Chapter 10:

The Symbol of Peace

Summary:

A year after the fight with all for one recovery is going well Shanks gets used to only having one arm and All Might decides to pass along One for All to Izuku. Hawks trains Izuku to fight with his wings, Izuku finds out somethings his wings can do after watching Hawks.

A year ago, All Might, and Shanks brought down a terrible foe. Shanks was in recovery for about a week while his stump was healing. He spent about 2 months training and getting used to fighting with one arm. He would spar with Shota and even sometimes with Hawks. He was getting used to sword fighting with one arm and always kept his stump covered. Recovery Girl offered to make him a prosthetic, but he declined saying he is not ashamed about losing it; he lost it protecting his friend's life.

All Might spent weeks going through healing sessions with Izuku. During this time, they talked and got to know each other better. All Might remembers a conversation with the young boy that completely floored him. This boy who has spent weeks healing him knows what makes a hero better than anyone else.

****Flashback****

Two weeks after the battle All Might heads into his overnight room where he is to go through another healing session with Izuku. He enters the room with his shirt removed showing off the nasty scar on his side.

"How is it feeling today All Might?"

"Feeling better than it could have been, I can keep my form for about 6 hours now."

"That's good better than the three from last week. Are you feeling any pain or discomfort?"

"No, all thanks to you Izuku."

Izuku nods and unleashes his fire, Immediately the fire starts to go into All Might's side searching and healing any tears or stress that might have happened since their last visit. Over the last couple of weeks All Might has come to him every other day to receive healing. They usually spend this time in silence sometimes having small talk. Today was different as All Might looked like he wanted to say something.

"Why do you want to be a hero?"

"Because I made a promise to a friend when I was 4. I want to be the hero that smiles in the face of fear and have everyone know that they are safe."

"Why not be a healer instead, they save people all the time. Hell, if it wasn't for you, I may have not made it out of that last encounter."

Izuku shakes his head he is used to these questions he gets it really. Ever since he got his power people keep asking him to be a healer. He tells All Might the same think he tells every one else "If I am on the front lines and someone needs to be healed I will heal them, the best way to help people is to make sure they don't get hurt in the first place. If they send me to a hospital to heal who ever goes in more people could end up dead. If I am fighting with Kacchan against a villain I can heal people as soon as they get injured. I am learning how to use my feathers to heal from a long distance. Another reason is selfish I won't deny it but if something happened to Kacchan and I could have been there but was stuck in a hospital I could never forgive myself." He finishes with a fond smile.

All Might looks deep in thought "I see, … It does make sense"

Izuku looks down twisting his fingers "Before I received my powers, I still wanted to be hero and protect Kacchan, I wasn't supposed to get my powers the doctors said I was quirkless. You know Shanks situation but what no one told you was, that day I found them I found a fruit and ate it. The fruit gave me these powers and all I could think of when healing the strangers was with this power, I can be someone useful for Kacchan, that I could help Kacchan become the number one hero. I wouldn't break my promise to Kacchan. Our dream changed that day we are going to be the best hero team this world has ever seen. I want to save everyone. How could I do that if I am trapped at a hospital healing minor cuts and bruises?" He looks down when All Might doesn't say anything he continues "I know I am being selfish but the way I see it is the less people that need to go to the hospital because of me and Kacchan the better. That means the healers are free to heal those minor cuts and bruises. I will be the hero that everyone sees and knows that they will be safe, they will make it home to their families." He finishes eyes filled with determination.

All Might soaks in this information for a nine-year-old to have that much conviction and determination to be a hero is astounding. He has heard plenty of young boys declare they would be a hero, but he has never heard someone say it with so much conviction, determination, and honesty that it almost seems like he is speaking the heavens will. Most people, when asked why they want to be a hero have some generic reasons for it like; its cool, for the fame, the money ETC. He has never heard anyone especially a 9-year-old say that they want to be a hero to save everyone.

**** Flashback End ****

It has been a year since that conversation, and All Might has thought about his decisions to pass along he quirk to Izuku. He wont force it on him, but he can see the heroic nature of the boy. He is always there ready to help someone in need without thinking about it. With this thought in mind he heads to the Midoriya House to speak with the young man.

Arriving at the house he knocks on the door, Inko opens the door and gasps in shock seeing All Might in his Muscle form "I AM HERE TO SPEAK WITH IZUKU" he states striking a pose. This action seems to break Inko out of her shock she nods and gestures for him to come inside. All Might releases his muscle form and follows Inko inside.

"Izuku, someone is here to talk to you." She calls out to Izuku. Izuku coming out of his room sees All Might in his true form and thinks the worst, already fire is restlessly forming and dancing along his skin. He makes his way to All Might questions flying out of his mouth at an incredible speed. "All Might what happened? What are your injuries? How is your stomach? Are you in pain?" All Might smiles and then laughs "No Izuku this is not a healing visit this is a personal visit."

Izuku relaxes and the fire recedes "Oh ok, what's up?" he asks and leads the man to the living room to talk.

All Might studies the boy and decides he just going to ask. "Izuku, If I could give you a power that could make sure you stay on the frontlines with Kacchan would you take it."

"You don't mean? Really? All Might do you know what you're asking me. What about being the symbol of peace?" Izuku frantically tries to make sure he heard this right. Katsuki hearing Izuku shouting comes out of the room. He notices the boy sitting with All Might and wonders what's going on.

Katsuki sits next to Izuku and raises an eyebrow. All Might sighs "Izuku the world will still have it's symbol of peace but there will be a time where I would need to pass on my powers. I ask you because out of everyone I have met you have shown what it really means to be a hero. With this power even if you use your healing in public not even the Hero Association could confine you to the hospital. You once told me you want to save everyone. Has this changed?"

Izuku looks toward Katsuki and the All Might "No it hasn't changed I will save everyone."

All Might is proud to see that the conviction and determination has not diminished in fact it seems to be growing. "So, will you take it?"

Izuku doesn't hesitate "Yes I will inherit your powers All Might."

All Might smiles and pulls a strand of hair from his head "The eat this" Izuku and Katsuki look a little freaked out. All might quickly explain himself "My quirk is transferred through DNA, unless you want some of my blood. This is the only way I could think of to transfer it." Understanding passes the boys faces and Izuku reaches for the hair, he looks at it closes his eyes and puts it into his mouth and swallows it with a grimace. He opens his mouth and shows that it is gone. He has inherited One for All.

"Good, it probably won't take too long before it fuses with your fire, I will start training you on it when starts appearing. You body should be strong enough to wield it at about 10 percent" Izuku nods.

An hour later he feels a surge of energy course through him. Luckily All Might is still there deciding that he was going to still around for dinner. Izuku fidgeting trying to expel the energy turns to all might "I think I am able to use it. I feel like I have too much energy." All Might nods and asks him and Katsuki to follow him. He leads them outside "Lets head to the beach and we will see how it manifests with your power. I am curious because this is the first time OFA will merge with a non-quirk power."

The boys and All Might head to the beach "ok we are going to activate it here that way nothing gets damaged." The boys nod.

"How do I activate it?"

"Squeeze your buttocks and yell this inside your heart" All Might pauses for effect "SMASH"

Does as asked and imitates All Might's form. He can feel all the power rush to his arm, and he unleashes a punch at full power. The bones in his arm break and heal immediately, the pain is excruciating all at once and he collapses to his knees while holding his arm. Katsuki runs up to him "Hey nerd! Are you ok?" Izuku fights to regain his breath and nods the fire healed him as his bones were breaking.

"I need to figure out how to do that with out breaking my arm. If I didn't have the healing power I have I would be seriously damaged. Maybe OFA isn't meant to work like this for me. I will need to ask All Might for some information on the previous users." Izuku already analyzing his new quirk starts mumbling. Katsuki smile and gives him a firm chop to the top of hit head.

Izuku smiles sheepishly and rubs the back of his head "Thank you Kacchan" Katsuki huffs and looks away. "All Might what can you tell me about the previous users of OFA how they used it."

"Nothing is really known about how they used it though for what is know most used it to amplify their own quirks OFA is a stockpiling quirk it gives a massive power boost in strength, agility, durability and speed. My predecessor once told me it improved her quirk, she had float it allowed her to levitate. OFA increased the speed she could move at and her strength. When she passed OFA to me I was quirkless, it was more common back then. All I could really use were the physical aspects of it."

Katsuki is deep in thought he says out loud "I wonder what would happen if you didn't focus it all into your arms. Like your fire most of the time it is spread throughout your body. Maybe try something like that." He suggests.

Izuku nods and concentrates on a small amount of power in him. There are redlines crisscrossing all over his body his green fire comes forth as well surrounding him like a protective blanket. He decides that he can handle the amount approximately 5% he goes for another punch toward the wall he is facing. He lets it go surprisingly there is not pain with this move. There is a crater about 10ft wide around his fist he looks at it in shock. Along the cracks formed green fire comes out as the flames die plants and flowers are left in their wake. 'I wonder what else I will be able to do with this it looks like my flames can bring life to whatever they touch, I will have to practice more before I use this against people.'

Izuku satisfied with the result, starts shifting into his wolf form. The first this his audience notice is the wolf is even more massive then before. Where he used to be the size of a car, he is now the size of a semitruck with trailer. The second thing they notice is the green flames now brighter also have a distinct blackish glow around them. The third this they notice is the lines that were red on his body are now a blackish-green color. The fourth thing the notice is the plant life blooming around him. The final thing they notice is the number of tails he now has; when he healed All Might and Shanks a year ago, he had 3 tails swaying behind him he now has 5 tails lazily swaying behind him. As much as Izuku wants to run around in this form and try some moves; he won't without Shanks there to make sure he stays in control.

He releases the form and OFA and turns to the flabbergasted looks of his audience "what"

"You look so cool, I'm kinda jealous, I guess this mean I need to get stronger too." Katsuki says with a smirk.

"I've never seen OFA react like that. We will train every other day. Since I know you train with Hawks as well."

"Oh yea, I need to meet Hawks at the guy today, Kacchan are you coming for training?"

Katsuki nods they still have to work on their combo moves, they walk with All Might back to the house and grab their gym bags. All Might stops them at the door, "it is important you do not tell anyone about OFA"

"We promise" Izuku said as Katsuki nods.

They head to Shanks training facility to meet up with Hawks. On the way Izuku things back to the training he has had with Hawk over the last year. He can now fly in his human form his wolf form is a little harder, but he has managed to glide and hover with his wings. He uses his wings as shields during spars, or to hide his moves. Right now, he is working on trying to detach his feathers as projectiles to deliver healing at a greater distance. He also learned that he can apply a numbing agent to his wings like an anesthetic he can use this to help other heroes that do not have life threatening injuries stay in the fight longer; or help civilians escape when they minor injuries. He is also trying to find a way to make his feathers more combat ready. Like how Hawks uses his feathers as projectiles. Maybe if he can change the properties of the fire to damage instead of healing; but he has no one to test this on. Katsuki offered once saying "to test your nerdy idea on me, you can just heal the damage after" but Izuku couldn't possibly hurt his soulmate on purpose.

They reach the training area and see Hawks standing there. "Hello Hawks, sorry we are late I got held up with All Might"

"Don't worry about it I just got here myself" Hawks states waving the apology off. "Are you ready to try your new move?"

"I have the theory down, but I do not know how to try it"

"What's your theory maybe I can help you?"

"I want to find a way to change the properties of my fire to damage instead of heal. I mean fire can burn so I want to find out if I can change my fire to burn and heal if I want it to. I also want to know if I can possibly add a paralytic agent to my feathers."

"Well your feathers usually heal and can work as a anesthetic, maybe if you base the change for medicinal purposes like making a super strength muscle relaxer it should work. As for changing the fire so it burns maybe it is mental, like moving your wings. Maybe you can control the intensity of your fire so it burns instead."

"I can certainly try, I know a couple of medicinal paralytic agents I would like to try but if I don't practice on a living person I wont know if it worked."

"I see, the try it on me, and before you breakdown on the morals of hurting another hero just think of it like this 'how are you going to know it works when you need it in combat if you do not test it now'. You are also a healer you could reverse the effects. It is better to know it works then need it in battle and not having it work."

"I guess you are right, I want to shoot my feathers like you do to be able to hit from a safer distance."

"I control my feathers telepathically; your feathers are made by your fire, right?"

"Yes."

"You could possibly control your feather the same way. Instead of trying to control the entire wing try focusing on a few feathers and move them."

Izuku move away from the pair to give him some room to unfurl his wings, he narrows down his focus to only a few feathers and pulls. The feathers detach easily and in his mind's eye he focuses on the training dummy across the room. He does a pushing motion with his hand and his feathers follow the line his hand made. After a few seconds his feather hit their mark. The training dummy gets set on fire for a few seconds, but it doesn't burn. He tries this move again this time willing his feathers to burn. Everything goes the same except now his fire is black. He pictures the same training dummy and allows his feathers to hit it. For a few seconds nothing happens, then the training dummy sets ablaze. When the fire dies down the training dummy has significant burns on it. He inspects the damage with shock, he didn't want that much damage just some burns how he is glad he didn't try this in a spar. He will work on the intensity of the flames.

"That seemed to do more damage then we thought."

"Nice going Nerd!" Katsuki shouts in shock, but he has a proud grin on his face.

"I need to practice it more, but for now I wanna try the paralytic agent. I have read about some different ones I think pancuronium would do what I need it to. It is an extremely strong muscle relaxant that does not affect the respiratory functions. For the antidote we will use edrophonium and atropine. This is the most common antidote most hospitals use I can make both of these with my feathers since they have medicinal properties."

"Ok let's give it a shot. Hit me with one feather of the paralytic"

Izuku removes a feather and changes the properties of the flame he shoots it at Hawks aiming for a non-vital area. The feather hit him in the leg. For a minute nothing happens then like a puppet with his strings cut Hawks collapses on his side. Izuku knowing how disorientating being paralyzed can be quickly asks his question while getting the antidote ready. "Try moving" he searches for any sign of muscle twitches. When he sees none he quickly hits Hawks with the antidote. Giving a few minutes he can see Hawks muscles start to twitch. Katsuki and Izuku help him up.

"Could you breathe while under the effects" he gets a nod.

"Can you describe the sensations you went through"

"At first nothing happened, then all of a sudden it was like complete muscle failure. I tried to move my feathers because I could control telepathically but I couldn't. This is impressive you could stop villains in their tracks with this. I could breathe and feel everything I did not feel like I was going to die just helpless."

"Ok that is what I was going for. I do not want to use more than one feather worth because overdosing could result in respiratory failure. But for most villains this should be enough."

"I wanted to try something with your feathers Izuku."

"What is it, Kacchan?"

"I want to know if they will disintegrate if they come in contact with my explosions. I am thinking if you were launching a feather and it can be seen then the enemy can dodge or cut it out of the air but if they stay intact my explosions could provide cover for your feathers."

"Kacchan that is genius ok we will use the training dummy I will launch my feather and then you explode from behind them."

"Sound good let's do this"

Izuku launches his feathers and Watches as Katsuki explodes behind them. He cannot see the feathers but once the smoke clears from the explosion his feathers are still intact. "We could take out so many villains like this" Izuku exclaims.

"Hell yeah, we are gonna be the best." Katsuki states like it is a fact.

Hawks smiles 'these two are incredible' he thinks. He looks at the watch and notices he has about an hour left before he is supposed to go out on patrol. He bids the boys a good night and catch you later as he leaves the building.

Two weeks later, we find the boys training again with Shanks and All Might. They are playing capture the flag this time though it is 4 against 2. Ace, Luffy, Izuku and Katsuki against Shanks and All Might. The two adults are limited in their power against the boys they are restricted to natural strength and speed. They give the boys a few moments hide their flags and come up with a strategy.

The boys come up with a simple but effective strategy. Izuku goes full wolf using his wings to protect the other boys on his back with the flag. Izuku runs straight for the other teams' flag. Since Shanks can not use conquerors there is nothing, he can do to stop them. Izuku jumps in the air using the sun to block out their next move. Luffy uses this to stretch his arm out and snatch the flag with a massive grin.

Izuku and Katsuki laugh at the shocked faces of the adults. For winning the adults promised to treat them to their favorite foods for dinner. Izuku cheers as Katsuki lets him get Katsudon.

****Time skip to the start of middle school****

The boys start middle school today, since the boys have been in school they have always been in the same classes. They have always been at the stop of class in both academics and physical education. Luffy and Ace struggled in academics at first since they survived mostly on instincts before that got here. Katsuki and Izuku took to tutoring the other two boys and doing homework together. They were all strong and smart, so their teachers always kept them together. It appears that the boys will still be in the same classes.

Since Ace combusted on that boy several years ago for bullying the youngest of their group no one has tried to bully the boy since. Once a kid called Izuku a freak and Katsuki heard, well let's just say it didn't end up very well for the other kid. Ace and Katsuki constantly need to watch Izuku; there's a quirkless kid that has been in their class since day one. Izuku has caught this boy being bullied multiple times, he even steps in and makes himself the target. He takes all their hits and heals them while subtly healing the boy as well.

They walk into Aldera Junior High, Izuku's sensitive hearing picks up sounds of distress coming from the stairwell. He stops and ears perk up before the other boys can ask what is going on Izuku sprints toward the stairwell to follow the distressed sound. The sound leads him up to the roof and he hears a scream.

"AHHHHH Please don't I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you." Shouts a distressed boy.

"This would have been solved peacefully if you just kissed my feet in front of the other students" The bully taunts.

Izuku hearing enough burst out onto the roof and notices the bully holding his victim against the railing poised to push him off. He unfurls his wings and jumps as soon as the bully lets go. The victim loses his balance and starts to fall crying and screaming for forgiveness. Izuku catches the boy about halfway down the building. He gently flies up and lands on the roof. He crouches in front of the boy and whispers do not move. He can tell the boys injured probably from being beat up before the bully tried to push him off the roof.

"You know its against the law to murder someone." Izuku states anger rolling off him in waves.

"Yea, what are you gonna do about it?"

Discretely Izuku sends a quick on the roof help text to Katsuki and Ace. He thinks of a plan he knows he can take this guy down, but it is against the law to use your quirk unless in self-defense or if you have a hero license. Though technically he would be using his quirk to protect someone but only if the bully makes another move. As it stands right now the other boy is safe. He sees the tell tail sign of the bully's fingers twitch before he sees his fingers morph into a whip like form. The bully aims his whips at Izuku's throat; too bad for the bully Izuku is faster he releases a small tranquilizer feather and shoots it to the boys neck. In second the bully starts falling and Izuku using the speed training races to catch the bully before he can fall off the roof.

Ace and Katsuki arrive just in time to see the finishing move and tell Izuku to explain. "I will explain later first I need to check on the other boy, and this guy needs to be restrained and taken to the teachers."

"Ok fine, we will hold him still"

"Thanks, Kacchan, Ace" Izuku makes his way to the other boy "Hi my name is Izuku, I can treat your injuries and then we can go to the nurse."

"Tenjin" the boy states "My name is Kato Tenjin. Thank you for saving me"

"You're welcome Kato. Now where are you injured."

"My ankle, my shoulder and my stomach are the worst of the pain."

Izuku nods and lights the tips of his fingers with green fire. "Can I touch you; my flames heal and will add I mild pain relief. Though it is very important you tell no one that I can heal. Please."

"Yes, I won't tell anyone thank you Izuku."

Izuku puts his lit finger on the boy's stomach first and immediately he hears a sigh of relief. After a few moments he removes his hand and replaces his hand on the boy's shoulder. He notices the tension leaving the boys frame. Last, he focuses on the twisted ankle. He heals the ankle and applies a numbing agent to the strained ligaments. When he is done the green flames return to him. "There let's got you to the nurses office so she can bandage your ankle. Your shoulder and stomach are fine though you might still have some bruising. Come see me if you have any problems before tomorrow. I will meet you here tomorrow before school starts to check up on you."

"You really don't have to; you have already done so much for me."

"That's what friends do right, they help each other." Izuku states with a wide grin. Katsuki and Ace smile knowingly, they knew Izuku would befriend the other boy immediately. Kato stares at Izuku wide eyed in shock. "Friends? You really think so?" tears stinging his eyes.

Izuku frowns as tears prickle the other boys' eyes there is something, he can't place possibly disbelief or maybe hope or some combination of the two. He schools his emotions in and reintroduces himself "Hi I am Midoriya Izuku, my QRF states I have a transformation type quirk, I can turn into a wolf. I'll show you it sometime. Behind me the angry looking blonde is Katsuki and the raven is Ace. Katsuki explodes and Ace combusts but their fire isn't as cool as mine" He finishes with a big grin.

Kato looks wide eyed still but the tension in his form is fading. He gathers a couple of moments to soak in the situation. When he is ready, he calmly says "I've never had friends before, so I am quite new at this, see everyone thinks I'm quirkless, I don't know if I have a quirk, but I just know stuff like weaknesses. It doesn't work on people, but I can look at a piece of machinery and find its weak points. I like to fix things and make things that make heroes lives better. I watch some of the heroes and see where their costumes are not as effective as they could be."

Izuku's eyes light up "Come with us after school, you can look at my blueprints and notes if you want. Oh, and I can show you Fuji. It is nice to meet another analytical eye…" he breaks into an excited mumbling rant. Kato looks frightened Ace and Katsuki each grab a shoulder Katsuki smirks "Now you've done it." Ace follows up with "He will not take no for an answer. That's it your stuck with us."

"Ummm ok." He looks dejected. Izuku breaks out of his mutterings and looks a Kato.

"Come on we are gonna be late, plus you left Luffy alone" Izuku gives Ace and Katsuki a disapproving glare.

"And who's fault was that! NERD!" Katsuki shouts while stalking up to Izuku and hitting him on top of the head.

"Owwww Kacchan, so mean" Izuku whines, then gets up like nothing happened "before we go pointing fingers at who's at fault for leaving Luffy alone we gotta take this guy down to the teachers for reprimand."

"I'm gonna kick your ass later Nerd!"

Izuku laughs bright and big "Of course, Kacchan"

Katsuki and Ace grab hold of the bully while Izuku helps Kato stand. "Alright let's go". They head to the office and explained what had happened on the roof. Ace and Katsuki were there as witnesses on who used their quirks first. The bully got suspended for a week with threats of expulsion if the behavior happens again. The boys walked out "What teacher do you have Kato?"

"Mizuki-sensei. You guys?"

"Same shall we head over and find Luffy"

"Yea come on. Where did you guys leave him?" Izuku questions with fake innocence.

"We told him to stay at the entrance so he should still be there." Ace states while his eyebrow is twitching. As funny as it would be to see Ace burst into flames, he doesn't want to get Ace in trouble for quirk use. He'll just bother him later during training. They head to the entrance to meet up with Luffy.

"Oi Luffy come on we are gonna be late." Izuku shouts over the crowd.

Luffy perks his head up and starts moving through the crowd. "Let's go"

A few minutes they reach their class. Luckily, they are the only ones in there they find a table near the window and sit in a group. Izuku introduces Kato to Luffy he tells him Luffy is a lot like himself very friendly and he doesn't care if someone has a power or not as long as they are a good person, he will befriend anyone. There conversations are interrupted by a group of kids coming into the class. They look at Kato viciously they probably all went to the same elementary school.

One of the females approached the group "What is Kato doing here pretending he has friends"

Izuku's face darkens and it is getting hard to control the flames under his skin. "What did you say about my friend?" he speaks with a quiet rage. Katsuki places his hand on Izuku's shoulder to calm him.

"Aww Tenko can you believe Kato managed to trick these kids into thinking he is worth being a friend to." She laughs. At this point even Katsuki is having trouble holding Izuku back. He looks for help at Ace, but he sees the older boy holding down Luffy.

"Kacchan let me go, I'm fine." Izuku states coldly.

"No, you're not Nerd."

"Aww are you two fags or something those are cute pet names you have for each other?" Tenko sneers while the rest are laughing. Katsuki doesn't bother holding Izuku back he just smirks "Of course, Nerd" while letting go. Izuku's eye's hidden by his eyes lets out a cold wave of fury as he snarls protectively. He has positioned himself in front of Kato his fangs elongate, and his eyes start glowing an eerie green the fire along his wings dance unsettling and restlessly just waiting for a command to lash out. He growls out "Kato is my friend if you have a problem with that, I will tear you apart"

The group back up scared Izuku picks up whispers of monster and freak but right now it doesn't bother him. Not when he became a monster to protect his friend. Katsuki also hears this and beckons Izuku to sit next to him. He places his hand behind Izuku and slowly rubs the soul-mark. They both know it is the only comfort Katsuki can give right now. "Kato we are your friends, you didn't trick us. We do not care what people think of you, or that you are quirkless. Do you understand me I won't let them decide who I can be friends with?" Izuku states loud enough for the other students to hear.

Kato looks down at his lap and nods with a quiet thank you falling from his lips possibly still in shock Katsuki decides. Katsuki supposes he can't really be surprised Izuku makes an intimidating presence when angry enough. His wolfish instincts won't allow anyone to talk down to the people he has claimed. Katsuki smirks it looks like whether Kato likes it or not he has been 'claimed' by Izuku. Ace speaks up softly "Sorry about that we are a very protective group, Izuku more so then the rest of us." Kato nods not really knowing what to say but no less thankful for it.

The teacher strolls in and settles the different conversations going around. He doesn't look up or address the class he just walks to the front board and write his name. He turns around and picks up a book from the pile. "Open your text to lesson 1" then begins the lesson. The rest of the day drones on like this. After what seems like an eternity they get to go to lunch. They get their lunches and make their way to the roof where Izuku met Kato this morning.

"Are you still coming over tonight?"

"Um yea I guess"

"I am really sorry I scared you. My quirk turns me into a Spirit Wolf named Fuji due to that I have very strong wolf instincts. I have a habit of losing my cool when people talk bad about people I care about. I didn't mean to scare you." Izuku states honestly feeling he needed to give the other boy an explanation. After he calmed down, he realized what a terrifying image he made. He felt bad because it was a lot to put on someone and he probably scared the other boy.

"Why do you care? You only met me this morning. No one cares about me, no one ever cared about me. Why do you?!" Kato is confused he doesn't know how to process this. He feels warm, excited and hopeful for the first time since his quirk didn't manifest.

"I thought I already made that clear Kato. Your My Friend. I don't need another reason to want to help. Just like I didn't need another reason to catch you earlier. I did it because it was never a choice not to!" Izuku shouts back. The other boys are confused it feels like they missed something.

"I didn't ask you to save me then, in fact it probably would have been better if you didn't" Kato didn't get a chance to finish his statement he felt pain blossoming his cheek and turned wide eyes to the furious, tear eyed, boy in front of him.

"Don't" Izuku starts quietly "Don't ever think it is ok to let yourself be killed like that. I don't care if you never asked I would do it over and over again even if you hated me."

"Wait hold up what is this about dying" Ace asks, Katsuki look just as confused.

"The guy, from earlier pushed him off the roof, I dove to save him before he hit the ground and landed back up here on the roof and texted you."

Kato looks down ashamed as realization erupts on the other boys' faces Luffy speaks up "Why are you so scared to accept our friendship?"

"Because I had a friend once, he said he didn't care if I was quirkless over time everything was great we were best friends but he changed he started using me to do his homework, be a punching bag for him for training. He turned into my biggest bully."

"Then allow me to show you what real friends are. If you want to nerd out with me great if you do that's ok too. If you want to train with us that's great, if you don't want to train that's fine too. We go to the Red Force training facility our adopted dad owns it and trains us there. Other heroes show up too like Hawks and erasure head. We do homework together before dinner. Sometimes we hang out at Dagobah Beach and practice there. We can even nerd out together watching heroes' videos. Please just give us a chance, I won't make you do anything you don't want to do."

"He means it just hang out with us for the rest of the week if you don't like how we treat you then we won't bother you anymore" Luffy states.

Kato nods "That all sounds fun, fine I'll give it a shot"

"Don't let this brute intimidate you, he is only nice to his Nerd." Ace quips in with a blow to Katsuki.

"What did you say Matchstick?! You wanna go?! I'll kick your ass!" Katsuki rages explosions popping from his palms.

"I didn't say anything that was true right Kacchan?" Ace smirks. He loves teasing Katsuki, its funny watching him look like an angry Pomeranian.

"I'LL KILL YOU" Katsuki literally explodes. Chasing after the flaming boy.

"Kacchan" Izuku states that one word, immediately Katsuki stop and sulks over to Izuku. Izuku beams at him. Ace and Luffy are both cackling like mad men. Katsuki pouts and blushes "They keep teasing me cause I'm soft for you."

"Kacchan" Izuku coos "They are just jealous because they don't have what we have"

"Ummm I'm lost. Why do they tease you? Why are you 'soft' for Izuku?"

"We are soul-mates have known since we were five." Izuku explains

"Really most people wait until they are adults before they ever find their soulmates" Kato states like it is fact.

"Really we discovered it the day I received my power."

"Lucky"

The lunch bell rings, and they head to their class. The same group of kids that were bothering them this morning looked like they wanted trouble again; but an inhuman growl from Izuku and an exploding glare from Katsuki gave them the reminder of 'DO NOT FUCK WITH US' they seemed to have forgotten since this morning. They finish off the rest of the day and meet outside school grounds to walk home together.

"I already texted mom that we have a friend coming over, she said that cool; she wants to know if you want to stay for dinner."

"Um sure, I don't have to be home anytime soon. I already texted my mom that I has staying after school."

"Ok cool, it is not too far down the road from the school" Kato nods.

A few more minutes and they reach the massive complex of the Midoriya Household. Greetings and introductions are held, and backpacks are placed in the closet by the door. "Come on I'll give you the tour." He shows the boy the layout where the bathroom is the other rooms in the house then finally stops at a door "This is Luffy and Ace's room the right next to it is mine and Kacchan's room."

"You all live together?"

"Ace and Luffy are brothers. Katsuki has lived here since we were 7, And Inko is my mom that thinks she has adopted everyone in the house. She knows Kacchan and I are soulmates, but she says that doesn't matter. She says "Katsuki can be a son to me and still not be your brother". Shanks doesn't know if yet, but he is our father figure. All of our dads are dead or abandoned us."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that Izuku."

"Don't worry about it, my dad left when my quirk failed to come in."

"But you have a quirk"

"Yea I was a late bloomer it didn't come in on my fourth birthday. It came in when I was closer to 5"

"Ahh I didn't know quirks did that"

"Yea neither did my mom, she was so shocked when I transformed the first time."

"Well can you blame her Nerd; she has a telekinetic quirk and your dad is a fire breather. How was she supposed to know that you would turn into a wolf?" Katsuki states sarcastically.

"Kacchan" Izuku whines. "OH, do you want to see my analysis notebooks?" Izuku smiles wide.

"Um sure."

Izuku beams and grabs a few notebooks they are the newest ones he made up for the boys and himself. He opens up Katsuki's book first; it is detailed with weaknesses of his quirk like if it is too cold it takes longer to ignite his hands. The longer he fights the more sweat that builds up. There is even a hero costume drawn out to support his quirk.

Kato studies it "This is impressive, Izuku. Mine are not this good."

"I've been with Kacchan since his quirk manifested so I know a lot about it. But thank you I have others of people I have studied like Hawks; I even have one on All Might. I think his quirk is super strength."

"Izuku stop nerding so hard, you are gonna fry his brain with how fast you are muttering"

"Ahhhh Kato I'm sorry" Izuku panics.

"Boys its time for diner" Inko shouts down the hall.

The boys get up and move to the kitchen. Kato meets Shanks, Izuku starts talking about his training with hawks. Shanks notices that Kato looks intrigued but scared. "Hey kid? What's your quirk?" The table goes silent Shanks can hear Izuku growling 'touchy subject huh'.

"I don't have one" Kato states almost ashamed.

"So, that doesn't mean you too can not be strong. My mentor taught me the true strength comes from your will."

"What do you mean. People here judge strength and character but your quirk."

"Maybe, but we are different. There is more to a person strength than a quirk. I will prove this to you. The boys have training tomorrow and I will show you what it means to be strong without quirks."

Kato looks at the other boys they see a fondness in their eyes that he has never seen before. The boys knew that once Shanks met Kato there was no escaping him getting stronger. Well Shanks wont force training on anyone but Kato will see that meeting these four boys was the best thing that could happen to him. For the first time since he was 4 he truly believed he to could be strong.

"Could you make me as strong as All Might"

"In terms of raw strength, no I don't think anyone can be as strong as All Might." Shanks said simply. Kato looks down dejectedly. Shanks continues "I never said you could be as strong as All Might most of that will depend on you. I can't make you anything but what you are. All I can do is give you the tools to build your own strength."

Kato looks deep in thought 'so I can be strong like All Might, I guess it depends on how hard I want to fight for it'

So, for the next week the boys plus Kato would study after school, train with Shanks, have dinner with Inko, and while walking Kato back to his place Izuku and Kato were always in deep conversation about one nerdy thing or another.

Its Friday at lunch the boys and Kato are heading to the roof for lunch as they usually did. Izuku is excited this is the day Kato agreed to tell them if he accepted their friendship. Luffy was excited too he loved making new friends. Ace and Katsuki were just waiting to see how this turned out. Izuku and Luffy are smart but they often let their emotions get in the way of logic it probably did even cross their minds that Kato would not want to be their friend.

Kato looks down at his food, he is worried that they have only been pretending to be friendly with him. On one hand, he feels that as soon as he agrees they would start making him do things. On the other hand, he has seen the bantering and comradery between the group he doesn't want to give this up. He also feels if he doesn't agree to be friends with the group that he won't be able to train with Shanks. He also doesn't want them to feel like he is using them. He is so lost in thought he doesn't notice the looks he is getting.

"You know nothing has to change right?" Izuku's voice breaks into his thoughts.

"Huh?" Kato's confusion thick in his voice.

"Whether you hang out with us or not, nothing has to change if you want to train with Shanks that's fine even if it is not with us." Izuku continues.

"Oh, just give in already, I'm an asshole that's never going to change, the Nerd will always be a Nerd, Luffy will always be the rubber brained idiot of the group. And Ace is a dick. We aren't pretending and we won't be something we are not." Katsuki helpfully supplies.

"Speak for yourself mister king explosion murder"

"What did you say Matchstick!?"

Their banter is broken by a laugh "Oh man I can't believe I thought you were pretending. I like hanging out with you all, so you win we are friends now." Kato laughs and tries to say in between. This stops the fighting and the boys are all laughing. So, over the next couple of years they study together, train together, eat lunch together, talk about going to U.A. together, and just hang out together. They help Kato with his inventions and give him ideas for getting into the support course.