I do not own My Hero Academia.
This story was written with the help of another writer who wishes to remain anonymous, but has done most of the work and wishes for it to be posted here on fanfiction.
Nothing was worth taking on a new identity, much less if that identity was a girl and was more of a furry's wet dream than anything. At least, that was the case for most people. Izuku Midoriya, as it so happened, was not most people and, much to his embarrassment, found himself clad in girl's clothing, in the girls' dormitory at UA, awkwardly walking behind one Pro-Hero Midnight as the two went to what would be his room.
"Alright, Izumi, this is it" Midnight said, opening a door.
Spacious and big enough for one, Izuku entered the room. There was a rather large bed (bigger in his current rabbit form), a desk and a wardrobe. All in all, not bad.
Midnight looked around the corridor and stepped inside, closing the door behind. Her smile died on her face and sternly addressed Izuku.
"I will be frank with you: I do not like this decision. Don't take it the wrong way, but I rather if you chose to going the General Studies instead of assuming that form" Midnight admitted. "It feels wrong and sick to force you, and the girls, to go through this."
"Trust me, I don't like it any more than you" grumbled Izuku, annoyed at his own chirpy female voice.
Midnight merely nodded before giving him a warning look.
"I'll say it once: I hear one peep about you doing anything perverted, breaking the girls trust or anything like that and, trust me, expulsion will be the least of your problems" Midnight said.
The hero then was back to smiling and opening the door.
"With all that cleared, welcome Izumi to U.A.!" She said with genuine happiness and, after giving Izuku a playful wink, walked away.
Izuku went over to the door, looked at each side, before locking his bedroom. With that out of the way, he quickly undressed and desperately went back to his normal form.
"I can't do this" Izuku muttered, shuddering. "I-I can't."
He went to his suitcase and hastily put away his clothing, picking a shirt and shorts for his male form. Like hell he would spend any more time than necessary as a girl. He tried to ignore the pile of female pants and shirts he had bought with his mother, cringing at his memories. The underwear had been the most embarrassing of it all.
With nothing else to do, Izuku plopped on his bed and stared at the ceiling. Needless to say, he was already regretting his decision. He raised his scarred arm and grimaced.
As much as he hated to admit it, Recovery Girl and Nezu had been right. Izuku hadn't managed to get one iota of control over One for All, and Izuku really didn't want to repeat what happened last time. In his rabbit girl form, however, things were different. Izuku had discovered that Nezu's observations were correct.
In the last weeks, Izuku had trained with All Might in both forms. Unfortunately for Izuku, the human form showed no progress. Limited to trying to summon it and avoid using it, Izuku discovered that One for All was too powerful to handle and he would need a lot of time to get used to the powers.
Somehow, his rabbit form was different. He didn't bother using his arms, afraid his frailer rabbit arms would snap, but his legs had managed to not only withstand One for All, but to do so repeatedly. Still, Izuku and All Might discovered that even his rabbit form lacked control.
Three times. That was his limit for the time being. He could use One for All in his rabbit form three times before his legs were hurting all over. Nothing broken, though, just burning muscles. And it wouldn't be just some of One for All, it was three times Izuku could only go from 0 to 100% of power in seconds.
Why? Why is my stupid girl form better at handling One for All than my real one? Izuku asked himself, grimacing. Someone out there must be laughing at my luck.
Izuku remained there, on bed, unsure what to do. Maybe he could watch videos of All Might to cheer himself up, or perhaps he could continue writing down on his notebooks. He was not, however, going to walk out of that room. Oh no, if he could avoid it he would stick to that form.
I wonder who else made it to the Hero Course, Izuku wondered.
His mind immediately conjured the cute brunette from the entrance exam. As much as he wanted to deny it, he hoped she had made it. Maybe they could be friends.
Until I can use my real form, anything more than friendship is out of the question, he told himself.
Izuku shuddered at the thought of a boy actually getting a crush on his rabbit form. Even with the rise of quirks and the animal mutant quirks, dating someone that resembled more of an animal than a person was still considered weird. Even Izuku thought it would be disturbing to know someone would see his rabbit form in such a way.
Without really thinking, Izuku got out of bed and went to finish the decorations. He had been forbidden from bringing physical images with him or any of his many collector-edition posters of All Might. Instead, Izuku had to do with one All Might had personally acquired for him.
As a boy, he might have been considered a bit of a pervert. As an alleged rabbit girl, the one meter tall poster of Miruko, the rabbit hero, was expected of him. Izuku did not know how in the world All Might managed to get him an autographed poster. He was still confused as to why. Regardless, Izuku appreciated the effort enough to put up with the poster.
Sticking it over his bed, Izuku stared at the poster of one rabbit hero Miruko. She was grinning with her usual confidence. However, to Izuku, it felt as if Miruko was taunting him.
What's that, boy? Don't you like your rabbit quirk? Tough luck! Imaginary Miruko taunted Izuku.
Miruko was hot. Short, with long white hair and fluffy rabbit ears, her tanned skin and red eyes were exotic enough without that rather appealing skin-tight costume of hers. The confidence on her smirk, etched on her face, was also bright and enlightening. The more Izuku stared at it, the worse he felt.
Izuku sat down and pulled out his cell phone. Going through three new passwords and a fingerprint detection system, he unlocked the device and went to his photo album, which were locked behind yet more passwords.
"Stupid secret identity program" muttered Izuku.
Finally, he got the pictures he wanted. Izuku smiled as images of his parents, hugging him as he meekly held his diploma. Truth to be told, Izuku hated the Aldera diploma, but he would forever cherish the picture of both his parents proudly smiling with him, their arms wrapped around him.
Izuku could remember quite well what his father had said when he saw his rabbit form. He had been amused but, above all, amazed and proud. When Izuku mentioned the choices Nezu had laid out for him, Izuku had to endure the encouragement of both his parents to take the Hero Course option.
Why? Why did they want him to be a bunny girl? Were they happier to have a daughter than a son? Or was it the fact his rabbit form was cuter, less awkward and perhaps less pathetic?
Izuku sighed and shook his head. He needed to leave the room or else he would be swallowed by horrid thoughts yet again. Against his better judgement, reverted to his rabbit form. He grumpily moved to his wardrobe and to the mirror he had found against one of the wardrobe's door.
He still looked so unlike his human form, with strangely wide hips and enlarge violet eyes, that Izuku was mystified by the origin of such a power. His mother had promised to ask their relatives and search for any cousins to see if someone actually had some kind of rabbit quirk that had been forgotten. If his human form hadn't taken such a resemblance to his father, Izuku was sure his mother's faithfulness would have been put into question.
I guess I could explore the school a bit, thought Izuku with the utmost resignation, maybe I will get to see my future classmates.
With that thought, Izuku changed into something more fitting (he felt uncomfortable doing so) and, after a long minute of mustering his courage, unlocked the door to walk out, into the world outside.
The first thing Izuku did was hurry out of the girls' dorm. He did not want to find himself in any awkward situation. At least, he tried to leave. He stuck to the shadows and retraced his steps back to the main lobby, which so happened to have a few girls chatting. However, as he neared the front gate and his freedom, someone burst into the dorms, grinning happily.
Izuku's body stopped moving and stared in disbelief. It was her. The gravity girl had made it! Well, perhaps his luck wasn't as rotten as he thought.
"It is you, the she-rabbit!" The cute brunette exclaimed in joy, noticing her.
Much to Izuku's embarrassment, other of the girls seated in the sofas or standing around turned towards Izuku. The poor boy-turned-rabbit blushed at being the center of attention. It didn't help the girls all looked at him with interest. It wasn't every day you saw an actual anthropomorphic bunny, even in a world with crazy powers.
"So you made it to the Hero Course! I'm so glad" the girl said with a wide grin. "I actually thought I wouldn't make it, y'know? Anyway, what class are you in?"
"1-1-A" stammered Izuku.
"We are in the same class? That's awesome!"
"Y-yeah" stuttered Izuku, shyly averting his gaze.
"Can't you believe it? We get our own rooms! U.A. sure is the quite place, huh?" giggled the brunette. "I am Ochaco Uraraka, pleasure to meet you!"
She extended a hand, which Izuku hesitantly shook.
"Izuku- I mean, Izumi Mid- I mean, just Izumi" stammered Izuku.
Apparently, keeping a secret identity would prove to be difficult, especially to particularly cute girls.
"Just Izumi?" Ochaco wondered, tilting her head.
"I'm… I'm in the Secret Identity program so that's my codename" grumbled Izuku.
Truth to be told, All Might and Nezu had wanted him to get other more embarrassing codenames, like Jewel and Ame (for Amethyst). All Might even suggested trying to pass her as an American and suggested English names like Lisa, Elsa and even Judith.
"That's so cool" gushed Ochaco with stars in her eyes. "Are you the daughter of a famous hero? Or- or are you…" Ochaco grimaced "…you aren't one of those poor test subjects liberated from nasty secret labs, are you? Wait, are you a rabbit with a quirk?"
"No" Izuku said, reminded of the argument behind his backstory. "I'm human and this is my quirk."
Although the suggestion had been made for Izuku to claim to have a backstory similar to the Principal's, Nezu had argued against it, mostly because the idea was to allow Izuku to use his human form once he had mastered One for All to an acceptable degree… if that ever happened.
"Huh, would have been amazing to have an animal with a quirk as a classmate, but it is fine as it is" chirpily said Ochaco. "Thanks, by the way, for everything you did in the exam. Without you, I don't think I would have come here…"
She blushed, embarrassed, and averting her eyes. Izuku felt his chest constrict at that.
"It- it is fine. Thanks to you I-I got in as well s-so… we are even, right?" Izuku thought.
"Yeah, even" Ochaco nodded with a bright grin.
However, the brunette quickly was back to exclaiming her mirth.
"Aren't you excited? We are going to be heroes!" Ochaco exclaimed, flailing her arms in happiness.
Boy she sure is a ball of joy, isn't she? Thought an amused Izuku.
"Yeah, it is going to be awesome!"
Izuku and Ochaco blinked as they were joined by a pink-skinned girl and… floating clothes? Oh, right, an invisible girl. Huh, how peculiar.
"I am Mina Ashido!" The pink-skinned girl said.
"And I am Toru Hagakure!" The floating clothes said.
"Nice to meet'cha!" Ochaco happily responded, shaking hands with them.
"None of that! We do things proper around here" Ashido laughed, proceeding to hug Ochaco.
It was only when he felt arms around him that Izuku realized what was happening. When his face was buried on something soft, Izuku took many seconds to suddenly realize just what he had been embraced against. It was the promised land! The place of joy for all men in the world sought and strived for!
"Would you look at you?! You are so adorable!" Squealed Ashido as she hugged the life out of Izuku.
When Izuku was finally released, he was gasping for breath. He was sure that not only was he in need of immediate oxygenation but all of his blood had rushed to his face out of the embarrassment of being suffocated against Ashido's bosom. He was still unsure if it had been a bad experience.
"Come on girls, let us see if there are any other classmates here!" Ashido proposed.
"Yay!" Hagakure and Ochaco exclaimed.
"Eh… what?" said Izuku, confused by what was going on.
Sadly, he didn't get much of a chance to do anything as Ochaco and Hagakure grabbed him by the arms and dragged her away, as some sort of prisoner. Izuku wanted to protest, but that died on his throat as he panicked.
"Wow, you are a lot heavier than you look!" Laughed Hagakure.
"I bet it is all muscle, isn't it girl?" Cooed Ashido, patting Izuku's head.
Izuku's weight did not stop the girls, though. Rather, it seemed to embolden them.
Are girls all this possessed?! I should have stuck to the General Studies course! Mentally whined Izuku, terrified of what the next days would mean for him. Just what in the world did I get myself into?!
Somehow, Izuku survived the experience of being a rabbit girl for one day. Somehow. He still wasn't sure how. Between Ashido's social madness and the pure excitement of Ochaco, it had been a stressful day. And that was leaving aside the other personalities that made the freshmen year girls' dormitory.
Izuku had met with other girls, including those of 1-B. Given how most students were from outside the city, most future classmates actually chose to move to the UA dormitories like him.
Sadly, meeting their peers was not the end of it. Oh no. Of course Ashido had to suggest a big party, and then somewhat of a sleepover, and then a lot of stuff afterwards. Izuku wasn't sure how he had managed to slip away but he had done so before things become too embarrassing for him.
Izuku had planned to find somewhere to practice One for All in his human form, but to no avail. By the time he had managed to free himself from the clutches of Ashido and company it was already night and he had to go to sleep right away.
He had never spent so much time near girls, much less cute ones. Most had considered him a creep or too much of a nerd back in Middle school. Regardless, Izuku wasn't sure if he wanted to repeat the experience.
In any case, that night Izuku had a restless sleep, unable to find peace. He was haunted at the terrible scenarios, of the girls discovering that he was really a boy that could change into a girl, and worse, of boys actually fawning over him. He wasn't sure which one was worse but he sure as hell didn't want to find out.
Then, there were those nightmarish scenarios of being kicked out… to end up back in Alderra somehow… for his classmates to see him in his rabbit form…
The next morning, Izuku had rushed early to the bathrooms before any of the other girls could have woken up and gotten ready ahead of all of them. It was in that same morning Izuku almost decided to quit the hero course altogether. It was, after all, the first time he would be wearing a skirt. But Izuku was not a quitter and thus he made it to the small dorm kitchen where the girls noticed his rather awkward and stiff movements.
Ochaco had joined him for breakfast and the two chatted. Well, more like Ochaco regaled Izuku about her time at school, about the many friends she had left behind at her home town and a bit of her parents. Izuku just listened and nodded, unsure how to proceed. He made a mental note to search on the internet how to talk to girls, but until then he just nodded and hum whenever Ochaco said anything.
So there he was, walking side by side with his new friend Ochaco (for apparently that was what they had somehow become in less than a day), headed towards their classroom on their first day. He was, once again, a feeble little rabbit girl but this time in female uniform. Izuku could not fight the weirdness of feeling so much air against his legs. It was so weird. Ochaco noticed too, much to her own amusement.
"Wow, I never thought I would make it" Ochaco gasped, looking around. "This place is amazing…"
"Yeah" dumbly agreed Izuku. "Hey, that's our classroom, 1-A."
The two halted their march at the door and looked at the door. The pair stared at the threshold, wide-eyed. The door was… well… massive. A giant, someone even taller than All Might, would have made it through with ease. In the case of Izuku, however…
"Am I supposed to use doors like this?" Izuku asked, floored.
"I feel your pain" joked the petite brunette.
The two stared at the door some more.
"Should we…?" Ochaco wondered.
Izuku took a deep breath. This was it, the start of their hero careers. Inside, some of the boys and girls of their class probably were already waiting. Hopefully, Bakugo and examinee 7111 would not be inside. Izuku stepped forward and, on the tip of her elongated feet, reached the doorknob.
Luckily, the door, whilst gigantic, wasn't heavy, and could easily slide sideways. Once inside, however, they paused because of the shouting taking place inside. Or rather, the individuals doing all the shouting. As it so happened, Bakugo and Ingenium's long-lost clone would be their classmates.
"Get your legs off the table, you delinquent!" said former Examinee 7111.
"Bite me, four-eyes!" Shouted Bakugo.
The tall bespectacled boy released a huff of frustration before straightening up.
"We have started on the wrong foot. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Tenya Iida. I attended Somei Middle School" said the tall boy.
So he isn't a lost clone, Izuku thought, but rather a relative of Ingenium.
"Somei? That's a rich kids' school, isn't it?" Sardonically snorted Bakugo.
"Oh joy" grumbled Izuku. If his luck couldn't get any worse…
"Hey, it is you!"
Izuku looked up, only to have to look even higher. He was starting to hate his low stature in his rabbit form. Unfortunately, he had other concerns, like the fact he was now the target of Iida's attention.
"Ehm… hello?" Shyly responded Izuku, intimidated by Iida's instance face.
Surprisingly, Iida bowed apologetically.
"I must apologize, miss, for my behavior during the exam. It was reprehensible and unbefitting to someone with aspirations of becoming a hero!" Iida proclaimed.
"Eh…" was all Izuku could say.
"Additionally, I would also like to commend you for your exceptional heroism and discovering the true purpose of the exam!" Iida added, looking frightening intimidating once again.
"Eh…"
"My name is Tenya Iida. It is a pleasure to meet you" said Iida, bowing respectfully once again.
"I'm Izuk- I-I mean, Izumi. Izumi Mid- I, just Izumi" quickly corrected Izuku. How many times was he going to be close to slipping?
Iida raised an eyebrow.
"It's just Izumi because she is in the Secret Identity program" exclaimed Ochaco with a grin.
Izuku shuddered as he felt all the boys snap their heads towards him. The girls, thankfully, already knew. That didn't mean they didn't remain intrigued by that.
"Secret Identity?" Scoffed one Katsuki Bakugo.
When his eyes landed on Izuku, the rabbit girl was rather taken aback by the lack of animosity. In fact, he seemed just as interested as his classmates. Well, in his own explosive angry way, that is. Then, Izuku noticed how Bakugo's eyes fell on Izuku's scarred arm. The way the blond squinted made Izuku turned around, hiding his arm behind him.
Izuku momentarily panicked. Could Bakugo make the connection? He had seen Izuku back when he had returned to Middle School. Once again, everyone made it a point to throw taunts and jabs at him for his scarred hand, but none was more vocal than Bakugo.
"Why the heck would a little bunny chick need a secret identity?" Exclaimed Bakugo.
Izuku, relieved that the explosive boy hadn't even suggested a connection with his human form, was about to reply, when someone else spoke.
"There wouldn't be a point of to a secret identity if she didn't keep it a secret, now would it?"
Izuku and Ochaco jumped, startled, as a man stood behind them. With long unkempt black hair, a tired face with messy stubble and a haggard look overall, he appeared in desperate need of some sleep, and perhaps a shower.
"Do not pester Ms. Izumi for her backstory" the man added, eyes piercing into Izuku.
As much as he wanted to thank him for intervening, Izuku could only shudder under the man's penetrating gaze. Luckily, he quickly pried his eyes from Izuku and addressed the classroom.
"I am Shota Aizawa, your homeroom teacher. Now that introductions are over, put on these and follow me outside."
Before anyone could ask, Aizawa shoved what appeared to be one of the school's P.E. uniforms at Iida. The tall boy caught it and stared at the shirt in confusion.
Izuku, on his part, could only wonder what the sleepy man, allegedly their homeroom teacher, wanted from them on their first day at school.
AN: in case you are wondering Izuku's Rabbit form looks like Judy Hopps from Zootopia.
