A/N: Hey, I wasn't dead. I… I… I certainly didn't expect that responds to my ff. Thank you very much to everyone who read it. Now~… about the delay… yeah… you can get mad at me if you want, I'm not going to put any excuses. But hey, I bring you a 12k words chapter.
Now, the reviews. It's impossible for me to answer every single one, but don't worry, I read every review… *Cough* Like4or5TimesEach. *Cough* even the most recent ones. I'm going to answer a few, 'kay?
First. The timeline: Is the normal timeline. Izuku met All Might like in canon, then you got the flashback of him meeting Neko and taking care of her 2 years before. Then we are back to present were on that same day where Izuku was rejected by All Might, Neko died… Someone was asking for this because they got confused, but hey, this helps like a recap for everyone else.
Second. The Feline Quirk. Someone asked questions about it, and I cannot answer them, why?... BECAUSE I'M HER— Not, seriously time. There is more to the Quirk than you think and is going to be revealed throughout the chapters.
Third. How is Izuku going to relate to another character like Hound Dog because of him being a cat? ... … Well, you'll have to find out. *Insert Principal Nesu's laugh here*
And Fourth. I cannot believe someone got one of Izuku's powers just by a little hint. Not gonna say what it is though.
To the rest of the reviewers, Thank you very much for your kind words.
In other news, by majority vote, Izuku is gonna have a Harem! *Cheers and whistles in the background* Who are the ones in it? Read the chapter and the A/N at the end of it to know my struggle.
No songs in this one, I'm glad of how "Cage" merged with the previous chapter but, meh, I was kind of lucky with that. So, listen to whatever you want, and if it gives you the feels, even better.
I think that is a~ll? Agh I hope it is. You don't have any idea (or maybe you have if you write) how it feels to remember something… After you published it.
Ah~ okay, let's roll this roller coaster. I apologies beforehand if there is any or maybe a lot (Please God, have mercy of my poor soul if is the latter) of grammatical errors.
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Wishing is for Fools
(Alternative title: Catching up)
"Very well, open wide." Izuku did as the doctor said, showing him the inside of his mouth. "*Whistle* With these babies, you can be considered an apex predator for sure." He wasn't kidding, the boy's fangs were larger than normal and apparently very resistant, it was a mystery how they fitted in his maw. "How do you feel it, Midoriya-Kun?"
Izuku traced his teeth with his tongue. "It doesn't hurt or anything. It feels as good as always."
The teenager was currently in the hospital with his mother, it has been three hours since he woke up with his new appearance. Naturally, the first course of action was to see a medic for a checkup.
"Okay, extend your right hand please." The doctor took it and then pressed the tips of his finger one by one, pulling out the boy's claws. "Can you control them at will?"
"Not yet," The green-haired boy shook his head. "I don't know how they work."
"I would actually be a concern if you knew how to. This is how everyone feels for the first time when they developed their Quirks, just give it some time." The apparently normal-looking doctor continues with his left hand. "I assume is the same with your tail." Like a response, the slender tail show itself, refusing to stay still. "And this might be the explanation of why you came barefoot."
There was something that neither Izuku nor Inko notice when he woke up. From his knees downwards, his feet shapeshifted for hind legs of a feline, the fur was the same as his hair, and when he put his shoes on to go to the doctor, claws coming from them ripped the shoes up like hot knives to butter.
"Y-yes," Izuku replied scratching the back of his head a little embarrassed.
"Well, Midoriya-Kun, sit here, please." The doctor patted a stretcher while a tentacle came from his back and grabbed a little reflex hammer. "Do your legs feel weird by any means?" He asked as his tentacle gave him the hammer.
"No, like my teeth, ears, and tail, they feel as if they've always been there." The boy explained, contemplating his new legs.
"Okay," The doctor swung the hammer lightly to get a response from his right leg but didn't expect what happened next.
In a matter of an instant, huge claws came from it as the boy kicked. The doctor proved to have great reflexes as he dodged, but his white coat got ripped.
"I'm so sorry! Are you okay?! I didn't mean to! —" Izuku began to shout worriedly, showing genuine concern for the doctor's wellbeing, but was interrupted by the hand of the man and a smile on his face.
"Don't worry, Midoriya-Kun. Doctors like me that deal with Quirks on a daily basis are used to this kind of situation, it was actually my fault, I should have been more careful about it." The doctor dismissed his worries with a smile. After checking the boy's reflexes, being very careful about it, the doctor went into more complex tests, taking around an hour.
"Very well, just one more thing, you just stay there Midoriya-Kun." The man stood up and began to close the windows to finally get next to the light switch. "Close your eyes." The green-haired boy did as he was told. The Doc turned the lights off, leaving the room in darkness. "Now open them and look at where my voice is coming."
When Izuku opened his eyes, he thought for a moment that the lights were on, everything was still as clear as the day. Then he looked at the doctor.
"Wow, that's amazing, and scary at the same time." Said the grown-up man, he couldn't see anything except for two glowing emeralds in the darkness that stared at him. "Can you see me, Midoriya-Kun?"
"Yes, I-I think I can see even better than before." The boy answered hesitantly.
"Read the letters in front of you, please." Midoriya read them easily, confirming what he just said.
"Thank you, now close your eyes again." The lights were on again, after that, the doctor called the boy's mother who was waiting outside, then went to his computer to finish everything.
As expected of Inko, she was completely nervous and waiting for the words of the doctors were making it worse.
The man finally finished with his computer and look at them with a professional smile. "There's no need to be worried, Miss Midoriya. Everything is in order. Of course, developing a Quirk at this age has no precedents, however, I didn't find any anomalies in his body, Midoriya-Kun is completely healthy and if I say so myself, he has an amazing Quirk."
When the doctor finished, Inko already had her hand covering her mouth with tears overwhelming her eyes. "Izuku!" She hugged her son tightly. "I'm so happy!"
The boy chuckled seeing his mom's reaction. He didn't hug her back, he would never forgive himself if he hurt her just because he couldn't control his body, so he was being extra careful around her and anyone else.
The doctor coughed into his hand gaining both green hairs' attention.
"Even though nothing is wrong, I'll recommend that Midoriya-Kun take a few days off of school for him to get acclimatized to his new Quirk." What the doctor said, make complete sense to them.
"Em, I-I already call the school today informing that Izuku wouldn't assist," Inko informed the doctor.
"Great, now just let me write the excuse." After finishing the sick note, he handed it to the small woman. "Oh, and don't cook anything too hot, I didn't check it, but he probably has a literal cat tongue now." The doctor tapped his own tongue to make an emphasis.
Both green heads bowed from the waist and headed home.
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Meanwhile in Midoriya's school.
"Izuku Midoriya." The teacher called the next name on the list. "Ah right, he's not coming today." The man said to himself after remembering what he was told earlier.
"Hey, Kacchan." A student whispered trying to gain Bakugo's attention and succeed. "Do you think we went too far yesterday with him?"
"The fuck I care! That's what he gains for being in my way, that damned nerd!" Katsuki almost yelled, his eyes fell on the empty chair of the green-haired boy. A frown appeared on his face, thinking on Deku only made his blood boiled.
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A few hours had passed since Izuku returned from the doctor; he was now in his room trying his best to control his claws.
He was currently holding his left hand in front of him staring at it really intensely. Then suddenly his claws extended but were the one from his right leg.
He let out a sigh, seeing how his new attempt ended in failure again, yet, like if that wasn't enough his own tail smacked the back of his head, making his frustration even greater.
"*Sigh* This is impossible, does anyone with a new Quirk has to go through this?" He rambles in his head.
"Well, what do you expect if you're doing everything wrong from the start." Neko's voice echoed in his head.
"But I don't even know where to start, can you give me a hand… a paw?" He wasn't surprised at all from hearing her voice, he already knew she could do it, and was happy about it.
"I learned that if I give you the answer it won't help you at all, so it's a no." Izuku grown a little with her answer, but then stayed quiet. "Nya? It's something in your mind, Izuku?" She asked inquisitively.
"I'm a little afraid… I still remember the incident with the doctor, it could've ended pretty bad. What if next time I hurt someone? It could be my own mother. I could never forgive myself if that happened." The boy stated.
"And that's why I gave this power to you, I knew you could handle it, and you just show me I was right if you're that concerned about it."
"Thanks." Izuku smiled at his companion words of thrust.
"I can give you a hint if you want." This immediately caught the teen's attention. "You're thinking like if this quirk was some kind of power."The feline said with an amused smirk.
"What's that supposed to mean? Quirks are powers, right?" The answer to Midoriya's questions was a giggle. "Your hint only managed to confuse me more."
"Izuku, lunch is ready!" The voice of his mother took him out of his thoughts.
The boy decided to stop worrying for the moment, he would think better with his stomach filled.
He got a pleasant surprise finding that his mother made katsudon, his favorite.
"I thought in making your favorite to celebrate that you awaken your Quirk," Inko said with a smile on her face.
Midoriya wanted to hug her but the fear of harming her hold him back, so he only returned the smile and sat down to start to eat.
Inko put the news on the TV before sitting down with her son, it was most likely they were about heroes, something that fascinates Izuku.
While Izuku was watching the TV, he picked a piece of pork with his chopsticks, but without any warning, the claws from his hand extended, not only causing an injury in his own hand but he swallowed the piece of pork whole, chocking him.
"Oh my god!" Inko exclaimed, jumping out of her chair. Running to the kitchen for a glass of water. She came back seconds later. "Drink it!"
With no delay, the young man drank the water, finally being able to breathe again.
"Are you okay, Izuku?" His mother asked completely worried.
"*Pant* Ye-yeah *pant* Thanks, mom." He responded while catching his breath.
"How do you feel?" Neko's voice echoed in his head, she was worried too.
"Good… but that was awful, it's really scary when you can't bre—" Izuku stopped mid-sentence while his eyes opened wide in realization. "Mom, I'm going to my room, I want to try something." The greenhead jumped out of his seat.
The little woman was searching for the medkit to treat her son when she heard him. "Eh? Izuku, but your hand." She tried to rebut however her son was already in front of the door of his room.
"Don't worry, it's not that bad," Midoriya said, disappearing behind it.
He sat on his bed and crossed his legs, closed his eyes and began to breathe, inside of his mind he was sure he saw Neko grin mischievously.
Minutes passed until he finally opened his eyes. The boy moved his right bleeding hand in front of him, with a swift sound, his claws expanded just as he intended, they retracted just as easily, his eyes went to his left hand, only to do the same. Izuku got up from his bed and looked at his new feline legs, they both show those terrifying claws from the morning, only to hide a second after.
He went back to his right hand, with a smile. This time he only extended the claws on three fingers, then on two and then on one, he did the same with his other limbs, after that he just looked over his shoulder, and his tail made a heart shape, his ears moved to pick different sound, Izuku could control his quirk perfectly.
"Ho Ho~ How did you make it, Izuku?" That was a rhetoric question from his partner, she already knew his answer.
"You were right, this is not some kind of power." Nevertheless, the boy began with his answer. "This is my body now. I was thinking that I should activate it in some way, but there was never something to activate, to begin with."
"Umu, elaborate for me, please." Neko wanted more.
"I never think in moving my hands, they just do it, No one is conscious of their legs when they walk, they just move. My new ears, tail, and claws are the same, they're part of my body, using them should be as easy as…" He paused, trying not to chuckle.
"As what?"
"Using them should be as easy as breathing." He finished with a smile.
"You should clean your hand, to start what comes next." Her voice sounded endearing, proud of him.
"Yeah…" He went out of his room to inform his mother of his progress; needless to say, she hugged him hard of how happy she was.
After getting some bandages on his hand he went back to his room, sat in front of his desk and began to write a plan to train his quirk.
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Dinner was already over and Izuku was on the sofa sleeping. His head was resting on his mother's lap.
They enjoyed this kind of moment. For Inko it was almost like if she had a real cat on her lap, and the occasional purr coming from her son didn't help with that nor with her heart that was at the point of melting of how cute her son acted, she had to stop often to regain her composure.
But the life of a mother is busy, so she had to leave him to do the chores, which wasn't an easy task because she didn't want to leave him.
Inko finally managed to get up without waking Izuku up. "Okay, first is laundry." Now decided with what she should begin, she went to her son's room to pick his clothes.
When she entered the room, Inko noticed something that stop her completely. The decoration was different. There was only one figurine and one poster of All Might. The mother was sure that this morning when she entered to check on her son, all the merchandise of the number one hero was there. Then, what happened? This sudden change was something that came with his Quirk or was something else?
Her attention switch to the notebook on the desk. The notebook was opened so she was able to read what was inside. The title read "Training routine to become a hero" There wasn't much on it, apparently it was difficult to come with a good routine for Izuku, yet there was something that caught her attention. When she read it, she smiled, thinking that she at least was going to help her son with that.
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It was 6 in the morning of the next day, but Izuku Midoriya was already awake, outside of his apartment complex.
He was wearing a green tracksuit and green track pants with no shoes, he was barefoot because anything would get in his way.
The boy was stretching his limbs, preparing to test his Quirk for the first time.
"Okay, now that that's done, let's start with something simple." To any bystander they would see a boy talking to himself; but in reality, he was talking to the partner that was linked to him for life.
"Yeah! I was looking forward to this!" She cheerfully exclaimed. "How about a jump?" The feline suggested.
In response, the green hair crouched, taking his position to give the biggest jump until now. "Woah!" the boy cried when he realized he was 4 meters in the air. Not expecting that, he lost his balance in mid-air, he was now falling headfirst, yet when he reached the ground, the first thing that touched it was his legs. His eyes were wide open in astonishment, "How… did I landed on my legs?" It wasn't only that, he didn't feel any pain after falling from such height.
"Those are your instincts, Izuku," Neko answered with a calm voice. "Afterall… cats always land on their feet. It's called the righting reflex, I won't go into much detail, the only thing you should know is that if you fall from a place really high, there is nothing that will prevent your body from taking damage."
The boy nodded; he won't forget the warning.
"Okay, how about the speed this time?" Izuku said to no one in particular. "The finish line is 2 kilometers away from here." He adopted his position, ready to run. Neko, on the other hand, was puzzled because she didn't know where the boy was going, it wasn't written on the training routine.
"3. 2. 1… Go!" When he finished the countdown, the greenhead bolted. In just a matter of seconds, he broke his best mark.
Midoriya was excited, with such speed he was going to arrive at his destination in no time.
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A few inches later.
"*Cough* *Cough* Ugb—" Izuku was covering his mouth with both hands, trying not to throw up. He wasn't even close to the 2 kilometers mark.
He just surpassed the first kilometer and was about to collapse, his endurance was bad as always if not worst.
"*Cough* *Cough* I'm g-going to die," Midoriya said, lying on the sidewalk trying to catch some air.
Inside his head, Neko was on the floor, she too was trying to catch some air but because she was dying of laughter.
"Not… F-funny." Izuku said trying to stop her. "What happened?" He asked.
"Ahaha… aha…aaah~ Izuku, you know I love you but that was really stu-stu-stupidhahahahahaha." She wasn't going to stop any time soon.
Some minutes passed. "Are you done?" The boy's voice sounded tiered of hearing her laughter.
"Wai-hahahahahaHAaaa~ phew… wait… haha… Almost there… *Wheeze*hehe… okay, I'm done." She sounded like she finally calmed down. "To tell you what happened… listen, cheetahs had a really bad endurance, they cannot run for too long, but you are lucky, because of the other felines, you can actually improve your stamina, you'll just have train harder."
"Understood." Was the only thing that came out of Izuku's mouth, he got up and began to jog in a more normal pace.
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"Why…are we here, Izuku?" The cat's voice sounded surprised.
They have finally arrived at Takoba municipal beach park. Izuku had a peaceful smile. "I thought… cleaning this place would be a good work out." He answered, his voice sounds like a whisper, soothing her.
"There's no need for that." Pronouncing those words made her sad. "there're better ways to train your body."
"I want to see it," Izuku said.
"The ocean?" she inquired.
"Your smile." He clarified. "This was the place where you were born. I… don't like it… that your only memory of this place is all the garbage and junk here. Besides, if I don't do it, who will?" Neko was smiling tenderly. "Also, I learned something about being a hero."
"What is it?"
"*Smile* More important than defeating villains, heroes are the example to society." The feline was impressed, when did he mature so much? But as the answer hit her, her face saddened. It was her death, the event hit him harder than she realized, it robbed him of his innocence and there wasn't a way to go back. That was the reason why he took the All Might merchandise off his room. He no longer followed blindly a figure of a hero; he was creating his own version of what a hero should be. "Though I'm no hero, I'm going to show them how to take care of a beach." Finished the boy with a grin after diving in all the junk.
The new strength of Izuku Midoriya was something than amazed him, he was able to lift things that no normal person should, but there was other stuff which he couldn't move no matter what he tried. To say it briefly, he was stronger but by no means was it enough to be a hero.
He stopped around 12, The sun was at its peak, meaning it was lunchtime.
The boy jogged back to his home, but not before he vowed to clean the beach before the 10 months to take the entrance exam to U.A.
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When Izuku arrived at his home, he was surprised that his mother wasn't home. He didn't think much of it, though. She probably was buying the groceries. Yet it put a smile on his face to find his lunch in the microwave, she always thinks on him first.
After a great meal, he went to his room, to begin with basic exercises like pushups, sit-ups and any other he could do in his home.
Around 7 pm his mother finally arrived, and like any good son, he went to welcome her. She was really surprised to see the state of her son; he was soaked wet in sweat.
"Ugh… Izuku, you should take a bath right now, you stink really bad." Said Inko while pinching her nose with cringe on her face.
"Oh… Y-yeah, sorry, mom." The boy went to the bathroom to do just as his mother said. He probably stunk that bad for spending hours cleaning the beach. He was really tired as well, so a bath was just what he needed. It was good that the jaguar part in his Quirk let him enjoy the water.
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After a relaxing bath, Izuku was now eating dinner with his mom.
"Um, Izuku." The voice of his mother made him stop, leaving him with an open mouth and food mid-way to it. "Yesterday I saw your notebook with a training routine, and I thought I could help you with something written there. That's why I went out today."
This new information astonished the teen. "You didn't have to…" He stopped, thinking it wouldn't be fair. His mother took her time to help him out with something, the best he could do was accepting it with a smile. "Thanks, mom, what was it?"
"I signed you up at a gym." Izuku was flabbergasted. "You're starting tomorrow." She said with a pleased smile. The boy put his chopsticks down and got up from his seat. "Uh, Izuku?" This reaction startled the little woman.
He approached her without any words and hugged tightly. "You didn't have to… but thank you so much, mom."
She returned the hug with a bright smile… …Inko knew something had happened, her son wasn't the same anymore… Something had changed her son deep in his core, and that made her sad for some reason; she could only hope that whatever hurt her precious Izuku would heal over time.
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It was the next day in the morning.
A scrawny looking man with blond hair was walking in the direction of Takoba municipal beach park, the name of this man was Toshinori Yagi, but he was commonly known as All Might, the number one Hero and the symbol of peace.
He was on his way to the beach with the intention to clean it, it would probably take him 3 days to leave it like new. After all, no one has bothered to do it, so he would take the task on his shoulders.
However, what he never would've expected was that someone else was already there doing what he intended to.
When he arrived, he saw someone climbing the stairs with a really big and heavy refrigerator. And by the looks of it, it was a difficult task for the person in question.
Izuku Midoriya finally let the big piece of junk on the floor, releasing a tired sigh.
"That kid is…" Toshinori thought when he saw the green-haired boy.
"Uh?" Izuku raised his head to look at a specific place.
"Something wrong, Izuku?" The voice of his partner echoed in his head.
"I thought I saw someone standing there." He pointed to the empty sideway, there were only bushes and some trees. After some seconds staring at it, he shrugged off and went back to the beach.
Behind the trees was Toshinori sweating like a madman, hoping the kid hasn't seen him.
He recognized that kid, even with all those physical changes. After that day, he gave it a thought to what the kid said, and the blond regretted what his answer was. He could only imagine how much his words hurt the boy.
Yagi was also curious about the Quirk the boy was showing, he remembered correctly that the boy was Quirkless, but he couldn't allow himself to go there and ask him directly, the shame he felt was too great for that.
"Aha… I guess I do not need it here." The man said to no one awkwardly while rubbing the back of his head. With that said, he walked away with a sad smile on his face.
Some minutes passed when Izuku looked back at the sidewalk, the wind was blowing in that direction moving the leaves of the trees. Words came out of his mouth like whispers to the wind. "I don't hate you…" He didn't know why he said that or why those specific words came out of him. It was as if he said them hoping that someone who needs them heard them, it was a melancholic feeling floating in the air.
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Meanwhile in Izuku's school.
"Oops, I almost called Midoriya again." The teacher chuckled at his own antics. This was the third day that Midoriya hadn't attended school.
"Um, Sensei, why hasn't Midoriya come to school lately?" A female student asked, it wasn't out of concern, everyone just wanted to laugh at him more, and making fun of him for aiming at U.A. High.
During the three days, Katsuki Bakugo's irritation grew even more and snapped at whoever talked to him.
"Oh, you guys don't know?" The teacher questioned them, leaving his students more curious about it. Should they know about the reason? "Well, apparently Midoriya-Kun awakened his Quirk. So, he took some days off."
The entire classroom went silent, no one dared to say a word. "U-um, could you repeat that, sensei? I don't think I heard you correctly." A male student asked nervously.
"What? That Midoriya awakened his Quirk? His mother called the school yesterday to inform us about it." Said the man puzzled.
"EEEEEEHHHH?!" the shout of all the students was heard in the whole school.
The gossip in the classroom was immediate.
"What? Midoriya with a Quirk? There has to be a mistake." A girl said to her friends while having a smirk on her face.
"It has to be something really weak, so he didn't notice until now, hahahaha!" A boy commented already making fun of the green head.
*BOOOOM!* An explosion quiet the room and all the attention went to the ash-blond boy.
"HAAAAH?! Deku with a Quirk?! Don't fuck with me! Quirks are supposed to be presented until the age of 4! If Deku has a Quirk, he has to be faking it!" the loud voice of Bakugo boomed the class.
"Eh~ I don't think you can fake a mutant type, Bakugo-Kun," The teacher said lazily while picking his right ear because of all the loud noise. Everything went quiet again. "And if the medical exam is accurate, he has a really strong Quirk, maybe even stronger than yours Bakugo." This time the teacher had the biggest smirk of his life in his face. He knew how everyone treated the boy, but he never was able to help him. He also knew how obnoxious Katsuki's ego was, so this was the most pleasant moment in all the year he's been teaching; the astonishment and disbelieve on the blond's face was priceless. "Well, regardless of the questions you have about it, you can ask him tomorrow when Midoriya comes back." The teacher finished with an innocent smile.
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It was 2 pm, Midoriya was in the city with a worried look, looking at a paper in his hand.
He was in front of the gym her mother singing him up. The building was in an alley where not even a single person dared to walk, the structure of the gym looked like if it could collapse at any moment.
"Oh, this place looks nice, your mom did a good discovery!" The cat's voice inside his head sounded excited.
If she said that, then it meant one thing, she saw something he didn't. Well, he couldn't stay outside more time, so he decided to walk in.
"Um, hello?" Midoriya greeted nervously but no one answered.
He continued walking inspecting every machine on his way to the changing room, there were some machines he didn't even know. Overall, everything inside looked better than any other gym he has seen, all was in perfect conditions, the place was empty so he could use whatever he wanted. He now knew what Neko meant early.
After changing into more comfortable clothes, he went to a machine that caught his attention early. He spent some time inspecting it to figure out how to use it.
"I don't recommend that one for a beginner, kid."
"KYAAAA!" Izuku screamed after hearing a man voice at his back. It scared him so bad that he ended jumping, nailing his claws at the ceiling like a cat… His Quirk really has changed him.
"Oh, nice reflexes ya have there." The man said impressed.
The boy finally saw the man, it was a very tall, muscular man of a wide build with slightly tanned skin. He had a square jaw which juts out a notable amount, small eyes and short white spiked hair. The man was wearing a white t-shirt and dark blue track pants with black sports shoes.
Izuku got down easily thanks to his righting reflex. "Uh… s-sorry about that, you caught me by surprise." Said the boy.
"Yeah, my bad, I just wanted to give ya a few tips. You're new, right?" The man was friendly, which Midoriya was grateful for.
"Y-yes, I'm starting today, and I don't know where to begin." The greenhead answered with a smile.
"Oh? Then how about I help ya with that? I know how to use every machine here" The muscular man proposed with a smirk.
"Eh? N-no, I don't want to be a burden." But the boy declined moving his hand nervously.
"Hey, don't worry about it. I only come here to keep my build, besides, the manager and I are the only ones who ever come here, so seeing a new face is nice every once in a while." The white head replied with a smile. "I'm most of the time here when I'm not working, so helping you out would keep my mind occupied."
Izuku couldn't say no to him when he put it like that. "Okay, thank you very much, sir…" He inquired the man's name.
"Ah~ I don't like my name that much so just call me Sir…" The man said a little bit ashamed and waiting to hear the boy's name.
"Izuku Midoriya, Sir." He replied with a smile.
They both passed the afternoon at the gym, the man explained to Izuku how every machine worked, what muscles were used in every exercise, and how to make the best of all of them. The practically already have a routine to follow.
When the clock hit 6 it was time to end.
They both meet outside of the gym.
"Um, Sir?" Midorilla called the man.
"Yes, Midoriya?" They were like friends already.
"There's been something in my mind for quite a while." The man just waited for the young man to continue. "Have I seen you before?" Izuku asked, tilting his head.
"Ha, so I was right, you didn't recognize me at all." The man laughed, finding it funny for some reason. "Well, you're a good kid, so I don't think there's any harm in telling you." The man said with a smirk, then point at himself with his thumb. "I'm the pro hero Death Arms."
"*GASP* The pro hero De-De-De-Death Arms!" Izuku freaked out. "Death Arms, the hero who…" The boy began to mumble everything he knew about the pro, which made the man in question more and more unsettled.
"Hey, Midoriya… Oe, Midoriya!" The man finally shouted to bring the boy back to earth. "I'm right here."
The greenhead snapped out of it and realized his mistake. "So-sorry, I'm a big fan of yours, and well, I'm always wanted to be a hero, so I guess I got too excited about it." He said apologetically.
"Don't worry about it." Death Arms said with a smile, he guessed that anyone would have that reaction if someone who a few moments ago was your training buddy ended up being someone you admired. "So, you want to be a hero?" Izuku nodded shyly. "That's awesome, you would be a great hero." Those words made the boy really happy. "Then a which high school are you going to apply?"
"T-to U.A." Midoriya said nervously, he was afraid the pro was going to laugh at him for aiming so high.
"Oh. Then you'll have to train harder, though. I'll help ya with that." The pro beamed at him.
"Eheheheh~" Izuku began to laugh, he didn't know why the only thing he was certain was that he felt a great relief. "Thanks, Death Arms…"
Unknown to Izuku, Death Arms noticed some tears falling from the boy's eyes. "Ah, hey how about we go to eat some ice cream? It's my treat." The Hero proposed while patting the boy's back.
With a nod from Midoriya, they went into the city, talking and laughing. From that day, they began a friendship.
XOX
At last, the day to go back to school came, buuuuuut…
"Ahhhh! I'm late!" Izuku's mind was in overdrive.
It wasn't that he woke up late, in fact, he woke up early than ever to go and clean the beach before school, but his timing was wrong and ended up spending more time on the beach than he intended to. And now he was running to school as faster as his new Quirk allowed him to.
Now he was in front of the door of his classroom, he had barely made it in time, but because of his endurance, he was crawling and was at the point of throwing up. "Now I'm seriously going to die!" He yelled in his head. And of course, Neko was laughing her ass off.
After finally catching his breath, he opened the door and walked in… forgetting about his new appearance.
But just a few steps in, he stopped, feeling something off, everything was… too quiet. His head moved robotically at the direction of his classmates.
Every. Single. One of the students was looking at him, all the eyes were wide open in astonishment.
Being the center of attention was something new for him, so his mind went blank, leaving him with a single word that came out of his mouth breaking the silence.
"Nya?" Inside of his mind, he punched himself so hard after hearing what he said that he probably killed himself.
"EEEEEEEHHHHHHHH?!" Such loud noise hurt his ears. He was so afraid; he almost merged with the blackboard at his back. The teacher wasn't there yet so everyone did whatever they want.
"You're lying, he's sooo cute!" A girl almost squeaked saying that to her friends, all the girls were probably thinking the same.
"Wait what? He looks so awesome." A guy commented.
"I know. What the fuck? He looks more badass than me! Not fair!" Another boy replied, cursing his Quirk.
*BOOM!* "DEKU!" After yelling the nickname, Bakugo went literally flying from his seat to the greenhead's position with explosions to move faster. The blond readied his right backward to blow Midoriya's face when he reached him.
Izuku seeing that, frozen in place. "Izuku, move!" Neko's voice yelled bringing him to reality, she wasn't going to allow Bakugo to hurt Izuku, ever again.
*Boom!* smoke came from the blackboard. Everyone in the classroom had their mouths hanging in surprised, even Bakugo.
In less than a second, Izuku not only moved his head out of the way, he grabbed Katsuki's wrist, moving his hand away to not get even remotely close to the explosion.
"You bastard!" Katsuki recovered quickly and reared his lift fist, swinging it at Izuku's face.
But with ease, the cat boy caught it with his other hand, surprising everyone again.
Bakugo tried to free himself to no avail. The grip on his hands was adamant.
With rage boiling in his system, Katsuki looked at Izuku with murderous intent. Midoriya's face was calm, impassive. Yet his eyes, those emerald orbs denoted disappointment.
"Who do you think you are, you little fuck?!" The blond yelled in his head. "You think because you have a Quirk now that you're better than me?!" He began to try to free himself more desperately.
Izuku moved his childhood friend's arms as if they weren't putting any resistance, lowering them.
Bakugo had enough, he was about to blow up the entire classroom if necessary.
"Kacchan…" Izuku's voice stopped him, it sounded calm, being loud enough for the whole classroom to hear it. "We're not allowed to use our Quirks at school."
"WHO CARES?!" the explosive boy shouted.
"It's clearly that you don't, even though you're the one who should be more careful than anyone else." His words confused everyone in the class. "Kurogane-kun…" A boy in the middle of the room flinched at the mention of his family name. Now all the attention was on him, an extra. "I'll accompany you to the infirmary."
The boy's eyes widen in astonishment. "T-thanks, Midoriya." The boy stood up from his seat. That was when all the other students saw a nasty burn on his left forearm, the sleeve of his uniform had been long gone. Everyone began to gossip about it.
The boy was trying to hide it since he was hit from one of the explosions that Katsuki used to fly to Mydoriya, and the first one to noticed was the one who was further away.
That was when Bakugo understood; the disappointment in Midoriya's eyes wasn't because he had a better Quirk, but because he hurt someone.
In a swift move, Izuku was now at the door with Kurogane. Leaving Katsuki shocked, the blond never saw when Midoriya released his hand and walk to the door.
"Don't worry, I'm sure the nurse has something for that." Said the green hair with a reassuring smile while putting his hand on the other boy's shoulder.
The boy smiled back nervously, not because of his injury but for the new Midoriya at his side.
After the morning incident, the rest of the day continues like normal. Everyone glanced once in awhile at the feline boy just to see his normal behavior. Katsuki was of course sent to detention for his actions.
When school was over, Izuku went immediately to the gym to train. And during the night he went again to Takoba beach to compensate for the time in school.
That became his new routine. Bakugo, surprisingly never picked up Izuku again, leaving him alone.
XOX
A month had passed since Izuku got his new Quirk. He was currently at the gym, training some more.
"Say, Midoriya…" Death Arms called to a boy who just finished with a machine. Some days the pro hero wasn't in the gym to help him, but it was understandable due to his job. Today was a lucky day where the big man was there to help him train. "What kind of hero do ya want to be?" The hero asked while handing some water to the boy.
"Eh? What do you mean, sir?" Izuku said confused. "Well, a hero who saves people with a smile of course." He responded, figuring that was the answer.
"I was talking about like those heroes who only do rescue missions or those who only fight villains." Death Arms clarified. "But I guess your answer is to be expected. In these days everyone admires All Might." Those words hit a nerve within Izuku.
"No, I… …I don't… I want to… It's…" He didn't know what to said. He wasn't basing his answer in All Might, it was different, however, he couldn't express that in words. What kind of hero do he want to become? He… didn't know, and that answer scared him the most.
"Hahaha, don't worry, Midoriya. There's nothing to be embarrassed about liking the number one Hero." Death Arm mistook his stuttering with embarrassment.
XOX
It was evening and Midoriya was on the sofa of his home, he took a rest from cleaning the beach today. He didn't have the mind for it anyways.
The question Death Arms asked him early was still in his mind. What kind of hero do he want to be? Why he couldn't come with a better answer than the one he gave to the pro hero?
The boy decided to clear his mind, and what was better than watching a show about heroes on the TV.
The show was about a certain hero who never appeared on social media. Hero name: Eraser Head. They talked about his feats as a hero, about his Quirk and… his abilities.
That was when Izuku's eyes grew wide in realization. The boy went to his memory, to remember everything he new about one person… Katsuki Bakugo. After he remembered what he wanted, he reached for his phone.
Midoriya began to text Death Arms. They exchanged numbers some time ago, so he was able to ask whatever doubt he had about his training.
[Izuku: Death Arms, I… have a question.]
[Death Arms: Ah, Midoriya. I'm on my break, so, sure, asked anything.]
[Izuku: Since when you started training your body?]
[Death Arms: Uh? Well, I guess since I was a little kid, around when I got my Quirk. Is that all you wanted to ask?]
[Izuku: Yeah. Thanks.]
By the time when Izuku finished messaging, he was covering his eyes with his forearm, the same hand that hold his phone. He was gritting his teeth; his other hand was clenched into a fist out of frustration.
That night Midoriya went back into his inner mind. It wasn't his second time; he came here often to pass some time with Neko. Today, though.
He was sitting in one of the clouds, looking at the city below.
"Is there something wrong, Izuku?" Neko asked worried, she didn't know what was happening with the boy.
"I… … I think I don't deserve this Quirk…" Her eyes grew in horror. "No… That came out wrong… I think I don't deserve any Quirk." Every alarm in the feline's mind went off. What the fuck happened to him to say that?
XOX
The sun rises from the horizon and its light began to touch a certain cat boy's face. His eyes opened slowly; his look was calm, peaceful.
Today was Saturday so he didn't have school today.
"Thanks, Neko… for hearing me out." Izuku said in his mind.
"Yeah, well. You scared the shit out of me with what you said."
"Hehe, sorry… it was a hasty decision." He apologized.
"Don't mention it. But… are you sure about this?" She sounded worried.
"Yeah… … you're my hero." The boy replied with a smile.
"Oi, don't say that lightly." She scolded him.
Izuku tilted his head and thought in those words she just said. "Pff… Hahahahahahaha." He began to laugh out loud like a madman, which startled the cat inside of him
"Wha-what's so funny?" She asked nervous.
"You… You really are my hero." He didn't say that just for the sake of saying it. He was relieved because she just gave him the answer to Death Arms' question.
XOX
It was already afternoon and Izuku was at the gym as always, but something was different.
"Hey, Midoriya, you can stop now." Say the pro hero worried for the kid in front of him. It was just the first machine, but the kid had surpassed his own limit long ago.
Now, his form was atrocious, and his arms trembled uncontrollably. It wasn't until he no longer could do the exercise bay any means that the kid stopped.
He got up and went for the next. It was like seeing a zombie. Death Arms didn't know what had happened, Midoriya had never pushed himself so much since he met him a month ago.
It hurt the man a little seeing the boy pushing himself until the very limit, until the point of breaking.
"Oe, Midoriya. I know I said that you had to train hard for U. A., but this is absurd. Why… are you doing this?" The man asked genuinely worried.
"I… … … … catch up." The pro couldn't hear but just a few words.
"What did you say?" he asked again, getting closer to hear him better.
"I have 11 years of doing nothing to catch up." His voice sounded painful, and the look of his face was even more. Izuku was in pure pain.
This astonished the pro hero.
Izuku Midoriya had made up his mind. For eleven years he didn't do anything to make his dream of becoming a hero a reality. He just waited; he was waiting for a miracle. It was like his dream was more of a wish, he couldn't believe how stupid he was.
Having a Quirk or being Quirkless, all of that it didn't matter, He never worked hard for his dream. How could someone like that be gifted with an amazing Quirk like the Feline, it was unacceptable. And even when Neko literally slapped him to put some sense in his mind, saying he still had time, he could not allow it. He only would grant it if he paid by going through hell. He will break his own body if necessary.
XOX
That evening when he arrived home, his entire body was trembling in pain. In his bed he screamed without any voice that came from his mouth, he didn't sleep that night, nor he was going to in the next ones.
Like if that wasn't enough, he began to exercise at school with grippers. But he found something that made him rethink his ordeal. If you train every day to the point of collapsing without leaving your muscles to rest, you're going to end it up damaging the muscle instead of making it stronger, so he decided that he would take 2 days of the week to rest.
It's been 3 months since he got his Quirk, and 2 months since he started his inhuman routine. Today was one of those days when he rested from his exercises. And even though he was supposed to relax, he was often founded jogging through the city, his resistance has improved a lot.
Today was no exception "Izuku~ relax today…" Neko's voice sounded tired, and she was, she was tired just by looking at Midoriya.
"Fuu~ I guess you're right." He stopped at a park, cleaning the sweat out of his forehead.
The green leaves and the blowing wind were enticing, so he walked aimlessly.
He finally came across a clearing. It was a small one, probably only two people fit there, but apparently no one had noticed it, perfect for him to rest just a little before continuing.
Izuku laid down on the grass, the wind was fantastic, it was like a gentle embrace, also the smell of fresh grass and the sound of nature was too much for him. "Ah~ this is bad… It feels too good…" With his tired body, there wasn't a possibility for him to not fall asleep.
Thirty minutes later, the bushes began to rustle. From them, a girl came out.
The girl was wearing a plain and modest-looking dress, the skirt went down to her ankles just to meet high brown boots. The most extraordinary feature was her hair, it was green, thorn-covered vines, probably the manifestation of her Quirk.
She was carrying a paper bag with bread in it, the girl was going to eat it in her favorite and secret place but was surprised to find someone already there.
It was a boy with cat features on his body, she was shocked that someone had found her secret place, of course; but seeing how he was sleeping soundly, she didn't dare to wake him up.
The girl, whose name was Ibara Shiozaki, after thinking a little on what to do, decided to sit down next to the sleeping boy and began to eat her bread with a smile. Having an unexpected but not unwelcome company was nice, after all, the boy didn't look like a bad person. Ibara was even tempted to pet the stranger because, before her eyes, he looked like a stray kitten, a cute and helpless kitten
She noticed something when she stared at his face for quite some time… He was tired… Not only physically tired but mentally and spiritually tired too… The girl could only deduct the boy had gone through a bad experience that scarred him. It made her sad a little bit. Then she did the only thing she could at that moment… She prayed… She put her hands together and prayed for the boy who she met just fifteen minutes ago, hoping for the better.
XOX
Izuku's eyes opened slowly as he sat up. The boy began to rub the sleep out of his eyes.
That, without a doubt, was the best nap he had ever taken. This would be one of his favorite places to rest from now on, it had great weather, and no one would go there to bother him, it was perfect.
"Hey, Izuku…" Neko's voice took his attention. "What's that on your head?" That was a strange question, did he have some leaves stuck in his hair?
When he reached to his forehead, he felt something… pointy. With care, he took the thing off.
It was a thorny vine covered with flowers; it was a crown of flowers. This awakened him completely; someone else was there with him when he was asleep.
His head moved in all directions trying to spot said person to no avail, whoever this person was, they'd been long gone.
His eyes fell upon the crown once more. He was sure the person who made it didn't have bad intentions, making a smile to sprout on his face. Izuku sniffed the crown a little. "It smells really good." More than the fragrance of the flowers, it was the scent of the vine that smelled nicer than anything else, just a few shots in the aroma relaxed the boy immensely.
Midoriya continues with his jog, he kept the crown, which hung in his belt, now it has become his lucky charm. The flowers were going to probably fade, the thorny vine, however, looked like it was going to last longer.
At the end of his jog, Izuku arrived at his destination. Musutafu's library. The teen came here often whenever he had time. Most of the time he was found reading books about psychology or philosophy, He started reading this kind of books since he got his answer to Death Arms question.
Now inside the library, Izuku was contemplating the shelves about these topics.
"Hm~ what should I read today?" He wondered out loud in a quiet tone, after all, it was the basic rule in a library.
It wasn't until something or someone hit his back and heard multiples books fell on the floor that he was brought back to reality.
When he looked behind, he found a girl on the floor surrounded boy a ton of books.
"Oh, are you okay?" Midoriya asked worriedly as he stretched his hand out to help her. Which she took thankfully
The girl was wearing a plain black tank top and baggy cargo pants and a jacket tied casually around her waist; she had quite a mature build, although she was probably the same age as Midoriya. She had salmon pink hair, which was styled into thick dreadlocks, but something that caught the boy's attention was her eyes, their irises were yellow with a cross in the center, making them look somewhat like scope lenses.
"Thanks. I didn't saw you there." The girl said cheerfully.
"A-ah… Y-yeah, don't worry about it." He was a little bit nervous, this was his second time talking to a girl, even though he's been boosting his confidence thanks to the exercise and Neko, he still had work to do in that department. "Oh, eh, le-let me help you with this." Izuku crouched to begin to pick the books up.
The girl remained there with her eyes fixated on the cat looking boy's back.
"Eh?" Said Midoriya in his mind when he saw the books. "Engineering? Thermodynamics? Physics?"
"God~ damn~" The voice of Neko sounded impressed.
The irony of those two words almost made Midoriya break in laughter right there. Yeah, it was really impressive that someone of his age was able to comprehend such complicate things as these.
Although, this made a question to pop up in his head. How did she end up behind him when the section for these books is at the other side of the library?
Then he felt something touching his back that sent shivers up his spine, there were two, very soft, mounds on his back, yet like if that wasn't enough, two hands came from underneath his arms and began to touch every single section of his torso.
His neck almost cracks when he moved his head to look at his back. There he found the girl, and he could identify the two mounds on his back, it was her breast, if his face wasn't already as red as a tomato, then now sure it was.
"She's a pervert! She is a pervert!" He screamed in his mind.
"Now, now, Izuku." Neko's tone was calm, almost enjoying his reaction. "Don't be a pussy now and enjoy the trip." Her sarcasm was like a punch to the guts.
"Oh! What a nice build you have. You must train a lot." The girl sounded like if she didn't think she was doing something wrong. After some seconds, she ceased the touching, giving the boy some space. For a second Midoriya felt that his back was empty, but he knocked out that sentiment out of his mind, he must remain pure.
"Nee, nee, nee, I have a favor to ask you!" The girl sounded excited.
"Wha-what is it?" To Izuku, she didn't look like a bad person, or that she had ill intentions.
"Would you be the father of my babies?!"
"HAAA—…" Izuku screamed, although his hands moved unconsciously to cover his mouth, he was still in a library. His face, of course, went to a new scale of red.
A few inches of explanation later.
Izuku was hyperventilating, the shock hasn't left him yet, even after understanding what she meant by Babies.
"So, would you be my test subject?!" Her smile was blinding.
The green head sighed exasperatedly. Why him? They only met 10 minutes ago, well he knew she had been looking for someone who can take a punch, but still, this was too out of the blue. Neko, of course, was almost dying of laughter inside his head.
He raised his head, ready to decline, however, her bright smile and eyes full of expectation stopped him right in his track. Then suddenly, the kind of hero he wanted to become to his mind, and with that, his answer was set in stone, and probably his fate.
He smiled tenderly at her and said. "Very well, I will be your test subject."
Her face showed such happiness, that Izuku feared she would faint there.
"YEAH!— mfmb mfnmn…" She shot her hands upwards and shouted. Midoriya was quick to react and covered her mouth, but like if she didn't notice, she continued to shout into them, letting out only mumbles.
When she finally calmed down, he took his hands off. "I'm Mei Hatsume, but because we're colleagues you can call me Mei."
"Izuku Midoriya, but you can call me Izuku then." The boy introduced himself.
"I'm bad with names, so Izu will do." She said enthusiastically with a thumbs up.
Midoriya let out another tired sigh, he figured he would be doing that a lot around this girl from now one. Well, the bright side was that he would never get bored with her around.
She collected all her books and began to walk, that moment was when Izuku understood how she ended on the other side of the library. Mei had so many books that they covered her face, preventing her from seeing where she was going.
"Wait, wait, wait." He stopped her immediately and took half of the books. "If you walk like that, you're going to end bumping into someone or something."
"Aha, thanks, Izu." Hatsume beamed at him, she had made a great discovery today, finding this partner.
Izuku sighed again but this time ended with a smile. In what kind of pandemonium, he got himself into?
XOX
Outside of the library.
Mei walked with two enormous bags filled with books, Izuku was at her side.
"Oh yeah…" Something came to Hatsume's mind. "Give me your phone for a sec."
"Um… sure, but what are you going to do with it?" He handed her his phone.
Her fingers move through it like lightning. "There." She finished, tossing the device to him. "I added my phone number; I talk to you next week so we can start working in our babies!" She said cheerfully. "See you later, Izu!" She jogged away, leaving the boy behind.
Izuku was like a statue, then suddenly his legs falter and he felled on his knees. He raised his phone with both hands to the afternoon sun with trembling hands, like that scene from the lion king. "I got the number of a girl!" He shouted in his mind. What a great day to be alive.
XOX
It was evening and the sun had been long gone.
Izuku was on his way home, but there was still a long road ahead, after all, he was still in the city.
Musutafu was a completely different place at night. All that light, those flashy sings, it always got his attention, it was in his nature of a feline, so it was to be expected.
One of those signs took his emerald eyes away. Ever since he decided what kind of hero he wanted to be; new interest began to inhabit in his mind. One of those few things was music, so a music shop really caught his attention.
"Well, I have nothing to lose." He shrugged and entered the shop.
Inside the shop, he noticed the decoration was rock or punk kind of type. He went to the shelves at the window, there were headphones for the customers so they could listen to the music and see if something caught their attention.
The boy put some on, in an instant, his world was blown away. He closed his eyes, and his body began to move involuntary at the rhythm of the music.
Parallel to him. A girl with earphone jacks hanging from each of her earlobes at the end of two thin cords was finishing the purchase of an album in the same shop. She was now going for the door until something caught her attention. With the shelves at the window was a boy of her age listening to music, he danced in the places without caring about others.
However, the thing that caught her attention was the headphones, it was because he had cat features that he was wearing the headphones in a way that was… "How weird." The words escaped her mouth while she gave a smile to the uncommon scene.
The emerald eyes of the boy shot open and stared directly at her, startling her mind. "Shoot! Did he hear me?!" The girl named Kyoka Jiro cursed in her mind. She practically ran out of the shop with her face like a tomato.
Midoriya saw the girl leave in a hurry, leaving him with one thought. "Strange girl."
Izuku left the shop with an album in his hands, it was good music. He headed home with a smile. Today was… an eventful day.
XOX
4 months had passed since Izuku got the Feline Quirk.
He and Mei now had an… interesting relationship. They became good friends of course, yet the young boy feels he's more like a protective brother when it comes to some of her antics.
She had put him through hell with the testing of her gadgets. Hatsume always put everything of herself in their… Babies. Izuku began to admire these aspects of her as he spent more and more time with the cyberpunk girl. The dedication and effort she put into her babies, her mentality of not even questioning herself about if she can or can't do it and just do it, the happiness she showed whenever she succeeded in one of her experiments just to immediately continue with the next; or her determination, working on a failure until it becomes the opposite. Yeah… he learned a lot from this crazy girl.
But of course, there is always the other side of the coin. Mei, more often than not, forgets about eating or even sleeping when it comes to working on one of her babies. Her workshop can and will become a mess in a matter of hours, and when she is by herself, the girl tends to disregard her own safety testing her gadgets. (Neko: Izuku doesn't do it either when he is the one testing them, and don't listen to me so yeah… You're the one to talk…*Sigh*) And when all this stuff happened is when [Izu-nii-chan] comes out of the cat boy. He even had learned the basics of Hatsume's work so he can help her with something to fasten the process to give her more time.
Alternatively, his training from hell continue as always due to him making it harder very time, now he used bracelets with weight on his wrists and ankles to do very of his daily activities, and whenever he gets used to them, he adds even more weight. These bracelets are one of the babies of him and Mei, just with a switch, they can be weightless.
At this moment, Midoriya is at the gym, almost done with his exercises.
His ears moved in the direction of a phone ringing. The one who picked it up was Death Arms.
"Um… Yes… I will be there immediately." The pro sounded serious. The man hung off the phone and spotted Midoriya looking at him. "An emergency, I gotta go." He said swiftly while walking hastily to the changing room, he always carried his hero costume with him.
"I'm about to finish, I'll be there in no time to watch you." Said Izuku, also serious.
The pro hero just nodded without looking back, he knew what the boy meant by that. The kid wasn't going to be there to help him or anything, it was too dangerous for him; Midoriya was going to be there to watch him doing hero job as reference for his future.
XOX
Death Arms had left already, and now Izuku did too.
He began to jog to the place of the incident; his face didn't betray any emotion. Ever since Neko's death, he stopped smiling when an incident happened. Before that event that marked his life, he was always happy and eager to see Heroes do heroic deeds, now he only showed happiness and relief just when he knew everyone was safe and sound, including the heroes. And for just to be sure, he turned the bracelets off.
XOX
It was… a building lit on fire. It was a 5 stories tall building and the area around it was cordoned off, with a multitude around it.
One of the advantages of his Quirk allowed him to move through narrow places with ease, so getting to the front of the multitude was no issue.
When he got there, he put his backpack on the floor and took out his notebook and a pencil, ready to write down everything about the heroes' work.
There were 4 pro heroes on the case, one of them was, of course, Death Arms, who was holding a part of the flaming place preventing the structure of the building to collapse. In the center of the scandal was the pro hero, Backdraft doing his best to extinguish the fire. At his back was the snake hero, Uwabami, she was coordinating Backdraft and the other hero to rescue the people who were still inside that inferno. The last pro hero was Kamui Woods, he was using his Quirk to rescue the victims who couldn't evacuate, thanks to Uwabami detecting where exactly the victims where, Backdraft extinguished a little of the fire there, clearing the path for Kamui Woods while Death Arms buy them more time, it was a truly heroic harmony.
As Kamui Woods rescue another person, the voices of the snake hero came out. "That's the last of them!" Giving green light to Backdraft to used all of his capabilities to finish the job. It was a huge success, or so that was what everyone thought.
Part of the building exploded, propelling huge debris of concrete to fell over the unfortunate person on its way, that person was Uwabami.
"Dammit!" The other three heroes yelled, having their hand completely full, they couldn't respond to the accident.
Everyone in the multitude gasped in horror, everyone except for a green cat boy, whose feet claws extended in less than a second, ripping his shoes and socks apart as he let his notebook fall.
Ubawami knew she wouldn't be fast enough to get out of the way so she stood there frozen, looking how her death came near, however, at the corner of her eyes she saw a green blur only so that a second later her world turned into blurry too.
She closed her eyes not knowing what happened. The debris met the ground creating a huge thunderous sound, lifting an enormous cloud of dirt and smoke. When all that chaos ceased, Uwabami, who still had her eyes shut, heard a whine coming next to her left ear.
"Ugh— Are you okay, Uwabami-san?" the voice of a boy made her eyes go wide open.
She found herself resting over a cat looking boy's torso. The teen in question had a smile on his face, a very painful and forced smile.
Midoriya had moved so fast, that when he tackled the hero and fell on the ground, he skidded quite a distance, making a really nasty bruise on his right shoulder and half of his back. It hurt like hell, but he endured it, a hero must always stay calm so as not to alarm the people who are saving.
"Eh?!" Ubawami stood up quickly with a worried tone. Where does this kid come from? And how did he get there? Were to dominant questions in her head.
"Uwabami! Please answered! Are you okay?!" The voice of Kamui Woods rumbled through the dust, taking her out of her thoughts.
"Ye-Yeah! I'm completely fine!" She answered immediately, looking at the direction of her fellow hero.
"Ah, Thank god! Don't move! We're on our way!" This time was the voice of Death Arms.
She smiled at them for being so worried about her safety until she remembered the boy. With a quick turn of her body, she came to see that the feline teen was gone, leaving her disoriented.
Meanwhile on top of a building in front of the incident was a man crouched with a smirk. He had light brown skin and a somewhat muscular physique. He had teal hair tied into a ponytail and an elongated face. He wore a black sleeveless unitard with a purple belt, he had a small desk fan attached to the back and teal sneakers with similar fans attached to them, but the most prominent features were his big hands and orange fingers.
"Hehehehe. Heroes are so retarded." The man spoke with mockery. "This was too fucking easy."
"Hum, too bad that bitch didn't die." A very feminine and seductive voice came from behind the man. From the shadows appeared a tall woman with a very voluptuous figure. She had long, wavy, white hair, which was mostly tied into a ponytail, leaving two locks on the sides of her face, and side bangs that covered her right eye. She wore light purple panties, a black low-cut sports bra, along with with arm pads, a thin face mask, a large metal respirator, black ankle boots, and a utility belt with garters. She also wore purple gloves that were exposed at the back of her hand.
The woman had a very seductive and derogatory smirk on her face.
"And all because of that cat boy." She said as she moved her left hand under her chest, accentuating them even more, while raised her other hand to her lips to begin tapping them. When she remembered that boy her lips curved upwards into a sadistic smile. "I could've fun with that kid and try to corrupt him~" She licked her fingers, the thoughts she was having were… alluring.
"Hey, forget about a brat. Why don't you try corrupting me?" Said the man next to her with a perverted smile.
"Ugh." The girl exclaimed with disgust on her face. "Because of the difference between you and that kid or… any other man is that you're ugly as fuck. Now, continue blowing wind, Boy, because that's all the blow you'll ever gonna get." She let out all of that with a straight face while playing with her bangs. The comment of her partner was such a turnoff.
The man gritted his teeth in anger. "You bitch, you'll see when—" He began to mutter but was interrupted.
"Hey, quit fantasizing or being creepy you two, Ash, Boy, we gotta go." A man behind them said. "We have so much money to spend." The only thing that could be distinguished was the silhouette of a tall man with a muscular build, his right hand was 2 times bigger than his left. He was carrying multiple bags of money.
"Yeah, yeah." The other man referred to as Boy said while picking up more bags of money.
"Whatever you say, boss." The girl known as Ash responded as she lifted even more money.
The three individuals got lost in the night.
XOX
Izuku was in a back alley, trying to regain his breath. He ran from the incident as soon as Uwabami took her eyes from him, after all, he didn't want to be caught in the middle of that.
"Now, what am I going to do with this bruise." It still hurt like hell, and there was no way he would arrive home like that.
"What was all of that?" A voice almost made the boy jump in place.
He turned his head to the person who talked.
"Uwabami?!" He exclaimed in disbelief. How did she find him?
"You seriously can't think you can scape these beauties." She responded like knowing what he was thinking, pointing at her snakes.
He slammed his head at the wall. "Of course." How could he forget her Quirk?
"Now, care to explained why you jumped into such a danger?" She didn't look pleased either.
Well, he has nowhere to run, might as well be honest. "By the time I was conscious, I was already tackling you, Uwabami-san" He didn't stutter any more thanks to his time with Mei.
"But why?" That wasn't the answer she was looking for.
"Do I need a reason to save someone in danger?" Midoriya was calm, he didn't have anything to fear because what he did was the right thing.
The snake hero was taken aback by that answer for a second. "But it was dangerous! You could have died!" She was a little angry about his disregard of his own safety.
The words of All Might came to his mind. "I… want to be a hero, and… I already know that heroes had to put their lives on the line in order to do their job."
"But you're still no hero! The life that should've been in danger was mine! I was the hero there!" It was becoming harder and harder for her to keep her cool with this kid.
"If…" The new sad tone of the boy stopped her hot-blooded emotions. "the heroes risk their lives for the others, who is the one who would keep heroes safe?" Her eyes became wide in astonishment and fear. "Is because they are heroes that they don't need to be saved?"
She lowered her head and gritted her teeth. "Then leave that to the other heroes." It was a little frustrating and sad that this kid saw the world so different from other kids of his age. She wasn't this conscious when she had his age for god's sake. What happened to this kid?
"I do… But if they can't and I'm there…"
"Don't say it." The hero pleaded in her mind, already knowing it was futile.
"I would do it again." A single tear came from her right eyes, not that the kid could see it. "That's what heroes do, right?" Izuku gave her a smile.
Uwabami wanted to cry and let her emotions out, but she couldn't, not in front of someone else, not in front of this kid. Damn, not even the commercials she did were this demanding. Why did she feel like this? Was it because she had chosen to be more of a celebrity than a hero?
"So, what were you doing there, Uwabami-san? I thought you…" Izuku tried to change the subject, he knew the atmosphere was heavy, but this was hard. What should he say?
The pro hero cleaned her eyes and raised her head. "Hah? What do you mean? Or rather, why do you care?"
Izuku panicked, she was being too aggressive. "A-ah, s-sorry I wasn't trying t-to…" He started his stuttering, maybe he needed more practice with women.
"Hump, I came here to roll a commercial, got a problem with that?" She crossed her arms and gave him a pout. "What am I doing?! Why am I lashing out at him? He didn't do anything wrong! What is wrong with me?!" However, inside of her was pure chaos. "What? It's not too Heroic for someone like you?!" She continued. "Please, stop! Me!"
"Not at all," Izuku said with a tender smile.
"Eh?" That caught her off guard, making her blush a little.
"By being a celebrity, you're actually inspiring people to do different things, maybe even cheering somebody's day up. It's really heroic if you ask me." Her blush began to increase, she didn't see it like that at all. "Just because you're not out there fighting villains or saving people doesn't mean is not heroic, right?" He tilted his head cutely with an even cuter smile. Everything related to being a hero was Izuku's favorite things, so he spoke without shame, without measuring what he says.
If Ubawami wasn't completely sure that it was physically impossible for her to eject steam from her ears, she would be doing that right now; even her snakes were blushing, and the worst part was that she didn't know why. She was internally screaming out of happiness and anger at the same time. This damn kid did something in her that she didn't know what it was.
Before she could say or do something embarrassing, her phone rang, snapping her out of her stupor.
"What is it?" She answered the phone; her calm personality came back. "What?" whatever she heard, put her on alert, and so did with Izuku. "Understood, I'm on my way." And with that, she hung off.
"Did something happen?" Izuku asked worried.
"A bank a few blocks away was robbed." She informed. "They need me to track the villains down."
Midoriya's mind jumped to something. "Could it be that those responsible for the theft used the fire to distract the heroes?"
"He-hey." Ubawami's voices took him out of his thoughts, she sounded nervous for some reason. "What's your name?" She asked with a tint of red on her cheeks, why was he so nervous asking a kid's name. Well, at least it was too dark for him to notice it.
Unfortunately for her Izuku had an excellent night vision. "Does she have a fever?" He thought. "Oh, is Izuku Midoriya." He answered.
"Midoriya… okay. Don't get yourself in trouble." She began to walk away.
"Ah! Ubawami-san." He called for her. "Cou-could you please not tell anything about what I did to Death Arms. If he finds out that I put myself in danger… he'll punish me severely." The boy had dreaded in his eyes.
"They know each other?" She asked surprised in her mind. This made a smirk to appeared on her face, she would have fun teasing Izuku as payback for all he made her felt. "Um~ who knows… you were a bad kid today, Midoriya~ Maybe I should tell him right away." The flinch of terror in the boy's body was priceless, she wanted to tease him more, unfortunately, she didn't have the time, so she just walked off, leaving the poor creature shivering there. "See you around~ Izuku Midoriya." She said goodbye in her head while she had a big smirk.
When Izuku lost sight of Ubawami, he fell on his knees. "Wo-women are scary." He thought
After some minutes, Midoriya calmed down and stood up, and with tender eyes, he looked at his hands and smile. "It wasn't for nothing." He said in his mind as he clenched his hands into fists. "The training is paying off. I saved someone today." He began to laugh; all this hell and sacrifice wasn't for naught. He really could become a hero.
He began to walk to his home, happier than ever. This was a great day.
"Aaah… What are you going to do with the bruise in you back?" Neko's comment destroyed everything in an instant.
XOX
A/N: And done!
Phew, that took longer than I thought. You know... this is getting harder… and I'm not talking about the writing, I loved it. I'm talking about the harem. My intention was to have a few girls in it. Uwabami nor Hatsume were intended to be in it but after this… AAAHHH! What the fuck am I doing?! Why did I write every girl like if she was the best girl?! Now I fucking love them… and I hate myself for that. Their scenes wrote themselves on their own. Ibara and Kyoka weren't stronger contenders for the harem either, though they weren't discarded either like the other two, their little scenes made me really care for them too. Even Ash, that is not an OC (Check her up if you don't believe me), ended up making a place in my heart with her personality, and the worst part is that "I" was the one who gave her that personality because she lacked one. Oh, by the way, the Roast (yeah, with capital R) she gave to Boy (Not an OC either) was fucking legendary, I, who am the writer, don't even know where that came from. After finishing that part, I was like "Daaaaamn! He dead!". Guys and girls tell me, who was the best girl in this chapter because I don't even know at this point.
Also tell me, which was or were your favorite scenes, so I know were my stronger points are and where do I need to work. Some of those sad scenes really got me, like the one with All Might on the beach, I was listening to [Yas – Empty Crown] throughout the entire chapter, and some [MISSIO – Dizzy] and it did not help with the tears, I was like. "Ugh, it hurts so well." So, if you felt the same put in the review [#It hurts so good] to know I'm not alone in this masochist road to madness over who is better waifu.
Next, I'm probably going to update my other FF, I have left it for more time than this one. So, yeah… uff.
Oh, before you go, thinking in not leaving a review, just know that I'm here over my bed, dying of anxiety over if what I write is good or is utter garbage, waiting for someone to say something… … … …Well, not pressure at all. You don't have to do anything of what I said here, don't worry about it.
Okay… *Sigh* Read you later.