Yakuza

chapter 2

The dawn of my demise

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Disclaimer:! I do not own my hero academia or Boku no Hīrō Academia!

The catalyst that sent my life into a downwards spiral was the same one that could've also brought light into my life, a fire that I so desired when I was younger, but as fate's fallacious and complex ways of working I didn't receive what I so longed for, power didn't come to those who were worthy of its gifts

But those who abused it and used it for their benefit.

I was four years old when it started and didn't take long to see what the world was like, its brutal ways of thinning out the herd, seeing who were the weak and who were the strong, so they could leave the weak out to be killed by wolves, wether the wolves represented drugs, crime, suicide, or villainy.

While the strong were nurtured, cared for, and loved the weak starved, suffered, and lost the feeling of what it meant to live, but I didn't, I found out that for the weak to live they must suffer and suffer till they can't take it anymore, but I managed to see what was beyond, the wonderful life the strong lived while we died

I despised it.

One morning in Mustafu, Japan, we see a green-haired young child waking up. While still a bit drowsy from waking up from his slumber. He looked around his room to find himself still holding the cracked all might toy but soon drew his attention towards his calendar and the feeling of realization set in, the drowsy feeling went away and was replaced by pure joy and excitement. He looked at his mirror and smiled '*sigh*it's the day I find out what quirk I have!'

The young child soon rushed out of bed and made a mad dash towards his parent's room, once he got to their room he began to pry it open, The door was suddenly opened by a skinny tall woman with green hair resembling the young child, inko midoriya

She grabbed the young boy into a hug while picking him off the floor and taking him towards her bed and laying down with the young child

"Don't you know how early it is to be running around the house this early in the morning?" she said in a scolding yet jokingly manner

"I'm Sorry mommy, I was just so excited to see the doctor and find out what my quirk was, I want to find out if I can be a hero like all might, saving people with a smile and making everyone feel safe" izuku replies back with immeasurable excitement in his voice

Inko merely sighed and just smiled toward izuku and begins to sit up on the bed "alright izuku can you go freshen up and get dressed while I make breakfast then we can go and see the doctor"

"Ok mommy" izuku said as he ushered himself out of the room and ran towards the bathroom, while izuku was getting dressed he headed towards the bathroom to do his usual routine, while inko began to make breakfast she received a call

"hello this is inko midoriya may I know who I'm talking to," inkos says as she had her hands full with breakfast

"Hey honey it's me, I just wanted to know if everything at home was fine and I wanted to know when you and Izuku will be going to his appointment?" Hisashi asked inko in a rushed tone

" Everything's fine here and we'll be going at 10, so in 45minutes from now" inko laid the phone next to her on speaker, and in the background can be heard as izuku ran around

"Well, doesn't he sure sound excited," Hisashi asked in a jokingly manner as he found his sons bottomless source of energy tiring but exciting as well, "That's to be expected when a 4-year-old is going to find out what his quirk is going to be"

"You think he'll get my quirk or yours or a combination of the both maybe?" Hisashi says while he begins to imagine what a combo of their quirk would be "who knows? But what happens if izuku doesn't get a quirk and he is labeled quirkle-"

"Don't finish that sentence" Hisashi abruptly cut off inko while sounding annoyed at the thought of having a quirkless child.

Not one person spoke from either side, the sound of hot oil popping and papers as they were moved slightly could be heard from the others call, Inko said nothing after that, she decided to end the call abruptly, as she exclaimed that she had to hang up as she was busy making breakfast, she soon finished up breakfast, as Izuku, who had just entered the kitchen and sat down at the table, she served him and herself breakfast so that they could leave for the doctor. Izuku hastily ate his breakfast and jolted to the door to put on his favorite pair of bright red shoes, all the while his mother right behind him stood in silence, the call had impacted her in a way that made her nervous to see the results.

After their arrival they were met with a variety of tests that involved needing blood, hair, spit, x-rays, and MRI scans from head to toe, as long as the test was, so was the waiting time for the results of the short test izuku had to do. as they sat idly by in the room waiting for the doctor to come back with the results.

The wait turned from 5 minutes to 10, 20, 30, and 40 minutes but as the patience ran thin within izukus mind as boredness began to fill it, it was quickly pushed out and was filled with excitement as one of the nurses called them up and assigned them to a room

"Thank you for the wait mam, will be here shortly" she bowed as inko did the same while thanking her for her help.

The doctor soon entered the room with a blank expression that ran through the man's face which soon turned into one of sadness and pity upon looking at the boy, something that inko picked up instantly

The doctor sat across from the duo and looked at the family wishing he wasn't the one that had to break the news,' Sometimes I do hate this job' he took a deep breath and got his words in order.

"I apologize for the long wait, Ms. Midoriya, we had some problems with the scanning of young izuku here, but I do have good news and bad news, which one would you want to hear first?" the doctor asked

Inko sat in her seat for a few seconds before replying to the doctor hesitant at wanting to hear the bad news, "I'd like to hear the bad news first please" inko's voice had a hint of reluctance and hesitance behind it

The doctor looked back at his papers before looking back towards izuku with a look of pity on the young boy, "... you see, izuku here, ...has no quirk or in other words is quirkless" the doc broke the news to the duo who both seemed to have a mixture of emotions plastered on their faces, while izuku had a look of disbelief and who's look's, seemed like his world had fallen apart, inko displaced a face of surprise, worry, and frustration on her face.

The doctor pitied the young boy he knew about the hardships that came with being quirkless, though rarely having to inform people about their lacking a quirk as benign quirkless occurred less and less, he had seen enough to know the faces of those who were deemed quirkless, they all showed that same face not displayed on kids their age but of those who've lost it all those who had seen their whole world destroyed their dreams crushed, faces full of hopelessness, " on the bright side, izu-" he was promptly cut off due to the mothers phone going off and noticing it was her husband, her demeanor changed slightly into one of panic and uncertainty she didn't know what was right to do then so she did what she did was right, "I'm sorry doctor, but I have to take this call" she said as she swiftly left the room in a hurry.

IZUKU POV

I couldn't move. I felt like a statue, the feeling of my world being destroyed, my dreams being shattered like glass it hurt... a lot.

I lost myself in my thoughts as I remembered the tone and demeanor papa used when describing the 'quirkless' the apparent anger and malice he showed towards them, my thoughts ranged from my father's words to trying to desperately explain and trying to convince myself why I can be a hero just as long as I work harder than most it might be enough, but another voice rang out one I knew wasn't mine crept in my head berating me on why I wouldn't make it, why I would fail without a quirk, the repeating phrases he used that bounced in my mind 'you're weak!', 'useless!', 'mistake!', 'you know you'll just die, right?', 'there's a reason why there's never been a quirkless hero, it's not hard to think why 'doesn't matter what you do you'll die and disappear forever and guess who'll care…. no one'. It was only then when I was brought out of my thoughts as I heard my name being called

The doctor sat across from me as he kept calling my name in an attempt to focus my attention on him, " y-yes doc" izuku replied in an emotionless demeanor that wasn't befitting for such a young kid his age

" *sigh*you wanted to be a hero right izuku?" izuku looked up at the man surprised, " how did yo-" I tried to reply but was cut off " it's not hard to guess what kids nowadays want to be when they grow up, young kids like you are affected by events that interest you the most and kids mostly look up to heroes because their "cool" right" I nodded in response to the doc's conclusion

" Tell me izuku do you ever feel like you feel out of place when you're in school?" I thought about what he told me but, i felt off or confused about what he meant until he explained it "I can tell that you didn't get what I said so I'll explain it, do you feel like you don't fit in with your current curriculum, do you see your studies as you see a patch of grass in a park, nothing more and nothing less" after he explained it I sat there in a bit of shock but when I thought about it I never really... worried or got stressed during school but i did notice some classmates who showed signs of struggle a bit in class, " here look at this izuku this is an MRE scan of your brain" i took the scan and looked at it no less than any other MRE scan i've seen on tv or in textbooks, " and here is a MRE SCAN of a normal boy your age and tell me the difference you see in each'' i sat there a bit confused as he described the scan as 'normal' it began to dawn on me that maybe due to being quirkless, it had something to do with my brain and maybe had a defect but what i saw wasn't what i expected at all

The doc handed me the other scan and in reality, I was confused as to why he would tell me to compare each other, but it was clear as day when I did and knew what he was trying to say when I saw them side by side, " by your shocked expression I can see you understand what I meant" I nodded as he began to explain it into further detail " you see izuku a child's brain development is 80% of an adults brain at the age of one, and at the age of three it is 90% of an adults brain and nearly fully grown by the age of five, but from these scans, we can see that for a kid your age is 2 years more developed if not more than most adults, so what I'm saying is even though I believe due to your lack of a quirk you can't be a hero, I believe you can be of help in other ways and contribute for a better future, not on the frontlines but be a type of support of sorts.., for those who are on the frontlines, like a doctor, strategist, or even an engineer that makes support gear for heroes to aid them in their fights!"

After he finished his explanation I sat there in shock, I expected to be told that my dream was nothing more than a dream, but to become something else, something I had no interest in at all and still don't, it was more of a slap in the face to accept reality, a slap that wouldn't have come if I wasn't the slightest bit different although I was different in a big way I was quirkless I was 'smart' i began to feel hope again, but was soon gone and pushed away when that... voice rang once again in my head.

' You know that a quirk could so easily replace those who study and practice for years.'

'You and them could be worlds apart when it comes to intellect, what would smarts gain you in a world where quirks could replace those so-called smarts'.

'Doctors could sooo, easily be replaced with a person with a healing quirk'.

'an inventor could easily be replaced by a person whose quirk allows them more intellect or grants them the power to produce gadgets at a speed YOU could never dream of'.

although I wanted to reject those thoughts I knew they had a sense of truth, a truth I couldn't turn away from, I knew that right now as it is... quirks are the ultimatum of life, for those who desire to make any kind of living in this world, but the quirkless didn't.

It all hit me at once as my thoughts ran wild thinking that my gift wasn't special now, in a society dominated by quirks, my thoughts continued to rage on till I was once again brought out of my thoughts by the doctor.

" Hopefully what I said helped you even in the slightest, but sadly I have a very busy day, so let's go and look for your mother. Why don't we?" The doctor stood at eye level as a smile stretched across his face in an attempt to cheer me up which did even in the slightest, it helped to know that even someone believed I could do something even if I was different, it gave me hope, hope that never taken into consideration as the voice berated me with lies and truth on end. We left the room promptly to go and look for my mom.

INKO POV

' he-, he's' i remember the conversation with my husband last night, his voice as he said 'q.u.i.r.k.l.e.s.s' I didn't pay it any attention back then but could tell by his cold tone he wasn't the fondest of them

*bzzzt, bzzzt*

I was momentarily brought back from my shock as I noticed my phone start to buzz. I promptly took it out of my purse and looked at the caller username, my heart sank, and my breath gave away. It was Hisashi, I quickly notified the doctor and left the room quickly, I walked outside and headed toward the hospitals garden and sat on a bench, I looked back toward my phone, placed my thumb on the screen, and began to swipe before hesitating

'*sigh* it's better to tell him now than later' i swiped my thumb fully

"h-hi love," inko said, "Hi honey, I'm just calling to see if you and izuku have arrived at the doctor's yet?" Hisashi asked

"oh, yeah we got here not too long ago," Inko replied, trying to keep calm and not letting her nervousness show while also trying to find the confidence to break the news to her husband. "That's great, hope the tests are going well?"

"Well they already finished the test, they gave us the news not too long ago" Hisashi's tone was very noticeable that he was curious and excited to know what his son's quirk was "REALLY, *cough* That was rather quick. so I'm not wrong to assume that they also informed you about what izuku's quirk was?"

"They already gave us the results about izukus situation not too long ago," inko said "So tell me, what's my boy's quirk, is it more like mine, yours or is it a combo of both!" Hisashi excitement was hard to not notice through the other side of the phone

"w-well you s-see, izuku, he came back as…. quirkless he doesn't seem to have any form of a quirk manifestation in him" inkos voice sounded shaky and nervous throughout the reveal, the silence that her husband had fallen upon, not a single noise other than the sound of a printer and papers being stacked could be heard " h-honey a-are you still there" inko's anxiety got worse as she expected maybe some sort of response but not silence

"...yes, I'm still here, so izuku doesn't have a quirk, and there is no sight of any quirk forming later on" his reply was slower than usual his excitement had turned cold into a tone of disinterest and annoyance at the news, "...y-yes" inko replied back

" Alright then I'll see you at home, I might be... a little later than usual, goodbye" Hisashi finished " good-" inkos goodbye was cut as Hisashi hung up the phone promptly

'*sigh*It went as I expected, but it left a very, very bad feeling in my head'

POV end

Inko looked at her phone as she didn't know what to make out of the conversation she had, she never had heard him sound as irritated and annoyed at the fact that izuku his son was pronounced quirkless, as she began to head back into the hospital she saw izuku and the doctor standing at the entrance she then began to walk a bit faster towards the right as they both noticed her

"ah, ms. midoriya, I assume your phone call went smoothly?" the doctor asked her in a more professional tone, "I guess.. you could say that" she replied to the doctor while keeping her gaze on the floor

"I see, well our time has come to an end so I do wish you a good day and please do take care" the doctor slightly bowed a bit before beginning to walk away the young mother spoke once again " excuse me doctor but, I'd like to know the good news as I had to leave a bit early" she sounded desperate like she needed even some form of hope

The doctor stopped and looked back as he began to repeat what he told Izuku but in a more simplified form.

"ahh, yes my apologies, so as I told young izuku here, during the scanning scans progress, we found out that izuku's brain is more developed than kids his age, but due to his age it is developing as if it was a normal brain" inko stood there a bit in shock as though it wasn't life-changing news it was still something " thank you, doctor, we'll be on our way now" she bowed as she began to head towards her car and drive away, the doctor watched as the young mom and son duo left as fast as they had arrived

'i truly do wish you luck young izuku, hopefully, this world is... less harsh to you than it was to me' the doctor rolled his sleeves a bit to stare at his scaring, he had been a late bloomer which deemed him quirkless for a majority of his life until he had finally gotten his quirk, though the damage had been done there wasn't much that could be done now, as he gently traced them with his fingers reminiscing about the feeling of cold steel slicing through his flesh the same feeling of warmth as they healed when his tears fell onto his open wrist in his newly self inflicted cut. He rolled his sleeve down and walked back into the hospital to attend to his next patient

The ride home was the complete opposite as when they had arrived, the ride back was devoted to emotion as silence was the most prominent thing that filled the car, as soon as they left they had soon arrived back at home where izuku once entered he took off his shoes and headed to his room closing his door shut as inko was left in the living room wanting to know what she has to do, as the sun had risen so had it fallen

Inko POV

It was about 9 pm when I was sat at the kitchen table waiting for Hisashi to arrive, I was soon met with the sound of the front door being unlocked as Hisashi entered the house I noticed he set his stuff by the somewhat violent throw from what I could tell down near the door and heard his steps go toward the kitchen as each grew heavier as what seemed an eternity was mere seconds before I saw him and he walked past me as if, he completely ignored my presence he grabbed a cup and reached far into the cupboard and reached for the bottle of sake that we agreed to save until the day that izuku would head of to highschool, but I chose to ignore the fact that as he began to pour himself a glass, as it didn't feel right to tell him not to

"So…., what do you want to do with izuku, you know now that he's.. useless" he finished pouring his drink as he stated his view on our son, i sat there in shock not really believing what he said, but i responded back defending izuku "izuku, is not useless, just because he's quirk-" before i could even begun to defend our son, before my husband slammed his palm onto the counter shocking me, "he's Q.U.I.R.K.L.E.S.S, we live in a world that runs on quirks so what use does a bastard like him, that can't even contribute even the least significant amount to the world, tell me what could our little QUIRKLESS piece of SHIT son do….,so what uses does izuku have in a world that has no uses for him inko, what uses does HE HAVE!" hisashi spun himself around now staring into my eyes the eyes that i know weren't my husbands, i began to fear my husband from his gaze and from the way he said everything and how i knew he meant every single thing, "t-he doctor, s-aid that izuku's brain is more d-developed than other kids his age so maybe if he focused on his studies he could become a doctor or a teacher" i thought that maybe telling him what the doctor told me it could maybe indulge hisashi on the good news he gave but sadly it wasn't anywhere near enough, "ohhh, woow, so what if he's smart, what if he's a bit more developed than other kids his age and this SHIT about being able to become a doctor or a teacher, if you didn't hear what i said, this WORLD revolves around QUIRKS whether you like it or not, so tell me if you had the chance to pick one or the other, which would you pick one with a lot of knowledge on medicine and degrees in his field of study or would you pick the person whos quirk allows then to heal a patient in a matter of seconds from any life threatening wound, who would you pick" i stepped back at the question which only caused him to step forward as i backed away i was met with the cold sensation as i looked back i noticed i had walked backwards into the fridge but when i looked back he was in front of me as he grabbed my chin forcefully making me stare into his eyes whose only emotion at the time was shown as anger and hatred, "TELL ME" i began to cower a bit in fear as this side of hisashi was new to me in many ways more than one but abruptly i answered his question, "t-the one wi-with the heal-healing qui-rk" hisashi let go of my chin as my gaze didn't move an inch frozen in fear

"I'll give you two choices inko" my temporary state of fear and shock was momentarily halted at his proposition " you either abandon izuku and forget about his existence and leave with me to America-" I cut him off, as I who began to softly sobbed spoke up "y-you want ME to a-abandoned m-my son, OUR s-son" my words came out shaky as I held a bit of frustration and was on the edge of breaking down, it seemed I only managed to anger Hisashi as he lunged towards me holding me up against the wall by my throat

Hisashi POV

At that moment I snapped, That was it, ' who in the hell would have such a useless son

"or your stay here with izuku and raise him by YOURSELF", i soon let her go as she fell on the floor sitting against the wall, I finished my cup as I went back towards the front door she quickly followed me as I began to put on my shoes, as she spoke out to me "wait, where are you going right now" I didn't reply as I finished putting on my shoes and leave but felt the pressure of being held back

I saw inko latched onto my arm sobbing hysterically "w-wait, where are you goi-" I didn't dare to let her finish all she could have done was piss me off more and I know that wouldn't end well for either side, I shrugged her off and walked away, but at the end of the driveway I stopped and looked back at inko and left her with her deadline "in 1 month YOU will give ME your answer whether you like it or not" afterward I drove off leaving a shocked and sobbing mother and spouse at the entrance of what used to be OUR home, now broken beyond repair

POV end

That quiet night that radiated brightly and emanated calmness and happiness soon turned to dread and sorrow, sorrow from a broken mother who has seen her lover make her choose between what should never be chosen from, her husband and their son followed by the dread of an innocent boy who blames himself for his shortcomings, maybe if it wasn't for him, maybe if it wasn't for his state of being his life wouldn't be in this downward spiral, maybe his life could've been a happy one, one filled with hope but that life lost hope the more and the more he lived on.

Name: Rui reiki

Profession: current head doctor at mustafu general hospital

Quirk: goddesses tears

Description:

Tears produced from the user can be used to heal physical wounds and illnesses only, tears need to be placed on the injury or main affected area to heal

(cuts, gashes, irritated areas, physical illnesses)

Drawback: causes users emotions to increase in a way so the littlest thing can either extremely sadden them or anger them, leaves scarring on more serious and deep wounds and affected areas only applicable to physical or illnesses wounds, which means that mental problems would be incurable with his tears(crippling depression, dementia, anxiety disorder and bipolar disorder along those lines)

Hi there. So this chapter was supposed to include one of the major events that are a big development for izuku's life, not saying it isn't but it's one of the more boring ones but decided to hold it off for the next chapter whenever that comes out.

I hope everyone finds this chapter more than enough. I plan to try and be better at putting out new chapters, but I don't see how that's going to play out since I'll be busy for a bit, college will be taking a huge toll on me

Id also like to inform you of the pace and development that this story is going to take shortly I do expect to do some minor time skips and will up the gore and violence as it will play a big role in izuku's development as a character

I plan to stick to the same concept as the first two chapters. I just wanted to go more into detail and develop the characters you'll love and characters you'll hate with a burning passion. Trust me you'll hate some characters for what they've done and hate me for being so god damn cruel.

Right now I do have a bit of a storyline and set out plans for the upcoming chapter. But once again I do plan to delete the author note and the two first chapters or put them in a side book I don't know, but I do appreciate any criticism or advice on what I could do better and try to improve on that

Thank you for reading

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