"MY HERO SECRET"

A My Hero Academia fanfic by Nozomi888

Disclaimer: My Hero Academia is owned by Kōhei Horikoshi. I am a mere fangirl who isn't getting enough FemDeku/Kacchan, FemDeku/Todoroki stories, and so I've written my own. This is a FemDeku/Kacchan fic and is set before the Training Camp arc.

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CHAPTER 1

Midoriya woke up with a start. He could feel the sheen of sweat on his body. His mind was sharp and alert. He looked out the window at the rising sun, then looked down at his pajamas. He frowned.

He concentrated.

Nothing.

He tried to refocus on his Quirk, willing it to happen.

Nothing.

Oh no…

His quirk had never failed him before.

Today was a first.

He quickly got out of bed and scrambled for his cellphone, dialing his teacher.

"Hello, Midoriya-shounen, bright and early today, I…"

"Sensei…" Midoriya croaked, stopping All Might in mid-sentence.

"Wait there, I'll be right over."

Midoriya hung up the phone and sighed deeply. He looked glumly at his reflection in the mirror. At that moment, his mother rapped on his door and opened it.

"Izuku, it's time to get up for schoo- KYAAA!" she shrieked, falling to her knees in shock, as she took in his appearance.

They stared at each other for a few moments.

"R-right, ok," his mother broke the silence first. "I'm sorry, I didn't know how to react, seeing as I haven't seen this form in so long, Izuku- no, Izuki."

At this name, Izuki hung her head in her hands.

Izuki's mother cleared her throat "Just… just think of this as a temporary setback, Izuki-chan. Maybe you just need to rest or…" Inko's voice trailed. She wasn't sure if her words would encourage her daughter.

A sigh escaped her own lips. Daughter. She was torn between joy and sadness. Joy that she had given birth to such a wonderful, hardworking daughter, and yet saddened because she knew that this Quirk was one secret that she had intended to keep forever. But if she couldn't will her Quirk to its form now, how long would she be able to keep this secret? Inko Midoriya's eyes took in the very feminine form of her teenage daughter.

The doorbell started sounding urgently throughout their house.

"All Might-san is here, please open the door, Okaa-san. I'll get dressed and come out to meet him."

Inko nodded mutely and closed the door behind her and she headed towards the front door. Izuki pulled at her disheveled hair in resignation.

"This stupid Quirk!" she muttered. She would have preferred to just be Quirkless, as Kacchan claimed her to be, instead of having this accursed Quirk.

But then again, if she hadn't had this stupid Quirk in the first place, she might not have had the chance to meet her hero, All Might. She might not have gotten the opportunity to inherit her second Quirk, One for All, if she hadn't been Izuku Midoriya.

She sighed again and went over to her cabinet to put on some layers of shirts and a jacket. She had to be decently presentable before meeting her sensei, and she couldn't do that with her breasts sticking out from her shirt.

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In the living room, All Might was pacing in thought while Midoriya's mother kept herself busy in the kitchen, preparing tea. He looked up at the sound of footsteps and stopped mid-stride in his pace.

Although he had seen it once before, he had an inkling that he would never get used to his disciple's true form. Female form.

"Hello, Sensei," Izuki called out, taking in All Might's gape and open mouth.

"Hello, Izuki-chan," he replied, collecting himself. "Well, as for school, I guess we can always claim you to be sick, and have you be absent for a few days?"

"But Sensei, I've never lost control of my Quirk before. You know full well that I am ALWAYS able to maintain my form as a boy, without even thinking about it. It's like a heartbeat- involuntary and steady! And I have never. Failed. To Activate. My Quirk."

They stared at each other. Inko looked at her daughter, then at All Might, and back to Izuki again.

All Might suddenly burst out laughing, startling both mother and daughter.

"Look at it this way," he started, "you have a secret identity that's better than any disguise! You're registered as Quirkless, which we changed to "super strength" when I passed One For All to you, so you'll never be found out! And as you've said, anyone who has ever known you as a girl can hardly remember that you are one!"

Izuki smiled weakly at that. He was right about that point. Probably no one, except her mother and father, and now, of course, her mentor and school principal, could remember this fact. This brought a sad memory to mind, but she quickly brushed it off.

"Yes, you're right. But in the meantime, what to do about school? I can call in sick for now, but what do we do when I can't change back into a guy after a few days?"

"We'll wait and see and then figure it out from there," All Might laughed, hoping his happy-go-lucky attitude would rub off on his protégé. It didn't matter to him if Izuku/Izuki was a boy or a girl when she takes on the mantle of All Might. After all, his own predecessor had been a woman. True, he had been taken aback when Midoriya had confided to him about her secret, about how she was REALLY a female by birth, how she discovered that her Quirk allowed her to turn into boy and why she CHOSE to stay a boy (and be known as a Quirkless boy for most of her growing-up years at that). It didn't matter, because he had chosen young Midoriya for his/her spirit, for his/her HEART. He would back his protégé all the way, whatever gender she chose to use in her Hero career.

"I'll call the school and make the arrangements. In the meantime, try to stay hidden and out of sight until your Quirk comes back," he paused. "Do you have any idea what could have caused your Quirk to be uncalled upon?"

Izuki lowered her gaze and shook her head, so All Might turned away from her to make the call. Neither he nor Inko noticed Izuki ball her hand into a fist.