A Cat with the Heart of a Hero

by Thicc Boah

Izuku believes that he's a hero, even without a quirk; just because he's been saving a stray cat for the past two years. Not even the words of his Hero brought him down. But what happened when he fails to protect it that same day? His world crumbles to pieces. Yet, when you touch bottom, all that's left is to go up, with a new Quirk, and a new resolution of a hero.

3. Ch - 3

A/N: Hey it's me! Now that I got your attention. Read the Autor Note at the end of the chapter before leaving a review, there might be something interesting for you.

Okay now. Thanks to everyone who took their time to read my story it means a lot.

Now, *Clap* Explanations *Clap* for some reviews. First, this might be a problem… for me, for you it might be a blessing, the thing is… I tend to write the double amount of what I intended, and so you can have a better grasp of what I'm saying. This chapter… is 12k almost 13k words and it was supposed to be half of the real chapter, so I stop in the middle and here we are.

Secondly, Characters' interactions. One of you said that Toshinori should be suspicious of Izuku for getting a Quirk, that's explained in this chapter, but you should have in mind that just because a reaction seems logical, it doesn't mean its correct. No one and I mean no one act logical or at least not all the time, not even someone like Aisawa, this also applies to the environment interactions (I think I'm using that wrong here) Other person said that Izuku should've heard Death Arms approaching in the gym because he now has enhanced senses… em, buddy, you cannot hear something, no matter how good your hearing is if that something doesn't make a sound. (Trust me, I have sneaked through dogs) and also Izuku was focused on the machine at the time and that was another factor. I always have multiple factors in my head that play and let me decided how something should go, no matter how insignificant that factor is, if you want another: It wasn't said, but you could've deduced that Death Arms sneaked behind Izuku to surprises him and well, he is a pro, I think he can do that. But hey if anyone got a doubt, question or something like that leave it in a review, I love to explain my reasoning of the why, like these two.

To a Review, yes, I have to admit that I first chose Death Arms, randomly, but not for the Gym. The gym is there for Death Arms, and after I read more about him, I got to the same conclusion as you: He's awesome. I consider myself lucky when I write because I more times than not come to the realization that something that I did can give so much more and then I go from there.

Also, thanks to everyone's ideas, they make my mind blow with new possibilities.

To the ones that told me. "I think you could handle this character pretty well." thank you so much. the one about Mt. Lady made me rethink about how I was going to write her, unfortunately, she doesn't make an appearance here though, because like I said… This was supposed to be half of the real chapter, she is going to be in the next one for sure, I had planned that since chapter 1.

And now that we're talking about the girls… Some of you gave me the impression that I gave you the impression that this is going to be focused in the harem, which is not the case. I asked about a harem or a paring because it wasn't important, but even when I said, "it's a secondary thing." I still going to give me everything in the harem and see how can I use it to improve the story.

Someone told me, that they weren't going to favorite the story yet… well, you know what? I like that… I like that a lot and challenge accepted. Let's see if this chapter can do the trick and if not, then that just means I gotta go Plus Ultra in the next ones (I'm going Plus Ultra anyways) I want to earn that sweet favorite.

I have also noticed that some of you speak Spanish and that maybe the why you don't leave a review. Well… No hay nada de lo que preocuparse, los puedo entender perfectamente (Saludos desde Col, btw) But that's the only other language I know.

And… that's all… Damn, that was long. Well, whatever. But before we start, here is a meme.

Me: *Published new chapter*

Anxiety: Ah shit, here we go again.

XOX

The Worst Combination. The Best Motivation.

*Knock* *Knock* "Give me a moment please." The voice of a man replied from the other side of the door. With that Izuku waited patiently.

It has been a day since the boy saved Ubawami from that incident. And as expected, his mom freaked out when she saw the bruise on his back. The best excuse he came up with was "I fell while running." It was simple, but technically not a lie. He promised to be more careful next time; after all, he didn't like to see his mother's worried look so it was the best that he didn't tell her about what really happened.

The sound of the door finally opened, brought him back to reality. At the other side of the door was a man in his forties, the man had short black hair, he was wearing a pretty common outfit of a plain blue t-shirt and yellow cargo pants, but the feature that stood out the most was the eyes behind his glasses, the man sported the same yellow eyes of his daughter.

"Good afternoon, Hatsume-san." Izuku greeted the man with a polite smile.

"Ah, good afternoon, Midoriya-Kun." The man smiled back. "Please, come in." He stepped aside, leading the boy inside the house, taking off his shoes and walking barefoot, he keeps his feline paws clean so there is no problem with that. The atmosphere inside of the house was always pleasant for Izuku. "Would you like some tea?" The man offered at his guest.

"Oh, don't worry about it, but thanks." The boy politely dismissed it. "Though here is something for you." Midoriya reached inside the plastic bag he had been carrying.

The man accepted the present. He wasn't surprised at all when said present came to be a chocolate bar. "Thank you very much, Midoriya-Kun. But I have to say, aren't you spoiling my baby girl too much?"

"Uh?" That caught the greenhead off guard.

Seeing his reaction, the man couldn't help but let out a calm sigh while a smile appeared on his face. "He seriously hasn't noticed it." The man already knew how kind-hearted the boy in front of him was, but there had to be a limit in how selfless someone could be. "You always bring chocolates whenever you come here, Midoriya-Kun. I know this are her favorites, but still, she might gain some weight if you keep this up." The man said with a chuckle.

"Oh… Ah, I'm sorry, I just always think she might need the energy to continue building more devices. And don't worry about her weight, building stuff is a great work out, Mei has a great body because of that." Izuku said with a smile, trying to reassure the father.

"Hmmm~ So my daughter has a great body?" The older man made an emphasis on what the boy said, with a mischievous smirk on his face.

"Eh?... *Poof*" Noticing what he said, Izuku's face exploded in a flush. "A-ah I d-didn't mean t-that at all. No, she has a great b-body, but I wasn't talking in—" Midoriya entered in panic mode trying to clarify the misunderstanding, yet he ended up digging deeper his own grave.

"Hahahaha, I'm just messing with you, Midoriya-Kun." Mei's father laughed at the poor boy.

"haha… y-yeah." Izuku said with a blush still on his cheeks.

"Well, I won't entertain you anymore. Mei is in her workshop as always. If you need anything, I will be in my room doing taxes, Midoriya-Kun." The man held his hand high as he went upstairs leaving the teenager alone.

When the older man finally left Izuku's sight, Midoriya moved his right hand to his face and let out a sigh. "I seriously need to pay more attention to what I'm saying." He said in his mind as a reminder.

"Well… you weren't lying about her body though." Neko appeared in his mind.

"Not helping." He dismissed her words and moved to Mei's workshop.

The green-haired boy opened the door gently, already hearing the familiar sound of sparks that were so common in this place. When he finally entered, he immediately spotted the pink head working on something on one of the tables, her trademark goggles already on.

Izuku smiled at that as he made his way to her. "Hey, Mei." He greeted and wait for her to acknowledge his presence.

Ten seconds later she stopped for a second just to continue on her project afterward. "Hey, Izu. How is your training going?" She had a big grin on her face.

Izuku knew she asked that more out of courtesy than actual interest, although it made him happy anyway. "Great." He already knew how was Mei when she was in 'Inventor Mode'. Her attention was limited, so a short and concise answer was the best. "What are you working on?" Now, talking about her inventions was a whole other story.

"I'm working on support boots. They will help with mobility and speed allowing the user to keep energy for any task while they can concentrate on other subjects. They're going to be great babies!" Mei began to talk enthusiastically as ever.

"Can I help with anything?" Izuku asked, putting the plastic bag filled with chocolate bars on the table next to her.

"Ah, the other boot needs the final touches and calibrations." She pointed at the boot next to her. "There are the instructions, so be a good dad and help me finish it."

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever you said, honey." Izuku had got used to her calling him dad and referring to the gadgets as babies that he just played along as if they were a family. Nevertheless, he was happy that she considered him as a right hand, giving him a small task to light her burden, even if just a little.

Taking the paper with the instructions, he moves around the workshop to pick the necessary tools for his task, along with his goggles and put them on. They're the same as the ones that Mei wore, but instead of red, they were green.

After taking everything, he needed, Izuku sat down next to Mei and began to work on their baby.

The instructions were quite simple, but Izuku was just a novice when it came to robotics and all. Mei would take probably 15 minutes to do what he was instructed, to him, it would take double the amount of time if he was lucky, if not, probably an hour. The last thing he wanted was to screw things up just because he wanted to finish quickly, so he always took his time on this.

Fifteen minutes have passed, and only the sound of sparks echoed the workshop, they haven't exchanged words with one another, it's pointless when they're working on something, and Izuku might not notice, but he too entered what he called 'Inventor Mode' where the completion of the gadget was everything that matter.

Although in his unconscious state, Izuku's body still reacted on what he needed and right now a little bit of energy was what his brain needed, though his hands were occupied at the moment, it was in these cases when having an extra limb came in handy.

His black tail moved to the plastic bag that was placed between the two teens and grabbed a chocolate bar. The feline tail normally cannot do this, but the difference between a normal feline and Izuku was that he was still part human, he had trained his tail rigorously to at least do these small tasks.

Now with a bar of chocolate on his tail, he moved it to his feet, where he extended one claw and with a swift moved, opened the wrapper. Believe it or not, this was part of his training, doing tasks that required surgical precision helped with more control over his boy.

Finally, he took the bar to his mouth, Izuku doesn't have to worry about touching something with his tail due to a perk of being a feline, he takes his hygiene very seriously.

He then opened his mouth showing his impressive set of teeth and took a bite of the sweet goodness.

The workshop was filled with the sweet essence of chocolate that assaults Mei's nostrils. The smell of her favorite snack startled her for a moment causing a bigger smile to appear on her face.

"Izu, choco." Her command was barely registered by Izuku's mind, making his tail to move the chocolate bar in front of the pink hair's face as she instinctively opened her mouth to take a bite.

It was at that moment that his actions fully hit Izuku. "Ah, Mei, wait, I already took a—" In panic, Midoriya tried to stop his partner but it was too late, she already closed her teeth over the snack, just over where he bit before her. His cheeks turn red as he saw the indirect kiss happening in front of his eyes. But then he just remembered with who he was, making him let out a sigh. "What am I worrying about? She doesn't care about this kind of stuff." He reminded himself as he turned back to his work, just in time to not see how a very distinct tone of pink sprouted on Mei's cheeks. Izuku also didn't notice that Mei stopped her work for several minutes, frozen in place.

Half an hour had passed.

"Woooo! It's finished!" Mei exclaimed holding her boot up in the air like if it was a newborn baby. "Did you finish, Izu?"

He took his goggles off, giving her a smile. "Yes, I just did too."

"Then who is going to test them?" She asked enthusiastically.

"Let me go for my shoes so I can do it." He responded as he left the workshop.

A couple of minutes later Izuku was ready with the support boots on.

"Okay Izu, are you ready?" Mei had a remote on her hands that was going to start the boots, she was barely restraining herself from pressing the button.

"Yeah, ready." Giving her the green light, Mei finally pressed the damn button.

The turbines in the boots' sole started to spin, making Izuku levitate a few inches from the ground.

Seeing her success, Mei's face couldn't become brighter.

"Neat, so far so good." Neko's voice echoed his head.

"Oh my god, you just didn't—" And just like a very bad omen, the boots began to make weird noises. "Uh oh." The turbines went all out and in a matter of second Izuku's shoulders crashed against the ceiling making a crack on it. "Mei, turn it off!"

The pink head was already pressing the button repeatedly. "It's not working!" she shouted in panic.

"Where is the manual switch?!" This situation wasn't the worst that he had been when testing one of Mei's invention. But it was a great example of why he preferred to do the testing himself instead of letting Mei do it, besides, it was for this that he's here anyway.

"On the heels! Press them together!" She informed him.

Izuku extended the claws on his hands and then hit the ceiling, nailing them to the concrete. With that done, he began to move the boots so the heels facing each other. He moved them slowly, if any of the boots moved in a bad angle, he would lose control.

After an arduous effort, Midoriya managed to hit the two buttons on the heels, the gadget slowly went to a stop, leaving him hanging from his claws. Hatsume let out a sigh in relief, but then, a big question mark popped up in her head as she looked back at Izuku.

He raised his own body to the ceiling level. "He just has to retract his claws to get out, why is he doing that?"

It was when he had his body flat against the ceiling that he retracted them, leaving himself fall. However, instead of landing on his feet, the teen landed on his hands, putting a grad effort to keep the boots from touching the ground, it was an amazing physical prowess, but why?

From his position, he slowly put the boots down. "Amazing, Izu. But why did you—"

"If I land on our babies with all my weight from up there, I might damage something else on the inside, and that would mean more work for you… And we don't want that, right?" He turned his head at her with a warm smile. He then faced the other way to begin taking the boots off, carefully.

Mei felt warm on the inside as she let out a smirk. Izuku always did this, thinking first in others, always trying everything to help them… to help her. She had asked him to be the test subject for her babies out of a whim, yet now she couldn't any longer see herself working with someone else. Mei felt at peace whenever he acted like this.

"Well, I'll have to check the whole structure to spot where it failed," Mei said while holding a boot. "You can go home, Izu. I'll take care of—"

"What are you talking about?" Izuku interrupted her again. "Knowing you, you'll stay all night fixing them. Ah, that reminds me. Mei, when was the last time you slept?" His eyes narrowed accusingly, staring at the bag under her red cracked eyes.

"Ummm… 12 in the morning…" Izuku looked at the clock, it was 7 pm. That was a lot of time. "Monday." A glass broke inside his head when he heard that. Today was Saturday.

"Me~i!" He immediately raised his voice.

"I know, I know, but there are so many babies waiting for me to create them."

"Yeah, yeah. I don't want to hear it." He grabbed her by the shoulder and start to push her in the direction of the work table. "The sooner you fix them the sooner you'll go to sleep." Izuku wasn't going to stop her. The last time he did that, she didn't sleep at all because she kept thinking about her baby.

He also was very unlucky that the gadget had failed. The only one who learned from the failure of the babies was Mei, not him, so he couldn't give her a hand on this.

While she worked on it, he went to do something useful.

Fifteen minutes later.

Izuku entered the workshop again with a tray on his hands.

"Mei." He called her name to get her attention. "I know what I said, but drop that for a little. I made sandwiches with some tea. I gave some to your father, but there still plenty for us, so come and eat." He had been learning how to cook with his mother recently, nothing to fancy, but at least something good enough to fill the stomach.

"Aaaaaaahhhhhhh~" Hatsume opened her mouth and stood like that, waiting for him as she continued working on the boots.

"Emm…" Cold sweat ran down his forehead. "No, Mei. I'm not going to feed you. Stop…"

"Aaaaaaaahhhhhh~"

"No, I'm serious, Mei. Just drop whatever you're doing for some minutes and eat them." He kept refusing to her demands.

"Aaaaaaaahhhhhh~"

"Seriously, Mei. I refuse to—"

"Aaaaaaaahhhhhh~"

"You can't make me—"

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH~"

"Okay, okay, fine! You win! Happy?!" Izuku let out a groan as he approached her. "Now I see what your father meant by saying I'm spoiling you too much." He muttered that.

Midoriya took a sandwich and moved it next to her mouth for her to chew. When the first one was gone, he picked up the glass of tea.

"Drink. You're lucky that I picked a straw for you." He was lying to himself, deep down in his subconscious he knew this was a possible outcome, so he unconsciously picked a straw for her.

Mei drank it happily, although unbeknown to her, her cheeks were displaying a tone of pink that Izuku easily spot.

"I hope she doesn't have a fever. Almost 7 days without sleeping can wreak havoc on the body." His emerald eyes simply looked at her with worry. "*Smile* Well, it can't be helped when it comes to her." And he couldn't help but admire her resolve. "I should give my everything to achieve my dream too."

In the next hours she worked on their baby, Izuku spent them cleaning the workshop, organizing tools, classifying other gadgets between failures and successes, and even repairing the ceiling.

4 hours had passed since Mei started to repair the boots when she finally did it.

Izuku had been now suspended in the air for 15 minutes doing different stuff. It was now clear that this was a big success. He took them off and put them with the other babies.

Mei was trembling in the spot. "Y-…Yeah! We did it!" She shot her arms in the air.

"Shhhhhhhh! It's almost twelve!" He shout-whispered, snapping his head at her. But what he saw made his heartbeat raise to the skies, how could it not, seeing her fall backward… unconscious. Literally in less than a second Izuku was already next to her, catching her before she touched the floor and landing on his knees with alarm in his eyes. "Hey, Mei! What happened?! Are you okay?!" A little tear was starting to appear in his eye, but then he heard it.

"Zzzzzzzzzzz~"

"*Pant* *Pant*" The green head tried to regain his breath; he didn't realize he had stopped breathing since he saw her fall unconscious. "Damn it, Mei… One of these days you're going to give me a heart attack." With tears of relief, he clutched her body as he touched his forehead against hers. He had noticed this before, how he became more physically affectional since he got his Quirk, after all, felines tend to communicate more through their body language and physical contact. Izuku is wary of this and tries not to do it, but in situations like these, it's hard to control something that was implanted deep in his core. Right now… He didn't care. He was to emotionally invest trying to convince himself that Mei wasn't Neko… That she wouldn't disappear too.

During these months of training he appeared to everyone else that he had toughened up, however on the inside, he was still far too weak… far too fragile.

Carrying Mei bridal style, Izuku left the workshop and went upstairs, just to find that her father was still awake.

Seeing how happy his daughter was on his arms, he couldn't help but smile. "Thanks, Midoriya-Kun. I'll accompany you to her room."

"Thanks… …She scared the hell out of me. She fell asleep just as we finished with the gadget. Mei never does that. She always had more energy to at least go to her room." The teen informed the older man.

"And who do you think is responsible for that? Being so dependable." the father thought with a smirk on his face. "Ah, by the way, your mother called here early, I told her you'll stay the night here. You can use the guest room in front of Mei's."

"*Smile* Thank you very much, Hatsume-san. Mom tends to get worry about me." Izuku said.

"Don't worry, is our job as parents to get worried about our kids." With a peaceful semblance, the man glanced at his daughter. "You actually help me a lot keeping Mei in check, so let me say it again… Thank you very much, Izuku Midoriya" He repeated himself as they stopped next to Mei's room door.

Her room wasn't like any girl's room. It was decorated with a lot of her babies and blueprints of babies yet to come. Overall, it was very Mei Hatsume if he had to put it in words.

"There you go." He put her down gently over her bed. Izuku sat next to her giving her his back. "Don't scare me like that again." He murmured. Then, suddenly, he felt something grabbed his shirt from behind. "Eh? ... … Woah!" He was pulled to the bed. When the green head realized, he was in Mei's arms; she was hugging him like a teddy bear, teddy cat? His face got crimson.

"Oh, my~" was all the reaction from her father.

"S-sir, c-can you help me?" Izuku pleaded in a low tone, Mei was still asleep after all.

"I'm afraid there might be a problem with that…" The father informed the panicking boy.

"W-why?" Izuku asked nervously trying to ignore two round and soft masses on his back, but then. "Aghkk—" Because Mei is constantly building gadgets her arms are quite strong and now one of those strong arms was strangling his neck, yet, like if that wasn't enough. "Ugh— *Crack*" The other arm snapped his head in another direction. "What's happening?!" He was in alarm.

"You see… even when she's asleep, my daughter is still…" The man tried to explain.

"Umm~… Good… baby~… zzzzzz…" Mei sleep-talked softly.

"Wait, t-that's impossible, right? She can't possibly be…" Izuku's concern grew by the second.

"Mommy~… is going to… take care of… YOU!" As Mei said the last word, she snapped his head and strangled him even harder.

"She is totally building a baby in her dreams!" He shouted the undeniable fact in his head as he feared for dear life

"Izu~… help… me~ zzzzzz."

Those words surprised the father. "He has already made a spot in her subconscious." It was the first time he heard her said somebody's name in her sleep, not even him or her mother had that privilege. He would be lying if he said he wasn't a little jealous. "Aaaand~ that confirms it. Sorry Midoriya-Kun, it's impossible for me to get you out of there." The dread on the boy's eyes almost made him laugh. "The only way for you to get out of her grip is through an equivalent exchange, and I'm afraid there's nothing in this house that meets the requirements for that."

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Izuku shout-whispered, getting a little angry that he was being abandoned in such a predicament. "Also, this is not alchemy, this is Mei we're talking about!"

"I will pray for you." Mei's father saluted him as he slowly closed the door, seeing for the last time how his daughter snapped the boy's neck one more time.

Needless to say, Izuku didn't sleep that night.

XOX

Izuku was at the gym. The clock on the wall was reaching seven in the evening, and he had been there since 12 pm. The boy was lucky that the gym was empty, except for the manager in his office, (Seriously that old dude doesn't even acknowledge his presence) because right now he was a mess, his breathing was erratic and there wasn't an inch of his clothes that weren't drenched by sweat. He was hot, and not the sexy kind of hot, he was literally burning to the point that if someone poured water onto his body it would become steam right away.

Why was he like this? Because his mind was replaying the same scene of Mei falling down unconscious and then being overlapped by Neko's death. It put him in a certain mood.

"No one else is going to die. I'll work harder. I'll protect everyone..." He repeated his mantra again. "With a smile!" Izuku almost shouted as he raised his head with a ferocious smile on it. Yes, it was a sad scene, a torment to think of his best friend dying, but it was a strong motivation. He would mask his fears with that smile and work to prevent such an outcome.

His entire body was burning in pain, yep, it was the perfect moment to stop for today.

Just as he gulped his entire bottle of water, his ears caught the sound of the entrance door opening. His emerald eyes snapped in its direction just to see the only other person who comes to this gym, that bulky man known as Death Arms.

Seeing him always put a smile on the teen's face, and well… he hasn't seen him since the burning building incident two days ago.

Izuku approached the huge man. "Hey, Death Arms. How's it going?"

The pro hero finally noticed the kid. "Ah, hey, Midoriya. Doing fine, a lot of work but nothing much… So, you're still here at this hour? Nice." It was when the boy was next to him that his eyes widened. "Jesus Crist, kid!" He shouted in his head in surprise, and who could blame him, Midoriya's muscles were trembling and looked like they could explode at any time. "You overdid it again, I see."

"Hehe… I got more motivation than usual." Izuku scratched the back of his head. "Hey, hey, hey!" but suddenly his attitude changed. "You were amazing two days ago! You're so strong, holding an entire building. It's incredible!" His fanboy personality came to the surface.

"Hahaha… It wasn't much, seriously. I just put pressure into one point of the building." The pro hero was embarrassed for the praises. "The others did more amazing things than me."

"No, no, no, no. It was because of you that they had the necessary time to save everyone." Izuku wasn't going to let him take away his own merit. "But how did you do that?" He was truly curious about it.

"Ah… Well, it may not sound really heroic…" Death Arms said, regaining his composure. "I study a little of architecture, nothing that impressive."

Izuku froze at that. "… … … Amazing!" He shouted; all his tiredness was shoved away. "Using something as normal as that and applying it to Hero job. I can't believe you thought on something like that!"

"Oi! I'm smarter than what I looked." The pro took a little offense in that last comment.

"D-do you think you can teach me that?" Izuku ignored his comment and asked nervously.

"What? Architecture?" The Hero asked back, just to receive a beaming face and intense nodding. "Sure, I don't see why not."

"Yeah!" Izuku shot his arms in the air in a signal of victory as he turned around, giving his back to the pro.

It was endearing to the pro hero to see Midoriya act like this. It was rare to see him act like a kid, a teenager. It actually worried the hero to see the boy behaving so mature all the time.

Suddenly, something popped up inside Death Arms' head.

"Hey…" The tone that he used turned the temperature of the room a lot of the degrees down, or at least that's how it felt for the boy who stopped mid-celebration. "Talking about the incident." The humongous right hand of the pro sank over Midoriya's head and… squeezed.

"NYAAAAOOOUUCH!" Izuku screamed in pain, trying fruitlessly to take the hand off his head. "Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!"

"What was the young boy thinking by jumping into action in the middle of the collapse of a burning building to save a Pro Hero?" Izuku choked in his own saliva after hearing that question.

"S-she t-told you?" More nervous than ever, he tried to inquire for information.

"You think she would keep her mouth shut about such a dangerous matter, Mister Savior of Heroes?" Death Arms lifted the boy by his head and move him to his face to stare at him, death in his eyes. Needless to say, Izuku was sweating bullets while trembling uncontrollably.

"You're fucked…" Inside his head, Neko stated the obvious.

"You're in for a hard punishment, Midoriya-san." The pro squeezed again, reminding the young one why his Hero name was 'Death Arms'.

"NYYYYYYAAAAAOOOOOUUUCHHH!" His scream echoed even outside of the gym.

Meanwhile in another prefecture.

"Uh? Something wrong, Ubawami-san?" The girl that was putting makeup on the pro heroine asked curiously.

The pro in question had snapped her head in a certain direction, looking through a window. The smuggest grin had suddenly appeared on her face. "Not at all. I just felt that something really good happened somewhere." Her mood had raised ten times for some reason.

"Ubawami-san." A man suddenly appeared through a door. "The commercial starts in five minutes." It was just a reminder.

"Yes~" She just tilted her head cutely; she would give her all in this just like that stupid green-haired cat boy that suddenly appeared in her head would.

XOX

It has been a week since Izuku received Death Arms' punishment, but his body was still in pain from it.

Right now, he was in his school and it was lunch break. Izuku was eating the lunch box that his mom prepared for him, it was a balanced meal that helped him to be at peak performance for his exercise.

His predilected spot for lunch was outside next to a tree, his animalistic side made him like more nature, and besides, no one came to this place, so it was quiet and peaceful. That's why it surprised him that someone went there to see him.

"Um, Midoriya?" The cat boy turned his head to see the person. It was a guy from his classroom. The boy in question was a plain-looking character, it didn't even have hair to stand out more. No, being bald can make you stand more… maybe.

"Yes, Nobime-Kun?" Izuku asked with a smile, the other boy looked nervous, so he hoped his smile would soothe him down a little.

Midoriya knew his classmate didn't come to cause problems; No one actually did to him anymore, and of course, it was because he had a Quirk now.

Well, not everyone had left him alone, there were some who tried to pick a fight with him, and surprisingly enough, Katsuki wasn't one of them. They tried to give him a lesson, saying stuff like: 'Don't get cocky just because you got a Quirk now.' Or 'Our Quirks are better than yours, punk." Yeah, weird stuff.

They stopped a while ago, not because Izuku whooped their asses, but because they couldn't even land a finger on him, they soon realized how much difference there was between them. Izuku was too fast and too flexible to catch, and he wasn't even pretentious about it, the cat boy tried to stop them in the most Izuku Midoriya way possible, by stutter words to calm them down. They eventually gave up.

"Well, I was wondering… because you're a nerd with quirks and all that…" Not the politest way to ask something, but it didn't bother Izuku at all. "And everyone says that my Quirk is worthless for a hero…" That certainly bothered Izuku, who those people thought they were to say something like that? It clearly pissing off, however, Izuku knew better than to show his anger on his face, it could give his classmate the wrong idea so he kept clam. "So… Do you know how can I become one?"

Izuku let out a sigh, calming the hot feeling in his interior and gave the other boy a bright smile. "Sure, I can think about something." His classmate immediately beamed at those words. "Can you show me your Quirk again?"

"Eh? But you already know it." Nobime was surprised at that request.

"Yes, but I've never seen it up close." The green head offered another smile. "Also, if you could tell me anything about it, it would make this even easier." He said again, pulling out his notebook of 'Hero analysis for the future #14' along with pencil from his backpack.

"Well, as you can see…" The boy grabbed his eyeballs and pull them out, being only connected to his eye sockets through a nerve. "I can stretch my eyeballs to around a meter away." Izuku only nodded as he took notes. "They're more resistant and it doesn't feel weird when I touch them."

"The nerve that connects them is flexible?" Izuku asked without taking his eyes out of his notebook.

"Yes, very flexible and is as strong as metal." The other answered.

"But you can only pull them out with your hands, right? You cannot command them on their own, yes?"

"Bullseye!" His classmate exclaimed, releasing his eyes and snapping his fingers into finger guns

"Any drawbacks?" Izuku waited for the other to think.

"Um… If I stretch them for too long, they start to hurt and it gets difficult to put them back on my face." The bald student informed.

"Okay, I think that's enough." He continued in his notebook for a few more minutes. "So, how does it look?" He showed his classmate the page about him, where it even included a picture of him pulling his eyeballs out.

"… Amazing…" The boy murmured, being flabbergasted by such accurate information and pictures. Never in the past, he thought much about the green-haired boy, but now seeing it up close, Midoriya was quite amazing.

"Now… how to apply this to hero job… …?" That question was more for himself than the other person as it was clear when he went deep in thought. "First of all, you will be a great rescue Hero. And even in a battle, your worth would be invaluable." Izuku confirmed with a smile.

"Wha— How?!" Nobime couldn't help but shout, grabbing the cat boy by the shoulders, how did Izuku get to that conclusion? He couldn't see that at all. Was he playing a prank on him? playing with his hopes as revenge for all those years that he laughed at him?

"Well, just think about it. You just need a support item for your eyes that can extend them for you in any way you need." The look on the bald boy's face was one of worry.

"Such support item can be made?" That was what was worrying him.

"Of course." Izuku smiled. He knew a pink-haired girl who would love to try that idea and make it a complete success. "And with that support item, you can save many people. In rescue missions, you can stretch out your eyeball to search for them through debris were other heroes couldn't. An in a battle for example… a hostages' situation inside a building. If you can make it to a window, you could see what is the situation and gain information without being detected and if you add night or thermo-vision to the support item, the possibilities for you just keep increasing. Also, in a fight, you could use the nerve of your eyes to suppress a villain. Of course, you will need to work hard for this. Do a lot of exercises not only for your Quirk but for your body as well, and combat training too. It won't be easy, but it will be very rewarding, I can assure you that." Izuku finally concluded. He got really surprised when he saw a tear coming down for his classmate's eyes. The look on him was of complete disbelief.

"…Thanks… Midoriya, you're amazing. Thank you so much." The boy cleaned the tears and smile wholeheartedly. It was like if some weight was lifted from his shoulders.

That was when Izuku's face grew in horror as he realized something. When he stopped being the bullied kid, the others began to pick new targets, targets with weaker Quirks and Nobime was one of them.

"Excuse me, Nobime-Kun."

That new and cold tone of Izuku startled the bald boy. The boy looked at Midoriya be his green hair was covering his eyes.

"I need to do something." Izuku just walked away, leaving all his belongings there. He was Pissed to no end. Midoriya never cared in the past when he was being bullied, but now, knowing that there were others who were suffering the things he knew so well, it was completely unacceptable. He knew who they were, and he might not be violent, but if they wouldn't attend to his words then he would make them listen to him.

It didn't take much. Just a single glance at his eyes and claws was enough to make them piss their pants. They promised to never do it again to anybody. Putting his sharp claws next to the leader's neck was enough to seal the deal as a reminder to not go back on their word when he wasn't looking.

For the rest of the year, no one would ever know why every sort of bullying had stopped so suddenly, but the rumor between the bullies was always presented on their minds. If they ever attempted something, a green beast will come after them. That rumor would become an urban legend in that middle school, stopping any sort of bullying even in the years to come.

The day at school was coming to an end, and everyone was already leaving for their homes. Izuku was one of them.

"Hey, Midoriya!" He was called from behind.

"Eh? … Ah, Kurogane-Kun. What's up?" Izuku smiled when he saw it was the boy that was burned by Katsuki four months ago.

"Some friends and I are going to the karaoke. Want to tag along?" People treated him normal since he got his Quirk due to his friendly personality.

"Sorry, I already got plans for today." Izuku dismissed it apologetically.

"I see. Then maybe some other time. The arcade perhaps, Saturday?" The teen got a nod from the cat boy in confirmation. "Neat." He was happy because it was almost impossible to do something with Midoriya outside of school, he was always busy. "Oh and… how are they?" the boy tapped one of his ears to made emphasis on the thing that only they both knew.

"Completely recovered. Thanks for asking." Truth be told, back when Kurogane was burned thanks to Bakugo, when they arrived at the infirmary, Izuku crumbled holding his cat ears tightly in pain. He was putting a façade in the classroom. Why did his ears hurt? For the same reason, Kurogane got burned, Katsuki's explosions. Especially the one that was so close to his face, it hurt his now so sensible eardrums, but no one needed to know such weakness to exploit, especially not Bakugo.

Each classmate exchanged goodbyes and went on their ways.

Now, an hour later, Izuku was outside of his apartment complex wearing his green tracksuit. Today was a day to rest the muscles, which it meant his only exercise for the day was jogging. At least he could use his weight bracelets for this.

"Ready… GO!" As Neko gave the green light, he was shot forward.

Even if he said he was jogging, to any bystander Midoriya looked like he was full running. Of course, he didn't pay attention to this due to him being on autopilot. The teenager was currently thinking about something more interesting. He was thinking about how to apply the Quirks of his classmates into Hero work, and all was thanks to Nobime.

It wasn't until he finished with his last classmate that he noticed something was wrong.

Izuku came to a halt after seeing that he didn't recognize the streets.

"Eh?" He looked in every direction, but he couldn't recognize anything. "A-am I… In another prefecture?" Everything seemed to point to that conclusion. "H-how much did I jog?" And as expected, Neko was laughing her ass off at his expenses.

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A certain boy from a certain school walked down the street deep in his own thoughts. "If I compare myself to her… I'm just so dull, and boring. I mean, my Quirk is just hardening."

He had black hair just under shoulder-length with some shorter bangs between his eyes, with a small scar just above his right eye. The name of this boy was Eijiro Kirishima.

"To be honest, I'm just lame… But whenever I see someone like Ashido, something inside me thinks… If I was flashier or had a stronger Quirk… would I be more confident? Would I be able to say 'I'm aiming for U. A.'s heroics departments?" He was in self-loathing. He had put a façade of him being strong and manly when he was not. He couldn't stop bullying… Not like Mina Ashido…

In the middle of his self-loathing, a thump stopped him in his track. Snapping his head, he was able to see a… Giant so to speak. The giant was covered by a hooded cloak and had a radio tide with a rope hanging from his neck.

"The hell… is that?" Was everting Eijiro could think. The giant looked like he was intimidating two teenagers. "Wait… those kids are from my middle school."

"Where are the Hero offices of springer?" the giant asked the girls, but they were clearly too afraid to answer. "So, you won't tell me?" Growing impatience, the giant stretched out his left hand to the building at the back of the girl, and gripped it, making the building to crack. It was clear to everyone around that the giant was going to collapse the building over the girl.

"Oh shit! Why is it only times like these when there isn't a Hero on patrol?!" Kirishima cursed in his head "Somebody…!" He looked around but everyone was too afraid to do something. "No! Not somebody! You do it! Go! Jump in and…! And!" But he couldn't even move a muscle. He was too afraid to do something as well.

"Why won't you tell me…?" The giant asked, bringing his hand down.

It was in the last moment that a pink girl jumped in front of the giant, sweating bullets. Kirishima recognized her, Mina Ashido, again was there to save the day.

The girl opened her mouth to say something but—

"I know where it is!" A shout came out of nowhere, paralyzing everyone, even the girl who jumped to the rescue.

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Mina Ashido has seen everything from the start. How the giant approached the girls from her class, and how he was about to crush them.

She was too scared like everyone else, but seeing how she was about to lose her friends made her body to act on its own. Before she knew it, she was in front of the giant ready to spat a random direction to get the giant away… then why…? Why did her mind go blank when she heard a voice speak before her?

Her unique bright yellow eyes with black sclera were shot immediately at the person who intervened before her. In fact, everyone's eyes were directed to the same person, even the giant turned his head away from the three girls.

"*Sigh* I know where are the offices of Springer." It was a green-haired boy in a tracksuit, who sported cat features, making it clear that it was his Quirk.

The cat boy had let out a sigh to calm down. He was sweating like everyone who has witnessed the scene, but Mina knew better. It was because she was a highly active girl that she knew that sweat wasn't because he was afraid, but because he had been working out. His face looked pretty calm and gentle.

"How is he so calm in a situation like this?!" Ashido shouted in her head out of frustration due to not being able to comprehend him.

"Follow me, sir." The boy said as he approached the giant as if it was something normal.

The boy stopped between the giant and the girls. He turned his head at the girls whose legs were glued in place due to their fear and smiled.

Their legs faltered, making the three girls fall on their knees as they were able to breathe again. They haven't realized that they stopped breathing a while ago.

Their eyes began to create tears, unable to look away from that smile. It made them feel safe, it shouted to them 'Everything is okay now!'

"I'll take care of this." The boy said, taking them out of their stupor. "You should go home." It looked like a suggestion, but to them, it sounded like an order. His head turned again to the giant who was still there watching this unfold. "Shall we go?"

The giant nodded. "Lead the way…" And just like that, the cat boy and the frightening giant left the scene.

When they were out of sight, the normal atmosphere returned.

The three girls hugged each other and began to cry uncontrollably, they thought they were going to die.

"You think that guy is going to be okay?" One of the girls asked Mina, they have already calmed down.

The pink girl looked in the direction they disappeared. Who in their sane judgment would go alone with that monster? She seriously didn't know, that boy was probably as crazy as that giant, but… He saved their lives and she was extremely thankful to him. "I hope so." She said, worried.

Eijiro Kirishima, who had seen everything unfold was at the point of doing the opposite of his Quirk, he was going to crumble. "Why— Why didn't you go…?" He was frozen in place. "Compensate with my manly heart? Yeah right…" The image of his hero Crimson Riot came to his head. "I don't even jump into the fray when others are in trouble… I ain't a man… or anything else." He was seriously crumbling in his self-loathing as he crumpled a paper in his right hand, a paper where it says he was going to apply to U. A. High.

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Izuku Midoriya looked calm, however, in the inside he was in complete alert mode.

The guy who was following him was… dangerous, too dangerous and too strong. It was a common instinct to fight or flight, but he could feel none, they were simply not an option because he knew that either way was Death. Although, even if he could take one of those, he wouldn't have done it anyway.

He couldn't leave someone else to deal with this guy, nor he could let him roam freely. That was why he decided to go with the giant.

Izuku didn't know where the offices of Springer were, but it was obvious that this guy wasn't going there to ask for help, that's why he interfered before the girl said something, if she gave him the right direction who knows what catastrophe that would become, that's why even if he knew the direction, he wouldn't lead him there. Giving him a random direction wasn't an option either, because it meant that someone else would've to deal with this guy. Midoriya was in the biggest pinch of his life.

"Should I still try and figh—"

"DON'T EVEN THINK ON THAT!" Neko screamed furiously at him for even consider that option. "You're just an ant at his feet. This guy can kill you in less than a second!"

"Then what should I do?!" He shouted, his patience becoming thinner. "I need to lead this guy to a deserted place! I'm not going to leave him around people!"

Neko was biting her claws because she couldn't argue with that… Being so noble was a problem for Izuku that was for sure. Then something caught her attention.

"Eh…? Izuku, I… I think I know this place." She began to recognize the streets. "Yeah… I know how to go to a place devoid of people. Just follow my lead." Izuku couldn't question her on how did she know, not right now.

They continue walking for who knows how much. The silence was so awkward that Izuku's good nature took over his mouth.

"My name is Izuku Midoriya… What's yours, sir?" He spoke.

"What are you doing?!" Neko scolded him.

"Sorry! My mouth just moved on its own!" they hoped that the guy wouldn't get angry for that.

"*Sigh*… … … You may call me… Gigantomachia." The giant spoke, taking them by surprise.

"That sounds so cool."

"You said that out loud dumbass!" Seriously, if this guy didn't kill Izuku, she would.

"… Thanks…"

"This… this guy… in incredibly polite…" Izuku couldn't help but think that. He also could believe that… Gigantomachia… talked to him this way, without being reserved about it.

"Well, you have that effect on people. It worked on me, but also our Quirk can boost that in many ways." Neko answered him.

They walked for a little more until they got to an intersection.

"This is where we depart, Gigantomachia-san," Izuku said. "Follow this road for about 10 streets and then turn to the right, you're going to find it 3 kilometers away." The boy said with confidence.

The giant nodded. "Thank you…" He began to walk. "Everything I do is for the lord…" the man commented as he left. Unknown to the boy, the giant acknowledged him, he wouldn't be forgotten. Be that good or bad was unknown in the future.

Midoriya couldn't help but let a sigh of relief. "Do you know how to get home?"

"Sorry, I only know the direction that thing is walking," Neko said apologetically.

"How did you know that direction. And you sounded like if you knew him too…"

"No… I do not know… him… and that direction… … Ahg! How did I know that direction?! There are so many blanks… It hurts…!"She sounded in pain.

"Stop! I don't distrust you. Don't worry about it." He said in a hurry. He had already noticed it… When she told him her story, there was stuff that didn't match, but now it was clear… Neko has partial amnesia. "Do you think I could ever defeat someone like him?" He asked, trying to take her out of that state.

"Yes… not now… but in the future. You'll need to train more." She told him.

"That's all you have to said." Izuku readied his mind for more training. "Now…" He looked around him. "How do I get home from here…?" The cat boy asked out loud to himself.

"You're lost, kid?" Okay, he certainly didn't expect an answer to that.

His eyes darted at his side, at the floor. There he found a… man… probably around his twenties, looking back at him. The man in question was wearing an All Might-haired hooded jacket, with a black mask covering his face, red sunglasses, and bike protective gear, however, that wasn't the odd part, strangely enough, the odd part was that he was crawling in four, it actually looked like a cockroach.

"Yeeeah…?" Izuku's mind was in blank.

"Where are you going? I know pretty much everything in the city." The man said confidently, it seemed like a pretty chill dude.

The green-haired teen told him how he got there and where he wanted to go back.

"Oh yeah, I know where it is." The strange man proceeded to tell the way to his home.

"Ah, thank you. Gentle-man." Izuku said.

"Oh, you know me?" the man smiled at Izuku, who nodded with a smile on his face too. "But man, there's been ages since someone calls me that. I'm now known as—"

"The Hauler." Izuku interrupted him.

"THE CRAWLEEER!" the man shouted mad at him.

"Sorry, I know, I was just joking, Crawler-san," Izuku said almost laughing.

"Ha ha, well I'm not laughing, am I?" the vigilante asked.

"You just did."

"Don't get smart with me, boy." Those words came out like bullets.

"Haha. It's unfortunate that I don't have my notebook, I would have like you to give me your signature." Izuku said The Crawler was, at least for him, the best Vigilante. Midoriya had heard from his mother that the unique illegal hero had helped her a few times with directions in the past, so it was kind of ironic that he was here doing the same for him.

"Hmmm." The Vigilante looked at a piece of paper in the road at ten meters away. In no time he glided and came back to where he was. "Here, you can have it." The kind man gave the cat boy the paper already with his signature. "Not every day I met someone who recognizes me so easily, let alone asked for my signature." He was flattered.

"Thank you very much!" Izuku exclaimed. "You have an awesome Quirk, Crawler-san."

"Hahaha~" The man scratched the back of his head, embarrassed. "Hey… em…"

"Izuku Midoriya." The boy introduced himself.

"Midoriya, if you want, I can give you a ride to your home… *Ring* *Ring*." The Crawler point at his back until the sound of his phone stopped him. "Um, give me a sec…" Izuku nodded. "Y'ello~ Ah, Kazuho… yeah… mhm… Oh, okay, I'm on my way… Love you." He hanged off and gave an apologetic look to Midoriya. "Sorry, Midoriya. My girlfriend needs me and…"

"Don't worry about it. I was planning to go home jogging anyways." The green head reassures the Vigilante.

"Aha, alright then." The illegal hero went back to his crouching position. "By the way, the name is Koichi Haimawari. See ya later!" He shouted as he glided away, leaving Midoriya there.

"What a strange fellow." Commented Neko.

"But he is awesome!" Meeting his favorite Vigilante sure was nice after everything that happened with Gigantomachia. His second favorite Vigilante was Pop Step but that didn't matter right now.

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Finally, the time passed, it was now the fifth month since he got his Quirk.

Izuku was currently in Dagobah beach.

"492… … 493…" He was doing squats something pretty normal, except… it wasn't normal at all!

Over his shoulder, he was carrying something that a teenager shouldn't be carrying. Izuku was lifting a 4x4 van. How did the van get to the beach was a mystery, but it sure was a great tool to exercise.

But why he was doing this? Because this van was… The last junk to take out of the beach. "500!" Izuku shouted but didn't let go of the van, it was time to clean, even if his legs were to the point of breaking.

As he finally put it down, he looked at the rising sun in the horizon, sweeping away the sweat on his forehead.

"Thanks… Izuku…" Neko's words were more than enough for him.

"Time to go to the next level." The cat boy said with a confident smile on his face.

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"You sure about this?" Death Arms asked the teen.

"Don't hold anything back!" Shouted Izuku back.

They were in Dagobah beach as Izuku requested. Something that he lacked until this point was something very important for heroes… Combat training. And what partner could've been better than a pro hero?

They both launched at each other at the same time.

And of course, as expected, Izuku got his ass whopped multiple times to the point he literally ate dirt.

Now, Death Arms was drinking water while Izuku panted erratically, his body plastered on the sand.

"Hmm… I thought this beach was filled with junk…" The Pro wondered out loud.

"Yeah… *Pant* … Apparently someone *Pant* clean it by themselves." Midoriya said while trying to regain his breath.

"Eh~… So, he is unaware of the rumor that says that this place was clean by a green cat boy…" Death Arms thought as a smile crept to his face. "Not even going to take credit for this, Midoriya? I mean, who else fits in that description?" To him, the kid was already more heroic than some pros out there. "Ready for another round?"

At that, the green head jumped in his legs, still panting. "Bring it!"

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"Ouch…" Said Midoriya, his body has never felt so sore. The boy was preparing to go to sleep. "I swear to god; he used those spars to punish me more for saving Ubawami." And he was not wrong.

Soon after, he fell asleep.

His eyes opened again, but this time in his mindscape.

"So…" Neko's voice caught his attention. "Next level, hah?" Izuku chuckled at that, he just had started. "Okay, what do you want me to do?"

"Can you control my mindscape to recreate different scenes?" He asked.

"Yep." She grinned.

"I want you to create different scenarios with disasters, incidents and even villain attacks with heroes to counteract said incidents." He finally told her.

"I have seen my fair share of incidents in the past, but, for what?" The feline asked the real question.

"I have fourteen notebooks of hero analysis. But that is simple not enough. It needs to be more practical." Izuku began to explain. "I want to be able to come up with a plan and solution for every situation as soon as possible."

"Got it. But why the heroes too?"

"Heroes are paired with each other randomly, and our Quirk is not going to be the solution for everything. I want to be able to use other people's Quirk the most efficiently possible to gain their maximum output to save as many people as we can." The boy finished.

This idea came to his mind after the incident with Gigantomachia. He could never again leave something like that to pure luck, it wasn't something reliable.

Neko was astonished by him. She couldn't know if she was talking with a middle schooler or a pro hero anymore. "Heh. Then, shall we begin?" He nodded. "Also, I have prepared other kinds of training for you to do here as well."

"Whatever it is…" He clenched his fist and smile. "I'll give my everything and go beyond that."

"You're already doing that." Certainly, Izuku Midoriya was now the embodiment of Plus Ultra.

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The fifth mount almost ended.

It was 8:30 in the evening and Izuku was on his way home from helping Mei with their babies.

*GROLW* "Agh, so hungry." Izuku commented when he heard his stomach. The boy hasn't eaten anything since 12. "I can't wait to get home."

But then something caught his eyes.

"Hey Old man just gave it up." A man, no, a thug with his mob of 5 friends were intimidating an old man around his sixties. "My friends and I are pretty hungry, so just lend us what you got there." They were trying to take the old man's groceries against his will.

The worst thing was that this scene was unfolding on a wide alleyway in broad light for any passerby to see it. The why? "Why is no one doing anything?" With horror in his eyes, Izuku looked at every passerby, but all of them were just ignoring it on purpose, not because they were frightened, it was because they simply didn't care.

"Help, someone." The old man's call for help made Izuku's eyes start to tear up. Why, even after that, nobody stopped and help him?

"Its useless old man. Everyone knows already…" The thug said with a smug. "It's because you're Quirkless." Those words hit Izuku like a truck. "I mean, who gives a crap about a Quirkless nobody, am I right?" He asked his mob who began to laugh. "So. Give. It. Up." The thug kicked the man, knocking him down.

That was the last straw. His own fangs gritted to the point of almost breaking. His fists were clenched so tightly that his claws have perforated his palms drawing blood out. Only one thought was in Izuku's mind. "This society is… Rotten."

"Hahahaha, this old dude is so worthless that not even a hero would care for him." Said the thug. "Uh?"

Like a ghost, a silhouette passed his side in the direction of the old man and crouched. It was a green-haired boy with cat ears over his head.

"Are you okay sir?" The boy asked, giving a hand to the old man.

"Thanks—" The old man stopped in his track when he saw the blood on the boy's hand and looked up. The kindest and heartwarming smile was on the face of that boy. They both got up.

"Uh? Oe, kid. What do you think you're doing?!" The thug looked pissed, the mob just thought that the kid was crazy and began to laugh. "We were having some fun whit that. Get lost before we—" The thug stopped mid-sentence when the cat boy turned around to see him. The man began to shake.

The light created a shadow just in the eyes of the boy, but that didn't matter. Those green emerald orbs shine through it, actually, they could only see two green dots staring back at them. What the shadow didn't cover was from his nose down. Which it meant that they could have a great look at those dangerous fangs.

Everyone was paralyzed in fear… incomplete terror. Not only the thug and his mob but every passerby who was in sight

The message was clear for everyone. 'Continue with that… and you will be… Devoured!' Not hurt, not killed… Devoured.

It was a primordial fear written in the subconscious of every living creature. And there was when humans were reminded about it. No one could move, no one could breathe, no one could fight. Not against something that was classified as the ultimate predator by the mind. They could only wait there to be harvested.

Izuku was out of his mind, and the predatory growl that came from his mouth was full proof of it. He could already visualize himself pouncing the thug and sinking his fangs on his throat.

"Stopped, Izuku!" Neko was trying to stop him, she was lucky he could hear her, but the boy couldn't calm down, this whole situation had struck too close to home. "I know! Use that! That!"

His right hand moved slowly to his back pocket and pulled something out.

It was that thorny vine that remained form the flower crown. His lucky charm.

He put it close to his face and started to sniff it. All his muscles relaxed, his claws have retracted, Izuku returned to his normal state of mind.

Then his eyes grew in disgust. "AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" He screamed in horror. *Pant* *Pant* He started hyperventilating. His heart rate began to increase, faster and faster, if he didn't stop, he was going to have a heart attack.

"Calm down, Izuku! You're not a monster! You didn't do anything wrong!" Neko tried again, and again it failed. "Use it again! Use that charm again!" That, it helped.

"Why… Why did I—! How could I even think about—!" Midoriya was too afraid of himself.

"Calm down… I guess it's my fault… I made it sound as if the drawbacks of this Quirk were something stupid…" Neko said. "Remember this… Even the lion who was raised by humans is destined to attack them out of instincts when he's hungry." Those words echoed his head. "Our Quirk can make You that lion, Izuku… Never forget it." She let those words sink in. "Things like hunger can make you easily lose control thanks to your instincts, and if you add a strong negative emotion to the mix like anger… It's the worst combination possible."

Everyone around the teen was coming back to normal, even the thugs who were pissed now that they saw the boy wasn't dangerous.

"What happened?! Is someone in trouble?!" A black-haired boy came out of the corner. Eijiro Kirishima had heard the scream and came to the rescue.

And what he saw was a bunch of thugs intimidating and old man and another teen. Then he recognized the cat boy and knew that he probably came to save the old man as well.

"You bastards… What do you think you're doing?" Eijiro questioned as he hit his fists together, making them harden.

"Hold there, kid." An authoritarian voice came from behind the teen.

When Kirishima looked over his shoulder he saw an extremely short, elderly man that had short spiky hair and a beard with a cane. The man was wearing a hero costume of some sort which consisted of a full-body monochrome suit along with a yellow cape, a belt with the letter "G" on it, very thick yellow gloves and boots, and a dark domino mask which resembled two diamonds.

The elder passed Kirishima. "Hmph, Seriously. I came all the way here because my student needed some advice, and on my way home what do I find…? A bunch of stupid youngsters who forgot who to show some proper respect to their elders." The old man mumbled as he approached the thugs.

"Hah! What are you mumbling old man?!" the leader of the thugs lost his patience, launching himself at the elder with a knife.

"Watch out!" Izuku and Eijiro screamed in worry.

"Hmph." In less than a second, the elder was crushing the thug under his feet against the ground. Leaving the two teens with their mouth hanging. "It seems all of you need a lesson." In the next seconds, the elder proceeded to knock out all the mobs. "Hmph. Seriously, youth these days. Making me strain these old bones of mine. Nobody has some consideration now on days…"

This old geezer, whoever he was, was amazing.

"You!" He pointed at Kirishima with his cane.

"Y-Yes?!" It caught him off guard, straightening himself.

"Help your elders with the groceries." The man pointed at the Quirkless elder.

"R-right away, sir," Eijiro responded with a salute like a soldier hearing orders from a superior.

"And You!" He now pointed at Izuku.

"Y-Yes, sir!" Midoriya gave the same response.

"Follow me, I'll need help with mine." The elder began to walk away.

Both teens went to help in what they were ordered, crossing their path and looking at one another for the first time in the eyes. They both nodded at each other at the same time and went to complete their tasks.

There wasn't a need for word between them, after all, they had a conversation in just an instant. Because a simple nod of the head is the international language between men, depending on if it was upward or downward, it can't mean different things.

What Kirishima said to Izuku with his nod was: "I acknowledge your manliness. See you around."

What Midoriya said to Eijiro with his nod was: "I acknowledge your heroism. See you later."

They were true men.

Izuku had been following the elder around until they stopped in a street where nobody was around.

"Hey, brat." The old man called his attention. "I think you already figure it out that I didn't bring you here to carry my groceries, don't you?"

"Yes…" was the only response Izuku could give.

"You were going to kill those men, you understand that right?" the old geezer hasn't even turned around to say those words, but he already knew what was the face of the boy.

"Yes…" The boy couldn't deny it. No matter how much he wished to say 'No'.

"I was about to knock you out for good, but at least you showed some self-control" The man continued.

"Thanks…"

"That wasn't a compliment, kid." That answered displeased the old man, and he show it when he turned around.

"I know… I was thanking you for being there, ready to stop me." Izuku's eyes didn't lie about it, he would've rather be killed immediately than do what he was about to— It froze him in place just to think about it.

"Tell me, kid. About your Quirk." That wasn't a suggestion, it was an order.

"Yes…" Izuku proceeded to tell him about his Quirk.

"You say you started training five months ago?" The man received a nod. "Why now? Shouldn't you have worked on it since you were little." The old man narrowed his eyes to pay extreme attention to the boy.

"I… was Quirkless until five months ago, sir." He confessed.

"Now I see why you acted as you did back there, but that still doesn't excuse you for what you intended." Another nod from the teen. "How did you gain your Quirk?"

"Someone gave it to me, sir."

This put the old man in an alert. "Who gave it to you? Was it a man in a suit with great injuries?"

"What? No… She… died that same day…" The boy looked like he was going to crumble just by saying that. "She was someone… really important… *Hic* to me…" He began to cry in the spot.

"So, it wasn't him." The man thought. "Sorry for making you remember something painful."

This wasn't a random conversation… the man, Gran Torino, didn't ask those questions randomly. He didn't bring a random kid who he just met to scold him.

XOX

A few hours early, at U. A. High.

"Oi, Toshinori. You seriously brought me here just to know how to talk to a teenager boy. What are you a Middle schooler?" Gran Torino scolded his former student.

"No, not at all! It's just that… I crushed that boy's dreams. Me, the symbol of peace. I'm going to be a teacher in five months. I want to be able to understand my students more." Toshinori Yagi was a disaster right now.

"*Sigh* Okay, tell me about this kid." The former teacher asked.

After a brief explanation.

"Wait. You said this kid was Quirkless. But now you're telling me that the last time you saw him again he had a Mutant type Quirk?" The man asked angrily.

"Yes, that's right." Confirmed Yagi.

"That means he didn't lie, but… It never came to your head that this may be the doing of Him?!" Those words froze the blond man in place.

"No… sir…" How did he overlook something like that?

"This is the problem with you, Toshinori. You get easily blinded by your emotions!" Gran Torino yelled.

"I… I think I can go and—"

"Stop." The little elder interrupted him. "Because you feel guilty towards him you could be easily deceived for him if he is really under the influence of that person."

"But… but if it's really is true, then I'm responsible for him turning into a vi—" Toshinori couldn't even bring himself to say the word.

"See, this is what I'm talking about." Those words froze the Symbol of Peace. "Give me a description of the kid. I'll see what I can do." It was an order.

XOX

Back to the present.

Gran Torino was really lucky he found the kid the same day. And felt a great relief now that he knew that the kid wasn't a villain.

"Sir…" Izuku's voice brought the former teacher to reality. "It's someone out there that can grant Quirks?"

That caught the old man by surprise. This kid was smarter and sharper than he gave credit for. Not bad traits for a Hero.

"Oh, no. It was just this old man ranting nonsense. Don't pay me too much attention." He dismissed quickly.

Izuku didn't show it, but he didn't buy it. If someone out there could grant Quirks, could they give Quirks to the Quirkless to stopped the discrimination? He hoped so.

How naïve he was…

"Hey, kid." Gran Torino called him. "What do you want to be when you grow up?"

"A Hero, sir." There wasn't a glimpse of hesitation on him, and the old man approved.

"Tell me, kid." The man continued. "What are your thoughts on All Might?"

That was a strange question for the boy. "He is a great hero, who I admire, sir," Izuku said with a smile.

The same bright smile of his former student.

"You don't have anything to worry about, Toshinori…" The old geezer thought while smiling. "By the way… … Who are you, brat?"

That startled Izuku, they had this important conversation and they hadn't even exchanged names. "Izuku Midoiya."

"Who…?"

"I-Izuku Midoriya… Sir."

"What were we talking about, brat?" The old man really looked clueless.

"We were talking about my Quirks and—" Izuku couldn't help but think this old geezer had Alzheimer's.

"Ah, whatever." Gran Torino turned around but then noticed that the kid was still following. "What do you want from me, brat? Stop following me or I'll kick your ass."

"Eh?! A-ah right. Sorry, sir." Izuku apologized. "Did he seriously forgot everything that happened?" Then he remembered something. "Ah, Sir, what's your name?"

"Hm?" The old geezer smiled. "You can call me Gran Torino." Midoriya won't forget that. "Oh and, kid… Eat something, you look like you need it."

"Yes… sir." The boy made a grim face at that.

They departed from each other and went their own ways.

XOX

Izuku was on his way home.

"Neko…?" He called her name. "Do you think I could move like Gran Torino back in the alleyway? Bouncing from walls at great speed. I mean, he was so cool."

"Oh yeah, definitely. Need a lot of training, and you're going to strain your legs, but you could do it." She answered.

Izuku was so immersed in his head, that he didn't say a person crossing the corner until they both hit each other.

"Ah, I'm sorry. I wasn't looking where I was walking!" The cat boy apologized immediately.

"No, no, I wasn't looking either." The other person said.

Then they both looked up.

"Ah… …" Izuku Midoriya and Eijiro Kirishima met again. "You're the guy from before!" Both exclaimed at the same time, pointing at each other.

"Want to go for a drink?" Izuku offered with a smile.

"Sure." Eijiro smiled back.

Both teenagers were now sitting on a bench of some park with beverages on their hands.

"So, Kirishima-Kun. What's your Quirk?" The green-haired boy asked, he just finished talking about his own and his dream of becoming a hero.

"Ah… It's nothing that amazing like yours. In fact, it's not flashy at all." The black-haired boy was timid about it.

"Just show me," Izuku said with a smile.

"Okay… It's just Hardening… nothing great." Eijiro hardened his right arm.

"Oh wow, that looks so cool!" Those words weren't the ones Kirishima was expecting. "Can I touch it?" Izuku looked at him with sparkles in his eyes.

"S-sure."

"Wow, this thing is amazing… Excuse me for this, Kirishima-Kun." Without even letting the other teen to response, Izuku scratched it with his claws. "Aha! Not even a scratch!" It wasn't out of ill intentions so the hardening boy let it slip. "And you can do this with all your body?" Kirishima nodded. "You could be such a cool Hero with this Quirk. Someone like Crinsom Riot!" Izuku was flabbergasted.

"Eh? You… you really think that?" Kirishima couldn't believe it.

"Of course!" Midoriya beamed at him without a doubt in his face. "You could become something like an unbreakable shield that makes everyone around you to feel safe!" Izuku continued. "And you jump back there without a trace of fear to save that grandpa. You have everything to become a great hero." Those last words hit a nerve.

"I… I don't see it like that…" That depressed tone stopped Izuku on his track. "I… have seen you before, Midoriya…" The boy continued. "I saw you stopped that giant from crushing those two girls a while back… I was there and… and… I couldn't do anything…" Kirishima was clenching his fist in frustration.

Izuku's face grew in horror… that face that Kirishima was making… he had seen it before… he had seen it on himself.

"It hurts here…" The black-haired boy grasped his heart. "The pain of me being worthless… The pain of my—"

"Regret…" Izuku finished for him.

"How did you…" This time was Kirishima's face who grew in horror when he saw Midoriya.

"Because of me… Something really bad happened to someone… And couldn't do anything…" Why was he crying again? He had done it so many times this day. Why? "Stop! This is not about you!" He forced himself to stopped and cleaned his tears. "I had felt that regret too. But I now use it as my motivation to become a great hero." Izuku gave a fearless smile.

"But you don't have fear… I… I was paralyzed by it." Kirishima continued in his self-loathing.

Midoriya stood up and looked at the sky. "You're wrong… I… I live in fear… But my fear is no longer for my safety… I live in fear of not being capable of saving others." Those words hit Kirishima harder than even his own Quirk could have ever gone. "That's why I can't stay still when I see someone in danger…and that's why…" Izuku turned and put his hand on Eijiro's head and gave him the best smile he could. "I know you can become a great hero, Kirishima-Kun." Tears appeared on the hardening boy, the image of his Hero, Crimson Riot, overlapped Izuku's. it was like if his hero was the one who said those words. "Because you know the pain of that regret. That's why you and I are one and the same… … … You and I are…" Izuku put his fist up.

Kirishima smiled and did the same.

"Brothers!" They both bumped their fist at the same time.

XOX

A/N: S' up, how was that roller coaster? Hope it was good.

Now, Explanation time.

Remember what I said about being lucky… Well, the flower crown of Ibara was something I add it because it was cute, and now you see what I have done with something that wasn't planned. Yep, I'm really lucky. But that also means that if you can write something out of a whim and the later think in what to do with it.

About Nobime (Yes, I made that name) the name is made out of the word stretch or extend in Japanese 'Nobiru' and eyes 'Me'. I always see that people bashed at this character for being weird and they don't see how he can become a Hero, well there you have it now.

Now, the real question here: Is the Crawler going to appear in the future? Who knows, I certainly don't. I need to read more of both mangas for an answer. And in case you haven't noticed, I have only read a little of his manga and just read the next ark of the original manga from where the anime left out, that's how I came with the idea for some of these scenes… again, how lucky am I?

That's all… You know that I asked in the previous chapter who was the best girl, right? I'm in a dilemma now. Which was the best scene here? Leave that in a review.

Now let's start with the thing I promised up there that might get your attention.

Some have said that this story is unique and that this Quirk has not been written before, and that got me thinking in other Quirks for Izuku. And oh boy. I want to write them so badly, but I know I don't have the time, so, because I still want to see them grow, then why I don't put them here for someone else who can write it, right?. So here we go, Boys and Girls. New Ideas for an FF for you to pick if you see yourself up for the task.

Now some rules for this: 1. If you use one of your interests, call dibs in a review. 2. Check that no one else has call dibs before you. 3. If it happened talk with each other and see if you can write together or both can take a different approach to the idea. Nobody writes the same. And the last and most important 4. Please be respectful with each other, I don't want to see people fighting. Okay? Here we go.

1. I can't believe there is not a single one of Izuku becoming the Hulk. There is one about an OC but I think is abandoned. Epepepe, hold your horses. This one is not for someone who wants to begin to write (You can try it anyways) Just think in what position you're putting Izuku. You're transforming a cinnamon roll into a monster that only sees red. Imagine his struggle to become a hero with something like that. Imagine, he gains it at the age of four because of Katsuki… What did he do? Did he beat him so bad that Katsuki fears him? How does Izuku feel when he sees what he has done? Do you get me? That's what I'm saying that this one is hard to write.

2. There is a weapon that I just love… Swords. And another thing I love is futuristic cyberpunk. Have you ever play League of Legends? Then think in Project: Yi. A cybernetic Samurai with a mastery of the sword. Now apply that to Izuku. The child wants to be a hero but there is something else more important right now. Maintain his Humanity. If he wasn't to be the most efficient Hero, he needs to let go of that imperfection, but can he call himself a hero with the nonexistent morals of a machine? How will this affect the people that care for him? Seeing him lose himself in order to achieve his dream. Can they let that happened?

3. Don't let go of the swords, there is still more. Morals define a hero, a villain, and a vigilante. The Quirkless Izuku found two swords in the trash of Dagobah beach and take them for himself but unfortunately, both swords are alive. One is cursed with a demon and the other is blessed with an angel. The Demon only wants carnage and the blood of the innocent, the angel wants to cleanse the world of everything that is evil through the most severe methods. Now they're both fights for control of this unfortunate kid's body. The two sides of the moral balance and Izuku is in the middle. Who wins at the end? This one came after playing too much Kayn and Rhaast from lol as well, but I added more. Both swords are changing Izuku's body as the story progresses.

4. Yōkai creatures from Japanese folklore, there are so many to choose from, from the cool and deathly Kamaitachi, the brutal and lazy drunkard Oni to the famous and weird Kappa, so much potential, and so many FFs can come out of this.

5. The last one this time and my personal favorite. I'm not a big fan of crossover but there are some that are really good. Now, I hope all of you know the Anime "KonoSuba" (If not, go watch that shit right now) So I thought, why not give Izuku, Kazuma's power. And you might think "His incredible luck?" Nope. The power he took to the new world, yep… Give Aqua to Izuku, in fact, give him the 'Kazuma lose his sanity' starter pack. Add Megumin and Darkness (Lalatina) and made them his Quirk and just imagine… All the shenanigans that those three can bring to MHA world. Aqua can make every situation much worse. Darkness and her masochism and her worthless aim, and Megumin and her EXPLOSION! Ah, ~ (*Moans in Darkness*) I can see Izuku literally throwing Darkness at Nomu and that monstrosity doing nothing to her while she is just there enjoying herself and making everyone else very uncomfortable, or her just carrying Izuku around in the Quirk Apprehension Test. I also would like to see Megumin interact with Bakugo. And believe it or not, they are the most broken Quirk there. Aqua is the ultimate heal (She can literally revive someone) Megumin is the ultimate attack but make her control her explosions in intensity to not kill someone. And Darkness is the ultimate defense. If Megumin's explosion can't kill her, then nothing can, because an explosion of Megumin surpass even the 'United States of Smash'. I even have the title: "God's Blessing on this wonderful Quirk."

Well that all, if you like these ideas, let me know, I can bring more in the next. If not then I'll just stop. Oh also, please, no One for All add to the mix, it just makes him too op and the importance of the story is lost. Just add it if you see it is necessary for your plot.

Well, that's all.

Read you Later.