"Sorry kid, but it's not going to happen." A balding Doctor with a bushy mustache told the green headed mother and son duo in front of him.
"Is there really something wrong with my Izuku?" The green headed mother asked.
"As you now mam ever since the discovery of quirks they have been extensively researched. What they found was that with emitter or transformation quirks they all had their toe joint removed in their pinky toes. You can see on the X-ray that your son here has that second joint meaning he won't develop an emitter or transformation quirk and you said that you had no mutants in the family so it is highly unlikely for your son to develop a quirk." The Doctor said in a board tone.
"D-D-Does this m-mean I-I can't be-be a hero?" The young boy with wild untamed green hair asked in a brittle voice as tears began to swell in his innocently wide emerald eyes.
"Cmon Izuku lets go." Izuku's mother said leading him out of the doctors office and back to her car.
"Well this throws a wrench into things." Inko thinks as she starts driving away, "at least we learned now. We're still young enough to try again." Inko continues to think as she gets onto the highway.
"Mommy w-where are w-we going?" Izuku asked rubbing away the tears from his freckled cheeks
"Oh don't worry sweetie mommy just needs to grab something. Why don't you just rest for a bit, I'll wake you when we get home okay?" his mother said in a sweet motherly voice.
"Okay mommy." Izuku said closing his eyes, hoping that this was all a bad dream and that his birthday didn't turn out like this.
Izuku woke to the shivering air blowing through his hair. Fluttering his eyes open he sees his mom is carrying him, hopefully to bed. "I love you mommy" Izuku whispered as he drifted back off to sleep.
"I don't love you." she whispered back as she set Izuku down in the middle of the forest.
With a start Izuku woke as something wet hit his face, "M-Mommy!?" Izuku called out frightened by the dark forest surrounding him. All he received was a small little pitter patter that steadily grew louder till it was a full downpour of rain being released.
Izuku rose to his feet as fast as he could to try and find somewhere safe from the falling rain. Running away from the rain Izuku kept his eyes peeled for some sort of protection. After running for what felt like forever Izuku found a shallow rocky outcropping giving some protection to the elements. Arriving Izuku fell down as his legs were not used to running for so long especially with the added weight of his soaking wet clothes.
While laying on the cold dry ground Izuku heard an unexpected sound ping. Looking up Izuku could only stare wide-eyed as a message box like those from the old games him and his dad used to play popped into existence above him.
An emergency quest has been issued. You must survive the Cave.
Completion; Survival, The Gamer, 2000xp, ?, ?, ?
Failure or Refusal; Death
(Accept) (Refuse)
Izuku just blinked after reading the screen. Having a hard time believing what it said. Not wanting to die Izuku tried to press the accept but for his hand to go right through the box. Trying a few more times Izuku was about to scream out in frustration when another Idea popped into his head. This time Izuku thought of hitting the accept button and to his delight it worked.
Once the quest was accepted there was a whooshing sound coming from the back of the outcropping. Looking at the back of the outcropping Izuku couldn't believe his eyes, a portal with a redish outline was wide open. Trying to peer through the portal was unsuccessful. Pushing down the fear and urge to run far away Izuku stepped through the portal.
Exiting out of the portal Izuku shivered as his eyes adjusted to darkness around him. From what he could tell he was in a frozen cave, from what he could see it branched off into multiple tunnels heading into unknown directions. He could hear the howling of the air flowing through the cave. Looking around Izuku decided to head towards the closest tunnel that he could see on his right. Walking down the tunnel he felt the eyes of something or someone watching him. He couldn't tell what it was for every time he looked it made sure to keep at the edges of his vision. As Izuku continued forward the feeling only grew more intense to the point he couldn't take another step.
"H-Hello any-anyone there?" Izuku called out. His response was the quiet padding of feet on the ice cold floor of the cave.
Stepping into his line of sight was a small creature just taller than him with sickly green skin and pungent yellow eyes looking down its crooked nose at him. It wore white tattered rags and had what appeared to be a thick tree branch in its hand. Looking behind it Izuku's gasped at the assortment of yellow eyes staring back. With a cry that sent fear coursing through Izuku's veins the creatures charged.
Running back the way he came Izuku did his best to keep himself to keep looking forward. It wasn't long till he was back at where he arrived in the cave, not stopping Izuku ran to the other side cave as fast as he could. It wasn't long till he saw the cave wall in front of him Izuku looked to the left and right hoping desperately for another tunnel. He could hear the monsters getting closer and closer. To the far right Izuku spotted it another opening in the wall, running towards it as fast as his little legs could carry him.
Getting to the opening Izuku ran right in not bothering to look around. It wasn't till Izuku spotted something on the floor did he stop. Laying in front of Izuku was a beast at least twice his size. Rising from its prone position it turned towards Izuku. Stalking closer to him till it was right in front of him. The beast sniffed at Izuku a few times then it licked him. Izuku could only stare at the beast in front of him till he heard the sound of the creatures that had been chasing him. Turning around towards the sound of the creators Izuku could see the glint of the yellow eyes running towards him.
Turning around again Izuku saw that the beast he met earlier was no longer alone as three others joined it. Now being able to take a good look Izuku saw that it looked like some of the wolves he saw on TV except these were much bigger, it had black fur with glistening red eyes. The other 'Wolves' also had black fur but with yellow eyes.
Izuku decided best not to get in the way, scurried over to the cave wall. The wolves started to circle the creatures from earlier as the wolf with red eyes stayed in front of the group. In the blink of an eye the wolves pounced on the group making short work of the group as they proceed to rip flesh from bone and limbs from bodies.
At some point Izuku couldn't look at the scene any more as he proceeded to empty his stomach of its contents. Looking back up as the sound of the slaughter ended. What was left of those creatures was there dismembered limbs and internals. After emptying his stomach again Izuku moved closer towards the giant wolves when the one from before stepped in front of Izuku with fresh red blood dripping off its muzzle. Once again it sniffed him then proceeded to lick him again. Izuku accepted the lick and returned it by hugging the big wolf in thanks.
Braking from the hug Izuku knew what he had to do. If there were other creatures that wanted to attack him he needed a weapon or at least a way to protect himself. So walking over on shaky legs Izuku started to siphon his way through the remains of the dead. What he found was a leather chest piece that looked his size. Securing the armor Izuku saw that the wolves were leaving towards the end of the tunnel. Not wanting to be left behind Izuku chased after them. Walking with the group of wolves Izuku found himself in an open area of the tunnel that had light pouring down from the ceiling illuminating the small open area of the ice cave. There Izuku saw two other wolves and what appeared to be a little puppy.
The puppy had red fur on its paws, ears, and tail while the rest of it was white, but what really caught Izuku's attention was the wolf's green eyes. As Izuku examined the puppy it appeared to do the same up in till it ran over and jumped up on him knocking him down. Looking down at the pup that was sitting on his chest examining him Izuku reached his hand out to the pup.
Seeing the hand come near it the pup prepared itself for an attack, seeing this Izuku stopped moving his hand. No longer feeling threatened the pup moved closer towards the appendage. Sniffing Izuku's hand for a bit the pup started to lick it while wagging its tail back and forth.
"Hmm thank you for the kiss." Izuku said to the puppy, "you know I'm going to give you a name, but what should I call you?" Izuku asked the pup that was looking down on him from its place on his chest. The pup tiltied its head in conffsusion of the boy, "I think I got one, how about Arashi?" Izuku asked, his answer was a paw to the nose, "Okay that's a no, then what about Era?" That got Izuku a lick on the nose causing him to giggle.
From the hectic events of his fourth birthday Izuku, slipped into an uneasy slumber surrounded by the pack of wolves that had protected him.
A/N: New story, I know at least some of you have read my other stories don't worry I'm still working on the new chapter. unfortunately like any author I have multiple Ideas swimming around. the new chapter for Phantom will be coming out soon.