It was a warm sunday morning in the middle of July, the weather was pleasantly warm, winds glistening through the skies. Our cute little three year olds and their mommas were enjoying a day in the local park.
Izuku Midoriya, an uni horned innocent 3 year old greenette was playing with his best-friend Kacchan. They were enjoying playing Heroes vs Villains with their action-figures with some ridiculously corny tag-lines. The two lovely best-buddies were sitting under the shade of their favourite tree, while their mothers were chit-chatting at a nearby bench. It was the day after his birthday, the two mother-son pairs had decided to enjoy the day out. Inko and Mitsuki were busy discussing their plans moving forward with Masarau's surprise party for the night, turns out he got an assignment directly from Best-Jeanist himself, so they were celebrating. Since Mitsuki and Inko were basically sisters, she had included the older greenette to plan out the celebration, plus there was a tradition that no occasion is worth enjoying if Inko's food isn't a part of it.
A couple of hours passed uneventfully, in between the time some of the kids from the neighbourhood joined Izuku and Katsuki and left, it was fairly late so both of the moms had also decided to call it a day and move on to indoor hanging out. Just as they were approaching the three year olds, something interesting happened...
Izuku leaned over a tree while the younger Bakugo collected their action figures, "Kacchan!? This tree is soooo big, How old do you think Sugi (yakusugi)is?"
Katsuki looked at the tree from down to up and chuckled, "I don't know exactly, but dad said that our Sugi might be over 5000 years old!"
"Wow! Uncle Masa is so smart!" Izuku felt a little sting in his horn, he touched it and felt like something was begging to cram out of it, realising the pain would be too much to bear so he decided to let go...
As if one cue his horn glowed, yellowish-golden energy pouring off from it, blackish-purple lightning crackling off from his bump.
Katsuki's eyes widened as he exclaimed, "OHH DEKU YOUR HORN IS GLOWING IT'S SO COOL!"
Inko and Mitsuki seemed to notice the commotion and came running towards the two, "Izuku, my baby, what's wrong!? Are you feeling okay?" the former was worried sick, while the latter was just amazed.
Izuku looked over to the adults and then at his best-friend, he took a leap of faith and connected his hand to the tree…
Everyone watched in awe as the tree shrunk down in a second into what remained was a tiny plant in its place.
"THAT'S SO AWESOME, Deku got his quirk! But what did it do? Did it erase the tree?"
Before they could diagnose the situation, Izuku's vision turned hazy and he fell unconscious.
"Izuku!?" they shouted as they all rushed to catch him.
Izuku felt his consciousness slipping in, he uncomfortably opened his eyes, the vision was still hazy as the light was too bright, he saw a white plain ceiling along with some weird smells creeping in his nose, 'This isn't home', he looked around to find his mother was sitting with her head laid on his bed, the piece of furniture was white with greyish handles, continuous beeping followed his ears, the younger greenette noticed he'd been hooked to an IV drip. Then the realisation hit him, 'I am in a hospital?'
Izuku gazed upon the steel-glass windows to find that it's dark outside. He looked a little further to see Kacchan sleeping in lap of his mother, auntie Michhan sleeping with her head on Uncle Masa's shoulder, his mom woke up and looked at him with a worried expression plastered on her face.
"Izuku! You are awake, how are you feeling?"
He grumbled and took a moment to regain his senses, coming to the realisation that his head was heating up, "I am feeling very warm, am I sick mom?"
Inko sighed as she moved close to him and placed a loving hand on his head, "You were, the doctors said your quirk came in prematurely. They said-"
Before she could continue Izuku's eyes shot wide in disbelief, "I GOT MY QUIRK!?"
Inko chuckled lightly as the sleepy Bakugo family were jolted awake due to the exclaiming of the small greenette,
Katsuki dashed towards Izuku and gave him a big hug, "Yes you do! And when I get mine, we will be the best heroes there ever will be!"
Izuku reciprocated the hug and beamed, "We'll both be the number 1 Heroes-"
"JUST LIKE ALL MIGHT!" they chanted in unison.
While the kids were discussing their dreams, the doctor collected Inko to show her some of the test results.
The doctor was a middle aged woman with fairly feminine features, blonde hair and black glasses,
"Hello Mrs. Midoriya, I am Dr. Hachisuka. I am currently in-charge of your son's case. The test results proved that your son had indeed unlocked his quirk, now according to what you witnessed and what we tested, it's an extremely volatile quirk, we have registered it in the records, I would highly advise you to consider quirk counselling and have him refrain to use it without any adult supervision. You can change the name later, though if you are satisfied please sign here", she explained while passing over a file to his mother, which read,
Izuku Midoriya, Quirk : Rewind
Son of Inko Midoriya, Quirk : Attraction and Hisashi Midoriya, Quirk : Fire Breath
Inko took a double take and asked the doctor with a perplexed expression, "Rewind? I thought his quirk 'deleted' things?"
The doctor rubbed the bridge of her nose, "We had a team investigate the premises where his quirk manifested, the tree on which he used it was turned into a mere plant of itself, we also found through the tests that it is a mutation. So we came to the solution that Izuku's quirk 'Rewinds' living things to their previous biological state, theoretically he can 'Rewind' a person out of existence, I think you know how dangerous of a quirk this could be."
Inko paled, surely Izuku won't do such a thing, but how much control can a 3-year old have? She made a mental note to contact a quirk counselor as soon as they would be discharged,
"Yes, Doctor. I understand… is he cleared? Can I take him home?"
The doctor gave a warm smile and nodded, "If he gets any quirk related complications be sure to contact me."
Inko was greatly relieved that she could consult a doctor, although she could contact Dr. Tsubasa but it gave her comfort that she could contact a lady doctor, if she were being honest the man really creeped her out sometimes, but his grandson was her son's friend so she tolerated the man. The older Midoriya thanked her and bowed as she went to get Izuku ready to take him home.
It had been a week since that day, Izuku found it was impossible for him to use his quirk again, he tried to focus the similar rush of energy on his horn and touched a couple of plants, but it never happened. The 'Rewind' user also noticed that his horn had also significantly shrunken down. His mother had made him visit doctor Dr. Oguro for his quirk counselling, she was a very nice lady, she told Izuku that it was a unique quirk and it might take some time to dissect how it works. The doctor did mention that his quirk might be an 'accumulation' type, what it does accumulate was still unknown, it was also advised to Izuku to refrain using it on people and continue with plants for the time being.
Katsuki had been very helpful for him, he always motivated Izuku, assuring him that he'd get a hold on his quirk. Younger Bakugo told him that since the resident greenette manifested his quirk prematurely, it might be a side-effect and he might be able to use it frequently once he turns 4. They had also hypothesized several theories as to what quirk Bakugo could end up with. Since Izuku had a mutation they thought Katsuki could have one too, Both of them just hoped it would be flashy and an offensive quirk, then they'd be the perfect Hero Team, Izuku could save and heal people while Katsuki will beat up all the villains!
Underneath all these childish wonders, Katsuki was praying to all the gods he could think of to give him a quirk and not let him fall under the minority of the 'quirkless' population. He wouldn't be able to live with himself, when his best-friend would have a Quirk and will become a hero while he couldn't and wouldn't.
Katsuki's wishes became reality soon enough.
Nearly 9 months flew by like a flash, it was the day of Katsuki's birthday, usually they'd invite several children from the neighbourhood and some from the daycare, but this time only the Midoriya family was invited.
Inko and the Bakugo couple had spent months planning the perfect birthday for Katsuki, the latter were still worried if he would manifest a quirk worthy of being used by a hero. Since both of their quirks were not flashy and not even useful most of the time, it was reasonable that they had their doubts.
They were sitting in the living room where Katsuki was ready to blow the candles of his cake, while others chanted the birthday song, Izuku was right beside him with Mitsuki and Inko sitting just behind their respective kids, Masarau was given the responsibility to capture hundreds of photos of the occasion.
With a deep blow he put out the candles and cut the cake, the other occupants bursted with joy and several clicks of the camera could be heard, turns out Masarau had set up the timer and it was literally clicking hundreds of images.
Katsuki shoved his hand in the cake and picked out a piece, he wanted Izuku to have the first bite, so when his hand carrying the lump of cake reached Izuku's opened mouth, Katsuki noticed certain changes happening throughout his body by the second, his shoulders became thicker, arm muscles and bones got visible stronger, his sweat changed, its consistency, viscosity as well as its scent. He felt something build inside him, something waiting to be let out like an itch waiting to be scratched… so he did.
A medium sized explosion popped out of Katsuki's hands… right into Izuku's tender face.
All of them watched in horror as Izuku's face received multiple bruises and second-degree burns. Katsuki paled, he never meant to hurt his friend, as much as he wanted to gush over his newly acquired quirk he was worried-sick for what he did to Izuku.
Inko rushed over to look over her son while Mitsuki checked over Katsuki and Masarau called an ambulance.
Everyone watched in awe as Izuku's body was wrapped around in purple lightning crackling all over and a small hint of light on the horn. What happened next baffled them as Izuku's burn's disappeared, he still had a couple of bruises but overall he was fine.
Katsuki bolted out of her mothers arms and hugged the life out of Izuku, slightly sobbing in his shoulders, "I am s-sorry I-Izuku, I d-din't mean to do that i-it j-ust happened, I am so s-sorry!"
The said greenette came out of his shock and reciprocated the hug and comforted the newly titled explosive kid, "It's alright Kachhan, see I am all healed up! I forgive you, plus YOU GOT YOUR QUIRK!"
Katsuki released Izuku of his hold and looked at his hands with a pained expression, "I-I don't want it… It made me hurt you!"
Izuku put a comforting hand on his shoulder and gave him a warm smile, "It was an accident Kacchan and don't you remember our promise!?"
"Yeah… thanks Izuku."
The adults gushed over the innocence filled interaction between the lovely 4 and 3 year old. Inko was proud of how Izuku handled the situation but she was still worried if he was fully healed or not, fortunately for them the ambulance arrived at the very moment and the Bakugo's and Midoriya's set their path to the same hospital where Izuku went.
After a couple of checkups Izuku was cleared as healthy as ever, the doctor was baffled to find out that one of the applications of Izuku's mind numbingly complex quirk was that it had the tendency to 'Rewind' his body back to optimum health as soon as it detects an abnormality in his system. At least Inko was overjoyed that her baby boy would never be sick ever again…
The trip turned out fruitful for Katsuki too, Dr. Hachisuka informed them that Katsuki was also one of the rare ones in the quirk department. She informed them that a minute piece of population inherits a 'perfect' combination of both of their parents' quirks. Katsuki was currently feeling like he was on cloud nine and was shouting and dancing throughout along with Izuku, both gushing over their dreams of becoming a hero coming close to becoming a reality, as if a major step of the way had just been achieved. The younger Bakugo's quirk was described that he produced some Nitroglycerin type substance in his sweat, which he can blow up if he willed to do so.
Doctor presented Mitsuki and Masarau with a similar file that read 'Quirk Registry'.
Katsuki Bakugo,
Quirk : Explosion
Son of Mitsuki Bakugo, Quirk : Glycerin and Masarau Bakugo, Quirk : Acid Sweat
NOTES :
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