I decided to do another what if? This time I was thinking "what if shiguraki and kurugiri were never villains? what if they were both orphans on the street and Izuku found them instead of All For One? what would happen then?" SO. .. I decided to give it a shot on an interesting tale i've been thinking of while I was away from home. No cursing will appear here and I only own the story here, I don't own My Hero Academia

So sorry for not doing much on my profile, i've been very busy, so this latest story took longer to make then I thought

"talking"

thinking'

~enjoy~

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The skyes were clear on a brisk sunny morning in a city in Tokyo, full of people with most of them having powers called Quirks while some didn't have any. Everyone was busy going on and about with their everyday lives unware of the presence of those hiding from them.

Alley ways in a big citys, any city actually, were not uncommon as they were usually taken to either use as a shortcut or to sneak around and hide, some for secret meets ... but for other cases they were used to hide within the shadows of them, and for some there hiding from the world to avoid ridicule and rejection especially if you had something that could be potentially dangerous to others...

Such as the case for two young orphan boys, one being Tomura Shiguraki, Although supposingly he had a different name but was too young to remember and it was changed to this Due his father not wanting his real name being traced back to him, and the other who was slightly older then him by 4 months Kurogiri Fujiwara.

Shiguraki wore only a black long sleeve shirt wirh blue pants and was had very pale skin that looked kind of sickly and had short pale blue hair and apple red eyes, Kurogiri wore a white shirt with a tattered brown vest and hand and green hand me down pants and had kind of tan but pale still skin with short black hair and luminous yellow eyes, neither wore shoes and were covered on dirt and scraches.

Both of them were young kids, about the age of kindergarten (4, going on 5), orphan runaway's on the streets, homeless, lost, not to mention hungry and lonely, all because of their quirks.

Quirks were supposed to be amazing gifts, but for these two it only seem to be curses they were born with.

For Shiguraki his Quirk was Decay: anything he touchs wil cripple up getting weaker until it Decays away and leaves nothing but a pilr of ashes and dust within seconds for objects. On humans its dangerous and can cause them severe pain, even death. Its also dangerous to himself too. But it only works if he has all 5 digits on the object or person in question, if he leaves on finger out he can touch things without crippling them unintentionally.

And as for Kurogiri, his Quirk is Warp Gate: he can teleport himself and any one and items to anywhere but he needs to know the location in question to work. It can also be used to stop people fighting in some cases. But if he closes the gate while someone is in it be it whole body or a apart of their body it'll rip them apart. He can also hide his face and true form with his Quirk by covering his body (but not his clothes) or his whole form in a black and purple ominous mist, the only thing you can see besides his eyes if you look hard enough and touch is the metal collar around his neck.

They were both dumped at the same orphanage by their real parents because they feared them and didn't want them when they were much younger, too young to remember them. But things were not much better there either, they already knew that their quirks could be severely dangerous if they were not careful as they had accidentally caused a few incidents to happen because of them, damages on the orphanage along with children's toys and clothes and even hurting some and even badly purely by accident to name a few, even when they practice to control them everyone even the caretakers feared and loathed them. The two were close and had the others backs despite their tragic lives, brothers to the other. Nobody would adopt them either, mainly because the everyone would either lock them up until adoption day was over or everyone would recommend the parents not to and bad rumors were spread around to. Why the people at the orphanage kept them was beyond their minds.

Things only got worse as of last night round midnight, the caretakers could not take it anymore. They wanted to get rid of them, put them out of their misery, so they would not have to deal with them anymore. Nobody would care if they were their still here or gone, they just wanted them out of their lives. But they had to be sure that no one, not even the heroes knew about this or they would be in trouble.

The two were young but they certainly knew what Death was, They knew they couldn't stay.

Well it just so happens at that time the duo had been planning on escaping their prison of a so called home. They were awake at the time when they overheard the caretakers talking about it. Crippling a window to dust they escaped just as one of the caretakers, the top head of them next to the headmaster, came on with a walter PPK100 with a silencer on it intending to shoot them in the heads to end it quick and painlessly.

They escaped with only a graze or two on them and ran like there was no tomorrow. No surprise that no one filed a missing persons report to the police by the time morning came, by then they two had already gotten pretty far from the orphanage, so far that they don't know where it was or where they were even. Neither of them had ever been outside of the grounds of that place and were not told where they were other then Karakura town so they had no clue what it looked liked besides being a four story building and where it was, let alone what part of Japan it was in and they were in right now as they had hitched a few stow away rides on some buses and trains, to scared and tired to keep track how many though Kurogiri was pretty sure they were way in the middle of Japan, if not then a little away from the middle of it.

They hid in the Alley the first chance they got where they could rest, hide and even cry (well first Shiguraki scratched at his neck in frustration and anger with 4 of his fingers (a bad habit of his) for a a little while before he broke down into tears with Kurogiri who tried to stop himself from crying but failed) in private as people were starting to appear on the streets going about with their lives.

Neither knew how long they were their nor how long they've been crying for but neither cared as all of what they faced came hurdling at them with full force.

"Its..*Sniffle*.. its not fair... why..." Shiguraki started as he sobbed, "Why us?... *sob* What did we... *sniffle* do to deserve this?.. Why... Why were we born.. *sniffle* with these curses? .."

"We just want.. *sob* want to have ... a family. .. *Sniffle*... is.. is that hard to ask..?" Kurogiri cried as he desperately tried to fruitlessly wipe the never ending tears away, ".. were we... mistakes?"

".. we.. *sniffle* we never asked for.. *sob* this!" Shiguraki cried to no one.

"Why. .. why can't they see that *Sob* .. we just.. we just...*sniffle* .." Kurogiri exclaimed as he fell on his knees next to his brother who at with his back against the wall.

"... why won't the pain end..?"

".. why were we born?.."

They both continued to cry their hearts out, the crushing feeling of being lost, homeless, unwanted, unloved, forgottenness and pain on various levels hitting them hard.

They cried as no one heard them nor their wailing... or so they believed.

A soft light pair of footfalls coming close to them fell on the deaf ears of the two boys who were practically drowning in their misery as they believed that they were doomed to be ridiculed and hated for the rest of their lives. ..

.. that was until the voice of a young boy was heard as they perked up in surprise:

"Are you two okay?"

They both lifted their heads when they heard that, the source of it coming from a little boy around their age judging by his voice and appearence. He wore an orange shirt, green shorts, white socks and red and white tena-shoes, his skin was a pale (but heathly unlike the two boys) tan with dark green short hair that was kinda messy and curly and his eyes were the color of emeralds.

On his face was a look that they were not use to seeing but at the same time confused and surprised them: a look of concern and worry, especially after seeing they were scratched up and even had some bullet grazes on them, two on the black haired boy with one on his left cheek and one on his arm left arm, and the blue haired had 3 with one on his left thine, one under his chin on the right side and one on his left wrist.

The grazes had already long since stopped bleeding and dried up, but still they may (if they haven't already started to) get infected if they were not treated soon. Everything else was just minor.

"You're both hurt!" The Green haired boy exclaimed, "You two need to get to a hospital right now!"

When he said that the two had stiffed up, Faces showed fear and apprehensiveness as the green boy saw, leaving him confused though his expression didn't change, 'was is something I said?' he wondered

There was no way the two could go to the hospital, ANY hospital for that matter, they would be asked about where they came from and how they got into this mess, and chances were they the people at their old so-called home would deny any accusations thrown at them and they would be forced to go back there and suffer even more, or be sent to another orphanage or foster home where things might get worse for them.

"W-we can't!" Shiguraki protested, fear in his voice, "We can't go! Just go away!"

"I won't!" the stranger protested himself, "You two need help, and You guy's shouldn't be here all by yourselves, someone could hurt you both-!"

"We're already hurt," Shiguraki countered, visibly shaking as he helded himself, with both of his pinkies sticking out as to not hurt himself, turning away from him, "We don't need anyones help, we're fine on our own, just go away!"

"But why? Why won't you go seek help?" the green boy pointed out.

"Its not that we don't want to," Kurogiri answered, trying to calm his now shaking brother, "We just can't."

"But why?" the stranger asked again, wanting to understand.

"Its none of your business!" Shiguraki barked out in anger.

"Tomura-" Kurogiri scolded but was cut off as his brother continues:

"We're nothing but walking curses that no one wants, its was made clear by our ex-parents and those who were supposed to take care of us that we would only bring everyone misery! Besides we're dangerous!"

"But why?" the stranger asked again, his concern growing deeper at this.

But neither of the boys answered, which confused the green haired boy until the blue haired boy turn back around, though his head was still cased down, and proceeded to grab a large discarded, empty soda can.

What he saw surprised him.

It turned grey as ash until it crippled into nothing as it dust particales some to vanish into nothingness as well.

Then the black haired boy allowed his Quirk to show, his body except his clothes turned into a black and purple mist covering his true form, the metal collar round his neck was visible and his eyes showing but took on a somewhat misty appearence too and made his yellow eyes eerie. Then he turned his whole form into a misty mass where you would think that he had no physical form, then the blue haired boy stuck his hand through the black mass and a small mass of the stuff appeared next to the green haired boy as he saw the boys hand come through it in front of him before he retracted it and the other boy stayed like this for a while before he returned to his real form.

"I believe thats enough of a demonstration." Kurogiri said before he cased his head back down.

"Go ahead, run," Shiguraki dared him as he turn his face away from him again not wanting this boy to see his and Kurogiri's weakness, "Sneer, yell, everyone's been doing that since they hate our Quirks after seeing that they are curses... Who wouldn't hate something that can only hurt someone?"

This was more directed at himself then both him and Kurogiri, because his Quirk working directly on Full contact, he could turn things to dust instantly (in some cases almost instantly depending on the size of the object) and hurt people to a serious degree, some people hated him more the Kurogiri.

Right now he was exexpecting the boy to turn away and run, start throwing rocks at them, yell bad things at them, get the police, any of those things to name a few on the top of his head as they've been through these scenarios before.

But what he said was completely unexpected, in fact shocking.

"I don't hate them... I think they're cool!!"

Disbelief shook the two boys as they turn back to the third boy, eyes widen in shock, confused and were left without words.

The green haired has a look of awe and excitement with a big smile plastering his face, something the two were not use to see and couldn't believe they were see.

'Is this real? Did he really just say that?' The two boys thought in unison.

They pinched themselves already, they were still there.

"w-w-... What?" Kurogiri was the first to say in a stuttering whisper.

The green haired boy nodded as he continued, "I mean it! They're cool! Really cool! I mean yeah in the wrong hands they could be as dangerous as you say, BUT in the right hands they can be used for good! With those Quirks they can be really helpful! Like if you were to take out a hug garbage bag thats to heavy for you to carry a long way you could either make a portal that leads to the garbage can making the trip easier or you can disintegrate the trash until its nothing but a small pile of dust thats easier to clean up. And if you're going to be late to go somewhere you can transport there with time to spare. And if you're trapped somewhere with no way out you can make your own exit with either of those Quirks. And if you need to reach something but it's too far you can open a portal and reach with no problem. If you rake leaves in a pile and need to throw them away you can turn it to dust and either let the wind carry it away or sweep it up just fine."

The boy just kept going on and on, gushing about how helpful their quirks would be, and how amazing they were, for what seemed like hours.

Neither could think of what to say or do about this, both seem to be frozen in place as the boy took a few steps closer, but cautiously as to not frighten them but made sure he was not to close to them to make them uncomfortable.

Neither of them minded as they were too busy in their own thoughts, this had to be a joke right? He couldn't mean what he was saying, could he? Still... why was he still here? why did his voice sound genuine? excited instead of scared?

The more he talked, smiled and seem to have a friendly atmosphere around them, to their own suprise, the less scared and upset they were, negativity seem to slip slowly away from them.

But what he said next shocked them more then ever.

"... With enough training, With Quirks like yours, you two could be heroes!"

Their eyes widened in shock as the gasped soft but sharply at this.

'Did... did he really just say that?..' the two thought as they looked at each in disbelief before they turn back to the boy, 'Did he really just say. .. that... we could. .. become heroes?'

Nobody, and I mean NOBODY ever said anything like that to them, ever. All their lives they were only told that their Quirks would be something that villains would have and feared that they would even though the two boys NEVER wanted to be villains, they wanted to use their Quirks for good things but were never given the chance nor told that they could.

But this boy... he...

They felt something starting to break from inside them, but not in a bad way, instead however it felt like something lifting something off their shoulders, something started to flow within them, something building up until is would burst out of them. They didn't know what I was though.

"Do... do you... mean that?" Kurogiri asked him in overwhelming shock.

"You're. .. You're joking. ..right?" Shiguraki asked, a part of him in shock, a part of him hopeful and a part of him trying to tell himself that this boy was just messing with them, that he didn't mean it, that he was trying to hurt them like everyone else had.

But the boy showed it on his face, how serious he was. His sincerity never ceased, Nothing of deception nor spite was present as he said this:

"Absolutely and I'm NOT joking! "

The boy then took a few steps closer to the two, seeing that they didn't flinch back at this and only gawk at what he said, their eyes seem moist on the surface, he took it as a sign that they won't yell at him or run and weren't as fearful as they were earlier.

Looking at them more closely he could see that they were really wore for wear, their current state just screamed exhaustion, pain on more then just the physical level, and the look in their eyes almost seem to be pleading for help, desperate to find hope in their situation.

"I may not know what you two have been through, or what kind of pain you've been carrying on yourself," The strange boy started, showing some sadness, Sympathy (to their ever growing shock) towards them, "And I may not understand why nobody would at least give you two a chance, lend a helping hand even, but here's one thing I do know... you two did nothing to deserve any of this pain!"

The two orphan boys just stared at him, a little startled by his out burst, not sure what to say as their doubt started to fade even though they still could not believe what they were hearing.

The boy continues as he got serious, some tears started to form but none fell at all:

"Just because you two have Quirks that are very powerful and may SEEM dangerous, it does NOT mean that they ARE dangerous because I can see that neither of you want to use your Quirks to hurt people, you don't want to hurt anyone, right?"

Without realizing it, the two, who had same tears building up in their eyes but didn't seem to know that, whispered almost inaudibly with their voices almost choked up, ".. y-y-Yes.."

The boy continues: "You two have been judged unfairly, Neither of you chose your Quirks, but they are yours, No one else's, You want to use them for good, Not evil. You're not monsters, you're kids like me, You need help, if those people who hurt you both can't see that, if no one else will, then that's their problem, NOT yours. You both deserve better then this, you need help, You deserve to be happy, Not miserable and abandoned and treated so unfairly."

They continue to feel something break inside them as tears threaten to burst out at any second, their breathing becoming swallow, having a hard time denying that this was a dream they were having as Shiguraki's guard as well as his hands fell to his sides while Kurogiri fell on his knees, neither able to take their eyes off of this boy.

This boy kept saying so many things that neither of them ever heard anyone told them, and secretly hoped, desired, to hear for so long, he just kept breaking through their barriers they put up in their hearts as the last one was close to crumbling.

The boy knelt down to meet them both at eye level, Offering them a smile filled with warmth, kindness and sympathy. The fire in his eyes never ceased their shining glow as his emerald green eyes met ruby red and topaz yellow eyes.

"I wanna be a Hero like All Might, Like him I wanna help people and Smile to show them that things will be okay, like right now..." He told them before he slowly offered his hand to them, "I wanna help you guys, Help you to live better lives then this, Help you so you can show everyone that you're here to help them, That your Quirks are something not be feared and can be helpful, that you will not hurt them, Together we can show them that and prove how wrong those people were who hurt you two, That you CAN become heroes. ... What do you say?"

Tears finally fell as that final dam within them had bursted, though silently, as new found hope shined in their eyes, Neither them could hold it back any longer as they launched themselves at him, Wrapping their arms around chest (Kurogiri) and neck (Shiguraki with two of his fingers up on each hand so he didn't hurt him by accident), hugging him, clinging unto him like their life's depended on it as they both cried out, letting out all their sorrow, pain, anguish, frustration, anger, loneliness, despair, Frustration, fear, misery, Heart break and doubt that they kept pent up inside them for so long, Just letting it all out as the boy, who was startled by this reactions but then relaxed after a moment, returned the hug as he held them close, closing his eyes as his Smile continued to show, as the three sat their in their hug with no one to disturb them.

The boy allowed them to cry it all out, knowing that they need this and that if he was All Might he'd do the very same thing for those who were in the situation that these boys were in.

Though he was able to get through to them he somehow knew that they would need time to mend their wounds, not just physically mind you, and to help them overcome the challenges that await them ahead, but he was going to help them no matter what.

They needed a home first and foremost, a real home, and he knew just the place.

xxxx

"Here we are!" The Green haired boy announced as the 3 boys stood in front of the door of his house in a complex apartment.

After the boys had finally stopped crying and let out the pain they had kept inside, after telling him their names The boy who had revealed his name to be Izuku Midoriya offered, insisted, that the two boys could stay with him and his mother as it would be the best option since the two will obviously refuse to go to an orphanage and the boys house would be better then sleeping on the streets, after a moment of hesitation they accepted.

Kurogiri offers to transport them all to his house, or at least as close as possible as he had explained that His Quirk only works if he knew the location of where to transport to whether in the area or somewhere out of his line of sight. Thankfully for them when Izuku told him his address the warp gate child remembered passing the area of his home even though it was vague it was good enough for them.

Traveling via warp gate made the trip shorter and helped to avoid people staring at them, thankfully they didn't run into anyone either on their way up to Izuku's house.

Taking the key from under the door mat, Izuku unlocked the door before entering with the two boys after putting the keep back under the door mat.

"I'm home!" Izuku called out to his mom after closing the door behind him. "And I brought some new friends over, they need help!"

Just as Inko Midoriya, Izuku's mom, came to greet her son and his new friends, Upon seeing the state of the two boys her son brought home her smile instantly fell as a deep look of Shock and worry plastered her face as she rushed over to the trio, startling all but Izuku as Inko knelt down to meet them at eye level.

"Are you both okay?! Does anything hurt?! who did this to you both?!" And such questions she asked them in deep concern.

Neither of them were prepared for this nor Knew how to answer her as Shiguraki and Kurogiri NEVER had experience talking to an adult, let alone a stranger, that meant them no harm since they only came across ones that were cruel to them. Coming across a kind hearted person seemed nonexistent until they met Izuku.

Both were shaking a bit, Neither able to say anything as they saw the clear resemblance between Izuku and this woman who was his mother though she didn't have Izuku's freckles.

They could not help but be jumpy as the worrying adult was checking on their bodys to see if there were other injuries on them that were not visible because of their clothes. Aside from being pretty filthy, and having some scratches, bruises and grazes they were okay.

"Both of you come with me." she told them as she soon stood back up and took their hands, leading them to the living room as they stumbled, still in shock and not sure how to react, as Inko then told her son, "Izuku please grab the first aid kit from the bathroom along with a bowl of hot water and a cloth and bring them to the living room."

"Right!" Her son replied as he went to get the items requested.

As they were lead into the living room, the two orphan boys looked around them, it was a nice one, simple but had an unfamiliar homely touch to it, there was a couch, arm chair, coffee table, a nice big screen t.v. on a big dresser, a nice house plant, a simple kitchen table, several pictures on frames hanging on the walls and there was even a see-through siding glass door that lead to a decent size balcony which had a small table, two chairs and a small but good sized clothing line pole.

The two were uneased but in awe as they've never been in a place like this, though that was understandable for them.

Inko could tell that they unsure but in awe as if they were not use to seeing a place like this, judging by their reaction earlier and the way they look now she could only assume that they had had a very hard time for who knows how long? and while she doesn't know their story, she could see that they really need help.

Leading them to the couch she had the boys sit on it, told them gently, just as Izuku came in with the items that his mother told him to get.

Inko began working on the boys bumps, bruises and cuts, Cleaning not only the cuts, scratches and grazes but also the dirt they had on their faces with the wash cloth and hot water. For the boys to their surprised (though they were too shocked about all of this to begin with to even think about trying to move away from this womans gentle touch as she cleaned and patched them up) while the damp cloth when it touched their cuts stung for a bit, the warmth from it was... nice, pleasant, comforting even as they (one at a time) leaned into it and sigh in bliss without really acknowledging their actions at that moment as they were to focused on the warmth they were receiving from this.

Why this felt so nice? why they didn't push her way while they had the chance? why she was fretting over them like this (well them in general)? and more questions popped up in their heads as this continued.

After a while Inko had done her job as she was satisfied with her work seeing boys faces not only clean but also seeing them patched up good as new.

"There, good as new," Inko chimed before she asked them, gently, "Does anywhere else hurt? Do you both feel better?"

This startled them out of their train of thought as they were trying to fathom all of this.

"N-no Ma'am. .. We're f-fine now tha-thanks to y-y-you." Kurogiri replied nervously as he rubbed his now bandaged arm, blushing slightly.

Shiguraki nodded in agreement, fast but Awkwardly.

Inko nodded, "Your welcome. Now then, is anyone hungry?"

At that moment the boys stomachs growl very loudly, causing the both of them to blush pretty hard, Inko giggled at this while Izuku smiled with her at this response.

First short story, second chapter coming soon (hopefully).

And yes I did use the name (first or last name, I forgot) of Kurogiri's voice actor if you've noticed that XD