The planet Earth, a world populated by a race known as human beings. For the longest time they've been an average race, or so many people believed. Throughout it's time there had been stories of some humans possessing supernatural abilities, but those had been brushed aside, no one taking it all that seriously. But the world finally started to realize the moment that baby in Hong Kong started shining bright like a Christmas Tree. That was the first sign of the domination of a human's Individuality, also known as 'Quirks'.
Over time quirks continued to manifest, people all over the world showing different and unique abilities. Some who could breathe fire, some who can create ice from their finger tips, or lasers from their eyes.
By a certain point, Quirks took up at least Eighty Percent of the planet's population, while many used these quirks for normal use, some used them for more selfish reasons, thus leading to a spread of villains. But from those villains, came great people who would step in and use their quirks save others, those people would become Superheroes.
Throughout time, there have been many great Superheroes that have come and gone, however a select few heroes would change the world, truly for the better. To get to that journey, one must start from the beginning, the origins of that great hero, a boy by the name of Izuku Midorya.
"Stop it Kaachan," a young Izuku said. The boy had stopped a trio of bullies from picking on a kid. "Can't you see he's crying? If you don't cut it out I'll..." this little kid did his best to build up his courage. "I won't forgive you!"
The boy, Kaachan as Izuku called him, did not relent. "You're really in over your head, Deku." With the use of his quirk, he and his two allies made sure to let little Izuku know that he was not their equal.
The boy of four years old realized that he needed power to help others, but he had no power. He was born without a quirk in this quirk filled world.
This continued into his teen years, growing up surrounded by so many amazing quirks, seeing so many cool things, nothing he had. He started looking up to the many heroes of the world, always reading up on them, wanting to be like them, with at least 3 that always came to his mind.
The first was a hero known as Captain America, leader of one of the world's best Superhero teams, The Avengers. With his mighty shield, villains would be smart to yield. Izuku would spend a lot of time in his room saying the famous phrase, "Avengers Assemble!"
The second was one of the strongest heroes in the world, the Man of Steel, Superman. Not much was known about him, but with his amazing speed, sight and hearing, he was always there to save someone in need.
The third was a personal favorite to Izuku, a hero who saved over a thousand people in his first night. The Symbol of Peace, All Might. While the other heroes were strong, maybe stronger, something about All Might just made everyone feel relieved. Maybe it was that big smile of his that let everyone know that things would be ok, maybe it's the way he made an impact on his first night, even the fact that he's saved the most people out of any other Superhero. For that, he's the hero Izuku wanted to be like the most.
Despite being told he would never develop his Quirk, that never stopped Izuku from dreaming. He's heard tale of superheroes that were essentially quirkless, the most well known being The Dark Knight, Batman, who on his own had stopped all villain activities in Gotham City before joining with other heroes to form The Justice Leaue, another well known hero group.
Izuku figured he could be heroes like the ones in The Avengers, or The Justice League, and especially his idol, All Might. He just needed to try hard and never give up on his dream. Life for Izuku was about to take one strange turn however, it began one morning, during another villain attack.
While Izuku was on his way to school, he saw a lot of commotion from downtown at Tatooin Station. He quickly rushed over, eager to see what was going on and beheld quite a sight. A villanous quirk user was rampaging down the city. "That' s one big Super Villain."
Several heroes had shown up in an attempt to slow it down, such as Death Arms to prevent any flying debris from hitting a civilian, and the rescue hero Backdraft to keep civilians at a safe distance. Within moments, one of the most popular newer heroes arrived, one Izuku immediately recognized, along with some happy fangirls.
"Get away from me or I'll break you to bits!" the giant villain warned to Kamui.
Izuku got in closer, eager to see the fight. "This is gonna be good!" He could see Kamui swinging around from his wood vines, avoiding the villain's attacks. "It's Kamui Woods! He's a newcomer making a big name for himself in the world of heroes!"
A man beside him Izuku's reaction funny, "One look of that dopey grin of yours and I can tell what you are, a fanboy!"
Izuku blushed awkwardly a bit, "Uh, sorta."
Kamui latched on to the villain's arm, though he got flung away, but landed safely on a nearby roof. "Assault, robbery and illegal use of your quirk during rush hour! You are the incarnation of evil!"
"Show us something flashy tree man!" the man beside Izuku said.
Izuki got excited when he saw Kamui ready an attack, "His special move! The Preemptive, Binding..."
"Lasquez Chain Prison!" Both shouted as Kaumi was about to trap the villain, but before he had the chance to unleash his move...
"Canyon Cannon!" a giant woman shouted, arriving from out of nowhere and kicking the villain away, to the confusion of Kamui and the crowd.
"Huh?" the wood based hero said as the villain fell and this giant woman stood in front of him.
Izuku looked pretty amazed at the sight of this, and many of the nearby guys seemed really happy to see this giant beauty.
"Piece of cake for the world's next hottest hero," she said, then turned to the crowd, slightly bent over in a proactive pose. "Hi there everyone, I'm Mount Lady. I'm pleased to make your ass-quaintance."
The crowd seemed to love the gesture she made to go with her pun as many blushing guys started to take pictures.
Kamui Woods still had his wood chain out, but was very confused. "Wait, is she taking all the credit?"
From far off outside of an airport, a young looking man with short brown hair stepped outside and saw Mount Lady from a distance. "Wow, just arrived in this country and already I'm seeing giant ladies."
A young looking woman with purple hair and a pink streak also stepped outside, "Such a beautiful country Japan is, we really should have come by more often," said, then also noticed Mount Lady. "And you weren't kidding Peter, that girl is huge, must be a local hero."
"This is great Twilight, we're already seeing a sample of the pros around here, bet there's a bunch we've never heard of," Peter said.
"It's amazing how many extraordinary heroes exist in this world," Twilight said, then nudged against Peter. "I'm lucky to be married to one of the sweetest."
Peter blushed a bit, sheepishly rubbing his head. "Come on Twi, don't embarrass me." He took another look at Mount Lady. "Think it's the same type of power Ant Man has? I mean yeah she can grow, but can she also shrink to the size of a bug?"
"It's possible, but not all quirks function the same, so she might not be able to," Twilight said. "Anyway let's hurry, I want to go check out UA."
"Yeah, we'll see if it's a good fit for Mayday, where is she?" Peter asked.
Coming out the door was a young teenage girl, listening to a portable music player.
"Mayday, hurry up, there's so much to see here!" Twilight eagerly said.
"Yeah, there's a Giant Woman over-" Peter turned and saw that Mount Lady wasn't there any longer. "Where'd she go? Eh, with a power like that, we'll see her again with no trouble."
"There's still lots more to see, hurry up honey!" Twilight encouraged.
Mayday rolled her eyes as she continued focusing on the music she was listening to, much to Peter's concern.
"Geez, new country with potential new experience and she doesn't seem interested at all, this probably isn't a good sign," Peter said.
"Mayday isn't one to really get excited about many things," Twilight said. "I mean she's already seen a lot, these days it's hard to phase her."
"She'll come around, if I know Mayday, there should be at least one thing that will pique her interest," Peter said. "Plus she might even make some new friends."
"I hope so," Twilight said.
Back where the villain was, Izuku was furiously writing some notes about what he's seen, especially about Mount Lady while mumbling some stuff about her quirk.
"Hey fanboy!" the man from before said. "You taking notes over there? Wanna be a hero too huh?"
Izuku stopped a moment and faced the man with an eager smile, "Yes, more than anything."
"Hehe, go for it, I'm sure you'll make a great hero someday," the man said before he walked away.
That filled Izuku with a bit more determination, he was determined to be a hero, just like the ones he idolized, especially All Might.
Unfortunately most of his enthusiasm faded when he went to school. Being a qurikless boy in a school like his was rough, many considered him to be weak and worthless due to his lack of a quirk. The biggest obstacle was his former childhood friend, Katsuki Bakugo, who was boasting about being a top student at UA.
"I'm the real deal, these losers will be lucky to end up as sidekicks to a lame-ass bottom tier," Bakugo boasted.
This enraged the class into a frenzy, one student shouting, "You think you're better than us Katsuki!?"
"Bring it you bunch of extras!" Bakugo taunted.
"Well you do have impressive scores," the teacher said. "Maybe you will get into UA High."
That amazed the class, UA is a very prestigious school with a low acceptance rate, however that's the very reason Bakugo believed the school was a fit for him.
Bakugo stood on a desk for all the class to behold his glory. "I've aced all the mock tests, I'm the only one with the qualified skills, I'll be a bigger and more famous hero than The Avengers, The Justice League, even All Might himself! I'll be the richest hero of all time! Everyone across the world will know who I am! And it all starts in UA High!"
"Oh yes, Midoriya, you also intend to apply to UA," the teacher casually brought up, much to Izuku's dismay and Bakugo's disbelief.
That earned a round of mocking laughter from the students, each wondering what he was thinking, applying for UA despite being quirkless. As he was about to explain his reasoning, Bakugo destroyed his desk quite viciously.
"Listen up Deku, you're even worse than the rest of these stupid rejects you pathetic wannabe!" Bakugo shouted with a sadistic grin on his face. "You really think they'd let someone like you in when they can have me!?"
"Wait! You got it all wrong! Really!" Izuku frantically defended. "I'm not trying to compete against you! You gotta believe me! I've just always wanted to be a hero since I was little, even without a quirk, I can still try my hardest, can't I?"
"You'd never be able top elite you worm, you'd die in the exams!" Bakugo shouted.
Izuku twiddled his fingers. "Also, it's not like all heroes have quirks, The Dark Knight Hero Batman of Gotham City is quirkless, yet he-"
Bakugo interrupted him with a fiery blast, "Batman!? That's your best argument!? He barely even counts as a hero! He's just some vigilante freak in a costume that the Justice League took pity on!"
Izuku looked almost appalled by that statement, "But, Batman-"
"Just has a few fancy toys and gadgets, and a billion dollar company backing him up, I don't see you with a billion dollars to use for fancy equipment!" Bakugo said in a berating tone.
The entire class continued to laugh at Izuku, leaving the poor boy humiliated, taunts from his classmates telling him he's foolish for trying to follow such a dream.
"Defenseless Izuku! This school's already crappy, you really wanna drag it under some more by failing so hard!?" Bakugo continued to taunt. He sat back down on his chair, "What a waste of time."
Izuku looked down, feeling some shame and self doubt. He hated to admit it, but Bakugo had a fair point about Batman. The Caped Crusader had money from Wayne Enterprises funding his heroics, Izuku doesn't know any billionaires like Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark. He was just a poor teenage boy without a dollar or a yen to his name.
Elsewhere a sludge monster was seen rushing through town, freaking out a lot of people. He seemed to be making off with some stolen cash, much to the dismay of a store owner.
"Yell all you want sucker, this cash in mine!" the monster said.
During this a man had walked out of a store, then overheard two people discussing the monster.
"Where are all the heroes, are they still busy from that scene earlier?" one guy said.
"Probably, man to think now we have to worry about random people with quirks running around, there's no stopping them," the other said.
Suddenly the man started to bulk up, becoming twice the size he was. "Yes there is." This got the attention of the other two guys. "You know why?" This even got the attention of the sludge monster. "I Am Here!"
Back at school, class continued to go on, Izuku took his seat back, trying to brush away all the harsh things Bakugo had said. He went back to his hero Journal, wanting to update it with information he had read online. Unfortunately that hope was dashed when Bakugo grabbed the notebook.
"I don't know what you think you're doing Deku, but we're not done," Bakugo warned.
"What'cha got, his diary?" one of Bakugo's friends said. He took a look, it was a Hero Analysis for the Future, the thirteenth book to be precise. "Don't tell me you're actually taking notes to be a hero. So freaken pathetic!"
"He's delusional," another friend said.
Izuku started to laugh nervously, "Yeah, really funny guys, just give it back."
Bakugo answered his pleas by burning the notebook with his quirk, much to Izuku's dismay, then tossed it out the window.
"Most future heroes show potential early on, people look at them and know they're destined for greatness," Bakugo said. "When I'm the only student from this garbage Junior High to make it into UA, people will start talking about me like that. They'll know I'm legit, the next big thing. That's not ego talking, I'm just that good."
"Ego..." one of his comrades said under his breath.
Bakugo placed his hand on Izuku's shoulder, "Here's a word of advice nerd." He started heating on his hand, "Don't even think of applying, or else. Because there's no way in hell you're going to become the next Batman or some shit like that."
Izuku just stammered nervously from both the pain and Bakugo's sinister smile.
As they left, one kid said, "That's just sad, I thought he'd put up some fight."
"He finally gets it, he'll never be a hero," the other said.
"You really want to be like Batman? Go jump off a roof to see if you'll glide through the air like he does? If that fails...just hope you get a quirk in your next life," Bakugo said, getting a slight glare from Izuku. Before the young boy could say anything, Bakugo gave a sinister smile as he created some mini explosions in his hand. "What's wrong?"
Izuku sighed in defeat, "Nothing."
"Hoping you finally realize what a loser you are," Bakugo said, walking off with his two comrades.
Elsewhere Peter, Twilight and Mayday were traveling through town in a limo, the two parents enjoying the sights.
"It was really nice of Tony to set this up for us," Twilight said.
"Seems like a bit much though, I bet most of the people here think I'm some sort of rich big shot," Peter said.
"Well you are a very successful hero, so it's not too out there," Twilight reminded.
"I guess," Peter said sheepishly. "Still, I don't want to give off that impression."
"Don't worry about it, you've never let the opinion of others get to you before, this really isn't that different," Twilight said. She gently stroked his arm, "Just enjoy the perks, you've earned them through your own hard work."
Peter nodded, though noticed his daughter once again, "I think someone else should be trying to enjoy this as well."
Twilight turned to Mayday, wanting to see what Peter meant. She saw that the young girl was just laying on the seat while listening to her portable music player.
"Mayday honey, don't you want to see the sights? You're in a different country, I don't think you've been here before," Twilight said.
"What's there to see? Buildings? We see them back home, it's nothing special," Mayday said in an almost depressed tone.
Twilight looked very concerned for her daughter, a feeling shared by Peter. They knew this was going to be a big change for Mayday, but they hoped she would quickly adapt. Looks like it's going to take a while.
"Well I guess you'll have time to see the buildings later, right now we need to hurry to that school," Peter said.
"Yeah, are you excited to see this big Superhero school?" Twilight asked.
"Sure, I guess," Mayday said, focusing more on her music than anything else.
Peter and Twilight exchanged worried glances, this was going to be a bit tougher than they hoped. Suddenly the sludge monster from before passed by their car, getting all of their attention.
"Um, was that a sludge covered monster?" Twilight asked.
They then noticed the superhero rush by, both recognizing him instantly.
"Was that All Might!?" Peter asked, getting even Mayday's attention.
"All Might?" The young girl finally put her music player down to look outside the window with her parents.
They saw All Might chasing the sludge villain, though both eventually left their sight.
"Wow, first day here and we're already seeing All Might in action," Peter said. "He's one of the coolest superheroes in the world! He's ranked pretty high up there to rival even Superman!"
"And all of the Avengers," Twilight added.
Suddenly the limo started to slow down and stop, much to the confusion of the family.
"What happened to the car?" Mayday asked.
Peter went outside to check, and saw sludge on the wheels. "Great, that weirdo sludge guy left us a present."
Twilight also went out and saw the sludge, "Oh, that's just perfect, now what?"
Peter turned to the direction of the sludge villain and All Might, "I'm gonna go help All Might, stay here."
"What?" Twilight said, then saw Peter leave. "Peter wait!" Too late though, he was long gone. "Ugh, always quick to work with a big hero."
Mayday also stepped outside, "This looks like a pain to clean up."
Twilight grabbed a phone, "I'm calling for someone. Hopefully they won't take too long."
Mayday turned to the direction her dad and All Might went, "Hope both things don't take too long."
Back with Izuku, he was busy grabbing his notebook from a small pond. It was burnt from Bakugo's explosion, but not too damaged that it's unusable, or unreadable. Good thing too, Izuku put too much work into that just to let it go to waste.
"That idiot," Izuku muttered. "Telling me to do something dangerous like that, suppose I believed him and actually did it? How would he feel then?" He placed the notebook away and began to walk home.
During the walk home, he can only remember everything as a child, to always watching a video on the computer about the first appearance of one of the greatest heroes of all time, the hero who saved a hundreds of people in one night. He remembered the hero's triumphant laugh, and the words that brought such joy to Izuku's young heart.
"Fear not citizens, help has arrived! Because I am here!"
Izuku loved that video so much, it was the main reason he wanted to be a hero, to be as great as All Might. Unfortunately those hopes were dashed when a doctor told him that he's never going to get a quirk, that his body would have developed one by now.
Now whenever he watches the video, he could only watch with tears, but still wanted to believe that he could be a hero, that he can always smile just like All Might, to smile even when things look bad. His mother, who felt such pity for her son, did her best to console him, wishing he could be a hero too.
Those weren't the words Izuku wanted to hear, while his mother did not intend to, it only made Izuku feel worse, like if there was no hope at all. There was only one thing he wanted to hear.
Izuku walked through a tunnel area, wanting to take his mind off things, and try to re-motivate himself. "I can't let what Kacchan said get me down, no one becomes a hero by being a quitter. I mean what would a hero like Superman or Captain America say? Oh, what would All Might say?" Izuku smiled for the first time in a while, thinking of his most favorite hero, and how he would handle this situation. "I just have to do what All Might would do, and always keep a smile on my face, and laugh triumphantly like he does."
Izuku then attempted to recreate All Might's heroic laugh as he walked through a tunnel, finally feeling a good mood after all this time. That ended in a heartbeat once he found himself being grabbed by sludge.
"That's quite a laugh you have there, you sound just like All Might," the sludge monster said as he attempted to enter Izuku's body through his mouth. "You don't mind if I borrow your body do you? At least you're my hero kid."
Izuku grabbed at the sludge monster, trying to pull him out, though was unsuccessful, and slowly losing oxygen.
"No, is this really happening? Am I really dying?" Izuku thought, desperately trying to free himself. "No, it can't end like this, I need someone to help me..." As if his thoughts were heard, a hero had indeed arrived and defeated the sludge monster in one punch. Izuku caught a brief glimpse of the hero before he passed out from the lack of oxygen. "All Might?"
Not too far behind, Peter was still trying to locate All Might and the Sludge villain, scratching his head in confusion. "I just saw All Might not too long ago, where is he?" Peter continued his search. "Maybe All Might already caught up to that creature and stopped him, that sounds possible." He looked back where he came from, "Maybe I should go back to Twilight and Mayday, knowing them they're probably not happy that I left them to deal with the car."
Back with Izuku, he was still out cold, though slowly started to stir, mainly due to All Might repeatedly patting his face.
"Oh, good, thought I lost you there," All Might said. Izuku freaked out at seeing his favorite hero in person. "Sorry about that back there, I didn't mean for you to get caught up in my hero work! Usually I pay more attention to keep bystanders safe, but the city's sewer system is pretty difficult to navigate! Ha, ha, ha, ha!" Izuku was just standing there in awe. "Anyway thank you, you were a big help!" He then held up a bottle with sludge inside. "I've captured the evil doer!"
"The most amazing hero in the world, All Might, the real thing, in the flesh, standing right in front of me! He looks so much cooler in person!" Izuku looked around for pen and paper. "Holy crap, I gotta get an autograph, I need a pen-" He found his book on the ground, "Please sign my notebook!" When he opened it to find a blank page, he saw that it already had All Might's autograph already written. "He signed it!" He picked up the pick and began repeatedly bowing. "Thank you so much, this will be a priceless family heirloom, passed down for generations to come!"
All Might just put the bottle away in his pocket and did a two finger salute. "I gotta get this guy to the police so they can take care of him, stay out of trouble!"
"Wait, you're leaving? Already?" Izuku asked.
"Pro heroes are always on the move, always keeping an eye out for injustice and villainy," All Might said. "Now stand back, I'm taking off!"
"Wait, he can't leave yet, I have so much to ask him!"
All Might leapt into the air with another triumphant laugh then felt something on his leg. It was Izuku, who had latched onto him before he jumped. "Hey what are you doing kid!?" All Might attempted to remove Izuku from his leg. "Let go, I love my fans but this is too much!"
"We're too high in the air! If I let go now I'll die!" Izuku said, causing All Might to cease his actions.
"Huh, that's a good point," All Might admitted.
"I just wanted to ask you some questions, personally! You're my all time favorite hero All Might, please!" Izuku begged.
"All right, fine, but keep your eyes and mouth shut," All Might said, not wanting Izuku's face to be exposed to the wind. All Might began looking for a place to land, though started coughing a bit, some blood coming out of his mouth. "Shit."
During this, as Peter was making his way back, he saw All Might in the air, heading toward a building. "There he is again, well I came all this way." He jumped toward All Might's direction, "I might as well try to talk to him about-" as he got close, something hit him on the head, distracting him for a bit as he landed on another rooftop. "Did he just drop something?"
Peter picked up the bottle that All Might dropped, observing it closely. The substance being green and oozy like, grossing Peter out a bit.
"Does All Might actually drink this stuff? What is this some type of vegetable drink?" Peter asked, then noticed an eye opening inside, freaking Peter out as he tossed it blocks away. "That was so weird! That thing looks like some oozy sludge, why would All Might..." it suddenly dawned on Peter. "Oh, crap..."
Peter quickly raced to find the bottle he tossed away, hoping to fix any problem before it begins.
Unfortunately for Peter, it may have been one of the biggest mistakes he could have made. Back with Mayday and Twilight, while Twilight was trying to call and get someone to check on their limo, Mayday had wandered off in boredom, figuring she could at least check out the city like her parents seemed to have wanted her to.
The bottle landed right near her, hitting a nearby garbage can and startling her. "Must have been a squirrel or something, though it did sound pretty rough."
The bottle rolled from the garbage can, stopping right in front of her feet. Mayday bent down to check on it, a little grossed out by the contents. "Was it always like this? Or did being in the trash do this?"
Suddenly the ooze popped out of the bottle, taking the form of the sludge monster from before, freaking Mayday out a bit.
"From one vessel to another, must be my lucky day," the sludge creature said, before lunging towards a screaming Mayday.
Back with All Might, he had landed on a nearby roof, allowing Izuku a chance to get off his leg, and also calm himself from the terrifying experience.
"My whole life just flashed before my eyes," Izuku uttered out.
"That wasn't very smart young man, now bang on the door for a while, someone will let you in," All Might said, making his way off the roof. "Now, I have to go. See you on the flip side."
"Huh? Wait, I have a question!" Izuku pleaded.
"No, I need to go," All Might said, ready to jump off again.
"But I gotta know!" Izuku started remembering the discouraging words up til now, making Izuku wonder if he was truly a failure. He needed to know this, he needed to ask the one he admired the most. "Is it possible to become a hero even if I don't have a quirk?" Izuku asked, causing All Might to stop in his tracks. "I'm a normal kid without any powers, could I ever hope to be someone like you!?"
All Might just stood there in silence, registering what this boy had said, turning to face him.
That marked the fateful encounter, the day Izuku Midoyra had finally met his hero, and while he didn't realize it, this chance encounter would change his life, set the course for his future. It would also soon have an impact for the visiting hero family, the crossroads will soon intertwine.