Awoken Desire

Quirkless… powerless… weak… a stupid Deku, these are the words that Izuku has always described as by Kacchan and many other people who know his quirkless condition. Izuku's body was indeed weak, but he had an obsession with quirks, it was probably because it was something he doesn't have. He could see the potential many people's quirks; it was like a treasure hunter who knew everything about the treasure they desire, but they will never lay their hands on it.

He was smart, he read many theories of quirks, yet his 'friend' always called him stupid.

"Why am I stupid?" Izuku asked himself every day, "Is it because I don't have a quirk? Why does the lack of a quirk make me stupid?"

The teachers don't care about the bullying because Kacchan had a powerful quirk and had a bright future as a hero. While Izuku had no future, maybe he could be a scientist with his brains but no one who hire a quirkless like him. The boy was better off dead than alive, the world is not meant for the quirkless to live in. Izuku doesn't tell his mother about the bullying because it would ruin his 'friend' and his chance to be a hero.

Izuku may be a 12-year-old boy, quirkless, and useless but today was different… much different. Izuku was held down by two of Kacchan's goons, each one grabbing Izuku's arms. Kacchan smiling, "What did I say about dreaming of being a hero, you stupid Deku?"

The blonde creating a few explosions in his hand which Izuku in fear, "I'm sorry, Kacchan!"

The blonde in rage punched his face, "WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT CALLING ME THAT?!"

The blonde punched him again and again, he was doing a beat down until Izuku spit out some blood. Katsuki smiling, "Take off his shirt, I'm going to give him something to remind him of his place."

The goons started to take off his shirt which Izuku could feel something burning within himself. Izuku thinking to himself, 'What is this feeling? I… need…'

In that instant as Katsuki was about to brand Izuku chest with his quirk, Izuku got his right arm free and punched the goon holding his left arm in the face. He punched the goon's nose causing the goon to cry in pain and let go of his left arm. The goon on his right in surprise until Izuku punched his face with his left, Katsuki in shock then released an explosion to send Izuku flying back. Izuku flew about 20 feet from his original position into the creek nearby, Katsuki smirked, "Stupid Deku, you are not allowed to fight back…"

To the blonde's shock, Izuku got up and running at Katsuki like a wild dog. Katsuki could see it in his eyes, those weren't the eyes of a scared boy… those were the eyes of pure rage. Katsuki looked at his goons, "YOU DUMBASSES STOP PLAYING AROUND!"

The goon with bat like wings flew at Izuku first and tackled Izuku, the one with long fingers went after to join in. Izuku started punching and clawing the goon on top of him until the second goon kicked his head forcing the greenette to curl up into a ball to protect himself. With Katsuki joining in, the three started kicking him until they got bored. The winged goon looked at himself, "Goddammit, I'm bleeding."

Katsuki looking him in the eyes, "Get some bandages then."

The goon nodded and the three left Izuku to suffer, Izuku continuing curled up and thinking, 'What was that? That feeling is gone…'

Izuku finally getting up to see no one was around, "Kacchan is abusive as ever… if those two weren't there I could have won."

Izuku's mind was now thinking, 'That's crazy talk, he has a powerful quirk. No one would be stupid enough to think they could win.'

Izuku smiling, "I am not weak… my body is weak. I could train… get stronger. If I could get stronger and learn to fight… I could beat him."

Izuku got up while muttering, "But who can help train me… who would waste their precious time training a quirkless loser like me? I could go to a dojo… no Kacchan wouldn't give me a fair fight."

Izuku starting walking, "Why should I fight fairly… the world favors the one with quirks; the quirkless just suffer, die, or worship the ones with quirks like gods."

Izuku chuckling a bit, "There are people with quirks that are good… Mom is a good example, but I'm surrounded by quirk people who are just bad."

Izuku seeing his home from a good distance wiping the blood off his face and wearing makeup to cover his bruises, "The world has always been giving me an unfair fight… it's time I give it a taste of its own medicine."

Izuku later went to his computer to do some research for any secret fight clubs. He opened up TOR because who would look up secret fight clubs on Google. He went from chatroom to chatroom until he got locations of a few underground rings in his area. Apparently, there was one about 10 minutes from his location that he was going to visit tomorrow. Izuku at first thinking, 'This is crazy and besides tomorrow I have school!'

He got up and went to bed, but he couldn't stop thinking about the idea of beating the shit out of Kacchan. Then he thought more but why stop at Kacchan, why not the teachers who let the bullying continue, why not everyone who looked down on him for his quirklessness… no. Izuku had morals, he shouldn't hit a girl… unless he has too. Izuku whispering to himself, "If I go to school, Kacchan beats me up for sure. If I go to the fight club, I get beaten up by some stranger. What is the fucking difference?"

The next morning, he hugged his mom as she went to work, and he went to the address of the fight club. Izuku walking alley after alley, the alleys were dark and full of trash; he could smell the trash, booze, and something else that was unpleasant. Suddenly he turned to find a tall man guarding a door, "Are you lost?"

Izuku showed the address on a piece of paper, "Is this the address?"

The man looked down at the paper, "Depends on who is asking, what is a young man doing here?"

Izuku needing to make up something fast, "My dad… he is here… I need to check if he is here."

The man looked at him for a second then opened the door, "Don't cause any problems, kid."

Izuku nodded and entered through the door in a dark hallway with only neon lights guiding him. Izuku walking with fear to see what he has come across, there were cheering and shouting on the other side of the hallway. As he got continue walking, they got louder and louder until he entered a dark room with only a single light shining down on a ring. The ring had two fighters in it, one who looked like a cyclops and the other was muscular with an under bite like a bulldog.

Izuku watching the fight continue give him interest as they fought each with brute strength. Izuku bring his quirk analysis book starting to think of what possible quirks they had and writing down what they can do. As was writing at a hundred miles per hour, he felt a hand on his shoulder. The boy turned to see a man with gray hair and eyes in a purple suit who asked, "What is a kid like you doing here and what are you writing?"

Izuku trying to come up with a story, "I'm just looking for my dad and doing my homework…"

The man looked at what he was writing, "Well I know you are lying about your dad, because a real dad wouldn't let you near any of these places. Also, I don't remember there being schools that give assignment to analysis people."

Izuku sweating bullet as the man took a closer look at his notes, "Ronny's quirk 'Cyclops' does give him incredible strength and makes him stronger but his obvious weakness is his one big eye… what is this about his speed and possible clumsiness?"

Izuku explaining, "Well you see, the creatures in the legend were actually clumsy and because of their size are slow in speed and in rage don't think clearly."

The man looking at the other man, "Spike's quirk is 'Bulldog', his bite is dangerous and strong… he does have anger issues… you can tell just by watching this for a few minutes?"

Izuku nodded, "I'm… sorry…"

The man patted his head, "Nothing to be sorry about, who would win between the two?"

Izuku looked at the two, "If Spike used Ronny's strength against him and delivers a good punch to the eye then he has an absolute victory."

The man smiles, "I bet, 200 yen on Spike."

A young man took the money as the two continued watching the fight and as Izuku said, Spike took advantage of Ronny's strength and took out the eye. Ronny fell down from the punch to the eye and Spike started delivering a beat down until they announced his victory. The man got his winning, "You know kid, you aren't that bad. I might be able to help you if you help me."

Izuku shyly, "I want to learn to fight…"

The man laughing a little, "Go to a dojo or something…"

Izuku in seriousness, "They won't waste their time for a quirkless loser like me."

The man looks at him in the eyes, "You are quirkless?"

Izuku nodded preparing for him to laugh but the man smiling, "That's how you kids say it… cool. It's impressive, I thought you had some intelligence quirk but the fact that you have no quirk, but you are just smart is just impressive."

Izuku was now in shock, 'Impressive… cool…'

His mom would tell him those words but the fact a complete stranger said those words about him could make him cry right here. The man lighting up a cigarette, "Why do want to learn how to fight?"

Izuku looking down, "I get beat up at school for being quirkless, called stupid… weak… useless… a deku. This world gave me an unfair fight and I have been getting my ass kicked for everything."

He raised his head up to look him in the eyes, "I want to fight back… to give the world a taste of its own medicine, to kick the ass of everyone who beat me up, and I want to live. I want to live a happy life that the world refuses to give me."

The man smiling, "I like you kid, what's your name?"

Izuku replied, "Midoriya Izuku…"

The man shaking his finger, "No… not your real name. That's a big no no here."

Izuku then coming up with a new name, "You got any ideas?"

The man leaning back on his chair, "Your ideas are similar to an anarchist trying to destroy the status quo that has oppressed them for so long. How about Anarchist?"

Izuku chuckling, "Why not, The Anarchist?"

The man got up, "The name is Giran, I hope to see you tomorrow… Anarchist. If you work hard enough then I will add the 'The'."

Giran then proceed to walk away, "I'll find someone to teach you how to fight. But you should probably run soon."

Izuku following him, "Why?"

Then a SWAT team run through the halls, "POLICE!"

Everyone started running out, some even started fighting the police but following the police were the pro heroes. Izuku stopped for a moment, "I can watch the heroes fight the fighters or I could run…"

A fighter was then thrown at him which Izuku barely dodging the flying man, "RUNNING IT IS!"

Izuku started running for life like his life depended on it, running through the halls. Going left, then right, and taking stairs until he got out in the daylight, but he continued running. He didn't want to get in trouble, what would his mom react to him being found at an underground fighting ring? Will she ask herself where did she go wrong with raising him? What is going on in school that makes her child go to dark places like this? He was thinking too fast, jumping to conclusions, and needed a place to calm down.

He then stopped running when he arrives at the place that Kacchan usually beats him up at. Ironically, this was the place that him and Katsuki would wonder around at. The creek he fell into yesterday, was the creek Katsuki fell into one-time which Izuku came down to check on him and help him up. But that was a time where they were actually friends… before the true about his quirklessness was revealed. He stopped to catch his breath, 'Oh god, that was close!'

Then he looked around to see the spot he got beaten up at yesterday, the day before, and the day before that. He could see traces of his blood and came to realize, "I can no longer stand it. I am not a punching bag! I AM A HUMAN BEING!"

He begins shouting, "I AM IZUKU MIDORIYA! I WILL NO LONGER TAKE YOUR BEATING KATSUKI! I WILL NO LONGER BE SUBMISSIVE! I WILL SHOW YOU!"

Izuku gaining this new feeling… that feeling of revolution, a feeling of change, it felt good. Like all ideals, they need muscle to back it up, "Only the strong can be heard in this world. I will become strong… I will give it strength to end this inequality."

Izuku smiling, "I guess I am an anarchist… I am Izuku Motherfucking Midoriya, The Anarchist. I want to be a hero, but not the ones Katsuki is going to be, no no."

Izuku pulled out his notebooks, "I want to be someone who can inspire, someone who isn't afraid, someone who will fight back no matter what."

Izuku started writing in his notebook, "What are my strengths? Well I am good at running away, I'm smart according to most people… and my mom calls me 'cute' but is that really a strength?"

Izuku shook his head, "I have a lot of weaknesses like being quirkless, I physically weak, I mutter a lot…"

Izuku stopped for a moment, "I'm muttering right now… but it helps me think… I will get there when I get there."

Izuku continued writing, "I am shy and a coward."

Izuku walking in a circle while writing and muttering, "But what if I could turn cowardness into a strength? Yes, there are villains who run away like cowards to find a better suited area to gain the upper hand. I could use tactics like that, heroes tend to follow them because how overconfident they are."

Izuku sitting down on an old swing, "Easerhead is a good example of a person who fights quirkless, his scarf is his weapon… I need a weapon but not a normal one…"

Izuku looked around for inspiration to find a broken wooden baseball bat, "A bat… yes, easy to use and you can modify it easily with wire or…"

Izuku's hand touched the old metal chain on the swing which gave a static shock. Izuku shaking his hand from the surprise zap thought for a second, "An electric baseball bat? Now that would be a great weapon to hit my enemies with."

Izuku had more ideas going through his head, "Jeans are good because they have better protection and coverage than dress pants and shorts, but it sacrifices the running speed."

Suddenly he heard small sparking noises which he then closed his book and ran inside the abandon shed nearby. He closes the door and looking out through a hole on the door to see Katsuki and his goons. Katsuki shouting in rage, "WHERE IS THAT LOSER?!"

The winged goon shrugged, "What's the big deal? He did himself a favor and not show up."

The long finger goon smirking, "Maybe he is planning on killing himself."

Izuku clenching his fist in anger that he wants to punch that fucker's face. Katsuki in anger, "He better not kill himself; I haven't taught him his lesson on skipping school."

Izuku whispering, "What in your mind believes you should punish me for my actions?"

Katsuki then cracking his knuckles, "I have all this explosive sweat and no one to use it on!"

The winged goon revealed an idea, "Why not blow up that old shed there?"

Katsuki replied, "I can't blow up a building whenever I want."

The long finger goon in excitement, "No one is going to care about it, look it's falling apart."

Izuku realized that he has to go before Katsuki decides to blow up the building, as he turns around something fell on him covering his head. Izuku panicky threw it off and backed away from it, he took a better look to see it was a jacket… a black leather trenchcoat. He picked it up and looking around to find it was on a hook on his left that blew off from the wind. He began rubbing his finger on the coat and then smelling the leather, "I'm taking you with me."

Izuku then put the coat on and ran to the door on the other side, then as he exited the back door, Katsuki shouted, "DIE!"

Izuku then felt the explosion as it blew the building up and sending him flying forward, landing on his face. Izuku with his heart pumping and terrified got up and ran away into the trees to get out of sight. The two goons looked at the explosion in awe, "That was a nice one, Boss!"

Katsuki stroking his ego, "I always made a perfect explosion."

Then Katsuki starting to walk away, "Come on, let's go before someone comes."

The two goons following him behind as they leave the site, Izuku watching them leave, "He almost killed me…"

Izuku seeing that the coat kept him protected from the debris, "If I wasn't wearing this, I could have been on fire or hurt from the debris."

Izuku then opened his notebook, "I think I should add this coat and maybe modify it."

Izuku closed the notebook and begins to walk home as today was the first he isn't beaten up by Katsuki as well as a new desire. The desire to bring change and bring anarchy to this world's hierarchy.