edit 21/09 don't know what i took when i wrote this, but it gets worlds better at chapter 3

anyway finally took care of some stuff like missing words capitalization and i hope the spacing is ok

A Fool is no Hero

Chapter 1: A Foolish Child

Izuku always wondered if there were some members of his family he didn't know about.

For as far as he knew his mother was an only child and his mother said that his father's brother died a long time ago. Thinking of his father made him realize that he had no idea how he looked or sound of his voice .

There was just this vague recollection of a HUGE man with a wide grin and spilling flames from his mouth. By asking his mother, he at least knew that he wasn't dead just "away for work,Izu-chan".

So yeah for Izuku his mother was always his whole family.

The greater was the shock when they suddenly got an call from his mother's father - his ojiisan!

Looking back on it he should have been warned when his Mother showed no joy at this family reunion and seemed more likely to be filled with dread.

As she told it: "My father is... rather conservative, you could say."

"Huh? I don't know what you mean Mama."

"He's very stern, he is very proud of our Name, which is why we had a big fight after he heard that I took your Father's Name."

"What was your Name Mama?!" Izuku asked, happy to learn something about his Mother he didn't know before.

Inko would rather not talk about her past, but guessed that it was an unimportant thing in the end.

"Our name was- or rather- your Grandfather's name is 'Narukami'."

"WOAAH that is such a cool name, why didn't you take it!?

That beats like every name out there! ...Except All Might's of course!" Izuku hurriedly corrects. Inko pondered what to tell Izuku so that he would understand.
"Yes our name is powerful, especially in the past, but you could say that was a problem of his own."

"Our name had a weight to it. A weight I was not ready to bear, in fact I will probably never be."Inko held up a hand."-Please wait Izuchan let me explain a bit."

"The Narukami were always respected. We weren't very rich, though that is not to say that we had no money. We were not very influential, though that doesn't mean we had no connections.

No, the foremost thing the Narukami had is respect for existing for a very long time. You could say we had a lot of clout."Inko laughed.

"I don' know what that means Mamaaa."Izuku whined.

"It means...hm...OH! Yes!You know the Hero 'Samurai'?"

"OH Yes Mama!"he gushed.

"He had his debut just last Month but he is already 54th in the polls, he is the son of 'Shogun' and 'Kitsune' and ..."

"Okok. Hahaha. Calm down Izuchan. That's what i mean with clout, even though he is very new he is already established."

"OHHH I GOT IT MAMA!"

Inko hit her most precious treasure with a smile full of love.

"I got such a smart child! I'm the luckiest mama on earth, and so sweet and cute..."

"I'm not cute Mama!"Izuku pouted."And what is with our family you were telling a story!"

Inko could not hold back her laughter."Alright,alright!Hehe. Where was I?... Right!"

Inko took a moment counting back in her head

"Your great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather (or about there) came to be very powerful and 's like whatever he touched turned to gold and his closest friends were all rather famous, but that was not did you talk about the Quirk-Outbreak in school already?"

"Only a bit Mama."the 7-year old replied.

"Well it was about 180 years ago and at the start it was rather calm. Some children were born with from present perspective rather weak Quirks.-" "So What Mama that is nothing special!"

"For us it is normal, but they were the first Quirkholders ever, well as far as they knew at least."Inko shrugged.

Izuku could not believe his ears!"What do you mean Mama?!"

"Well your ancestor was about fifty when the fights about rights for quirk holder broke out, 20 years after the first quirk-baby was born. Now you are too young for the details, but let us say that it was a very dangerous time. No matter how weak the Quirkholder of the time were, they were still stronger than a normal human, though vastly outnumbered.

For the people that meant the police (and in some cases the army) was taking care of them in the major cities and that is where most of the fights were happening.
On the other hand it meant that smaller towns and villages were not able to handle it; so the Quirkholder who we today would call Villains had free reign."

"Oh no!"

"Calm down Sweety it is now all in the past."

"What does that have to do with my great-great-great-great?Great-great?Erm..?What about him,Mama?"

"(laughs)Well our ancestor was living in just such a small town and multiple Villains actually tried to control the town over time."

"What did he do?!He was quirkless, wasn't he?"

"That is where it gets interesting. There are stories passed down in our family how our ancestor was invulnerable to fire, electricity, guns and any kind of weapon. Also, when some bladequirk actually managed to hurt him and someone with an electric quirk tried to shock him the wound closed up! And when the bladequirk next attacked he glanced off him and nothing happened."

"OHHH BUT WHA- BBUT YOU SAID HE HAD NO QUIRK!AND HOW-"

"Easy Dear."

Inko took Izuku on her lap and started stroking his hair

"There was never a clear explanation and our ancestor refused to talk about it. He always said it was no quirk and joked that he must have been touched by a goddess."

"A goddess?!"

"Yeah our ancestor was said to be strangely religious."

"Why strange?"

"There are some texts that still exist from his time that mention multiple gods and mythic creatures. It is also said that he explicitly believed in Izanagi, but also many different gods from different cultures at that."

"Dont you only pray to one god Mama?"

"Well not exactly it differs with the religion and how many gods a religion has.
The thing that makes it so strange is that he was never seen praying or giving offers, it's like he was absolutely convinced that those gods exist but at the same time did not worship them."

"Do you believe in gods,Mama?"

"(sigh)There is no easy answer, because yes and no would both be true."

"It became tradition in our family to accept all gods as 'real'- or rather the old gods. Our ancestor strangely enough refused to acknowledge the christian god, but named several angels as existing.

Once you turned 12 you were then asked to name your 'Guardian'."

"So you choose your own god?"

"Not one there were several 'Beings' that were not gods, there were even some demons, and also you were not expected to pray to them."

"Why do you take a 'Guardian' then?"

"It was kind of like a good luck charm and a wish for the future. If your 'Guardian' was fire-themed it was said you could never burn yourself, boys with warriors grew up to be strong and girls that choose a beauty goddess grew more beautiful than others."

"And what was your 'Guardian',Mama?" Izuku almost vibrated with anticipation and curiosity. His eyes were like stars.

"(embarrassed)Well I had a beauty goddess ,like most girls at that age to be honest, Ishtar to be exact.

She was a babylonian goddess of beauty and fertility but was also known as very violent and as 'Lady of Battles'."

"Mama that sounds not really like you."

"Yeah. It was a bad pick but i wanted something to give me courage and the determination to stand up for myself, it didn't really work out like that."Inko was getting melancholic.

"Mama don't say that! You are awesome and I love you!"Izuku frets hugging his Mother tight.

"Awww I love you too Sweetheart!"Hugging her child close to her chest Inko knew there was nothing more important than this.

"So Ishtar is your 'Guardian',Mama?"

"No not anymore after I met your Father I realised I wanted something different from life."

"And what's that"Izuku cocked his head to the side.

Looking deep into his eyes with all the love she has she says:"To be a mother! Your mother, Sweetheart."Inko gave Izuku a kiss on his brow.

"Mama HaHaHa!" squirming in her lap but never really pulling away Izuku gave a token of effort to get away, but not really."So what is your 'Guardian' now?"

"After realising what I really wanted from life i chose the egyptian goddess Isis who was worshipped as ideal mother and wife and whose Healing powers resurrected her husband after his death."

Izuku thinking of his missing Father turns anxious."Uh Mama, Papa is not dead is he?!" Inko couldn't hold back her laughter.

"Hahahahahahaha no Silly hahaha! I didn't mean it like that." Inko just about shook with laughter holding onto Izuku to not fall over.

"I wanted to be able to heal the wounds of my loved ones and sooth their worries, that's what i hoped at least."

"You totally do Mama! You are the absolute BEST!"

"Thanks Sweety."

"So if you don't pray to her how does she help you?"

"I hold her in my thoughts and imagine that she is there to give me strength when I need it."

"Do I also have to choose a 'Guardian, Mama?"

"You don't have to if you don't want, Dear."

"I want to Mama my 'Guardian will be the absolute best! How do I choose?" Izuku grew visibly excited again.

"We will ask your Grandfather if we may consult the old texts, I can't remember them all and I don't think you want a beauty goddess as 'Guardian'." she chuckled.

"No I don't!"Izuku stretched out his tongue.

"(laughs) Ok Sweety. Do you have anymore questions?"

Izuku took a moment to think before perking up again. "What was our ancestors name?"

"His name was Narukami Yū."

In all the excitement about this newfound ancestor Izuku completely forgot to ask about his Grandfather.