The Healer's Start
Eraserhead was mostly her guardian as she heals her patients at night. Mostly homeless people and those too poor to afford treatment. They have the phone number of Eraserhead to send text messages for healing requests for Masked Maiden to be present, Light injuries such as scrapes or shallow cuts aren't worth a visit. Things that cause severe pain such as dental, skeletal, severe muscle or organ pain, or heinous injuries, either the Healing Group will show up at the park, or onsite if patient cannot move and traffic is cumbersome for the needy patients who WILL be in pain if they were moved.
And since the revelation that the slums are 'left alone' that people there hold police and heroes in contempt for arresting the vigilantes that actually protects them even without getting fame and money for it, steps had to be taken or there will be a mutiny if word gets out that Masked Maiden, their doctor will be taken from them too!
So this set up has to be done and Police began patrolling more in seedy areas, and vigilantes captured got a lighter sentence. It was either that, or an angry quirk-using mutinous rebellion on their hands.
Eraserhead and her other guardian which were rotations of heroes specialized in capture, not fighting incase things go hairy, accompany her every late at night, starting 9 pm to 12 midnight. And a Lunch Rush Truck filled to the brim with donburi bowls, cooked especially healthy for the girl needing it. She needs a supply of food for herself. Well, this one need not worry about obesity any time soon...
These Heroes were witness that she can heal damn near anything, except for death...and she even had to deal with frikking All-Might of all people.
Who knew he's so injured he can hardly eat? And restoring him on the next day after she 'got arrested'? She needed a truck's worth each of solely soft sweet potatoes, meat, boiled eggs and fatty fish on her request cooked as healthily as possible with spices and herbs as she needed a lot of energy to restore him as he was expensive to heal for some reason unlike many patients like him with similar conditions that he 'was weird' in her book as he was the first-ever patient to cost her so much!
At least All-Might paid for the food she needed to eat to heal him. He was insanely-wealthy much of his fortune went to charities he sponsors, and his medical care.
As for Dabi, they had to find him. He was working as a Mercenary for...a freaking Drug Cartel. He was forced to be a Villain for money as it was only villainous jobs Quirk-for-Hires ever get. By the time they found him, he was agonizing over burns. Again. Izuku had to heal him again and Nezu roped him in for underworld jobs and becoming a licensed hero in order to help save the Slums...while having access to further training and Recovery Girl. It was a deal Dabi accepted.
Treating his injuries enabled Recovery Girl to get a blood sample...and ye gads...so now the right people are debating on how to deal with his problems.
'Nooow then...what to do about the next generation of Heroes?' Nezu wondered as on his desk, were recommended students. So many, but there can only be five...normally.
But because of Midoriya Izuku, Recovery Girl's successor...there will be six. Six, out of all these students recommended by many teachers from their schools. However, only the strongest five gets the privilege, to be fair to those taking the Practical Exams. Well if they fail, there's always next day's exams, no?
But out of all these students, only Midoriya and Todoroki have actual combat experience.
Midoriya being a former Vigilante but smart enough to pick her own battles as she hasn't mastered her final ability YET to be safely usable for Hero Work...and Todoroki who was a literal Sidekick as part of his training as a Hero since he was young before he took to the field at age thirteen. Both have high-level combat experience. Todoroki with his Quirk and Izuku for her hand-to-hand, parkour, acrobatics and combat ability.
Eraserhead tested her as out of his staff, he was the best at martial arts...he rated her combat prowess, logical thinking and analysis abilities highly that all her nightly actions were well-calculated she could function as a Hero without harm to herself or casualty to others, though constantly gloomy at fights she cannot win to save victims as her offensive Shield WILL KILL ANYONE that she opts for healing instead. Sure she compensates with healing but she can't fix trauma or PTSD as she laments. Thus holds herself back with no choice as her second imposed weakness. Her only TRUE weakness was food access or she suffers Auto-Phagocytosis only from using her Healing Shield. Her Offense and Defense Shields have no such cost. So until she overcomes the 'killing' part of her quirk, Support Items are a must.
She was highly-skilled in hand-to-hand with considerable physical strength, acrobatics and parkour though needed more work if she is to reach his level...and she can actually use her shield as a flying carpet of sorts! But when asked to see her third shield that can cut through anything like hot knife on butter though she can't use it on humans which was why she fights with her fists...he said she should be in the Practical Exams instead of Recommendation as Recommendation will be a waste of her skills and doing her injustice by giving her an easy time.
But whether she passes or fails, she absolutely has to be in Hero Course anyway. Recovery Girl wants a successor and when Midoriya graduates, she will become a Rescue Hero on school holidays, but a school nurse on school years.
And so, the months passed by that she's now fifteen and all the food she ate, pushed her to puberty. Growing in height to 170 cm with a very shapely form, mostly from her muscle in right places and lacking in fat.
Come UA Entrance Exams...February 26...
'You're nearly late!' Bakugo scolded her.
'Sorry sorry! I had to stuff in a few necessities!' Izuku gasped out as the pair left for U.A.
'You took a damn long break.' said Bakugo. 'It better not cost you the exams!' as far as he was concerned, Izuku has two techniques with her shield and them being childhood friends, only he knew about her Healing ability. Her own parents nor his folks don't know as she feared for her own life and safety when disappearances of people with certain quirks began and feared that if her quirk's full ability got out...yeah, justified fear...because adults, when drunk, CAN'T SHUT UP.
'It won't it won't!' Izuku grinned as they went to the bus stop to get on their bus for U.A High School.
Upon arrival, they went to the Auditorium for a Practical Exam Instruction hosted by Present Mic.
'The Practical Exam is...robot bashing?' Izuku squeaked before feeling weak in the knees. 'I thought its something crazy...but they sure are over the top! Where'd they even get the money for disposable robots? National Taxes?' she whimpered weakly.
'Its government funding, naturally.' Bakugo snorted. 'Much of tax money is invested on Heroes nowadays to put Villains in jail y'know. And its also where Hero Salary comes from. Don't get too worked up about it. Hurry up and go to your area already! The bus might ditch you!'
'Yeees!' Izuku scampered off.
'I should find my bus too.' and Bakugo left.
xxx
Area B...
After getting dressed into a tracksuit for warmth as it's still kinda cold...it was a bus trip for their site.
A small town.
'...uweee, this is where our taxes went I wanna cry...' Izuku felt utterly demotivated, complete with sagging shoulders of dismay. 'Buuut anyways, this is gonna be legal damage property due to an exam anyway, I have no idea what and how to feel at this point...'
Everyone was on standby.
When the gates sprang open, Izuku took that as her cue to fly on her shield and sped up ahead!
'Hey?!'
WHATSAMATTER?! THERE AIN'T A COUNTDOWN IN REAL LIFE! HEROES ACT ON THE FIRST SIGN! MISSY HAS THE RIGHT IDEA! GOGOGO! Present Mic yelled, making students in all areas run frantically because they only have ten minutes to score big!
Izuku can shoot her offensive shield or wield it as a sword by making it elongated into a narrow triangle. She can even move it telepathically at will. And the way she moved like a seasoned warrior or surf on her shield before commanding it to shoot to kill before re-catching her again. That, and save examinees from accidents. She was a rescue vigilante to begin with.
It'd be weird if she didn't have Rescues while choosing to attack only 3-pointers and she had 25 of those.
'Yosh, I have about 75 Villain Points which should be a passing grade. OK, I retire.' she grinned tiredly as she left the other robots to give chances to others.
She was about to leave on her shield ala flying shield ride when the city shook.
'Ah, they released the traps already.' she smiled ruefully. 'I better make sure nobody gets buried since I have the ability.' and she paused. 'Or maybe its a test of character I better not trifle with so low scorers have chances to pass the exam? Yeah, I'm not interfering unless someone gets really hurt then.' she mused in a eureka moment. 'I'll stay on the roof and watch...'
xxx
'Well, she's quick to figure that out at least.' said Present Mic, cackling as Izuku's musings were known through lip-reading.
'She's already passed the exam with Villain Points alone, and she also has Rescue Points she didn't know about so her grade is very high.' said Midnight. 'Her Rescues outnumber her Villain due to her schtick before we ah, grounded her.' she giggled.
'Grounded.' Cementoss deadpanned. The girl was a healing vigilante, not the fighting kind that causes property damages which was reason why she gets off lightly. Vigilantes who fight on the other hand, act without license, thus they endanger themselves without getting compensation such as medical care and insurance. At least the girl heals thus no danger to herself and others. She also fights with just martial arts if she determines its a fight she can win. So that's another scoot-around the laws.
'Yes. Grounded.' Eraserhead agreed. 'We had to stop her before she gets bad luck one day...and given her very justified fears, all it takes, is one bad day.' she watches the news, got wind of disappearances of people with convenient quirks and feared she'd be next so she lied about hers. For her safety, her Quirk Registration stayed that way as it hides the truth in plain sight with a clever naming sense.
Tri-Shield: she has three 'shields' with three different functions. Attack, defense and heal. To the ignorant masses, it's because it's a triangle! Can you blame a kid for giving it 'a cool name'?
'So grounding her for her safety in exchange for still helping the poor, is somewhat fair...because if the law keeps away the free doctor...well...you won't like what the slum people will do. The people there resent us Heroes and the Police for taking away the Vigilantes who actually give a damn about them and their safety while we so called pros apparently don't unless they fork money they don't even have.' he sighed. 'I don't know what kind of pro-heroes the slum people encountered, but they're giving us all a bad name.'
'I agree, so I've been showing up in such places lately.' said All-Might unhappily. 'Its sad that some heroes are lacking the spirit these days. I think I've even seen Crust and Best Jeanist in Berisu District last week.'
'Mm. We'll have to discipline the next generation well.' Nezu agreed. 'And we must remind them, what we are here for.'
xxx
At the exams, Izuku watched the Zero-Pointer at work...until a girl got buried in rubble while everyone else turned tail and ran, ignoring the helpless girl in said rubble who looked ready to cry. It pissed Izuku off.
'Tch, what a bunch of trash! If they ever become my classmates, I'm not gonna trust them with my life!' she was about to jump down when one boy darted out of the alley near the buried girl and tried to help her. And exam ended so, the robot stopped mid-stomp and stepped backwards.
IIIIIIIIIIT'S AAAAAAAAALLLLLL OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR! Present Mic declared. GOKUROSAMA MINNA-SAN~! WAIT FOR YOUR EXAM RESULTS IN A WEEK! SEE Y'ALL SOON, BABY!
Izuku then swooped down on the two pairs.
'You two OK?' she asked them. 'I was checking from the sky for casualties, its you two so far.'
'I couldn't get her out in time.' said the boy with eyebags. 'And she's injured too. Help me un-bury her.' so the two kids did.
'T-thank you...' the girl sniffled. 'I called and called...and nobody came for me! I was goners if not for him! I thought I'm gonna die!' she cried. 'He's the only one who came for me!'
'Well, I'd be a lousy Hero if I ignored a call for help.' said the kid. 'I guess we got a lot of lousy people.' Izuku made her defense shield as a floating stretcher and they put the injured girl on it. Soon, Recovery Girl came, handing out gummies from her massive apron pouch.
'Recovery Girl, we got one injured.' Izuku reported.
'Eat some first my dear, and I'll make it over in a jiffy.' Recovery Girl smiled as she gave the girl some Gummies.
'I hope you guys at least, scored good?' Izuku asked them kindly.
'...well, with a Quirk like mine, its impossible to score.' said the boy gloomily. 'It's a mental quirk. It won't work on robots.'
'What?! T-then if I give you some of my points since you're the only one who saved me, wouldn't that help?!' the girl frantically offered before she got the kiss that made her tired and sluggish. 'G-guh, I feel weak...'
'I doubt it works that way, but thanks for trying.' said the boy with a bitter smile.
'B-but...but...t-that's wrong...at least you should get a grade...you saved my life...' the girl stammered out. 'Surely that should count, we're in a Hero Course and Heroes save lives and you saved mine! You should at least get points!' she insisted frantically. 'This can't be over like that! That's not fair! At least you did something right!'
'Indeed, this world isn't fair but don't you worry dearies...everything will be alright.' Recovery Girl reassured them.
'Yeah, I believe we at least, have one Hero today.' Izuku agreed with a smile. 'Let's all go back.'
xxx
Faculty Room...
'What do you guys think?' All-Might asked the Faculty as they watched that debacle.
'We'll make a deliberation.' said Nezu. 'Indeed, today, we have a Hero born. We can all agree on that.'
xxx
'Hey, green girl, wait a mo'.' eyebags boy approached Izuku who was back in her winter uniform. 'What did you mean back there?!'
'Back at the Auditorium when Present Mic explained away the robots, there are the smaller pointed robots, yet the Arena Trap that's the most dangerous is also the most worthless one. It served no purpose other than going wild...or so I thought.'
'So you thought?'
'Yes. Not everyone, will get enough points to pass the exams and apparently, that's you.' eyebags boy flinched horribly. Because number of robots are limited on purpose, to ensure only forty students make the cut as there's only twenty each Hero Course Classroom. The Arena Trap in fact, is a potential ray of hope for people with low scores, as well as a Heroic Test of Character.' Izuku explained. 'That should anything happen and someone does the right thing despite the danger...that person will be awarded a grade boost. Recovery Girl reassuring you and that girl just confirmed my suspicions when I originally was gonna guillotine that robot just for kicks before I thought of that possibility.' eyebags boy choked at that. 'And by saving her, she in turn tried to save you by offering you her points selflessly as she believes its right and fair. So she'll get a grade boost too because she was determined to save you.'
'Oh...so...?'
'I know you both passed. Recovery Girl saw your characters so I'm sure she'll vouch for you guys.' Izuku reassured him, patting the quivering boy's shoulder.
'A ray of hope...huh? I hope that's for real.'
'It surely will.' Izuku smiled. 'Come on, buck up! You saved a life today and that's what Heroes do!'
xxx
A week later...
'Izu! Your mail from U.A is here!' Inko called out.
'Coming~!' Izuku rushed downstairs to get her mail from her mother.
'Did you apply for General Studies? Management? Business? Support?' Inko asked her daughter.
'Uhm, Hero Course, like Katsuki.' said Izuku. 'My abilities are good for defense of civilians while the fighters do all the work so in a way, I'm safe in this job.'
'But still...why a Hero?' Inko croaked out.
'Mom, look at our situation.' said Izuku softly, waving an arm at their tiny apartment. 'Dad went to Europe for work as salary here in Japan is crap and you know it. Other jobs are deemed insignificant, with focus on fame-related, medical, security and of course, Hero work. Had we been in a normal world, dad's job would have gotten us our own house by now since I was Grade 4 but sadly, we're still stuck in a tiny apartment. The country's taxes and focus go specifically in fields I mentioned.' she said. 'His salary can't get us much that we lived being thrifty for years. We got a little improvement in Europe that we have a decent livelihood now that he can afford to send home 400.000 yen to both of us while he uses 300 for himself over there, but still...our economy sucks.' Izuku sighed. 'We have to improve things more for ourselves because our government won't do a damn thing for the people.'
Her words made Inko sigh.
'Only 15 and you have such thoughts.' she said in dismay. 'And it pushed you into heroics when I'd rather you choose a safer career someday...' she shook her head. 'This will be a tough road dear.'
'I know. But we're backed into a corner and we know it, so we gotta do what we gotta do mom.' said Izuku, ripping her envelope open and while there's a paper inside which is her form for her costume, inside was a gadget that let out a Hologram.
And it's All-Might on the screen.
THIS, IS A PROJECTION! he boomed jovially while wearing a garishly-yellow pinstripe suit with a bright orange tie. THERE'S BEEN MUCH TO DELIBERATE ON. YOU HAVE PASSED 89% IN THE WRITTEN EXAMS! GOOD WORK, BUT WHAT MATTERS IS THE PRACTICAL EXAM! YOU SCORED 75 VILLAIN POINTS WHICH GRANTS YOU A PASS IN U.A, YOUR NOW HERO ACADEMIA! HOWEVER...! NO HERO CAN BE A HERO WITHOUT THEIR ABILITY TO RESCUE! YOU RESCUED A LOT OF EXAMINEES WHICH GETS YOU 99 POINTS, MAKING YOUR SCORE A TOTAL OF A WHOPPING 174, THE TOP SCORER EVER IN U.A'S HISTORY OF PRACTICAL EXAMS!
'What?!' mother and daughter choked, bulging eyed, out of shock and unable to believe nor process what they heard just now.
THUS, I SAY TO YOU: WELCOME TO U.A HIGH SCHOOL, MIDORIYA-SHOUJO! I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK! and hologram is over.
'I-I didn't know that...' Izuku fainted.
'IZUKUUUU!'
And a couple houses away?
'WHAT THE FUCK IS RESCUE POINTS?!'