Chapter 1

A short chapter to start things off, a bit of stuff. Also, a warning for Anime watchers, this has minor spoilers for the manga, nothing absolutely earthshaking, but I figured it best to warn you. This story was "stolen" with permission from ThatOnePsycho

-X Izuku X-

Midoriya Izuku was six years old when his Quirk first manifested, wandering through the forest with Kacchan and his friends, sniffing the air he was in because he was lost. There was a strange feeling, like when you sense someone or something around here.

Following the feeling, Izuku watched the trails of black and green light begin to swirl around him, all coming from the same direction as the smell. Izuku's small fingers reached up to touch it, watching the light explode with a giggle of excitement. Is it my Quirk that is causing this? Izukusaw a coin on the floor so he thought that he found a quarter, then picked it up to put in his pocket. A Green and Black fire-like aura was surrounding him.

Just then the light twisted around his hand, then…

Erupted, yanking at his skin and twisting within his hand. Izuku yelled, trying to pull back as the energy wrapped around him. What… what was going o-?

Izuku whimpered as his hand ached, the green light ripping at it, up his arm and across his body, while the black formed a shell around him. Where was a hero when-?

"Need a hero?" A voice said, "Don't worry, kiddo. I might be a big guy, but I am a hero."

Black energy exploded through the shell, wrapping around Izuku and pulling him out. A shadowy figure stood, hand stretched out, and caught Izuku, "Who… who…!?"

"Calm down," the man said, plopping his hand on Izuku's head, "You're gonna need to calm down to control the Quirk."

"Who are you?" Izuku asked.

"Me?" The shadow said, becoming more and more visible with every second. He was first looking like a shadow person but now he looks like a gangster wearing an open jacket with one of those things holding bullets under it, a pair of goggles around his forehead, and a short beard around his square chin, "You can call me Lariat."

-X Daigoro X-

Banjo Daigoro was used to odd looks; it had come with the territory of being a Japanese man over six feet. And sixty-plus years of being dead didn't get rid of that experience. So he understandably had a calm look, when the kid had given him upon waking up, even if he wasn't quite used to the reverence in it. He had never cracked the top three hundred before All For One had found him, and their fight hadn't been quite as cataclysmic as some of the other Torchbearers had been. Certainly not like one or three, but he was pretty sure he had taken out at least a kidney. Before Banjo died he had a peaceful look and got a laugh when All for One not only lost a kidney, but the Seven user of One for All.

At least he had hoped he had hurt him before going down. He hadn't expected to win against the bastard (he didn't think anyone entered a fight with All for One who knew who he was expecting to win), but he hoped he had at least caused some injuries.

Eh, that was off-topic. Really off-topic, he should probably get to know the kid who had accidentally pulled him here and let him touch the real world again. Because wandering around in the forest the closest thing you had to a tomb wasn't exactly pleasant, "So, you got a name kid?"

"Midoriya Izuku," the kid said, staring up at him with eyes, "Thank you for saving me, Lariat."

"Unlocking' your Quirk can be a scary thing," Daigoro said, "Especially when you don't know what your Quirk is and how to stop it. It sure scared the cra- er… crud outta me when it happened." "What's your Quirk?" Izuku said, eyes wide.

"My Quirk?" Daigoro said, holding out his right hand and letting Blackwhip out. It felt different, stronger, each tendril of black was tougher even as it wrapped around Izuku with a gentle touch and lifted the boy into the air, another wrapping around the tree its size is Izuku's head that had formed where Izuku had been, "It's called Blackwhip, and it's a top tier Quirk. Mobility, restriction, offense, defense, it's everything you could ever want as a hero."

"Wow…" Izuku said, green eyes sparkling. He felt a bit out of breath for some reason, but that did not stop him from asking his questions "How much can you lift? How many Black Whips can you make? Is it just your," Izuku stuck out his tongue, weighing both hands, "right hand or can you do it from both? Or your whole body? Do you have any super moves? What are they like? How-"

Daigoro planted a hand on Izuku's head, stopping the boy in his tracks, "Slow down kiddo. You'll have plenty of time to ask questions. Let's get you back home for now, eh?"

"I'm not at home," Izuku said, blinked up with wide eyes, "I'm with Kacchan and my friends today." "Then let's go get you where you're supposed to be," Daigoro said, "you can trust me, I'm gonna be your personal bodyguard for now!" as he has a soft spot for little kids.

"Thank you, Lariat!" Izuku said, trying to bow in the grip of Blackwhip before Daigoro released him, planting the young boy firmly on his shoulders. Izuku felt more energetic now when he deactivated his quirk.

"Now lead the way, kiddo!" Daigoro said.

-X Izuku X-

Izuku rode on Lariat's shoulders as they swung through the trees. Blackwhip sprouted from each arm with each swing, wrapping around the branches. Well, that answered that question!

"Rush of a lifetime, ain't it kiddo?" Lariat asked, landing at the edge of the river on the forest floor and launching Backwhip from both hands, wrapping around two trees in the distance while more wrapped around Izuku, "Hold on tight, this one's gonna be wild!"

Izuku reached down, wrapping his hands around Lariat's big chin. Suddenly, they were launched forward, an explosion of pebbles and water flying wide as they flew across the river and up the edge. They flew past the trees as Blackwhip let go of them and vanished, flying high into the air. Izuku couldn't help it, and an exciting laugh came out of his mouth as they fell back to the earth close enough to see Kacchan and his friends, Izuku waved at them.

Blackwhipis used as a parachute by combining the two whips into one, therefore slowing their fall.

"Wow," Izuku breathed, letting Lariat put him back on the ground. "That was…. Was…" "A rush, right?" Lariat said, "I know, right? Like I said, top tier Quirk."

"I hope my Quirk is like that," Izuku said, "Something that lets me fight like All Might but move like that!"

Lariat chuckled, a deep booming thing as he planted a hand on the top of Izuku's head messing up his hair, "Maybe, kiddo. But from what I saw, you've already got a pretty good Quirk. Let's go call your Mom and Dad, I got somethin' to talk to them about."

"Ok?"

"I-zu-ku!" Izuku spun, eyes growing wide as Kacchan stared at him from the top of the slide, red eyes narrowed, "I thought we agreed that we wouldn't leave the group for hide and seek!"

"...You really fast?" Izuku defended weakly. Izuku didn't realize it but he was getting tired. Izuku was hiding behind Lariat as Kacchan huffed.

"No, I didn't," He said, "Which means I win! Who's this guy?"

Katsuki Bakugo got his quirk when he was five now six

"Me?" Lariat said, pointing his thumb at himself "I'm Lariat, and I'm this little guy's bodyguard for now. Can you get your parents, Kacchan? I need to talk to them about talkin' to Izuku's parents.``

"Auntie Inko is already here," Kacchan said, pulling open the door, "Mom! Auntie! Izukun's back with some weird guy! He wants to talk to Auntie!"

"Is he…" Lariat said, "is he always like that?"

"Yeah," Izuku said, "That's Kacchan. He's really passionate."

"Just gotta make sure it doesn't go out of control," Lariat said.

The rest of the Families are leaving after the party. All of the parents are good friends with each other. In Kacchan's house

-X Inko X-

Inko watched the tall man step into the house, eyes taking in the black coat over a bare chest. A pair of black goggles with red lenses sat on his bald head, and his wide jaw was set into a cocksure grin, "Hey! You must be Izuku's mom, right?"

"Yes," Inko said, bowing slightly, "Midoriya Inko."

"Banjo Daigoro," the man said, waving, "I am..

I was the pro hero Lariat. It's a bit of a long story, do you mind if I sit down?"

"Sure," Mitsuki, crossing her arms and narrowing her eyes, "I've never heard of a Lariat before."

Banjo laughed, rubbing the back of his head as he took the seat, "Yeah, I don't blame you. I was never really high on the charts before I was forced to 'retire'. Happens, ya know?"

Inko blinked at the air quotation marks he put around the word retired. What? "Um…?"

"Sorry, sorry," Banjo said with a laugh, "I must sound like I'm talking nonsense, right? Let's start… Well, not at the beginning', but where things started today. Alright? Alright."

"You-" Mitsuki was Interrupted by Banjo.

"So," Banjo continued undaunted, "Izuku's Quirk manifested, so, uh… congrats on that. Big day, I know, and I probably shouldn't be taking' up your time when you should be going out to eat to celebrate or something. I guess you already celebrate, but it's kinda weird so I guess I should talk to you about it."

"Weird in what way?" Mitsuki asked for Inko, who was too busy staring out at Izuku playing with Katsuki.

"This is gonna sound wild," Banjo said, "but I've been dead for sixty years."

Inko's eyes snapped to him, "What?"

"Yeah," Banjo said, laughing, "sounds like I made it up right? But if you check the identity of any of those sites that track heroes… those are still around right? You'll see my death date listed… assuming' anyone bothered to put it, or even noticed I died to begin with."

Inko wanted to break all decorum and reach out to hug the man as he seemed to deflate, eyes plunging down as he bowed his head, "Surely someone-?"

"I lost a lot of friends before me," Banjo said trying not to cry, "and there was only one person around when I died, and they didn't get my name. People might think I just retired for all I know or got my license pulled after not renewing' it for so long. That happens too, sometimes."

"But how are you here, if you died?" Mitsuki asked.

"Izuku's Quirk? Inko said immediately, connecting the dots. Banjo nodded, eye jumping back up.

"This isn't too far from where I died. I think… The kiddo was scared when he unlocked his Quirk, I know that much. Didn't know what was going on or how to control it, so I think it's got something to do with Necromancy/Summoning-subclass stuff. You'll need to take him to a Specialist for more, but I guess it grabbed onto the nearest person and brought them back to help him. Lucky it was me, my Quirk is a bit hard to control, so I knew to calm him down to get it under control."

"I'm sorry," Inko started, bowing, "He-"

"Dragged me back from the afterlife or something?" Daigoro said, waving his hands, "I was asleep in that place where I died before he called me, and I don't know maybe because I didn't have the best death. Regrets, you know? Savin' someone, even just one more person, that's a weight off my heart. And if the kid wants me to stick around, I'm fine with it. Anything's better than just wandering' the forest bored out of my mind."

"We should get him to a Quirk specialist," Inko said, standing and pulling out her phone to begin to dial the Mustafu General Hospital.

"Always a good first step," Banjo said, "...You do know they're gonna want me along, right? If I'm a product of his Quirk now, they're gonna want me around to run the tests."

"You don't mind do you?" Inko asked.

"I said I'd stick around if the kid wanted me to," Banjo said, "He likes Quirks, doesn't he?"

"And heroes," Inko said, "He's wanted to be one since he was a toddler. A lot of his clothes are All Might the- you wouldn't know who that is-"

"Oh, He looks familiar," Banjo laughed. "Don't know why but it's not my story to tell, but I've felt like I have seen him before."

-X Katsuki Bakugo X-

Katsuki sat in the back of the car between Izuku and Auntie Inko. He was happy Izuku got a quirk so he can prove he will become the number one hero He is older than Izuku by two months And teasing Izuku for not having a quirk. Still, it was fun to watch him play with the black and green lights that showed up when he activated it. Bakugo did not know he could sense the soul of the person or, being more clear, he could see the aura of the quirks like the Moms and the people passing by.

Then it was until his hand exploded into a pale green like fire but did not act like it. His mom said a bad word, the car swerving while Auntie reached across Izuku to bat out the fire-like aura surrounding him. The Pro Hero, Lariat, just looked back at Izuku, "Calm down."

Izuku breathed in, and the green and black light pulled back, stopping as a ball in his hand. He closed his hand, crushing the fire-like aura, which returned to green light, "That's cool."

"Still," Lariat said, "You might wanna wait until we get to the hospital to test your Quirk before you give your mom a heart attack."

Izuku nodded, dropping his hands while the lights disappeared. He clenched them, shaking, "I'm just… I got my Quirk!"

"Big day, I know," Lariat said, "but we're almost at the hospital… I think we are, right?"

"Five minutes out," Mom said, "Ten if there's a villain attack."

"Right," Lariat nodded, looking back at Izuku, "So save it for then. You'll be able to go all out so they can figure out your Quirk."

"Ok," Izuku said.

"Gotta say," Lariat said, looking out the window, "Whole lotta stuff has changed since the last time I was in Mustafu. It's bigger, much bigger. Look at UA! Wasn't that big when I visited from Shiketsu, let me tell you."

"You went to Shiketsu?" Katsuki asked, "That's dumb, why not aim for the best school?"

"Was closer to home," Lariat said, shrugging, "So I figured I might as well save some money. Shiketsu was fine, even if the teachers were a pain in the aaahh- backside. Sticks in the mud, all of 'em."

They got to the Mustafu Hospital then they went to the doctor and went to the room. Izuku looked around as they walked towards the testing area. There were more lights here, like a lot more lights. He had read something in a book about an abort… something that happened at the north pole, and this felt like a mini version of that. Different colors of lights streamed everywhere, with red like Lariat and other colors like Black/Green/Yellow/Blue/Orange/Purple and White, also they were rare colors like Turquoise/Amber/Amethyst.

A pair of huge doors swung open as they walked up to them, so big that Izuku had to tilt his head straight up to see the top when they passed through. Were these for people with Quirks that made them giant?

Sitting down next to Kacchan, Izuku quietly waited for his name to be called.

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Notes for the Future-

Next time, we get a look at what Izuku's start line is. So, The Problem Arises (Get it because of Solo leveling) that is that, while this is obviously a long way off since they're six, and we'll have several chapters dedicated to childhood (with them luckily becoming increasingly verbose as time goes on. Even just considering things for the future, I'm not sure what I want in this story, also I am a new writer I have 4 chapters on me right now.

-Thoughts, questions, and opinions? Good? Bad? Meh?