Issues of Quirk Synergy

by noctisxsol

In her search for the power to surpass All Might, Endeavor turned to a Quirk research lab. Little did she know that this would usher in the age of the Heroine and dating by statistics. What's a quirkless hero to do in a world like this? Make your Vows Izuku. Massive Gender-bends, Deku/harem.

2. This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

Issues of Quirk Compatibility

Chapter 2: This is Why We can't Have Nice Things

"Speaking" "Thinking" [Sound effects] Quirk Names and Special Attacks

In her search for the power to surpass All Might, Endeavor turned to a Quirk research lab. Little did she know that this would usher in the age of the Heroine and dating by statistics. What's a quirkless hero to do in a world like this? Make your Vows Izuku; Massive Gender-bends, Deku/harem, Crack with Plot.

This story is rated M for a lot of suggestive content, if that was not clear. The idea of the Karmic vow was put into the story as a way to drive the harem in a unique direction. In too many harem stories, the hero gets his harem because he's such a bad-ass that girls can't help but fall for him. This is entertaining for a bit, but ultimately shallow and contrived and lacking drive from the hero. This gives Izuku motivation to actively interact with the girls without being a pervert and ties the girls more closely in with his growth.

The other forms of power are not planned to be used in this story, they were just supposed to be fodder for a joke and introduce the idea of people trying to attain power outside of quirks. If there is interest, I will write the other story where all those other powers will be put to use.

Izuku and his class are aged up by about four years. Need to get those hormones pumping at full and the advertisements to have time to convince nearly the whole country.

Anyway, the gist of this story is that Izuku makes his hero's journey in a world where almost all pro heroes are women, and he's a prime steak slathered in fan-service. Either that, or it's a deep and thoughtful examination of the objectification and empowerment of female super-heroes by the reversal of traditional gender roles. You'll see as it goes. Beware of Crack and other absurdities. But for now, On to the Story!

-Hero Office Mt. Office, 9:27 AM-

A wet and sticky sound filled the air in the office. A muffled cry jerked Izuku awake. The sight that greeted him was something that he was almost too familiar with.

Naked girl straddling him? Check, even if it had to be uncomfortable with her throwing one leg over the back of the couch. At least one article of his clothing removed for her pleasure? Yep, and he probably was going to have to go commando, because experience said he wasn't going to get it back. Small puddle on him where the girl rubbed herself? Extra large check, Mt. Lady had a river flowing out of her valley.

It was almost surprising that Izuku still had enough blood in his face to blush, since so much of it was being monopolized by the idol's lower head. "G-Good morning…"

The heroine startled and pulled his boxers away from her face. "Good morning!" She was obviously startled and off her balance, but she quickly recovered and shifted to be laying on top of him face to face. "Did you have a good nap? Did my girls make good pillows?" She used one arm to accentuate her assets as she watched his eyes struggle to focus on her face. "You were just so hot that I had to strip you down."

Libido and chivalry warred within Izuku. A normal teenager what have taken what was being offered without a second's hesitation, but Izuku was nothing if not chivalrous. "THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!" he found an inch of room between himself and the woman laying on him, and pushed himself out from under her. He raced to put on his school uniform, minus the boxers that the Pro had taken as payment. A glance at the clock forced him to go even faster and in a flash all of his outerwear was on and immaculate. He rifled through his backpack but paused when he came to the book and envelope that the fanboy had given him last night. Making a split-second decision, he pulled out the envelope and emptied it into his hand. An unadorned glass ring and a necklace of finely wrought silver fell out. The necklace was set with all kinds of precious gems and jingling extra loops that each held a single ring with different stones set in them. He quickly slipped on the glass ring and put on the necklace. Girls tended to steal any jewelry of his that he wasn't wearing, likely thinking they were preventing other girl's gifts from getting to him.

Mt. Lady broke him train of thought. "Is there anything else I can do for you Izuku? Maybe a massage to relive all the stress from you kidnapping?"

The boy quickly returned his attention to the backpack and pulled out a pre-filled out form. "Could you please sign this? I need a note for every time this happens, otherwise it would set a bad example."

Still naked, the heroine looked over the piece of paper. "Excuse Izuku Midoriya from absences due to attempted kidnapping from a villain and medical examination following. Why are you carrying this around with you, shouldn't the principal send this out afterward or something?"

The innocent boy made a point of looking away. "This happens at least twice a week, so the principal gave me a whole folder of the forms to save him the time."

"Wait, you mean I'll have chances like this almost every day!? I knew putting up shop in Tokyo was a great idea!"

-School-

Izuku arrived at school barely winded and lightly sweating. If there was one good thing that came out of all the issues surrounding his career it would be his fitness. The tabloids dubbed his body 99% lean muscle, a marble statue given life, holding a better tone that the finest instrument, and their favorite descriptor, yummy. His fitness did circle back into his idol career and made his fans even more rabid, but he could still take pride in the work he's done to get as toned as he was. He could escape or otherwise outmaneuver any single person or even a small group, but there with a few very notable and dangerous exceptions. One of which was another student in his class.

Izuku smelled her before he saw her. An explosion of hibiscus assaulted his nose telling him that she was near.

"You smell like slut, Deku." Katsu Bakugou stood in front of the door to their classroom. Her agitation was evident; arms folded and small explosions rolling across her skin, flooding the hallway with her flowery scent. She stomped close to the frozen idol and smelled his neck. "Its new. Did one of the pros change their perfume, or do I need to make a point to someone else? I'm the only one who's allowed to touch you! I'm the only one whose smell your allowed to take in! You're my Deku! My puppet! You're tied to me! Your place is being an idol and pleasing me! Now strip!"

When he didn't immediately comply, she took matters into her own hands. She practically tore his jacket off of him, followed by his shirt. She was about to set to work on his pants, when the new jewelry caught her eye. She grabbed the necklace and tugged the blushing idol closer to her with the chain. Her gaze flicked between the rings on the necklace, the ring on his hand, and the boy's face.

With barely and instant's notice, the girl had pinned him against the classroom door and had stuck her tongue down his throat. An explosion destroyed his belt and Izuku was intimately reminded of how soft, smooth and sinfully good Katsu's skin felt.

When she finally extracted herself, the girl looked into his eyes with all of her love and lust. "You got me a ring. No one else can take you now." The woman ground herself against him, desperate for stimulation as she worked herself more and more into a lustful frenzy.

Then the classroom door opened. Izuku realized their situation a split second before he was on the ground with Katsu on top of him, purring and moaning in satisfaction. She always did have a hair trigger with everything, and the boy couldn't help but wrap his arms around her as she basked in her own afterglow.

The moment was broken by their teacher's scowling face. "Miss Bakugou, thank you for exemplifying, once again, the self-fulfilling prophecy that is the synergy system. Midoriya has a high synergy rating, therefore you have convinced yourself that his very presence is a magical potion that fulfills all your desires. What your mind believes, your body obeys. Your brain goes into easy mode, and interprets everything as more pleasure until you explode. Midoriya likely could have slapped you, and the same thing would have happened; you'd even convince yourself that that was what you wanted, even if you didn't know it yet. There is nothing magical about Mr. Midoriya, expect what your mind has convinced you of. What is the name of that effect, Midoriya!"

The green-haired boy snapped into a salute, despite a near unconscious Katsu still snuggling into his chest. "Placebo effect, Mr. Band Arms, Sir!"

The man's frown decreased to the point that it was almost a smile. He used to be a pro hero around the advent of Double X, but was overshadowed and edged out by former housewives that had powered-up quirks. He held a hatred for everything Quirk Laboratories made ever since, and Izuku was the only one to ever give him any respect. "Very good. I appreciate that you've always kept up in class despite your circumstances. Now, get Miss Bakugou into her seat and we can continue the lesson."

The boy half carried his female friend to her seat, but was intercepted hallway through when their horned classmate decided to take advantage of Katsu's near-catatonic state. The girl reached out and blatantly copped a feel of the idol's wood. It did not go unnoticed.

The ash-blonde girl went from blissed-out to exploding with anger in under a second. An explosion boosted backhand sent the horned girl to the floor. With a vicious grin, Katsu stole the girl's chair and lounged on it like a throne. She placed a foot on the offending girl's face, ready to set off an explosion if the girls so much as twitched. "Izuku is mine! His place is with me! If you want him, try and take me! I'll outfight you, out-study you, and out-sexy you! I play for keeps, and if you lose, I'll make sure you regret trying to take what's mine." To accent her point, she set off two small explosions from the ball of her foot, taking off the offending girl's eyebrows. "Am I clear?"

The dead silence was only broken when the teacher gave an awkward cough. "As I was saying, the advent of Synergy testing led to a drastic rise in Quirk based marriages and the near elimination of quirklessness in children. The effect of general Synergy testing was so powerful that it completely reversed the stigma around being quirkless, and changed it from a near social death sentence, to the most desirable trait a person could have since it was often accompanied by high synergy levels…"

Izuku tuned out the lecture. He didn't need to hear all the facts that defined his life all over again. Instead, he pulled out the book on Karmic Vows that the fanboy had given him. He needed to know if Katsu taking a ring would the necklace would do anything.

"A Karmic Vow is a pact made between the summoner and a foundational spirit of the world given flesh. It takes the positive karma from the conditions put on the caster and transforms it to achieve an effect. This should allow even my quirkless self to become a hero.

"To enact a vow, the first step is summoning the element or force. To do this, you will need three basic elements. A "Host" is needed to ground the personified spirit and allow interaction with it. The more powerful and more closely attuned the spirit and the host are, the less karmic energy will need to be spent to keep the spirit grounded. Studying the lore leads me to conclude that the spirits are female, as part of "Mother Nature." The vow will bond the Spirit and the host, but the exact nature is unclear, though some sources indicate that the host will have vastly increased abilities and desires. I did not get to experience this, much to my loss. Have apology flowers ready before the pact, just in case.

"The second element is the conduit by which the karma will be transferred between the Summoner and the Spirit. The rings that I found in that old ruin seem to be made exactly for that purpose. Once the Spirit is summoned and the host accepts the spirit into her body, the master ring will receive a sign from the spirit, and the jeweled ring will serve to help the host avoid total possession by the Spirit. WARNING After making the vow, do not remove the host's ring. Without a grounding, the spirit will become unstable and there is no telling what may happen then. My only guess from the surviving murals is that the spirit either destroys everything or makes itself an empress using the host's body. Always be prepared for a fight."

"The Final element needed is the vow itself. I never got this far, but the source books say 'offer a sacrifice of actions and receive the blessing of eating your cake.' The translation is suspect, but I'm sure I can think up some philosophical garbage explaining it later. What's important is that it will give you powers and bind you with whatever girl you chose to make the host… so long as she agrees with it. Be prepared to fight."

"So it does require a girl…" Izuku glanced over at Katsu, barely noticing the girl glancing back his way with the start of a blush. "And she already has the ring, but it could have some negative side effects unless I tell her to never take the ring off, but then she'd want to know why, and Katsu doesn't like the idea of me becoming a hero and-"

A slap from the teacher's extended arm broke Izuku's building train of mumbling. All the girls in the class were looking back at him with hearts in their eyes and barely restrained squeals on their lips.

"Midoriya! I am teaching! Quit your creepy muttering!"

Katsu obviously took offence to that. "It's not creepy, it's cute!"

All the other girls in the class chimed in with their assent while the teacher rubbed the bridge of his nose to ward off the headache. When he finally responded the sarcasm was evident in his voice. "Riiight, because nothing he does can be creepy or remotely negative, he has an arbitrary number telling us so!"

-Walk Home-

"'To summon a spirit for a vow, the host must first be given the appropriate ring. Then she should be lulled into a state of calm, and made to focus on the essence of the spirit you are attempting to summon. Once those conditions are met, you call the name of the spirit and it shall appear. A binding circle is advised, as well as a change of clothes and flowers.' How many times did this guy try and fail?" Izuku was alone. It was the time of peak hero activity in the day, so Izuku had felt confident enough to send his guards ahead to scout out a clear path. He was spending the time studying the rules for Karmic Vows, even if he wasn't sure he wanted to use them. It was an opportunity to get the power needed to be a hero, but there seemed to be so many things that could go wrong. Class today had pounded it home just how much faith almost everyone had in him, even though he wasn't all that special. If he only danger was to himself, he could justify it, but it seemed like most of the risk was towards the girl who acted as host.

"But they'd be perfectly willing to help you, even if you told them the dangers." A part of his mind protested the idea of letting this grand opportunity fall to the wayside. "If you gave Katsu this book, she'd probably force you to go through with it so you can be bonded. And you'll be using whatever you get to help others, it would be criminal to refuse this opportunity." Unfortunately, that part of his mind was very persuasive as well.

He was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't even notice the slime villainess surge up from the sewer grate until he walked right into her. The impact sent small ripples through the girl's fluid body, and made her jiggle and giggle. The villainess had formed herself into the shape of a curvy young woman with apple green skin, long flowing hair and no clothes.

The boy glanced nervously around him to keep himself from staring. There was no one else on the street. The only thing out of place was the pile of sludge that the villainess had deposited when she "cleaned herself up" for her date with the idol. The slime girl would have no reason to restrain herself.

"Izuku… I tried to get a chance to talk with you yesterday, but your guards didn't let me. I knew I just had to let you see me, and you'd recognize that I was your soul mate." The boy focused on the woman's face but found himself completely tongue tied. She gained a hungry look. "See, you're already speechless. I knew you'd realize how perfect we are together. We belong together!" She engulphed him in a hug. Then began to engulphed him with her whole body. "I want you inside me!"

Primal terror welled up in him as the villainess's slime body flowed over him, cutting off his air. For thirty seconds he held his breath and kept his mouth shut tight while shivering at the feeling of the woman's fluid body flowing under his clothes.

Then all of a sudden he could breath again. He opened one eye and had the strange experience of literally seeing through the woman's eyes. It took a second for him to realize what all was happening, and when he did, an entirely different kind of terror welled up in him.

The villainess had completely wrapped herself around him, under his clothes, like a second skin that was intent on raping him.

The slime woman manipulated her body to lick one of his ears while nibbling the other. "No boxers today? Did you know we were going to meet today?" she giggled like a little girl. "Of course you did! We have the same horoscope after all! 'You will meet your true love today.' I was going to go slowly, but since you're so eager that you went commando today I won't hold anything back!"

Even years later, Izuku would still blush and stutter thinking about what happened next. The slime girl had made herself into a second skin that rubbed and massaged his whole body at once. Her outer surface was so thick and stretchy that his attempts to remove the girl merely seemed like tender caresses. She formed a tongue and dominated his mouth with it. He felt completely powerless to stop her as she played with him like a toy.

All-Might suppressed a grumble as he crawled out of the sewer. This villainess was unusually clever, using her fluid body to get back above ground without needing to open the manhole. He only had a few minutes left to use One For All, and he would likely need almost all of it to contain the criminal.

The sight that greeted him as he emerged from the manhole had him shocked stone still. He initially thought that the villainess was attempting to use her body to drown the boy she was wrapped around, but the panting from the boy painted a different picture. "I… AM SORRY FOR INTERUPTING YOU!" "Who is that boy? Why would she put herself at risk to do this to him, instead of taking him to a safe place or using him to hide herself? Is this an unintended side effect of his quirk, or is she just that crazy?"

He was about to slide back into the sewers when he realized that he still had to capture the villain, mid-coitus or not, and he certainly did not have the time left to wait for the couple to finish.

Finally snapping himself out of his daze, he took stock of the situation. The villainess had worked her way under the young man's clothes, and there wasn't time to be gentle.

He cocked back his fist and sent forth a hurricane force punch that sent both the villainess and the young man's clothes flying in tiny pieces.

Izuku felt his feet leave the ground with the force of the wind. When his feet finally hit pavement again, the first thing he did was cough up the slime woman's tongue and try to rid his mouth of artificial green apple taste. He was brought back to reality by the feeling of a large blanket settling over him. He looked to see who had saved him, but when he did he was greeted by an expression that mirrored his own.

Both of them pointed to the other and spoke at the same time. "IT'S YOU!"

Izuku grabbed his backpack and rustled around for a notebook and pen. "All Might! I'm your biggest fan! Please let me have you autograph! It will be a family heirloom!"

At the same time, All Might was digging through the pockets of his cargo pants. "Izuku! I… AM YOUR BIGGEST FAN! PLEASE ALLOW ME THE HONOR OF HAVING YOUR AUTOGRAPH!"

The two stared at each other offering the other something to give an autograph, before both awkwardly putting them on the ground and shaking hands. Of course, with both hands occupied, Izuku didn't have anything to keep the blanket from falling. Both of them turned away embarrassed, with All Might feeling slightly emasculated when mentally comparing himself to the young man.

It was All Might that broke the silence first. "Izuku, My boy! You're an inspiration with your singing. I envy your ability at talking down villains; I saw that video of you convincing the bank robber to stand down and give up her hostage. It was inspiring!"

Izuku felt his world spinning out of control. All Might knew who he was! And he was a fan! "I want to be just like you! I want to save people with a smile and make them feel safe and happy! That's why I took up singing…" The thought of his dream brought to mind the question he had before. "I… actually have a question for you, if that's okay. I'm quirkless and I want to become a hero." All Might almost cut the boy off, and probably would have, were it someone that he did not know. "I found a way that could give me the power to become a pro-hero like you, but there are risks…"

The Hero bit his tongue, memories fighting to rise up - Wait, no, that was just his limit for the day.

In a blast of smoke, All Might's emaciated true form was revealed. Izuku shut down in shock.

"It's startling, I know, but there's something you need to realize. Being a hero is tough. It's dangerous. There are risks everywhere, and the villains never stop coming. I'm the symbol of peace, some might even call me the strongest hero ever, but even I had this done to me." He pulled up his shirt to show off the disgusting scar in his side. "You already are doing great things for the world with your career. Don't throw that away on a fantasy. Can you imagine how your fans would react if this happened to you? You're the one keeping thousands of people from becoming villains because they don't want to disappoint you!" The hero gave a sad smile. "Go, be an idol. Capture people's hearts. Get a girlfriend, hell, make a harem so more girls can life the dream! That's your place. That's where you belong."

Izuku closed his eyes and took a deep shuddering breath. The skeleton of his hero placed a hand on his shoulder. Before he could respond, a loud siren sounded out, with the echoes of explosions reaching their ears.

They both realized the problem at the same time. "We never took care of the villain, did we?"

-Katsu-

Today was going perfectly. First, she was given (read: took) the responsibility of waiting for Izuku to show up after his kidnapping fiasco, and it let her spend all of history studying actually important things. Then Izuku arrived with a ring, so now they're officially official! Then no other girls bothered them during lunch, and she was able to make Izuku feed her in peace. Now she was skipping home with her two lackeys running to keep up with her explosion boosted skips.

"You'll let us have a turn with him every once in a while, right Katsu?"

"We're your best friends, you hafta' share with us!"

The blonde stopped and thought for a moment. "Alright, when Izuku and I are married, I'll share some of him with you. You" She pointed toward one of her lackeys "get to lick up everything that leaks out of me after he finishes. And you" She turned and pointed to the other one. "Get to clean him. But don't you dare try and take him for a full round, I'll know. Izuku is mine!"

Suddenly, a chilling voice sounded out from behind her. "No, Izuku is mine. and I'll be using your body to get him."

Izuku raced to the source of the explosions, blanket held tightly around him. All Might hobbled after him with the speed of an emaciated arthritic. The disaster was already well under way. Katsu's explosions had started fires all around, and the heroes who had arrived were powerless to do anything to save the hostage. Katsu herself was being drowned by the slime girl attempting to shove herself into the blonde's body. Izuku estimated that his she had a minute before suffocation if he did nothing, and five minutes before the slime girl crushed her regardless of breath or not.

It only took an instant for Izuku to decide that he had to help her. Half a second and he had a plan for how. One second and he was dashing past the line of heroes. Two seconds and he was going to put his plan into action. Three seconds and he was realizing how stupid his plan was. Four seconds and he was accepting that it was a bit late to back out now. Five seconds and he began to sing.

"Di-es Irae, Di-es Illum/ solvet saeculum in favilla…" The song was slow, more of a chant than a proper song. The echoes resounded from the destruction around him, making it seem that an army had joined in singing. At the sound of his singing, the villainess turned so quickly that she actually pulled the upper half of her body away from Katsu, letting the blonde breathe. Part one was a success. "Oh Day of wrath, that dreadful day/ when earth and heav'n in ashes lay/ As one accord our spirits say…" Katsu had managed to catch her breath, but would still be crushed if he couldn't get her out. From experience, he knew that it would take more force than a human could normally muster to get her out. Making a vow would be his best bet. That was phase two. "flames are rising, flames are burning/ in force they grow in everything/ that day is now of which I sing…" Katsu, the villainess, even the heroes and all of the civilians watching were frozen, caught up in the music and his voice. Even the fires raging in the area seemed to be listening to the song. "The sparks grow into the inferno/ they all await the master's call.." Izuku was within arm's reach of Katsu and the villain. It was time. "Our spirits say of one accord…" he walked right up to the spellbound pair of Katsu and the villainess. He gently took one of katsu's hands in his and looked into her eyes. "Do you trust me Katsu?" The both girls nodded dumbly, barely understanding what he said, but utterly accepting of whatever he was going to do. "We summon for the vow: Efreet!"

The moment the words left his mouth, reality around him dimmed. Three things remained vivid. Izuku himself, the roaring fires, and the spirit. The spirit looked like a woman but was immediately set apart by her vibrant red skin that demanded attention yet seemed to calm into a full body blush when the eye focused on her. She was further set apart by her pair of low swept horns on her head, wings made of fire, and a tail that seemed a cross between a snake and a trail of smoke. The only thing protecting her modesty was a set of armor consisting of two inscribed silver rings. One wrapped around most of her upper body, covering her nipples and back, but not much else. The other circled her hips and acted like a criminally short excuse for a skirt.

The fire spirit was taking the opportunity of Izuku wearing only a blanket to examine the merchandise. She effortlessly over powered the arm holding the blanket around him like a robe and gave a growl when he tried to cover himself back up. She ripped the covering away from him, and Izuku was left with only a blush and the comfort of knowing that any other onlookers were frozen in time.

"Mmm, yummy. You are hot. It's been so long since I've had a real summoner or body that I almost burned out and forgot what it was like to actually want someone." She drew close and licked up a drop of the boy's sweat with her inhumanly longue tongue. "And you are prime, grade A meat. I'm going to enjoy making you scream my name."

Izuku was rather uncomfortable, to but it mildly. "A-And what should I call you?"

The spirit took a step back and did a little twirl to show off her body. "I am Efreet, the spirit of fire, power, and lust. I've been given shape and form from the mind of my host. Now, what is your vow?"

Izuku didn't hesitate. "I need to save Katsu. Give me the power to do that!"

Efreet's smile became hungry and all-too-pleased, as if she knew something that he didn't. "Oh, and how do you plan to do that? Burn up the villain holding her? Use my fire to turn yourself into a rocket? I don't create abilities out of nothing. The more complex or exceptional your reward for the vow, the more extreme my rewards."

Izuku took advantage of the stopped time to think. He could ask for all kinds of powers, but the more power a spirit received, the more likely it was to possess the host or rebel. He needed the most simple solution to the problem.

"But at the same time… This could be my chance to get a power to compete with a quirk… But I don't want it to be too complex, or who knows what might happen to Katsu. I need something simple, yet unexpectedly powerful… Like, Yes, that's perfect!" "I want the ability to absorb fire and use it as energy."

Efreet looked at her new summoner. He stood tall and was staring her straight in the eye. He knew something, or was planning something.

The spirit licked her lips. "This one will be a pleasure to break. Soon I'll have him just as hot for me as my host is for him." "Very well, for the ability to eat fire, I demand weekly offerings of incense; ten dishes arranged in a circle with you and my host together in the center until it has all been burned up." She took up a place hovering over Katsu's head. "Agree to that, and I will give you what you ask for. But be warned, if you break this vow, I will claim everything that is yours, your will, your mate, your children, and they will be mine.

Izuku swallowed. "For the ability to absorb heat and fire and to use it as energy, I accept your price. I vow that I shall fulfill my promise, and use this power to save the lives of the innocent as a hero."

Efreet smiled wickedly as she sunk down into Katsu's body. "I accept your vow. We are bonded, and your boon is granted. I give you the gift to absorb and use fire and heat as a source of energy. I promise that I shall protect my host with all the power of fire, and lead her to achieve endless victory the conquest of all she desires." Her smile grew as Izuku realized the implications of what she said. "I am yours, but you are mine. And don't worry about my host. I'll protect her."

In a flash, reality resumed. Fire grew up around the blonde, even as the slime villainess tried to extinguish them with her body. As Izuku watched, Katsu seemed to shift, and take on the features of the spirit that she now hosted. Horns sprouted on either side of her face. Her skin flushed red. Wings of fire appeared. A tail peeked out from under her skirt. The whole time the fire surrounding her continued to grow and laughed at any attempt to extinguish it.

It was about that time that Izuku realized two very important things about his new ability: One, he could only absorb fire that was touching his skin, and two, the vow did not make his clothes fire-proof. He braced himself to pull out his friend before the spirit took drastic measures.

He was too late.

Katsu exploded in a wave of fire that destroyed both of their clothes, sent the slime villainess spattering over multiple city blocks, and inspired All Might to push beyond his limits. With a cry, the Symbol of peace sent forth an explosive punch that wiped out the fire, and revealed the now-naked teens standing in the blast zone kissing.
Suffice to say, the media photographers were having a very good day before the police took the two teen away.

-Police Station-

The young idol was freaking out, to put it lightly. "Oh no! What have I done! I'm so stupid! I told myself I wasn't going to do the vow, but I didn't stop to think before I did anything! Sure Katsu's back to normal after that explosion, but for how long? And the explosion! I was standing there naked! NAKED! My career as an idol is ruined! Everyone probably thinks I'm a horrible pervert who goes around naked now! And the police saw what happened and will probably think I did it! They'll label me a vigilante and I'll never get to be a hero! If I can't be a hero, and I can't be a singer anymore, what am I supposed to do? I-"

A cough broke off him rampaging train of thoughts. All Might was sitting across from him in his withered form. "Congratulations on the impressive rescue, young Midoriya, it truly was a sight to see."

Izuku blinked back tears. "All M-"

The hero held up a hand to stop him. "Call me Toshinori Yagi when I'm in this form. We can't let anyone know about my injury before there is a clear successor to take the mantle of the Symbol of Peace."

The green-haired boy swallowed. "Right. Mr. Yagi, I'm sorry that I didn't listen to your advice. I just couldn't-"

"Couldn't stop yourself from saving her? I understand the feeling. Now, I don't know exactly what happened there, but I do know a few things. You have no quirk, which clears you of all charges and suspicions. However, even without a quirk, you put your life on the line to save another's. That is the spirit of a true hero, and it's something that I'm ashamed to say that I failed to uphold. It was hypocritical of me to say that you should not be a hero, when you had more of the spirit than I did."

The man slid a file across the table to the boy. Inside were medical files for Toshinori Yagi. Izuku leafed through them until he came to an X-ray of the man's foot. "YOU WERE QUIRKLESS!?"

After All Might convinced the concerned detective that everything was fine, he turned to Izuku with a fire in his eyes. "I was not born with a quirk, but I had one passed down to me. My quirk's name is One For All. It is an ability that is passed down, and I have chosen you to be my successor. You are a Hero, Izuku, and you will become the next Symbol of Peace!"

Chapter 2 End!

How was that for a follow up? I hope its just as original and creative as the first chapter, while explaining some of the questions.

Yes Izuku will have OFA in addition to powers from the various vows he takes. If all you care about is combat power, he will be over-powered. However, his struggle will not come from being able to beat villains, its from getting anyone to take him seriously and see him as anything other than a hunk of meat. At least his power isn't working against him this time, unlike my Jaune from Issues of Honor.

For the design of Efreet, I took cues from the design of the summon spirit Efreet from the game Tales of Symponia. I do not own that game, and this story is still just for fun.

Originally, this entire story was kicked off by a mental image that I had of fem Bakugou threatening a kneeing Izuku by placing a foot on his face. That was the original inspiration for this chapter's title, and the reason why I decided to make my job harder and give all of the girls (whether normally or genderbend) stronger quirks, or extra ability with their quirks. Yes, I'm insane, but I feel that my stories are all the better for it. Also, if someone has the skills and is inspired to make art of that image of a female Bakugou foot-threatening poor Deku, I would love to use that as the cover image for this story.

That's all for this chapter. Noctis Sol, Signing off.