Izuku Midoriya, a fourteen year old boy, with decent muscular stature, a tiny bump of a horn on his forehead sporting a green tuft of curly hair was getting ready for school, it was nearly the end of their final year of middle school and he was happy as ever, he was still bestest-friends with Kacchan and their goal would be another step closer in a few months. They still had to go through highschool education but with some dearest people at his side, things never looked scary to him. Over the time he had drowned into a never ending obsession of quirks, due to the said 'hobby' his analytical skills put even some quirk researchers at shame. He had several journals regarding heroes and their quirks, how they work, what they are vulnerable against and how they can be improved.
Katsuki Bakugo, his best-friend and a sort of role model had a sudden tweak in his behaviour, he grew angry, easily frustrated and a foul mouthful young man. Though when it comes to Izuku these alterations seemed to vanish. To him he is like an older-brother, if anyone ever so slightly even badmouthed the greenette, Katsuki would raise hell on them. Though he may never admit it infront of him, Kacchan can be a little overprotective sometimes.
For instance,
Second year of middle school,
The class had somewhat of a free period midst their day, Izuku was calmly sitting at his desk revising and editing some of his notes, while Katsuki had his feet up on his desk and with eyes shut, he was leaning from at the back of his chair, when suddenly a girl with brown ponytail, decent height and feminine features, sapphire eyes, brown glasses and a wristband approached the resident greenette.
"Uhh, D-Deku...?".
Izuku looked up from his notebook and was about to greet the girl but the ash-blonde exploded.
"What the fuck did you call him!?"
"Calm down Kacchan…"he shushed him and turned his head towards the other occupant. "Yes?"
Katsuki just Tch-ed and listened intently to the interaction.
The girl was visibly trembling but still mustered up some courage and went through with it . "I-I, was thinking w-would you l-like to g-go on a d-date with me?!" she blurted out.
Before Izuku could agree? Or at least ask sometime to think over it. Kachhan exploded… again.
"Oi Brownie, you wanna be part of his harem too!? HUH!?"
"Kacchan what the fu-"
"OHH don't you cuss, remember I'll kill you before you do that!"
The girl however blushed furiously and bolted out of there, enough said, until this day there is a rumor going around the school about 'Izuku's Harem' and a poll as to who is a part of it.
"Kacchan, why?"
"She ain't good 'nough for you, no sense of humor or anything… besides I won't let the day come where you would get a girl before me!"
'So that's what this is about?' Izuku internally chuckled.
Or the day when,
Last year of elementary
Izuku and Katsuki were hanging around in the park with a bunch of kids from the neighbourhood. They were enjoying the swings when a kid from junior-high stood in front of Izuku.
"Heyy, kid it's our turn for the swings, be a good boy and get off before I do something and you have to run back to your mama."
Izuku being a relatively timid boy back then was about to step down, when a blur rushed across his face, in a second Kacchan was between him and the teenage bully.
"What the hell you say to him you bastard!"
"Aww, look he has a boyfriend" A lackey snickered from behind, while another exclaimed. "What are you gonna do kid!?"
As if on cue Katsuki… exploded and thrusted an explosion powered punch right into the bully's face. The bully fell down, face first and broke his nose, the tow lackey were about to charge at him when Izuku's horn flared up, black-ish purple lightning surrounded him, the lackey's were too hesitant to attack and promptly ran when they heard sounds of more explosions coming their way. They didn't know Izuku's quirk can't damage them physically (well, not at that point) but it was a great scare tactic…
From that day they became the bully fighting duo…
Katsuki and Izuku gathered somewhat of a reputation over the years to say the least. No teacher would scold or hit the latter as they were too afraid of having an explosion up in their face from the former. They couldn't report them either as they were the 'golden eggs' of Aldera, the students sure-shot of being the next U.A students.
Then there was the topic of quirks, Katsuki's quirk was quite simple to comprehend, he can form explosions from his palms and his sweat can be stored to make explosives. However, in the case of the uni-hornette it was quite complex. Most of the school thought of his quirk as some sort of 'Healing' quirk, hence he received the respect of being the bearer of a 'rare' quirk. They thought of that because once, a boy twisted his spine due to being reckless during gym class, the doctors and nurses had given up on fixing him, then he was 'cured' by Izuku under the orders and supervision of Dr. Hachisuka. She also greedily extended an offer to work there once he graduated high school and an opportunity to attend Med-school under the hospital's scholarship, to which he politely declined as his major and only goal was to become a hero alongside Katsuki.
Dr. Oguro and Izuku had much fun dissecting his quirk, however they were utterly stunned when this happened…
Start of third year of middle school,
It was the day of his regular weekly appointment at the doctor's office, Dr. Oguro had taken a special interest in his quirk and both of them really liked discussing and dissecting quirks. He was 5 years old when he found out that Dr. Oguro was quirkless, he was a little disheartened and pained about the revelation but she assured him that it was no big deal and in her generation quirklessness was more common than just 20% of the population.
Izuku's quirk counselling was completed years ago, but over their time together they had developed a special bond with each other. She would never charge Inko for his appointments as in her words, "It's my pleasure to talk such a brilliant mind of this generation, taking fees for itt would be overkill", they even had a ritual for their meetup, it was that each of them had to present an interesting quirk and its dissection to the other…
So, this week, Izuku had a very special quirk in store for her, he was sitting in her office on a chair opposite to her, Dr. Oguro was a very appealing woman for her age, she was 41 and had pretty mature features, dark skin, ruby colored hair, she wore contacts and had a long white doctor's coat always on, what stood out about her appearance was that she'd wear Anime T-Shirts under the said coat and loose baggy cargo pants.
"Good afternoon Dr. Oguro, how are you?"
"I am fine dear, now tell me what quirk have you discovered over the week, I have a pretty special one...!"
Izuku took out his journal number 16 and placed it for her to read.
"Uhh, I was researching a little about heroes who have graduated from U.A around the year when All Might graduated, you remember when we dissected that 'Erasure' quirk?"
"Hmm."
"This guy is actually from his class! And his quirk is practically a stepped-down version of Kacchan's, it was kind of sad that he will never get the chance to meet him as he was killed a few years ago..."
She looked at the page where there was a sketch of the said hero in his hero costume and a decent enough description about his quirk,
Blast: allows the user to shoot continuous blasts of energy from the palms of his hands at a very rapid rate. These blasts are powerful, with a ton of stopping power, so it is considered an ideal quirk to shut down most villains.
Weaknesses : Although powerful, Blast generates flashes that are bright enough to cause the user to be temporarily blinded by his own power, causing him to have problems with accurate aiming, making the shots unpredictable in range.
Blasts, though powerful, aren't enough to propel the user in air, (Kacchan's explosions can do that!)
Improve : wear shades to protect eyes, thus preventing Blast from blinding them, giving the user a major accuracy boost.
"Impressive work Izuku, though you also should've added that overuse causes exhaustion and muscle fatigue, not to mention that Bakugo's quirk secretes Nitroglycerin like substance whereas here it seems to be using his own stamina. You'll improve over time", she complimented him and presented her own notebook for Izuku to address,
Izuku always gushed over her handwriting and drawing skills. 'She could have easily made an outstanding career in art!' he gazed upon the hero mentioned and literally screamed at the top of his lungs.
"SHE'S THE PRO HERO THIRTEEN! SHE'S SO COOL!"
The doctor lightly chuckled, "I knew you'd like her, now! Her quirk is extremely volatile kinda like yours, one wrong move is enough to kill a person" her expression turned grim and then settled on a cheerful self in a flash. "Yet she uses her quirk to save hundreds of people!"
Izuku looked over at her entry.
Black Hole: allows the user to create small black holes through their fingers.
The black holes suck in and disintegrate any matter at the atomic level, as well as certain forms of energy, such as light. In combat, the user can use this ability to prevent enemies from escaping their range by sucking them towards themself.
Weakness : Due to its nature, Black Hole is highly volatile and dangerous, having a lot of potential to kill living beings or cause large collateral damage on structures if not regulated properly. Should someone get caught by the suction with no way to escape. The user must deactivate Black Hole to avoid obliterating the target, leaving themself open to a counterattack. Due to that restriction, Black Hole is unsuitable for close combat.
Users are not immune to the effects of Black Hole and will get disintegrated like any other object caught by the range of suction.
Usage (Thirteen based) : Thirteen uses this Quirk mostly for removing wreckage caused by disasters during rescue missions. Because all absorbed material gets reduced to atoms, there's no need to dispose of it any further, which speeds up the cleanup process.
She prefers to use Black Hole solely as a method to stop enemies from slipping away, turning it off immediately if the target gets too close to the disintegration range, even if this ends up being disadvantageous for her.
Izuku was stumped at the amount of information she had on the hero "The last part seems extremely detailed, it's like you directly asked her!"
The doctor gave him a mischievous smile, "it's because I did, flip the page and you'll see her autograph!"
Izuku looked in awe as the page was certainly autographed by the hero herself and it read "To Oguro and Midoriya I hope you'll have fun discussing over my quirk, with lots of love from Thirteen!
"It really is from her! And she mentioned our names… how!?
"I had a meeting with Nedzu a few days ago and I happen to bump into her on my way out..! Anywho, let's get on dissecting your quirk now!"
Izuku was still stunned at the revelation, but over the years Dr. Oguro and himself had come up with a hypothesis that maybe his quirk accumulates 'Time' itself, and that the accumulated energy required for Rewind is directly proportional to the time Izuku had his quirk 'unused'.
"So what are we testing today Oguro-san?"
The doctor brought a caged adult mouse in front of him, once Izuku had gathered control over his quirk they moved from Plants to small mammals and reptiles…
"You have the ability to Rewind an organism's whole body, we'll see if you can do it to specific limbs or organs of them… I want you to turn the mouse to an infant but leave his legs, ears and tail"
Izuku hesitantly complied as his horn flared up with golden energy pouring off from it, they also found that the purple lightning only came when he was 'Rewinding' himself or reverting for & over a large period of time.
The doctor stepped away from the table and let Izuku focus on the task at hand. Izuku with his glowing horn proceeded and touched the sedated mouse, he focused and both of them looked in awe as the mouse's face and abdomen shrunk down and what remained was an infant mouse with adult limbs, ears and tail. It was quite creepy to say the least.
"Well done Izuku!" As she congratulated him, a thought plagued her mind, something she eventually shared with him after a couple of months.
'He can destroy quirks with a single touch…'
Each week these discussions blossom and something new was discovered about his quirk. Izuku knew the said meetings were essential if one day he ever hopes to use his quirk on humans.
He internally chuckled at these memories as he bid goodbye to his mother and left off to school. Since Kachhan was his neighbour he would meet up with him and they'd walk together to school.
It was almost the end of their third-year at Aldera middle school and they couldn't wait to move on to highschool.
Their parents have decided to put both of them in an elite high-school in Tokyo, normally they would have had much trouble cutting the fee of the said institution but with analyzing Katsuki's quirk and potential for a pro hero and the fact that one of the most major hospital in the country had its eyes on Izuku and him being a 'Healer', both of them were granted scholarships for their time at their school.
Albeitly since Tokyo was pretty far away from their homes, the two families had pitched in and had them rent an apartment near school for the time being, since they would come back after three years to apply to UA, they'd have to move into Dormitories soon enough.
Izuku and Katsuki both were still a little unsure of the circumstances they were in, but they knew that passing up an offer such as this would be foolish. If they were being honest with themselves they would certainly enjoy independence but moving out from their homes would still be heart-breaking. Even more for Izuku since his Mom would be left all alone, he knew Autie-Michhan would come over regularly but it would still be lonely for her. The fact that even she accepted this offer meant how much she truly cared for Izuku's future and well-being. His father worked overseas not that he cared, he didn't even remember the guy, but he still provided for their family, 'Maybe it's time mom restart her practise in law'.
He was about to take one of the biggest steps in his life, the other reason the Bakugo couple and Inko considered an elite highschool was so that the boys wouldn't feel much out of place with their time at UA, however the said boys were excited as they would be studying near All Might's agency and who knows, they might get a chance to meet him in person.
With that thought Izuku realized that he was at the school gates, he shook his head and entered along with Kachhan to spend their one of the last moments at the said middle school…
In a hospital on a different side of Japan,
A lady with pale skin and white hair was holding a newborn in her hands, beside her a man with black hair, lean stature and perky moustaches was hugging her while cuddling his wife and daughter on the said hospital bed.
The lady looked over her daughter and then at her husband, "She's so precious, I can't get enough of her… what do you think we should name her?" she lightly whispered.
In her hands the newborn had a decent tuft of silver locks and a small bump on her forehead.
The husband petted his daughter and gave a warm smile. "How about Eri?"
The lady took a second and then planted a soft kiss on her tender temple.
"Our little Eri…"
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