Boku no Hero Academia: Tales of Heroism

Disclaimer: This is a fanfiction story of Boku no Hero Academia. I own nothing of the series other than the fanfiction stories that I make.

Tale 7.1: Vampiric Hero Izuku

"Men are not created equal. That is the tragic truth of the world, especially in a world where superhuman abilities known as quirks exist."

It was dawn and a boy with green hair, red eyes, pale skin, pointed ears and retractable fangs for canines was looking at his reflection in a mirror. Known as Midoriya Izuku, he possessed an unusual quirk known as [Vampiric Acquisition] which allowed him to gain new abilities by drinking the blood of others. However, unlike most quirks which allow the user to gain abilities from others, the abilities that he would gain were often altered by his quirk to better suit his vampire-like nature and became a permanent part of his original quirk. As a result, Izuku no only possessed his original quirk but also a few other abilities including the ability to transform his arms into wings, the ability to change his fingers into sharp claws, the ability to create blood-red sweat which acted as a form of sunblockand even the ability to drain blood quickly when biting someone.

In a society where a person's identity was heavily determined by his or her quirk, Izuku's quirk had made him ostracised by almost everyone else. After all, the ability to gain new abilities by drinking the blood of other people who possessed quirks seemed to be an ability a villain would possess, not a boy who wished to be a hero like All Might, the current No.1 hero and Symbol of Peace. Even though Izuku's primary ability normally caused blood loss at worst, and caused no damage the quirks of others, he was still treated as though he was capable of stealing quirks from other people. It certainly did not help that his former childhood friend, a blond boy with red eyes named Bakugou Katsuki, openly accused him of trying to steal his quirk once and assumed that Izuku would try to steal quirks from other people.

Make no mistake, Izuku did acquire a quirk from Katsuki but the only ability he got from drinking Katsuki's blood was the ability to produce blood-red sweat which acted as a form of sunblock. What was more, Izuku did not intentionally try to drink blood from Katsuki but in reality reacted like a cornered animal when Katsuki and his "friends" tried to beat him up for trying to protect another boy from their bullying. Izuku sighed as he recalled that terrible day.

"In a world where quirks exists, there are two types of people. Heroes who use their quirks to uphold justice and protect the innocent and villains who abuse their quirks for selfish gain or to hurt others instead."

--Start of flashback…--

Izuku, who was five years old at the time, had yet to develop a quirk and was suspected of being quirkless as all of his peers had already developed their own quirks. As a result, Izuku was deemed as a worthless "Deku" by Katsuki who had developed an explosion-based quirk. It was therefore not surprising that when Izuku tried to protect a boy from getting bullied by Katsuki and his "friends", a boy who could extend his fingers and another boy who could grow wings on his back, they decided to beat him up as well.

While Izuku was being beaten up by them, his mind suddenly went blank and he viciously bit the extended fingers of one of Katsuki's two "friends". The boy was screaming in pain when Izuku started to drink his blood, causing dark veins to appear on his skin which stared to turn pale while his eyes became red and his ears started to become pointed. Izuku's fingers then transformed into sharp elongated claws which he used to attack all three boys as soon as he released the extended finger from his mouth. Not even Katsuki, the most talented boy in Izuku's age group, could defend himself from the seemingly rabid boy as he bit him to drink his blood after biting the winged boy to gain the ability to change his arms into wings.

By the time Izuku regained his senses, he was horrified by what he had done and tried to apologise to Katsuki and his friends. However, the damage was already done and he quickly became infamous as a vampiric monster of a villain among his peers. What was more, his already-strained friendship with Katsuki was basically completely severed when Katsuki could no longer see him as anything else other than a monstrous "quirk-stealing freak".

"However, this begs the question on who has the right or authority to decide that a person is a hero to be admired or a villain to be reviled. While personal opinions can be biased even in the best of times, society as a whole is anything but free of bias or prejudice."

--End of flashback…--

Ever since that terrible day, Izuku had undergone a number of medical tests to determine the limits of his quirk. The tests proved that he did not need to bite people to gain new abilities as he only needed a sufficient amount of blood which was fresh enough for blood transfusion. Also, drinking a new blood sample would cause him to either enter a trance-like state to properly "digest"the new genetic quirk-factor in the blood into a mutated form which was better suited for his body to handle or enter a feral state in which he would attack or flee from anyone whom he deemed as a threat. As for the mutation of the quirks he had acquired, they generally followed a theme of becoming more suited as the abilities of a vampire which would explain why Katsuki's quirk, which allowed him to produce explosive sweat, mutated into the ability to produce blood-red sunblock instead. The mutated abilities were also usually weaker than the original quirks in some way.

Determined to become a hero in spite of possessing a villainous quirk, Izuku swore to only drink the blood of either people who volunteered to offer him their blood or the blood of people who wish to harm others with their quirks, mainly villains and bullies. In fact, Izuku managed to gain a few quirks from various delinquents who had fought with him over the years. These abilities included the ability to spit a mildly acidic blood-red fluid which was acquired from a bully who had an acid spit quirk. Although Izuku made it a point to report whichever new quirk he had acquired to the authorities, especially a certain detective with a lie-detection quirk named Tsukauchi Naomasa, his peers still suspected that he had a hidden arsenal of mutated quirks which were unlawfully obtained.

In a different universe, Izuku was a quirkless boy who was timid due to years of bullying and ridicule from his peers, especially a certain former childhood friend named Katsuki. As for this universe, Izuku was a "delinquent" in the sense that he often got into fights due to either being attacked by other delinquents or trying to help others who were being bullied. While the people whom he had helped were generally grateful and saw him in a better light compared to most other people, few dared to become close to Izuku out of fear of the consequences of being associated with him. Izuku honestly could not blame them for fearing the consequences of getting close to him, not with his infamous reputation among his peers as both a delinquent and a quirk-stealing "villain in the making".

Looking at his reflection in the mirror, Izuku said to himself, "I will become a hero that all the people who actually care about me can be proud of."

"To be perfectly honest, I'm still not really sure what a real hero really is. Most of the time, just I do the very best I can, if not more, and hope that it would be enough to protect and save the innocent."

--Meanwhile…--

While Izuku swore to become a worthy hero, Katsuki was looking at his own reflection, more specifically the scarred bite mark on the right side of his neck which was a reminder of Izuku's rabid attack on the day his quirk manifested for the first time. Ever since that day, he could not look at Izuku's face without being reminded of the crazed predatory look in his eyes after he had drunk blood from his two kindergarten "friends". As much as Katsuki hated to admit it, he was actually scared of Izuku and his potential to become incredibly powerful by taking the quirks, mutated or not, of others. He could not help but shudder at the thought of Izuku becoming a powerful monster of a villain with a whole arsenal of quirks to use as his own. The fact that Izuku had been slowly gaining more quirks over the years, mostly through fights with delinquents who wanted to fight with him or were bullying others, only made Katsuki more paranoid of him. Ironically enough, Katsuki failed to realise that he himself was on the path of becoming a bully who abused his own quirk to prove his superiority to others, especially Izuku, when Izuku's attack made him realise that it meant to be afraid of someone terrifying.

Determined to be strong enough to defeat Izuku no matter how powerful he may become, Katsuki swore that he would become a hero even stronger than even All Might.

"Men are not created equal, but that does not mean that no one can challenge the status quo, for better or for worse."

--A while later…--

Izuku was jogging towards Dagobah Municipal Beach Parkwhere he could practice his quirk in peace without being harassed by delinquents or people from his school. Once a popular beach,thrash started collecting onto the beach and people started to leave their own thrash there until it ultimately became a junkyard. Ironically enough, the fact that the beach was a junkyard which almost no one visited made it a perfect place for Izuku to train his body and various quirks.

So far, he was able to combine the ability to change his fingers into claws with the recently-acquired ability to change his skin into tough leather armour to form tough gauntlets with elongated claws. He was also able to produce an acidic mist by combining the ability to produce blood-red acid spit with the ability to produce blood-red mist from his mouth, an ability which he had acquired by drinking the preserved blood of his fire-breathing father who was still working overseas, Midoriya Hisashi. He could even control his ability to transform his arms into wings so that his fingers would be webbed instead of becoming true wings. Currently, he was trying to combine his ability to change his arms into wings with the ability to turn his skin into leather armour to create a "wing shield".

While Izuku was jogging towards his destination, he saw a trio of female delinquents who were harassing a small meek boy. One look at the delinquents and Izuku realised that they were probably delinquents from another district since he did not recognise them and most delinquents in his area knew better than to cause trouble where and when he could see them. Sighing at what he would have to do after helping the boy, Izuku started running towards the delinquents…

--Half an hour later…--

Tsukauchi Naomasa sighed in exasperation as he spoke to Izuku, "I know that you want to help people, but you're giving me almost as much paperwork as All Might himself!"

Knowing that the lie-detecting detective actually helped All Might deal with the terrible scourge known as paperwork, Izuku could not help but scratch the back of his head sheepishly as he explained, "In my defence, I did try to tell them to stop politely before they decided to harm their victim to spite me."

Well-aware that Izuku ultimately meant well, and had been perfectly honest every time he told Naomasa about his fights with delinquents and his quirk-acquisitions, the detective had to ask, "Did you really have to make all three of them lose their breakfast?"

Izuku shrugged as he answered, "Considering that they wanted to break their victim's legs if I did not give up trying to stop them, and then tried to escape as soon as I knocked out their leader, yes."

Hearing Izuku's blunt reply made Naomasa want to drink a can of beer as he spoke, "Well, at least you did not take any blood this time so that's a little less paperwork for me to deal with today. Do try not to get yourself into any more fights today."

In spite of the situation, Izuku grinned and said, "I can't make any promises, not if it means ignoring people who need help."

Naomasa placed a hand over his face as he mentally groaned, "This kid is just as bad as All Might!"

--Several Months Later…--

It was the day of the entrance exams into U.A. High School and Izukugazed upon the gates into U.A. High School. Nervousness and excitement filled his heart as he was taking his first step into becoming a student in the high school that offered the best hero course in all of Japan. Taking a deep breath, Izuku walked through the gates with the hope that he would be able to become a student of the hero course and begin his journey as a future hero.

As Izuku walked through the gates towards the building where the other examinees were gathering, he was being observed by a blond haired man with sunken blue eyes and a skeletal appearance. Known as Yagi Toshinori, the man was actually the All Might in his true form. Looking at the boy whom his detective friend, Tsukauchi Naomasa, claimed was an unusual combination of himself and a certain nemesis whom he had defeated years ago, Toshinori was both intrigued and concerned.

On one hand, Naomasa had assured him that Izuku possessed a genuinely heroic nature in spite of his status as a delinquent and his vampiric quirk. On the other hand, Izuku's ability to permanently become stronger by taking in the blood of other people who possess quirks was too similar to his nemesis' quirk to be ignored. Due to his admittedly paranoid reasoning, Toshinori never talked to Izuku face-to-face in spite of having seen the boy on a number of occasions, mostly when meeting with Naomasa at the police station.

Looking at the boy who seemed genuinely determined to be a hero, Toshinori thought, "If he manages to get into the hero course of U.A., things might get interesting."

"This is a story of how I, along withmyclassmates, became some of the greatest heroes of our time. This is a story of heroism and being the best we can be to save and inspire others."

--End Chapter--

Author's Notes:

I have seen my brother play a number of Legacy of Kain games and know that the vampires in that game series get stronger by consuming the blood of other powerful vampires. It a world where a quirk like All For One can exist, it is easy to imagine having a vampire-based variant of that same quirk.

Also, in case anyone wants to know, here's a list of Izuku's acquired abilities:

- Finger-Claws (From Katsuki's "friend" who can extend his fingers) (Fingers change into sharp claws)

- Wings (From Katsuki's "friend" who can grow wings on his back) (Arms change into wings to enable flight) (Can be controlled to produced webbed fingers and/or elongated fingers)

- Blood Sweat (From Bakugou Katsuki who produces explosive sweat) (Mainly acts as a sunblock and causes dehydration and anaemia when overused)

- Blood Draw (From Midoriya Inko who can attract small objects towards herself) (Accelerates blood acquisition when biting a person but needs mental concentration to work)

- Toe-Claws (From a random donor with hand-like feet as a quirk) (Toes change into sharp claws) (Likely a result of fusion with with Finger-Claws)

- Night Sight (From a random donor with excellent eyesight as a quirk) (Enables night vision but also increases vulnerability to getting blinded by bright lights)

- Blood Mist (From Midoriya Hisashi who has a fire-breathing quirk) (Breathes out a blood-red mist which can be used to block vision but overuse causes dehydration and anaemia)

- Blood Regeneration (From a random delinquent who grows stronger, but also heavier and slower, by getting fatter) (Enables accelerated healing when consuming blood)

- Leather Armour (From a random delinquent with stony skin as a quirk) (Generates tough leather armour for slightly increased defence)

- Blood Acid (From a random delinquent with an acid spit quirk) (Spits a mildly acidic blood-like fluid but overuse causes dehydration and anaemia) (Usually comes out as liquid but can be converted into a mist-like form by using it together with Blood Mist)

- Sonar (From a random delinquent with a quirk that produces loud screams as sonic attacks) (Produces a high-frequency sound which enables limited echolocation)

- Strong Bite (From a random delinquent with a quirk that grants rows of sharp teeth with a bite force to match) (Increases biting strength and grants stronger teeth)

- Puppy Form (From a random delinquent who can transform into a wolf) (Transforms into a puppy which is the size of a cat, has very fluffy fur and is ridiculously cute-looking) (Has a bat variant which is just as cute-looking) (Izuku was tempted to not include it as one of his abilities due to being embarrassed about it)

- Erotic Kiss (From a delinquent who possesses a quirk which allows her to charm the opposite sex by touching them) (Lips and tongue have an aphrodisiac effect when touching a sufficiently attractive member of the opposite sex) (Izuku is ashamed of having such a quirk but the delinquent was trying to charm him into taking the blame for something that she had done and he was desperate enough to bite her to make her stop)

- Strength Boost (From various delinquents with quirks that grant increased physical abilities including arm strength and leg strength) (Increases physical strength at the cost of accelerated stamina loss)

The abilities can be combined to make new abilities and Izuku will be getting more abilities later on.

Also, I recently got a great suggestion from a commenter on . All I need to say it this: Ghost Rider Izuku

Until next time, go beyond, plus ultra!