Writer's note: didn't have any space for Tags in the description so I'll just put them here Quirk!Deku Strategist!Deku / Friendly!Bakugo(still a jerk tho) Protective!Bakugo / Social!Todoroki AngerProblems!Todoroki / Overpowered!Deku/Bakugo/Todoroki

Pairings! Personally I always feel like parings improve a story so here are this story's! Izuku X Yaoyorozu / Bakugo X Mina / Todoroki X Toru. There are other non-main character pairings, but those aren't as important.

Chapter 1: Beyond Anyone's Expectations

A thousand things ran through Izuku's head as he felt his feet carry him through the crowd. His shoulder pushed forward let him shove his way through, but he paid no conscious thought to that. Instead he heard a voice from his childhood

"He may have the loss of joint indicative of having a quirk, but it is clear that whatever it is it has almost no outside affect and would be worthless in the hero business. He is effectively Quirkless." It was delivered with no emotion, no good no bad, simply flat, just like Izuku's dreams of being a hero.

He was near the front of the crowd now, slowly he was picking up speed. People where making a racket as he started shoving them out of the way. Another voice, another memory.

"Yes I understand that your planning on entering Yusekai Middle School, everything seems to be in order except for one thing with your admission form that being your quirk entry area, we seem to have had some sort of filling accident as we lack the paperwork for your quirk's nature. If you could just give me a quick run-down we can continue… What do you mean you don't know?" his voice had been risen in ridicule, and the following conversation had demeaned and made Izuku feel worthless even though he had near perfect entry grades.

He was in front of the crowd now using his momentum to slide under the safety line. As he rolled preserving his momentum he reached out and grabbed a piece of pipping that had laid on the ground. Another voice grated in his head.

"You should give up on being a hero, a policeman or emergency responder would be much more appropriate." He had been kind, but the words still ripped Izuku's guts out. Here was All Might denying him his dream, it had made him despair, it had made him angry. He had shouted at the hero as he lept away again, but it had fallen on deaf ears.

He was sprinting now the shouts of the crowd and the pros behind him, Izuku realized. Right toward the Sludge Villain that had Ka-Chan captured, but that was fine, he had already subconsciously decided that he couldn't let Ka-Chan get hurt, so as he ran, he screamed out

"Ka-Chan! EXPLODE!"

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Bakugo barely understood what that damn nerd had said faintly recognizing his voice. He was out of options and nearly unable to breath, so he did what was pleaded of him. He ignited. It wasn't the largest explosion he had ever made, nowhere close in fact, but he was so tired, and his joints ached from the constant use of his quirk. He took the second he had been given and took a deep breath and looked toward where he had heard Deku shout from. He was sprinting towards them his arm leaned back with something glinting in the dying light of the afternoon. Bakugo wasn't quite sure what it was, but he didn't get much of a chance before the sludge covered his face again. He heard it first, a loud noise, a grunt full of exertion. The sludge moved just enough that he was able to see again, Izuku had taken a few more long running steps and then launched his arm forward like a whip. It was at the last second Bakugo saw it, the sharp glint of a broken piece of pipe hurtling full throttle at the villain. Bakugo wasn't sure where it landed, but by the pained scream and the way he was suddenly dropped to the ground gasping he figured it must have been somewhere painful. He crawled slowly across the ground away from the villian.

"You damn Brat! I'm DONE Playing with you!" It was a voice cut with pain and grief, but suddenly it didn't matter, because as Bakugo flipped through the air he processed what he had just seen. The number one pro hero was there taking what looked like a goo covered fist to the arm. Then the horrendous air force that had whipped him like a rag doll backwards, but that wasn't what was important, what was was the pipe sticking out from where the sludge villain's eye had once been. It had leaked red-green fluid like a burst balloon pouring from the wound and dripping from the end of the pipe as the sludge rolled down its length. He was aware that he had stopped flying through the air, but that was the last conscious thought he entertained when the pressure around his eyes became too much and he ceased to be conscious the enlarged arm of Mt. Lady acting as a backboard stopping his impromptu flight.

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"This is channel 8 news, with the young boy that acted in spite of the hesitation of the pro heros on the scene making sure that the victim, who's name will remain undisclosed, was able to survive until All Might had shown up. Young man, what caused you to act so heroically?"

Izuku was in a daze, Ka-chan was safe, but he was fairly certain that he had made a very large mistake based on the looks he was getting from the pros.

"Uh well, I know him! He was my best friend, I couldn't just stand there and watch him die." At the mere thought of it Izuku felt the floodgates open up and tears rolled down his face, he felt his voice waver as he spoke again " How can anyone, just stand there and watch when someone is hurt, I knew what my friend could do, I just needed him to do his part and I did mine and…" Deku's voice petered out as he neared the end of his speech. The reporter seeing that the kid was getting emotional pulled the mic away from him.

"That's quite alright young one, you did the right thing, you acted, and you saved someone's life. I hope one day to see you as a Hero we can all look up to." He continued talking for awhile afterwards but Deku had been beckoned over out of the shot. Now he stood looking at the remains of the exploded zone and the pile of red-green goo that had shot out of the villain's eye after he had nailed it when it was surprised by Bakugo's blast.

It wasn't long after that that he was released with a stern talking to and being told that he would be receiving a call from the police and his guardian had better be there when the call happened. He walked down one of the side roads that lead back to his district and his house that he shared with his mom. The sun was just reaching the horizon when he heard it, the scuff of a boot behind him. He spun around quickly

" Izuku…" that was the first time he had heard his name from Ka-chan in years, but it wasn't like him it was quiet and low. "I'm sorry, about everything I've done. You proved today that maybe you aren't so useless, so thanks…"

Izuku was speechless and before he could decide on what to say Bakugo had turned and walked back from the crosswalk he had appeared from. As he walked forward stunned he barely noticed as the wind picked up suddenly.

" I AM HERE!" The noise was so sudden that Izuku launched two feet in the air and landed crouched looking for the danger. There was no danger though, just All Might who had turned his back to the sun with his hand outstretched.

" Young Midoriya, Today I was wrong. I was wrong about something very important. While your… avenue of attack has permanently injured the sludge villain, your heroic spirit shined forth and you did what the heros and myself could not, you found a way. So today I have chosen, I have chosen that you will be the next Symbol of Peace, You will inherit my Quirk.