
He knew that compared to other students his abilities and actions would seem off. Contrary to his mass strength and agility, Izuku's body looked thin and less muscular than he should be, though he found that prospect hilarious because he could break quirkless world records with mere ease, and because of his training, Izuku was able to surpass those limits. Build upon them until they were broken, he had made his own. (Ch.24)
Izuku's Speed issue
Even before the timer went off, his muscles were ready to run; he had told them through his brain signals to feel the adrenaline that one would feel when already running, there would be no buildup, only a smash of speed as Izuku raced forward. Some people looked at him in awe, mainly his older brother. (Ch.24)
Izuku noting that he had underestimated his abilities and Aizawa's notes.
"Izuku Todoroki, 4.15 seconds!" Izuku's head nearly snapped off as he looked at the robot, '4.15 seconds?! That's not human!'
Aizawa watched the scene with great intrigue, that type speed and momentum shouldn't be possible for the human body, and still there were no clarifications on the boy's quirk. He decided to wait more until the boy did anything troubling. He just had a gut feeling that eventually he would have to interfere… (Ch.24)
Izuku's thoughts show that he knows his quirk isn't physical and it requires the game Trade Me along with his physical manifestation of the quirk: little Izuku.
"What I know right now is that my quirk isn't physical, whatever it is, it involves a card game… Trade me. That game required memories in order to trade for quirks, and my hyper-senses aren't part of a quirk but rather some type of bodily extension… But does that mean I can lose in the future? If I play that game again can I trade this power for a quirk? No… too risky, that would also mean my intelligence would go away, and if I traded this power, would I lose the memories that it gave me? Or would my brain waves stay the same… Either way, losing this ability could harm me in some way, and those nightmare abilities… How do they work? If my quirk is all about trading, what am I trading the torment of others for? The only logical explanation I can think of is either some type of brain matter or… something much darker. Could I be trading away my own life force for the nightmares that others see? I know from general appearances that there was some type of memory swapping involved, more than even I know of… Meaning… I still have my original memories, it's only the current me cannot access them! But if that's true, then how do I have my current memories? If that's a phenomenon on its own… Ugh… this entire quirk is too confusing to understand! What if it's not a quirk, no… That younger version of me… he's some type of emission quirk that's personified himself, he's like that Tokoyami guy, he has a shadow helper thing - this kid in my head is the exact same…" (Ch.24).
Did I re-read my entire story just to get those excerpt for you? Yes, FIVE TIMES. I FOUDN ALL THEM THE FIRST TIME BUT I STILL LOOKED FOR MORE!
I love your guys' comments, and they really drive me forward, but when I see that there are comments questions points of plot that I've already establish soooooo many times, I can get really frustrated, especially if someone conintuously questions THE SAME THING.
If you are confused by anything, usually the chapter title give a hint - just reread it.