It was the same as always - spider lilies on his desk, the everlasting impression of permanent markers scribbled one on top of each other.

Deku quirkless worthless

Izuku Midoriya was a shy boy who was born when nearly 80 per cent of the world had superpowers called quirks. Izuku was one of the 20 per cent of people who had an extra toe joint.

Izuku could remember that day when the doctor told him that he should give up his dream when his mother told him that she was sorry and from that day his life changed.

The class was about to begin when Izuku trudged towards his seat nearly stumbling as one of Kacchan's lackeys, the one with the extending eyeballs tripped him.

He managed to balance himself and went straight towards his desk opening his notebook and a pen and classes started with the teacher mostly ignoring Izuku and praising Kacchan while teaching his homeroom class.

Izuku was used to it by now. It was like a daily schedule now. Wake up, Kiss your mom goodbye, go to school, try to remain unnoticed, and then go back home. It seems like today was not one of those days because as soon as the teacher mentioned career, high school, and hero in one sentence, Izuku looked up-

"…ost of you want to be heroes, why do I even bother with these forms." He laughed while extending his nails and scratching his chin.

"Sensei, don't lump me with these extras. I will go to U.A. and these extras will remain as some B-list sidekicks to some D-rank heroes."

Shouts immediately followed after-

"U.A. has an extremely low acceptance rate."

"Only the top makes it to U.A., I am sure you will get in Bakugou…"

"Katsuki, you wanted to go to U.A. right? As I recall Midoriya also wanted to go to that school."

"Eeeee Dekuuuu, fucking Deku will make it into U.A. Fat chance of that. What can that quirkless freak like him even do?" Katsuki glared at Izuku explosions crackling on his open palms

"U.A. r-r-removed the rule years ago. There is no p-p-precedence that a quirkless person c-c-can't-"

Katsuki launched one of his explosions at Izuku who flinched and closed his eyes but when he felt the heat of the explosion but didn't feel the blast, he looked around to see his All Might bag burned and singed at the corners.

"Settle down, Settle down! No illegal quirk usage here."

Katsuki put on his scowl and turned toward the teacher again.

The teacher did not care nor did he mind the explosions instead sending a glare toward Izuku "No disrupting my class Midoriya, is that understood?"

"Y-yes S-s-sensei."

The class continued as normal with Kacchan glaring at Izuku from time to time, small explosions crackling on his palms.

Soon the bell rang and homeroom ended.

As soon as the teacher left Katsuki cornered Izuku at his table where he was writing some notes in his copies.

"Deku" Kacchan sneered and blasted an explosion close to his face "Don't you think you can go running around playing a hero you shitty Deku. You are a quirkless freak who will always be the bottom feeder. I will be the only person from this shithole to go to U.A., do you understand?"

Izuku did not say anything.

"Why don't you do us both a favor and die" Kacchan took his copy and blasted it out of the window

"See here's an idea, why don't you jump, just like that fucking notebook over there?" He pointed towards the lake where the Koi were feeding on bits of paper over the shitty journal.

Kacchan blasted yet another explosion at Izuku's shoulder and the smell of burned flesh and sickly-sweet nitro-glycerine formed a strange amalgamation.

"Don't go running to U.A. nerd or else…" he blasted another explosion and went out the door.

Izuku was still cowering when Kacchan left.

He slowly lifted himself up packed his notebooks and left the school picking up his soaked and burned notebook, holding it close to his chest.

It was getting late when Izuku walked under an overpass. It was not a pretty sight to look at but it was the only other way to reach his house without getting Kacchan or his lackey's attention. For the first time, Izuku seemed to notice every detail around him- The mossy tiles below the bridge, The almost dry puddles of water left from yesterday's rain, the green murky substance coming towards him, the few cars passing over the bridge- wait the green murky substance is coming towards him!?

Izuku starts to run but he is not fast enough.

A low voice laughs as it tries to catch up to his new-to-be-host "Oh feisty, aren't we? I wonder how you noticed me, I always move so slowly"

Slowly the green slime started to enter his throat, the slime already covering half his head "Dammit, just let go, kid! It will be over soon, I promise!" Another laugh escaped his lips

Izuku began to suffocate, he started clawing through the slime but it passed right through his fingers.

"DO NOT FEAR! I AM HERE!"

A blast shot towards him and Izuku fell unconscious.

"Kid, are you alright" Someone was nudging Izuku.

He did not remember where he was- oh right the sludge villain and "ALL MIGHT! OHMYGODIAMAHUGEFANPLEASEGIVEMEANAUTOGRAPH"

"No need to shout my boy, I have already given my autograph. Well, I need to go now and deliver this slime villain to the police station"

"But I have so much to ask you" Izuku didn't think, he grabbed All Might as he jumped. One moment he was clutching onto his idol's leg, the next he was soaring through the air.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

"Oh my God kid, close your mouth, I will put you down" They landed on the roof of one of the district malls in Musutafu.

"What did you want to ask me?" His tone was firm yet gentle and somehow it seemed to lift Izuku's spirits.

"All I ever wanted to do was to help people with a smile, just like you. In your interviews you said, anyone can be a hero. Do you think that a quirkless person like me can become a hero?" The whole time Izuku was speaking All might noticed the signs of bullying, realized the constant taunts he must have heard, and seen his burned shoulder. Could he in good conscience say that this scrawny kid could be a hero…

"No…"

Izuku's smile fell

"You cannot run around in a suit chasing villains."

All might's form dissipated steam coming out from his body

Izuku screamed "Imposter, you can't be All Might"

"Young man, I assure you I am All Might," the imposter said puffing up his chest-

The real All might appear out of nowhere.

"5 years ago, I fought a villain who injured me deeply. I asked to keep the news private. A Symbol of Piece should not show weakness, but half of my respiratory systems were destroyed. I can only transform for 3 hours at a time from my skinny form to my All Might form, so I cannot in good conscience say that you can be a hero when there are villains like that out there…But my boy there are other ways to become a hero you know-"

"O-other w-ways?" "Why yes, policemen, detectives, medical professionals- are they not heroes in their own right- policemen help the heroes arrest the dangerous criminals, the detectives, on the other hand, solve the murders, deaths of hundreds of people and when they finally arrest the criminals responsible for a loved one's death, don't you think that they become a hero in that person's eyes."

"Being a hero is not always about fighting villains to win, it's sometimes about saving people's hearts too. I am sure you will be a fantastic underground hero someday if you put your body and mind to good use. Well, I would ask you not to disclose this information to other people-national secrets and such you know. Now that I think about it, I don't even know your name young…"

"M-Midoriya. Midoriya Izuku."

"I will be going then young Midoriya. Maybe someday we will meet again" And All Might left leaving Midoriya Izuku on the roof thinking about the lives of heroes and the consequences of actions.

BOOM

An explosion.

Izuku flinched on instinct, but there was no blond boy around. He looked around to see smoke coming from the downtown district. He ran towards the smoke where he saw a bunch of people gathered around what appeared to be a villain attack.

"…irk not suitable for this task" he heard Backdraft say.

"I am not suitable for the job. We need to wait for a better hero to come" Kamui Woods told Mt. Lady.

"I cannot go in there the area is too small for my quirk" Izuku was out of breath. Why were the heroes not doing anything?

Another explosion.

Izuku looked at the villain.

Oh my God, that is the slime villain and it is holding a person captive, and another explosion, Izuku looked closely at the captive and he could see a blond boy trying to breathe.

He moved without thinking-

Remember Hero Analysis for the future: 14, page 19, transformative quirks- aim for the weak points but where is the weak poi- the eyes!

And without even thinking Izuku hurled the bag at the slime villain's eyes and clawed through the slime to give the blond boy- Kacchan, is this Kacchan? some breathing room.

For a split-second relief filled through Katsuki 's chest, he could breathe once again, but that was short-lived. The slime villain now recovered from the surprise attack started to form a tentacle made of slime to attack Izuku

"FUCKING KIDS AND THEIR HERO COMPLEXES. I JUST WANTED TO GET AWAY, BUT NO, YOU WOULD NOT LET ME. DIE YOU FUCKER" But before he could even attack Izuku,

"DETROIT SMAAASH"

And the shockwave sent the slime flying further across the road and Katsuki was finally free.

While Katsuki was being praised for his quirk, Izuku was being berated for interrupting their hero work but Izuku's mind was somewhere else. "What did he mean by – "I need to get away"? Was he running from someone? Why was he a villain?" Izuku mumbled to himself

"Being a hero is not always about fighting villains to win, its sometimes about saving people's hearts too"

Izuku was going to find out and maybe even save the slime villain in the process

As raindrops fell from the skies Izuku looked for the police station where he would get his answers-

In his green eyes, sparkled a determination to save a person, even if it was a villain.