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You moron! Do you have a death wish?!"
Izuku flinched as he was being chewed out by Pro Heroes Kamui Woods and Death Arms. Neither of the men approved of his actions earlier. After his fateful chance of meeting with All Might and the latter telling him that he can't be a hero, Izuku was walking home until he saw a crowd that was no doubtingly was watching a villain attack. He didn't why, but he went to see what kind of villain it was. To his shock and surprise, it was the same slime villain that attacked him earlier on. Izuku remembered that All Might had placed the villain in a bottle and put it in his pocket.
The green-haired boy quickly remembered that he jumped on the leg that the pocket was at. Horrify realizing that this was all his fault. To make it worst, All Might had already used the three hours that he had to catch this villain. However, what made it, even more, worst was that the villain had taken a hostage. The hostage was Kacchan. The slime monster was using Kacchan's Quirk to caused damage to many properties.
Izuku knew that none of the heroes there didn't have the right Quirk to fight this monster. He prayed that a hero with the right Quirk will show up and save Kacchan. But when he saw his childhood friend's eyes, Izuku had founded himself running towards the villain. The heroes shouted at him to stop and turn back. But Izuku didn't listen. He had no idea why but his legs had moved without thinking.
Izuku even throws his schoolbag to blind the slime monster. Kacchan had asked what was he even doing, to which the green-haired boy had said that his legs were moving on their own. Izuku had even said that he couldn't even stand there and watch. When the slime villain had recovered, he tried to smash Izuku with his slime-like hand. Before the Pro Heroes tried to save Izuku and his friend/bully, All Might had finally appeared. Using Detroit Smash to defeat the villain, All Might stood there in victorious. The Symbol of Peace had even made it rain.
After the heroes had collected the many pieces of the smiling villain with Izuku and Kacchan were given medical treatment, the Pros had praised Kacchan for his bravely while they chewed out Izuku for his foolish actions. Which is why he was here.
"It was absolutely no reason for you to put yourself in danger like that!" Death Arms said in anger.
It felt like forever since the two heroes were scolding him, Izuku just wanted to go home and forget that this day had ever happened. But he had to sit right here and listen to what the heroes had to say that he could have killed himself for trying to save his friend.
Kamui Woods sighed before looking down at Izuku, "I'm afraid that we have to charge you for vigilantism, kid," He said.
Izuku had frozen on what the Wood Hero had said. Him being charged with vigilantism was something that he never thought could happen. He just wanted to save Kacchan. But the fact that he wasn't a Pro Hero with a legal license and that he didn't have a Quirk, Izuku knew that he now messed up big this time. His poor mother. What will she say when she finds out about this?
Death Arms nodded in agreement. However, neither of the two men wanted to charge a middle school student for acting on vigilantism. But what else can they do? This kid needs to learn that what they do is dangerous. Even though it was noble of the green-haired boy to try and save his classmate, he still went and acted against the law.
"Hey, go easy on him, you two, he's just a kid," Mt. Lady said, joining the two heroes.
Izuku was there this morning when she made her debut today. He felt horrible for making her first day of her hero career terrible. What was he thinking? There was no way that he could have saved Kacchan from the villain. If anything, he had just made the situation worst. He was really a useless Deku. Kacchan was right after all.
"What's your Quirk, boy?" Death Arms asked.
Izuku was completely frozen when the Pro had asked for his Quirk. This day had just become his worst one ever. The heroes would no doubt laugh at him for being Quirkless and the fact he tried to help while he lacked one was too painful for him to imagine.
Taking a deep breath, Izuku revealed his worthlessness to the heroes, "I'm Quirkless, actually," He said. Waiting for the laughter to happen. But it never did come. Hesitantly, Izuku looked up to the three heroes and saw the looks that they were given him. He knows that those looks all too well. They were pity looks.
Izuku felt that he was going to have an anxiety attack in front of everyone, especially All Might of all people.
"Kid, just go home. We'll let you off with a warning," Death Arms said, crossing his arms.
Although glad that he was off the hook, Izuku couldn't help feel heartbroken that it was because he was Quirkless. If he had a Quirk, would the heroes praise him like they did with Kacchan? Or would they have did charged him for vigilantism without a second thought? He might have never known.
"Thank you," Izuku said, getting up from the ground and bowed a few times to the three heroes who were kind enough to take pity on a Quirkless nobody like him. However, Izuku felt that he didn't deserve their kindness for what they did for him. Not everyone would have been lucky to have Pros giving warnings instead of arresting them for breaking the laws.
It felt a long way home as Izuku was walking. He actually didn't want to go to school tomorrow. He could just say that he felt sick, but he would have lie to his own mother. His heart was hurting. First, Kacchan burnt his hero notebook. Second, discovering All Might's true form and his time limits. And finally, having the Pro Heroes shouting and pitying him. It was too much for him to handle in one day.
"DEKUU!"
Hearing a familiar voice shouting, Izuku turned around to see Kacchan coming his way. He wondered what did his childhood friend wanted. The young boy hoped that it wasn't anything bad.
Kacchan stopped in front of him, clearly looking anger at him, "I didn't ask your help. I was fine by myself. Don't think that you did anything! You're just a Quirkless failure! I don't owe you anything!" He shouted, turning back around.
Izuku stood there, wondering what was that about. He sighed.
Izuku soon thought about All Might. He should send an apology message to the man's website. The green-haired teen had actually wanted to apologize to his hero in person but saw the Symbol of Peace was surrounded by reporters. He didn't want to cause the man more problems already. Izuku should be at least glad that he got a charge to meet his long-time hero after all these years. He just wished that it could have gone better than he wanted.
"I AM HERE!" All Might said as he appeared in front of Izuku.
Izuku was startled when he saw All Might had just appeared in front of him like that. He wondered why his hero was here.
"All Might?! What are you doing here? You were surrounded by reporters," Izuku said.
All Might laughed a little, but before he could say anything, he spat some blood and turned back into his real form. He dried off his blood on him and looked at the Quirkless boy in front of him.
"I've come here to tell you what you did was heroic and noble. A kid without a Quirk jumped into action while the rest of us Pros stood there and watched a villain took a hostage," All Might said.
Izuku was speechless. His beloved hero All Might was telling him that he was brave and heroic for trying to save Kacchan. But he actually felt there was something else that the man wanted to tell him.
"But that was also very dangerous, young man," All Might said seriously.
Izuku felt the world around him was laughing at him right now. A very small part of him had actually hoped that All Might saw that he could still be a hero, too. That his action today was proof that was a possibility for the boy. But he knows that this was reality. Izuku could never be a hero. All Might was telling him that someone like him couldn't become a Pro. It was time to accept it.
"I'm sorry. I won't do it again, sir," Izuku said. Tears were coming from his eyes as he held his chest.
All Might was becoming worried about the boy in front of him. Thinking that he was too hard on him.
"Young man, are you alright?" All Might asked.
"I'm fine. Goodbye, All Might," Izuku said, running past his beloved hero.
He ran and ran until All Might wasn't near him. Izuku finally cried. He was just a baby. Crying over some silly dream that was never might to be. He should have thanked All Might for helping him realize this. Instead, he ran away from the man who clearly showed that he was getting worried about me Quirkless stranger that he just met. Izuku knew that he was just crying for no real reason.
Whipping his tears away, Izuku had reached his apartment building that he shared with his mother. Once he went inside his apartment, Inko was waiting for him. She was on the phone talking to someone. When she saw him, her eyes were watering.
"He just got home, Mitsuki. I'll call you later," Inko said on the phone. Mitsuki was Kacchan's mother and an old childhood friend of Inko.
"Baby, what happened? I was getting worried. Are you hurt? Did something happen on your way home?" Inko had asked so many questions. Izuku wanted to tell her what happens. But right now, he wanted nothing more than to hug his mother.
"Mommy," Izuku said quietly, hugging his mother tightly. He wanted to stay like this forever. His mother was the only one that understands him. He was crying again but this time he didn't care.
Inko didn't say anything but hugged her son back and held him just as tightly. Mother and son stayed there an hour or two. Inko made her son's favorite dinner and give him some ice cream. Izuku told her that he didn't want to go to school tomorrow, she agreed to let her son stay away from school for a day or two. The look on her baby's face was too painful for her. And the whole time she was crying too.
Grasping as he breathed hard, Izuku felt tears were coming out. That dream. He had it again.
Although he wanted to forget about that, Izuku knew that he could never erase that memory. It was a part of him. His memories, both good and bad, had shaped him into the person that he is. Even if he wanted to forget about that day, Izuku might haven't Tomura, Kurogiri, and Shuichi. The three wonderful people who helped him. No, Izuku would never want to forget that day. Even if that memory was too painful to handle for him, one day he'll be strong enough to be to have that memory.
Since that night, Izuku has been hanging out with Shuichi for a few days. The man is very nice. Although, Shuichi was still considered to be a boy still because he was in his early twenties.
Izuku had remembered waking up with Kurogiri checking on him. The mist man had said that a kind gentleman had dropped off at the apartment building while Izuku was asleep somehow. Izuku had remembered that he was attacked by three men that tried to kidnap him and Shuichi had come to his rescue while no one else would because they chose to ignored him.
Whipping his tears, Izuku got off bed and changed into his school uniform. He had gotten better at least talk to his other classmates once in awhile. But none of them had actually wanted to hang out with him. There were three different reasons why.
1. He was Quirkless.
No one wanted to hang out with someone that didn't have a Quirk. In middle school, if you're weak then you're an easy target for bullies.
2. It was because of Kacchan.
The main reason that none of the other kids had to hang out with him was that they were afraid to be target by Kacchan as well. They were scared if Kacchan saw them with him, they might end up getting bullied by him as well.
3. The slime villain encounter.
When word got out that he was the kid that tried to save their classmate from the slime monster, the other students began to avoid him. They even called him a vigilante.
Despite those reasons, Izuku was still able to have small talks with them. His middle school year was almost over. Next year, he'll be in high school. However, Izuku had no idea what he wanted to do after middle school. A very small part of him wanted to finish middle school and dropped out while getting a job. He didn't want to spend his high school days getting bullied again. But a big part of him wanted to go to high school to start fresh and get friends in high school. However, another part of him still wanted to go to U.A.
But he was scared. Kacchan would kill him if they ever see each other on campus. Besides, Izuku didn't a Quirk to get into the Hero Course. Although, other courses didn't need Quirks to be in. Izuku sighed. Maybe he'll think about it after school.
Man, I cried a little after I wrote Izuku saying mommy. Anyway, I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter.