A/N: I'm back! With a new story. Okay I know I've been starting a lot of new ones and not finishing old ones, but I'm just trying to write what I want for the time being, and RWBY volume 8 has not been agreeing with me. But I have seen a lot of MHA next generation stories and came up with my own one I like. Also, this will have language, and more adult themes. I've aged the new characters up some so that it feels more natural. Anyway, just enjoy and review please.
Chapter 1: The Promise
Many years ago. Humanity went through an evolution. The first recorded cases of super powered individuals were reported. Then all across the world, powers became more common. We began calling these strange powers, quirks. Then, like wildfire, they spread through the entire world. Now it's is believed that almost 90% of the world's population has some kind of quirk. Almost overnight, the supernatural became the totally normal. However, there remained a few who were born without a quirk, called the quirkless. I would know about them because I used to be one of them.
My name is Izuku Midoriya, and this is how I became the worlds greatest hero. But you already know that story. You know about how I inherited the quirk One for All from my idol, All Might. You know how I went to UA to train to become a hero, and how I became the number one hero in the world. However, in life, you never know what your future may hold so this is not the story of how I became the worlds greatest hero. Instead, this is the story of how a new generation became something bigger.
My Hero Academia Next Generation: New Heroes:
Deku's POV:
As the number one hero in the world, my free time was few and far between. If I wasn't out on a special assignment, I was patrolling. If I wasn't doing either than I had office work at the hero agency. Not to mention I obviously needed to keep at the top of my game, to stay number one. What with Shoto, Kachan, and I all gunning for number one. So, when I was finally finished with all my paperwork, I needed to get done I was so happy to leave the agency headquarters and head home to my wife. Ahh, just thinking about my sweet little Uravity made me smile.
I met Ochako "Uravity" Uraraka back when I was training to be a hero back at UA high. We had always been friends, and looking back at it, there always seemed to be some kind of spark. However, whether it be my stead fast determination to becoming number one, or her child like nervousness, we never acted on our mutual feelings. That was until, we had made a final raid on the league of villains. I was recruited to help with the operation despite only being a sidekick at the time. Many pros wanted me there because I was the one who found the location of the league's secret base when I had turned one of the league's oldest members, Himiko Toga.
Toga is… well, she's a troubled girl. For the longest time, I always hated her. While I always despised the league, I could at least understand their rage. Like Shoto's brother, Touya/Dabi. However, Toga never had a reason. She just wanted to kill. Got some kind sick joy from taking others lives, and I always hated her for that. However, after we captured her, they sent me in for an interrogation. Likely knowing about Toga's little infatuation with me. Thus, began the strangest friendship of my life.
It took me a while, but after almost a month of hour-long interrogations. I was able to get through to the psychotic girl. She told me more about her past, how her parents deemed her a monster because of her quirk, how the world pasted judgment on her, just because of her quirk. That's when I finally understood. Himiko Toga is me. She never had a chance, the world deemed her a villain, so she was. Understanding that I was able to help her. I told her about my past, and we finally connected. I helped her, so she helped me, and we had our location for the raid. While she's still serving several life sentences at Tartarus. I still have never missed one of our "Interrogations".
But that's beside the point. The night of the mission, all the heroes' grouped together as we began to prepare for the battle that would no doubt ensue. Our mission capture as many villians as possible, and in particular capture their leader Tomura Shigiraki. We were able to take on most of the villain's forces, but it was the new Nomus that surprised us. I understood that none of the other pros would be a match except me. I told the other heroes to continue so that I could fight the abominations. I knew this would be tough, but a hero always finds away, so I fought. Understanding that this was their last stand, the league unleashed all the creatures on me. Over fifty Nomus came at me at once, all having quirks that range from healing to fire breath. However, I was able to fight them off. To this day I have never pushed myself harder in a fight, but I won. Still, fighting that hard exhausted me and I fainted due to the immense pain in my arms and legs. The next thing I remember was waking up in a hospital bed feeling awful. Ochako was the first person to see me she cried frantically and yelled about how angry she was. This mission was kept quiet so we wouldn't lose the element of surprise. So, when my friend heard I almost died on a mission, they all ran to make sure I was okay. That night, Ochako cried in my lap as she lightly hit me. Saying how mad she was and how I couldn't die just yet. That was the day we realized what we meant to each other and shared our first kiss on that hospital bed.
Closing my eyes, I could almost see her cute little round cheeks. Hero life was full of bad memories and regrets, but I knew I would never have any with my sweet Uravity. However, that wasn't all, I also thought of our lovely little daughter, Shiho.
Shiho had always idolized heroes, with both her parents being heroes it only came naturally. Shiho was so excited to find her quirk and become a great hero like her parents, but life had other plans. The quirk I inherited from All Might gave me powers, but it didn't change my genetic code. So, when me and Ochako had a child, there was still a 50% change the child would not have the quirk gene, and Shiho wasn't that lucky. Being born into a world of superpowers, and just being normal shattered her, and it didn't help that she felt like she let us down, that she was a disappointment to us. Ochako and I constantly told her that we loved her and would continue to support her. But she always just brushed us aside and profusely apologized for being such a disappointment. All I wanted to do was help my daughter, so, in a state of panic… I told her about One for All. About how I was quirkless and how All Might gave me this power. I only meant to raise her spirts. To prove that just because you were born quirkless, you can see become a great hero, but I might have created a new unintentional problem.
Shiho had been acting strange ever since I told her the truth of my quirk. Training harder, working out, fighting. There is nothing wrong with any of this, it's just she was never really a fighter. I realized what was happening after I saw her moving trash on Takabo Municipal Beach, the same place I'd trained when All Might picked me as his successor. Then I understood why she was acting strange.
Shiho expected me to give her One for All.
I should have been thrilled about this news. Who could have been better than her? You see, I realized a few years ago I needed a successor. Much like my mentor, All Might, as I grew older, my powers weakened, and I knew that I would eventually have to pass the torch of One for All on to the next aspiring hero. It saddened me when I realized I was beginning to lose power, I had achieved so much, and I didn't want to let that go. However, I knew hero life was not one of longevity, and I had a lot of plans with Ochako and Shiho, so I decided to start finding a new apprentice. Speaking with the new Principal of UA, and retired hero, Mr. Aiza- Erasherhead. We began to start combing through aspiring heroes to find the right succesor. However, I could never find anybody that I felt comfortable with giving this power to. Then I saw Shiho doing the same training I had all those years ago.
It amazed me that she even remembered that part of my story, yet she truly looked up to not just me, but all heroes. The determination I saw in her, could only be matched my mine. So, this is the part of the story where I go home, give my quirk to Shiho, and she becomes the number one hero and the new symbol of peace… However, life works in mysterious ways.
"THIEF!" I was pulled out of my long daydream as I heard someone scream across the street. As I peered across the road, I saw an old fruit salesman yelling as a young-looking girl wearing a black leather jacket ran away from the old man holding a bag full of apples. I quickly realized what had happened, and that my free time was over. I quickly took apart the disguise I had on consisting of a wig, a hoodie, and a medical mask. I quickly learned after a few years of being number one that if I were ever seen in public I would be swarmed by droves of people. They would ask for simple things like a picture, or an autograph which didn't bother me too much. Then there were the fan girls. I had never been popular among girls. Most girls in my middle school wouldn't even give me the time of day because I was quirkless. But, once I became number one, I was swarmed by endless fan girls. It went from flirty conversations to full on groping. Most trying to "impress" me by meeting me at public events where they knew Ochako and I would be, attempting to woo me away from my girlfriend. The last straw came when I came home one day after patrolling only to find some random girl naked in my bed! I was able to get her to leave but not without her screaming that she "loves me" and that I should "dump that zero-gravity whore". After that was when Ochako and I decided to move in together. But that's beside the point.
I quickly took off running after the girl, some people began to recognize me but just got out of my way as they saw I was working. I had to admit she was fast, likely having a speed quirk, but by activating One for All at 5% I was able to keep up. Since I was closing the distance, she made a sharp turn into a nearby alley and I followed her. We both stopped as she reached a dead end.
"You have nowhere left to run!" I told her as I made sure to keep my ear-to-ear smile, something All Might taught me to always have.
"So, just give me back what you stole, and we can both go home!" I explained to her hoping she would listen, and this wouldn't turn into a fight.
"Okay, fine you got me." She solemnly said as she walked forward with the the bag outstretched.
"That was easy." I thought as I was not suspicious of this common thief, but I should have been. Because right as I was about to take the sack from her, she spun around on her feet like a ballerina and kicked a set of scaffolding right next to us. This caused a set of metal bars to fall off, and since I'd let my guard down, I was too late to catch them as they all landed right on top of me.
I was able to get up pretty easily but getting knocked down gave her the opening she need to escape. I looked around trying to find the thief and looked up to she her ducking into a building through a fire escape.
"She's determined I'll give her that." I laughed to myself and activated One for All to leap onto the fragile metal structure. I grabbed onto the window seal as I felt the structure shake underneath my weight before settling. Not wanting to waste anymore time, I climbed through the window she had jumped through. I entered a dark room that appeared to be abandoned. No furniture, no people, no lights, and it looked like it was being renovated. As I made my way into the dark room, I saw movement in multiple places around the room, confirming the thief was in here.
"Alright, this has been plenty fun but it's time to stop this chase." I would never admit it, but I was a little angry. I just wanted to head home after a long day and this girl just had to steal at the exact moment I was walking by.
"So, just hand over the food!" I yelled when I saw her run into the back of the room because the light in the room showed her shadow. Being angry I charged after her and when the door was locked, I became even more mad. I decided I was down with this whole chase and powered up to kick the door down.
"Alright I'm tired with-" I was cut off when I walked though the doorframe and saw something I did not expect. I saw a little girl, no older than ten wrapped up in a small blanket laying on a bed. Next to her was the thief, a young teenage girl with spikey sandy blonde hair. She appeared to be giving the girl one of the apples from the sack. The little girl perked up at seeing me.
"Whoa, it's Deku!" The child yelled as she pointed at me and her face broke out into a huge grin. I looked around confused and saw the older girl smile up at me with a wicked, mischievous grin. Out of force of habit I began smiling brightly at the girls and before I could tell them that "I am here!" The younger girl spoke up again.
"What are you doing here? Are you here for my sister?" The little girl asked, sounding so innocent.
"Actually yes, I am." I stated bluntly, and confirming my idea that the two were related, but not realizing how simple and forceful it sounded. Even though the older girl was a thief I didn't want to scare the little girl. I guess I failed at that.
"Oh no, she's not in any trouble, is she?!" The child cried out, tears threatening to break through her eyes.
"No, no, it's just… we need to have a conversation." I explained trying to stop the girl from crying. Even if I was angry at her sister, I still didn't want to scare them.
"Yeah, me and ole' Deku here are pals! Right!" The thief moved over to be next to me and she kept her mischievous smile.
"Whoa, my sister is friends with Deku!" The little girl exclaimed and got all excited, bouncing around in her bed. For the first time, the thief lost her smirk and ran over to the girl almost concerned. I then noticed the girl on the bed groan in pain and her sister run over to try and protect her.
"You know it hurts whenever you move like that." The blonde girl said to her sister, as I noticed something off about the outline of the little girls' legs under the covers. They looked like flippers, then all at once they changed to become hooves. I was quickly able to discover the reason why this girl was bed ridden, and what her quirk was.
"I'm sorry Hana. It's just difficult to control." The blonde girl bit her lip and glared at me nervously at her identity being outed.
"Well, you just stay put, cause Mr. Deku and I need to have a little chat." She explained to the young child and giving her a big smile as she reached over and wiped a tear away from the little girl's cheek.
"Remember to smile." Hana and her sister smiled at each other as she got up and led me out of the bedroom.
We moved back out into the main room. In that moment, I realized what I was missing in all the successors I had seen, why I couldn't pick one.
"Are you gonna turn me in?" Hana asked, pulling me out of my thoughts and refocusing my attention back to her.
"No" I didn't even think about it for a second after seeing, well all this.
"Good, you can leave now" She stayed coldly and gestured to the window I had came in through. I was almost shocked by how hastily she was to get rid of me. I had so many more questions, and even if I wasn't in a position ask, I still did.
"Wait, I'm sorry for chasing you but-" I tried to frantically explain before she opened the bedroom door, but something unexpected happened.
"BUT WHAT!" She turned around and screamed at me. White hot anger burning in her face.
"You want to be the hero! Save us! Well, you can't save everyone Mr. Deku!" She finished, growing quiet, likely afraid of her sister hearing us.
"I can try." I told her, standing my ground.
"What you can do, can't help us." The blonde girl spoke solemnly, like she had lost all fight. My mouth hung open and I opened and closed it looking like and idiot. I was trying to think of something to say, but she spoke up first.
"We rolled the dice and weren't lucky." I perked up at this because, it's exactly how my little Shiho sounded.
"What do you mean?" I asked, again sounding like an idiot.
"Jesus, you really are dense, do I have to spell it out for you!" She proclaimed trying to insult me, but I'd learn to not take things like that personally.
"I'm quirkless. And she's… Well, she's probably worse off." She pointed back to the door so I could understand who she was referring to.
"Have you ever thought about teaching her?" My stupid hero instinct kicked in and I just had to ask that stupid question.
"To control her power." I once more blankly stated. I didn't care if I was being baited, she needed to hear this. "I would know, when I was training I couldn't-"
"That's easy for you to say!" She snapped at me again, true anger burning in her green eyes. "You were born with super speed, and strength, and raw power! Some people aren't as lucky!"
"And I would have loved be as lucky!" The blonde girl continued, I since stopped talking, figuring she had some stuff to get off her chest.
"Maybe I could be more… than just petty thief… and I could actually help people." I don't know if it was some mix of our intimate conversation, or her exhausted state, but the truth just poured out of this girl.
"Laugh at me all you want… but I always wanted to be a hero. To save people. But some dreams… aren't meant to be."
…
My heart shattered at hearing those words. I had always wanted to help all people. Be a hero for not just people with quirk but the ones without. But I guess I pretty much failed.
That's when it hit me. What All Might had seen in me. Why I kept rejecting so many potential successors, even my own daughter. Hana was the missing link.
"What if I could give you that?" I asked her as she gave me a confused look and my smile came back. "You said I couldn't help you, but I can."
"Hah, what you gonna magically fix all of this." She scoffed at me and gestures all around at the destroyed house.
"No offense, just because you can punch people-"
"I was born quirkless."
This seemed to stop her speech cold turkey. She just stared at me, mouth agape. I decided to continue with the same story All Might told me.
"I was given this power from my old mentor, All Might." As soon as I said this, I understood there was no going back.
"My quirks true name is One for All. It's a sacred power passed from one hero to another. Growing stronger. One hero will improve the power, then hands it off to another. All in the hopes that it will build a better future. Every bearer must find a successor to carry on this power. Today I choose you!"
At this point, Hana had fallen to the ground under the weight of what I was saying. We both had an understanding, either of us could have been lying, but we seemed to both be connected now.
"My quirk is yours to inherit."
…
"Okay, wait, woah! Back it up a bit!" She exclaimed. I was caught off guard by her sudden outburst and wondered if maybe I'd made a mistake.
"Look, I don't know if this is how you get your kicks or whatever-" Hana seemed to mock me as her face contorted to one of anger.
"What! No! No! I'm being serious!" I shouted at her, now being worried I had overstepped my boundaries. Maybe there was no such connection between the two of us.
"Yeah! And I'm Ground Zero." The blonde girl gave me a deadpanned look as she referenced my old rival, Kachan.
And it was in that moment I realized my one fatal mistake. The first thing All Might had told me when he chose me was that this was my choice. I had to be the one to want to take One for All. I had just thrust this responsibility on this girl. I just believed that we had such a strong understanding that I didn't even bother to ask the question. "What does she want."
"Look, this power, it's a heavy burden to bear, I'm sorry for shoving it onto you, but." I explained to her as I got closer, trying to show her I was being serious.
"Young girl, you too can become a hero!" I proudly told her, looking into her emerald eyes, saying the same words my mentor had told me all those years ago. Even if I had just met this girl. Even if she was a thief. I felt a connection, and I wasn't gonna give up on her.
"Okay. Let's say I believe you, which I don't." She levels with me, as it seemed I'd diffused her rage. "I can't."
"I would have loved to be a hero, but that chapter is closed." She resigned herself. "I have responsibilities, I can't train, and go to school."
"I need to grow up, you got the wrong girl." She gave me the answer I was most scared of hearing. "So, thanks, but no thanks."
"I understand." Oddly enough, I did. I understood now. All her rage and fiery attitude, it was a mask to try and hide how weak she felt. But I didn't want to point that out to her. Because I knew what it was like to feel that weak. All I could hope was that I could help this girl, the same way All Might helped me.
"Okay, I understand, I should go." I solemnly told her, resigning myself to defeat.
Still as I was leaving, I couldn't deny the connection between the two of us. I couldn't give up on her.
"Here, if you change your mind." I explained to her as I gave her a card with my home phone number on it. "Just give me a call." Then I jumped back out the window and headed home.
…
As I walked home, over and hour late, my mind should have been on Ochako and Shiho. How they had dinner without me, and we're probably worried why I was out so late. However, I just couldn't stop thinking about Hana, she was gonna be my successor. The blonde thief had the heart of hero, I just hoped she could learn that. But I couldn't be the one to teach her that.
"Izuku! What happened!" I was pulled out of my thoughts of the little thief by my wife, Ochako waiting on the porch of our house.
"When you didn't make it home for dinner, I feared the worst!" She ran up and hugged me. I just rested my chin on top of her brunette halo of hair. It felt so good to just be in her embrace.
"Sorry about that. I got sidetracked." I explained, attempting to dodge the question. Ochako of course knew about One for All, but I wasn't ready to tell her about Hana yet.
"Well, that's a relief." She said with her beautiful smile, before punching me right in the arm. "Just call next time, dummy."
Even though she was trying to be intimidating, I couldn't help but laugh at her cute little comment. "Won't happen again."
Walking into our house, I looked around for my daughter Shiho, but I couldn't see her any where. Ochako caught onto my searching eyes.
"Don't worry, she's upstairs." She told me, as I heard the distinct sound of rock music playing. I understood she was in the middle of her training. Now would not be a good time to bother her. I decided to just let her be.
The rest of the night went normally. Ochako and I talked about our day the same way we always did, drink some tea she always made. I talked about all the interviews I had to do as the worlds symbol of peace. She talked about her team up with my old friend and rival Kachan.
"How are Camie and Kach-. Katsuki?" I was able to catch myself, Bakugo hated others to call him by his old nickname.
"There doing fine, Mr explosions is of course happy to see Usagi trying to get into UA." She explained the state of my goddaughter as she showed me a recent picture we took. Me, Ochako, Katsuki, and Camie all just getting done with a mission.
"I still can't believe they've been married for 20 years now!" I jokingly exclaimed, causing Ochako to laugh. still feels like yesterday when Shouto, Tenya, and I all laughed about Kachan's news that him and Camie were dating. He didn't take to kindly to our reaction. We just didn't think he was serious.
"Life works in mysterious ways." She chirped our in that adorable little voice of hers. Life works in mysterious ways.
That line from my wife caused me to think about Hana again. Was its destiny? I mean, what are the odds that she just happens to rob a fruit stand right next to my path home? Life works in mysterious ways.
"Deku! Deku!" Ochako began calling me by my hero/nickname to get my attention. This once again snapped me out of my daydream about my (hopefully) successor.
"What were you saying?" I asked as I discreetly sipped at the tea we'd been drinking.
"That's the second time you've spaced out, what's on you mind?" She asked me, she always had a way of seeing through any act I made.
"Nothing. Just thinking about work. It's busy being number one!" I smiled brightly hoping she wouldn't pursue me when I, yet again, dodged one of her questions.
"That might work in your interviews, but I'm your wife. Talk to me." As I said, she could always see through me. Uttering a big sigh, I let my smile fall, as I decided I might as well tell her the news about Hana.
"I found a successor!" I whispered to her as we both smiled and laughed.
"That's great Izuku! Who was it!" She immediately asked the one question I didn't want her to ask. As she did this we moved to stand as she grabbed more tea from the stove, and I put my back to the living room.
"Well… that's the thing. So, I was coming home when. I sort stopped a fruit thief and her name is Hana and she's really sweet and" I would have continued but my smart wife was able to pick up on what I was saying.
"HAHAHAHA! Are you serious!" She laughed out at the irony of Hana and I's first encounter.
"Look I know what it sounds like, but I see something in this girl." I explained our strange connection that she seemed to respect.
"You mean like what happened with you and All Might?" She inquired yet again, almost reading my mind.
"That's exactly what it felt like!" I exclaimed, as I was quickly hushed because of my loud volume.
"Well, don't be too hasty, there are a lot of really good, contenders." She further explained, trying to calm me down. I of course knew that I shouldn't be too excited, and I would have to find a good way to tell Shiho about this news. I knew she was really wanted One for All so I had to be delicate about this news.
"I think they could get along really well." I told her, picking up on her implications of our daughter. One of the reasons I was so drawn to Hana, was that I saw so much of Shiho in her. I could only hope that they could become friends… well if she said yes, obviously.
"I just gotta be delicate with her." I continued to elaborate as Ochako just lightly nodded at me and allowed me to let out all I've been thinking. "I just see a lot of me in this girl."
"Hana was just dealt a bad hand, and I want to help anyway I can. She would be perfect. It's like she has all the fire and determination I've been looking for in a pupil. She's already so strong., and with One for All, she could become a great hero! Maybe even better than me!"
I finished my little speech by smiling at my wife, still standing next to the teapot on the stove. However, my smile sank as I looked at her and saw she was wearing a worried expression. Her eyes had moved off me and were now focused on something behind me.
I was deeply confused at first before my heart stopped, and I spun around on my heels then I saw the worst possible person. There, in the hallway, was my lovely little daughter Shiho. Her light green hair and tan skin glistening with sweat. I could immediately tell that she had not just arrived, which meant she heard every word I had just said.
Her face went through a multitude of emotions. She first looked confused her head tilting slightly to the side. Almost like her mind was trying to wrap around what she had just heard. Then she closed her gaping mouth and looked at me with fiery rage. She clenched her hands into fists, and I was worried for a moment that she might try and hit me or her mother. Then, she released all her anger as her eyes began to water, and I recognized the look in her eyes, it was the same look she had when she was informed, she would never have a quirk. Then without a word, she grabbed her signature blue jacket and ran out the front door.
"Shiho! Wait!" I yelled as I ran to the front door to try and stop her, but she was already gone. I was about to go after her but was stop by Ochako grabbing my arm.
"Don't! She needs to be alone." She told me and I realized she was right. Sooner or later, she was going to have to deal with this, I just wished I could have done it in a better way.
"You're right." I solemnly said, as I was worried what I had just caused my daughter to go through. It's true what they say. The hardest part of being a parent, is seeing your child go through something, and not being able to help.
Shiho's POV:
I had only one place to go to. The sun was beginning to set, and I knew I would need to head home, but that was the last place I wanted to be. So, I continued to walk till I made it to my destination. I stopped when I saw the junk piles of Takabo Municipal beach. I had spent so much time here the past weeks. So much energy put into this place
"How could you do this?" I whispered to myself, staring out at the horizon of the ocean. The orange sun setting, creating a red glow. I allowed my tears to fall and threw my face into my hands. All my life, dad had always wanted me to smile to be positive and "save people with a smile!". It was a trait he learned from grandpa Toshi. So, I always made sure to smile. To be bright and jovial among everyone. To never give into hate, or anger, and always put on a good face, but…
I am fucking sick of it!
"I did everything you ever asked!" I screamed out into the ocean. "What more do you want!"
I now understood the truth. It doesn't pay to be a good kid, a good girl, a good daughter. All my life I'd been rejected. The quirk society, my best friend, now my parents. All of them eventually turned their backs on me because I was such a disappointment to be born wrong. Then they had the audacity to tell me to keep smiling. That if I try hard enough, I can do it! Well, I am done with pretending everything is fine, I am done with expecting good things to happen if I do what I'm told. I am done playing nice!
I ran over to one of the piles of scrap and picked up an old lead pipe. Needing to let my anger out somehow, I smashed the discarded trash with the pipe.
"Ahhhh!" I screamed, smashing a rusty microwave to pieces. Then I turned to an old oil drum and began to pound it causing it to cave in and its center side to be flattened. In my rage, I ended up throwing the pipe into the ocean as I let out one final shriek before crumbling to my knees.
"What's wrong with me…?" I asked myself, and in an instant all my rage and anger were replaced, with pure depression. I didn't stop the tears from coming, I knew there was nothing to do. I wanted to be strong and get back out there and try again, but all the rejection, all the effort, it just felt meaningless. I had spent all this time training, preparing for this opportunity to show my parents, to show my friends, and to show the world how strong I am. But my father decided a petty thief was more worthy than me. So, I asked myself again. "What's wrong with me?"
Luckily, the sun had set at this point so there were no bystanders to watch me sob uncontrollably in the middle of a junk pile. In my mind, I just thought of one person, my ex-best friend, Usagi Bakugo. Our dads were best friends and rivals, so I'd known her for pretty much as long as I could remember. We'd grown up together and talked about quirks, heroes, villains, and which one of our dads could win in a fight. But alas, she discovered her great quirk, and I didn't. From that point on, I tried to see her as much as possible, but she had no interest in being friends with a little quirkless loser like me. The last words she said still stuck in my brain.
"Maybe you should ask your daddy if he could give you a quirk or is, he not as great as you say." I had tried to be strong when she was bullying another quirkless boy much young than us. But It mostly just resulted in me getting beat up. "Or you could just drown yourself in the pool, and pray you get a quirk in your next life."
For a fleeting second, I considered her words, what was this life worth anyway. As I looked out at the crashing waves of the ocean, I realized there was no place for an ordinary person in an extraordinary world.
"You're worthless!"
"Little Shiho wants to be a hero! HAHAHAHA!"
"Sorry kid come back when you have a quirk!
"Sorry Shiho, but your just never gonna have a power."
"Go away! We don't let quirkless losers in here!"
"Her dad's the number one hero and she doesn't even have a quirk. How pathetic"
"Your so useless Shiho, you should just…"
"Never give up!"
My eyes shot open as I remembered the words of grandpa Toshi.
"A true hero is someone who always protects other, even if it means their life. I used to think a quirk was required, but then I met your father, and the strength I saw in him, I now see in you little girl. So, keep your chin up, remember your stance, and use your head. Because if you go down this path, you're going to have to work twice as hard as others. While I'm sure you've heard these words before, the world can feel like a dangerous place, so make sure to go beyond. PLUS ULTRA!"
I shot up at remember the speech he'd given me when I told him I was quirkless, and how I still wanted to be a hero. He was able to transform into his muscle form for a brief moment to be able to tell me this. Before he began spitting out blood and was in a lot of pain. But he was right.
I'd come this far; I couldn't stop now. I would become a hero, even if my friends, the world, and even my parents never even gave me a chance.
"I WILL BECOME A HERO!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as in shoved one of the mounds of junk, causing it to completely topple over. I began to think, I had unlocked so sort of secret power. Some sort of repressed strength quirk that manifested in my moment of intense emotion. However, looking down at my hands, I realized I'd done all of that myself. And, that feeling, was enough to make me smile.
So, after taking one final look at the beach, and seeing all the junk I'd managed to move. I smiled again and made my trek home to rest for the night. I had a lot of work ahead of me, I was gonna need some sleep.
Elsewhere:
Hana's POV:
"So, what did Mr. Deku want to talk about?" I cursed my little sister for being so curious and asking such an innocent question.
"Oh nothing, Yuko, he just wanted to talk about hero stuff." I attempted to dodge the question. In truth, I did not want to talk about this day ever again with anyone, let alone my little sister.
"Oh, that's good!" She cheerfully said with a type of glee that could only be found in a child. I breathed a sigh of relief that she wouldn't push me for anymore information.
"Cause you're gonna be such a great hero like him, right!?" I once again cursed my little sister. Of course, she would want to know more instead of just wanting to fall asleep. I hadn't told Yuko about my wish to no longer continue to be a hero, and I had no plans of telling her now. But I could lie to her.
"Well, If I became a hero, then that would leave you all alone. You don't want that do you?" I hated trying to gaslight my little sister, but if I just flat out told her the truth, it would crush her.
"Yeah. But I also want you to be happy." Yuko explained solemnly, and I didn't have the heart to reject her.
"Yeah, well maybe I don't want to be a hero anymore." I finally told her the truth I'd been bearing for a while, and instantly regretted it.
"What!? No! You always talked about it when we were little!" She was shocked by my truth and I knew I should have said this, but I was in this deep already.
"Well, that's how life works, you make dreams when you're a kid, then you have to change them as you grow up." I explained to her whilst tucking her into her bed.
"That sounds like a sad way to live." She stated and I couldn't deny that it was sad. But that's just the way life was gonna go. I had to change with the time, I wasn't gonna get a second chance… Except I did, and I turned it down.
"Just promise me you won't give up!" Yuko demanded of me and I laughed at her child like anger, I remembered what it was like to be that young and innocent.
"Alright." I replied to her while slightly rolling my eyes at her demand. However, I was not prepared for what she was gonna do next.
"Promise! Remember you have to promise." She gave me a pouty face and I momentarily grew sad at seeing her bottom lip quiver so cutely, but I knew what I needed to do.
"Yes, I promise." I told her and then began our routine. "Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye."
I jokingly said our signature rhyme ending it by pushing my fist into my right eyelid. She laughed at this and I let out a slight chuckle too.
"Well, you better get to sleep, before we get visited by another hero." I wanted to get her to sleep as I understood it was getting late.
"I don't need to see another hero; I've got one right her." Yuko punched me in the arm and my heart melted at hearing those words. Even if I were just a normal girl maybe I could be a hero to at least in person.
"Goodnight, Yuko."
"Goodnight, Hana!"
Leaving my sisters bedroom, I was immediately hit with the weight of what I just did. Looking around at the shabby house we were leaving in, I knew we couldn't do this forever. I knew it was only a few months until the actual tenets returned and we'd need to find a new place to sleep. With Yuko's quirk only growing stronger, we couldn't stay on the run forever, and I need some kind of plan with longevity.
Then I felt in my jacket pocket, and I touched the small piece of paper Deku had given me. As I took it out of my pocket, I saw the numbers inscribed on it. I finally took a huge sigh as I realized my mistake, I just made a promise, a promise I had to keep, and this was my opportunity.
Part of me began to become excited. My heart rate sped up and I had the butterfly feeling in my stomach. You know that kind of feeling you get when you go to bed on Christmas and you just can't wait to wake up. For the first time in, well as long as I could remember, I smiled.
However, there was another more cynical and bitter part of me that was terrified. Not of death or pain. I was scared I couldn't be strong. Scared that, much like all my other ventures. I wouldn't be good enough. That no matter how hard I tried I was only ever destined to become a petty thief. However, I made a promise, and I had to keep it.
So, pulled all the spare change I could and traveled to the closest pay phone. Spending all the change I rang up the number on the card and waited hearing the phone ring.
3rd Person POV:
"You coming to bed?" Izuku lovingly asked his wife, Ochako as he kissed her head. The anti-gravity heroine's attention was currently on her laptop as she was finishing filling out some of her documents. She was getting a whole new group of interns in her hero agency and would need to fill out a lot of paperwork.
"Is it really that late?!" She asked her husband to which he just laughed.
"Yeah, you've been at that for hours now." Deku explained, as Ochako took her eyes of the green tint of her screen and rubbed her eyes. Before she could say anything back, they both heard the front door open and quickly slam shut.
Husband and wife met eyes as they realized who had just come. The number one hero ran to the front of the house, wishing to cut his angry daughter off, but she had already made it to the stairs and ran up to her room. He was about to make some lame attempt at and explanation or some kind of plead but the words died in his throat.
"Let her go, she needs to deal with this alone." Ochako reminded her husband of her advice from earlier. Deku nodded but couldn't help but feel like a rift had just started to form between him and his daughter.
"You're right let's go to bed." He solemnly resigned himself to just sleep it off. The green haired hero just hoped he could have a good night's sleep after the pain he'd caused today.
As he brushed his teeth, Izuku heard the sound of his cell phone ringing in the living room. Knowing he couldn't reach it while brushing his teeth, he remembered his wife was in the living room.
"Honey!"
"Yeah"
"Can you get that for me?"
"Of course."
Ochako and Izuku kept extraordinarily little from each other so neither were worried about the other answering their calls.
"Hello." Ochako sweetly said as she heard the breathing of what sounded like a young girl on the other line.
"Hello." The girl said and Ochako was waiting to here more from this mystery girl. She had expected to hear the voice of Kataski or one of his other partners.
"Yes, who is this?" The girl asked and Ochako lightly laughed at this.
"You're the one calling, who's this?" She asked, and the girl immediately laughed, realizing the irony of her earlier question.
"Oh, yeah sorry, this is Hana Izumi, I was calling to speak to Deku." Ochako's eyes widened at hearing this girls name, she recognized her as her husband's potential successor. The heroine had a multitude of thoughts and was about to call for her husband, but for a fleeting moment she had a thought.
Shiho was crushed and her and Izuku's relationship would only get worse, and it was this girl's fault. That might have been a little too extreme, but this girl had just created a rift in her family. So, for a single moment she considered just hanging up.
However, that was not the right thing to do, and that was something the anti-gravity hero Uravity always prided herself on doing.
"I'll just go get him real quick." She chirped through the phone trying to allow the girl to hear her smile. Moving into the bathroom, she saw Izuku spitting out his tooth paste and rinsing his mouth, meaning he could talk.
"It's for you." Ochako told him while handing him the phone, making sure to leave out the key information of who was on the other line. She just wanted him to be surprised.
"Hello." He asked worried who it might be since his wife didn't tell him who was calling.
"Hey, Deku, It's Hana Izumi, from the fruit stand" Hana awkwardly reminded him, secretly hoping he wouldn't remember, and she could go back to her simple life with no heroes or villains. Simple thievery.
"Ohh, Ohh! Yeah, Hana hi! I was hoping I'd hear from you more." There was no hiding the bright smile on the hero's face as he prayed that she was calling for the reason he thought.
"So, have you-" being so excited he didn't let her say anything back, as he moved to sit on the edge of the bathtub. However, before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the blonde thief.
"Look before I go any further, I just have one question to ask you." She explained twirling her blonde hair between her finger to reals her nerves.
"Okay"
"All the time you spent training. All the times you almost died. All the… Pain. Is it worth it?" Hana asked the hero, and Izuku remembered this exact same feeling. The same feeling, he felt before every mission. Fear
"… Every fucking minute of it."
Izuku made sure to look around before giving her the answer. Ochako was a stickler for him cursing so he wanted to make sure he wasn't caught.
The line when silent. Hana stood under the rainy sky of the slums. Izuku in the warm embrace of his home life. Both could somehow feel each other. Izuku knew what she was about to say, and Hana knew that there was only one way to answer the question she had cut off. After all, a promise, was a promise.
"I'm in."
A/N: So, that's the end of chapter one. I will try and be more consistent I'm finally working less, and I'm almost done with school so I will have more time to write. Obviously, there is gonna be a lot of OCS in this story, but I have prided myself on making all the new class interesting and different. For Hana, try and imagine Thalia Grace from the Percy Jackson series, but with blonde hair. Shiho is like Makoto from Persona 5 with long green hair. I'm already partly done with chapter two so look out for that. Have a good 2021.