The ride to Asakusa was nothing to be amazed about but in Izuku's mind this was the first step towards a bigger goal. Though his mom wouldn't admit it he knew that it was his fault they were forced to move away from their previous home. It was hard on him, but he promised to make the best of it. He and his mom unpacked all their stuff within the hour. Not much was left after the fire anyways.

His new house was a two-bedroom one story wooden house. Ironic considering the problem was he couldn't stop burning things. The first thing they did was get him enrolled in school. Little Izuku was so excited.

Scratch that this school was worse than his last one. Despite the fresh start and not being known as "Deku" anymore the day quickly went into a downspin. Bullies are rampant in the school and by the end of the day he was just as beat up as normal. Arriving home, it didn't look like his mom had a much better day. Her hair was disheveled, and she looked even more stressed. Izuku didn't like Asakusa so far.

It was after school several weeks later that Izuku began to find himself once more. He was wandering after school seeing his mom so out of it lately had begun wearing on him. She came back looking worse and worse every day. It was almost impossible to ignore at this point and it made him so upset. Since his quirk awoke, he would burn things if he couldn't keep calm and there had been strange itches at odd places on his body like his back and right arm. It was getting to the point that he could barely stand it.

While walking he came across a rundown building in the middle of nowhere. He hadn't seen the building before and walked towards it cautiously. Izuku peered in and was amazed by what he saw. There was a man and his daughter sparring. As he was enamored with the fighting, he didn't notice that the door was sliding, and he fell disrupting their match.

"Who's there!?" The man yelled. When he saw it was just a boy, he became less agitated and came to him more calmly. "What are you doing here, young man" he asked Izuku who at first had been ready to run when he yelled.

"I was just walking when I found this place" Izuku answered honestly. The man looked at Izuku curiously for a moment before asking him to leave politely. But Izuku had already been overtaken by what he saw. "Please will you show me how to do that stuff". He looked him over once more before shaking his head no. Izuku then began to beg for him to teach him. The man eventually caved.

"If you can land a single hit on my daughter, I will allow you to learn from us." The man offered and so began the longest month of Izuku's life. Immediately after school every day Izuku tried to land even a single hit on the girl, but he couldn't seem to manage to touch her. The girl was about his age, but she had spent more time learning from her father than he had fighting in his life. He was completely outmatched, but the girl was not happy. She knew he had a quirk from listening to him offhandedly talk about it, but he hadn't even attempted to use it. It was infuriating and that's why she wouldn't give him even a sympathy hit.

As much as Izuku hated to admit it, not feeling like he was improving was frustrating. And that frustration boiled over when his quirk exploded violently one afternoon. The father quickly put it out with his own quirk which turned out to be the control of fire. Izuku passed out and woke up at home on the couch. He returned the next day and was surprised to see the father and daughter duo waiting for him.

"Despite how ugly, technically you landed a hit. Starting today you'll meet us three times a week and we'll help you master that power of yours." Izuku burst out in steam, and his training began.

The man later introduced himself as Benimaru and his daughter's name was Maki. The primary problem that Izuku came across was control. His fire power was extraordinary, but without control being a hero was just a far-off pipe dream. The first step on his journey was being able to activate his flames at will. His first exercises simply involved activating his quirk without getting overwhelmed. Given that they only met three time a week much Of Izuku's training was done in privacy simply getting little flames to dance across his skin and extinguishing them before they got out of control. Though it took the better part of a month Izuku eventually was able to maintain his flames and his composure.

The next part of his training began shortly after that. After offhandedly mentioning the fire that brought him and his mother to Asakusa, Benimaru began to show Izuku the basics of controlling his fire. "These forms that I am showing you will help you essentially control your fire at will. Though I suspect to some degree you can already do that." And for the next month Izuku worked through the forms without his quirk simply learning the motions and feeling the pull of his quirk beneath the skin. The following month Izuku began to add his own quirk along with the forms and began to feel a sort of pull and control over the flames that he had not yet experienced. And as he slowly began to gain control over his quirk Benimaru threw a wrench in his plans.

"Considering that you already have begun to show some talent in using your quirk it's about time we get you started on some exercise. Nothing too intense because you're still a kid, but simple games to make sure you're using your muscles and not letting them vegetable away and become reliant on your quirk."

"Yes sir!" Izuku yelled as loud as his little voice could carry. And so, he took up simple sports and games like soccer in order to stay in good shape physically." With this began a long pattern of building and maintaining habits that would last a lifetime and ultimately benefit him. Later in his life Izuku would be thankful he had picked up such things. As it made building and muscle and good eating habits easier to abide by. And finally, the time had come. From his early failed attempts at throwing even a simple punch and not being able to activate his quirk Izuku began putting it all together in the form of sparring with Maki. Despite both their quirks being fire-related in raw fighting terms Maki was lightyears ahead. However, she was kind towards Izuku and walked him through fighting and controlling his quirk simultaneously. And so, began a long stretch of fighting, working, and reworking in order to become a more able hero.

In the end of Izuku and Maki's sparring sessions finished with a record of 0-1,248 in Maki's favor.

9 Years Later

Asakusa was different than most towns Izuku had learned. Pro heroes couldn't really be found around there so it was mostly lawless. It had its own private forces for emergency services and villains ran rampant. Izuku was supposed to meet his teacher Benimaru, and his daughter Maki today, but he ran into trouble along the way there from school. Three men had surrounded a young woman and were holding her up for money. He had improved in using his quirk and in a few years his goal was to go to UA University, so this was his chance to start.

"Scram brat unless you don't want to make it home tonight" Izuku sized all three men up and threw his bag behind him. Then fire shot out from his foot separating the men from the girl and creating a straight path for her to escape through. Before they could react, flaming arms reached out and smashed two of the men together. The third man reached for a gun and tried to fire, but the bullet wouldn't fire, and he was also smashed by a flaming arm. Izuku waited there until the volunteer police force arrived and arrested the men.

It was the first of many stops for Izuku. His eyes blazed green and he blew through villains like a storm. The red-orange circles around his eyes made him stand out, and like a fierce animal he blew through Asakusa's villains. The city embraced him and called him the cities pride and that was the only way to describe him. Another nickname spread to the rest of the world and villainy alike to beware the Demolition King.