Inside a dark bedroom lay a sleeping black cat.
Shouta slept soundly through the early morning sun. Hizashi had left early for his early morning patrol, leaving Shouta to sleep past nine.
He would have slept well into the evening if his phone hadn't gone off.
Only a few people would think to wake him early in the morning.
Reluctantly he reached out to answer his phone to stop the obsessive ringing, only to realise it was his mother calling him.
Shouta bolted straight up, suddenly wide away. Why was his mother calling him so early in the morning?
Fumbling with his phone for a bit before finally answering it. He held his breath as his mother spoke.
"Shouta," Shouta involuntarily brought in a sharp breath. He knew something had happened. The question is what. "Shouta could you please come over?" Though it was phrased as a question it sounded more like a command.
"Why? What happened?" Shouta asked, already getting himself dressed.
"It's Izuku." With the mention of his brother's name, Shouta began to speed up.
"What happened? Is he hurt, was it that Bakugou kid." Shouta said, already out the door.
"No, no it's... it's," his mother stuttered. "Izuku found out that he... he doesn't have a quirk, Shouta."
Shouta froze. His brother is quirkless. Izuku wanted to be a hero, wanted an amazing quirk, but he doesn't have either.
Shouta bolted.
He could hear his mother's soft cries as he sat on the train.
Eight minutes later Shouta found himself in front of his old home. Unlocking the door he was greeted by the teary-eyed sight of his mother.
Shouta made his way over, bringing her into a hug.
"Where's Izuku?" Shouta whispered.
"In, in his, his room," His mother stuttered.
Shouta let go of her. Placing a soft kiss on her head before walking towards his brother's room.
Now standing before a door, the All Might door name in front, Shouta knocked. There wasn't a response. He tried again but there wasn't a sound.
Pushing open the door Shouta wasn't greeted by a small bouncing lamb playing All Might but a small crying bush huddled under his blanket.
Shouta sat down beside his brother, the bed dipping under his weight.
"Izuku," Shouta watched his brother remove the blanket slightly, now being able to see his watery eyes.
Shouta brought his brother into a hug. His shirt getting wetter with his brother's waterfall of tears.
"Izuku, Izuku it will be ok," Shouta soothed.
"No... no, it won't," Izuku hiccuped.
"And why's that?"
"Because heroes need a cool quirk."
Shouta pushed his brother slightly, now looking him in the eyes.
"Izuku, a hero doesn't need a cool quirk, look at me. What am I?"
"A... a hero," Izuku whispered.
"That means you can as well, no matter what others say," Shouta smiled.
"But, but Kacch-"
"Izuku, you might not have a quirk but that shouldn't stop you. It just means you'll have to work harder than anyone else." Shouta's eyes gleamed as he stared down at his brothers bright green one. "Izuku, I know you can be a hero. I know you'll be the best hero out there, just like All Might."
Shouta felt his brother hug him, whispering into his shirt.
"Thank you, thank you Shouta. I want to be a hero, just like you."
And that's the end of chapter three. Shouta being a good brother and sleepy cat. Random thing, are ever in a small fandom, leave the fandom for a few days and not think about it much only to come back and see the fandom exploding on itself. That's me, that is me at the whole Ninjago fandom at the moment. I'm very confused but also slightly scared, I swear, this happens every time we get the smallest amount of context. Six words: Buff Lloyd, stick Nya, Lloyd Garmagun. Anyway, hope you enjoyed.